US History 2: Chapter 23

Question 1

Progressive Party

Answer 1

Formed by Theodore Roosevelt to advance progressive ideas and unseat President Howard Taft

Question 2

What was the nickname for the Progressive Party?

Answer 2

Bull Moose Party

Question 3

National American Woman Suffrage Association

Answer 3

Worked to secure women the right to vote

Question 4

Who created the American Woman Suffrage Association

Answer 4

Susan B Anthony

Question 5

Hepburn Act

Answer 5

Strengthened the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate railroads

Question 6

Conservation

Answer 6

Protecting the nations natural resources

Question 7

Underwood Tariff Act

Answer 7

Reduced tariff rates and levied a graduated income tax to make up for lost revenue

Question 8

Federal Reserve Act

Answer 8

Created a central banking system consisting of 12 regional banks governed by the Federal Reserve Board

Question 9

Clayton Anti Trust Act

Answer 9

Outlawed interlocking directorates `

Question 10

Who were the three progressive era presidents?

Answer 10

Rooselvelt, Taft, and Wilson

Question 11

What were the major characteristics of progressivism?

Answer 11

They were worried about the effects of industrialization, they had a fundamental optimism about human nature, they were willing to intervene in peoples lives, they turned more the authority of the state and the government, they drew on a