APUSH 20

while progressivism has many meanings it tended to be based on the central assumption

that american society was capable of improvement

At the turn of the twentieth century, progressive activists

Were "antimonopoly" and feared concentrated power

The term "muckrakers"

Journalists

At the turn of the twentieth century, Lincoln Steffens wrote extensively of the need to reform

Urban political organizations

in 1904, Idea Tarbell published a highly critical study on

The standard oil trust

In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries the "social gospel"

An effort to make religious faith a tool of social reform

At the turn of the twentieth century the leaders of the settlement house movement tended to be

Female

At the turn of the twentieth century, leaders in the settlement house movement

directed their attention at improving urban living conditions

The settlement house movement of the early twentieth century helped spawn the profession of

Social work

In his 1899 book, A Theory of the Leisure Class, Thorstein Veblen argued

Modern cities should rely on a handful of experts to solve their social problems

In regards to organizing the professions during the progressive era

by ww1, all states had established professional bar associations

In 1901 first professions to organize on a national level was in the field of

Medicine

In regards to women and the professions during the progressive era

social work was generally thought to be an appropriate career for women

The most distinctive quality of women in professions during the progressive era was

They were concentrated in the "helping" professions

During the progressive era, the "new woman" was a product of

All of the above

The term "Boston marriage"

Two women who lived together

In regards to divorce in the united states during the progressive era, by 1916

more than 10% of all marriages ended in divorce

During the progressive era, the women’s club movement

Had a national organization to coordinate club activities

During the progressive era, club women generally

Neither A nor B

During the progressive era, supporters of woman suffrage argued that female voters

Deserved to vote because of their unique traits as women

During the progressive era, significant voting rights for women were first won in

The far west

In the years prior to the passage of the nineteenth amendment

Both A and B

Alice Paul and the national women’s party

Neither A nor B

Prior to the adoption of the secret ballot, voter ballots were printed and distributed by

The political parties themselves

During the progressive era, one of the first targets for political reformers

Municipal governments

During the progressive era, opponents of political reform included many memebers of all of the following except

The middle class

During the progressive era, reformers of city government frequently tried

Create city managers

The initiative and referendum were progressive era political reforms, designed to weaken

State legislatures

The recall and direct primary were progressive era political reforms, designed to weaken

Political parties

As governor of Wisconsin, the progressive reformer Robert La Follette

The direct primary

During the progressive era, the power of political parties

Declined as did voter turnout

During the progressive era, political "interest groups"

Were a product of the progressive era

During the progressive era, important vehicles for social reform

New York’s Tammany hall political machine

The 1911 triangle shirtwaist fire in new york city

Strict regulations with effective enforcement were imposed on factory owners

Western states during the progressive era, major target for political reform

The federal government

Progressive reformers from the western states

Alfred E. Smith

A major reason progressive political reforms, such as the direct primary, were quickly embraced in the western states

Political parties were weak in this region

During the progressive, w. e. b. Du Bois asserted all of the following except

The principle tool for gaining civil rights was to elect blacks to public office

The national association for the advancement of colored people

Neither A or B

The temperance crusade,

Was supproted by most business employers

The women’s christian temperance union

Was at one time the largest women’s organization in American history

Between 1914 and 1919, the temperance movement

Gained momentum as a result of ww1

In regards to the immigrant population in the united states, progressive reformers

Both A and b

In the early twentieth century, the theories of eugenics

Supported the restriction of immigration by nationality

During the progressive era, the socialist party of america

Grew stronger

During the progressive era, the acknowledged leader of american socialism

Eugene Debs

In the 1912 presidential election, the socialist party candidate

Both A and B: received nearly one million votes and attracted support from rural and urban

During the early twentieth century, the industrial workers of the world

Advocated a single union for all workers

WW1 hurt the socialist movement in the united states

The war generated anti-radical feelings in the country

Herbert Croly argued in his 1909 book, the promise of american life, that

It was important that the federal government was led by a strong president: government should distinguish between good trusts and bad trusts

When Theodore Roosevelt assumed the presidency in 1901

Neither

Political ideology, Theodore Roosevelt

in many respects, decidedly conservative

When he assumed the presidency in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt

Was the youngest ever

During Theodore Roosevelt’s first three years as president

he desired to win for government the power to investigate corporate activities

In the 1902 strike by the united mine workers, president Theodore Roosevelt

Ordered federal arbitration

In the election of 1904, Theodore Roosevelt

easily won his party nomination and the general election

Legislation was passed during Theodore Roosevelt’s administration except

Interstate commerce act

Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel, The Jungle

Meatpacking industry

Environmental issues, Theodore Roosevelt

Both A and B

As an environmental conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt

added extensive areas of land to the national forest system

The first director of the National Forest Service was

Pinchot

The Sierra Club was founded by

John Muir

The controversy over Hetch Hetchy Valley is false

Theodore Roosevelt led the fight in favor of building a dam at Hetch Hetchy

The panic of 1907 was caused by

None of these answers is correct

In 1908, Theodore Roosevelt did not run for another term as president because

He had promised not to run again

In the election of 1908, William Howard Taft

was hand-picked by Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him

As president, William Howard Taft

Neither A or b

The payne-aldrich tariff of 1909

resulted in President william H Taft losing favor with progressives

In 1909, a controversy involving Richard Ballinger and Gifford Pinchot

President William H. Taft fire Pinchot for insubordination

In 1910, in Osawatomie Kansas

greater activism by the federal government

In 1912 Theodore Roosevelt ran for president, in part, because

the Taft administration implied Roosevelt had acted improperly as president

In the presidential campaign of 1912,

Theodore Roosevelt ultimately ran on a third party ticket

The 1912 presidential election was an ideological contest between

Both A and B

In the 1912 presidential election results,

Woodrow Wilson won only a plurality of the popular vote

In his political program known as "New Freedom," Woodrow Wilson

Believed trusts should be ended altogether

As president Woodrow Wilson

more tightly consolidated executive power than had Theodore Roosevelt

During president Woodrow Wilson’s first term, Colonel Edward House

Was one of wilsons closest advisors

The 1913 Underwood-Simmons Tariff

Was intended to weaken the power of business trusts

In 1913, to offset the loss of revenues from other legislation, Congress

Passed a graduate income tax

In 1913, a major reform of American banking

The federal reserve act

The federal reserve act

Created a new paper currency

The federal trade commission act

created an agency to determine whether business practices were acceptable to the government

By the fall of 1914, President Woodrow Wilson

believed his reform program had largely been accomplished.)

In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson

None are correct

After the elections of 1914, Presidential Woodrow Wilson

began another round of progressive legislation

The 1916 Keating-Owen Act

First law regulating child labor

The supreme court, in two rulings related to the 1916 Keating-Owen Act

Struck down reform legislation

During the progressive era, clubs for African American women

Frequently embraced controversial issues

During the progressive era, the women suffrage movement

Became the single largest reform movement of the early twentieth century

In regards to race during the progressive era

Both A and B