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20
The Progressive Era
1900- 1914
A.
True-False
Where the statement is true, mark T, where it is false mark F.
_____ 1. Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr started the major theological doctrine, The Social Gospel. _____ 2. Social Darwinists mainly dominated the progressive era and advocated pragmatism.
_____ 3. Muckrakers, such as Lincoln Steffens and Ida Tarbell exposed the underside of American life.
_____ 4. The Supreme Court decision in Muller v. Oregon limited the workday for woman to five hours and helped clear the way for the Welfare state.
_____ 5. Alice Paul used British confrontational tactics to the American women struggle and rejected the state-by-state route as too slow.
_____ 6. The feminist movement challenged the women’s social progressivism which believed that women were the weaker sex.
_____ 7. The Triangle Shirt Waist tragedy spurred programs for labor reforms including fifty –six laws.
_____ 8. The Anti-Saloon League feed on the fear of America being “mongrelized” and spearheaded a campaign to end America’s open door policies.
_____ 9. The first trade union that spoke for the American working people was the AFL.
_____ 10. Clarence j hicks broke Wisconsin’s political machine and became a tireless advocate of political reforms. _____ 11. The direct primary, initiative, and the recall were all ideas dealing with social reforms.
_____ 12. Booker T. Washington lobbied against the Jim Crow Laws and disfranchisement, and instilled black pride.
_____ 13. The Federal Trade Commission received broad powers to investigate companies and issue “crease and desist” orders against unfair trade practices that violated the antitrust law.
_____ 14. Roosevelt won the presidential election of 1912 by promising the Square Deal.
_____ 15. Sinclair’s novel The Jungle helped spurred the passage of the Pure Food and Drug and the Meat Inspection Acts.
_____ 16. Roosevelt was a conservationist and passed the Newland Reclamation Act, which authorized irrigation projects for reclaiming and settling arid western lands.
_____ 17. The National Urban League promoted universal suffrage and greater rights for women _____ 18. J.P. Morgan was the hero of San Juan Hills and ran in the 1920 presidential election.
_____ 19. The Bureau of Corporations was empowered to investigate business practices and helped the justice Department to mount antitrust laws.
_____ 20. The Sherman Ac empowered the ICC to set maximum shipping rates and gave the courts a greater power to review the actions of the ICC.
B.
Multiple Choice
Select the best answer and write the proper letter in the spaces provided.
_____ 21. Upton Sinclair’s novel brought the nation’s attention to necessary food and pharmaceutical reforms.
a) “The Square Deal” b) Collier
c) The Jungle d) The Crisis
_____ 22. Which of the following presidents helped to give the nation a banking system that was resistant to financial panic?
a) William McKinley b) Theodore Roosevelt c) William Taft d) Woodrow Wilson
_____ 23. Which of the following reforms was not made during Roosevelt’s presidency? a) Public Land Commission
b) Newland Reclamation Act c) Hepburn Act
d) Underwood Tariff Act
_____ 24. La Follette advocated which of the following? a) economic equality for blacks
b) direct primaries c) conservatism d) labor rights
_____ 25. This term defines mergers of various firms to greatly increase business concentration and eliminate competition.
a) trusts b) unions c) Leagues d) Plutocrats
a) William McKinley b) Theodore Roosevelt c) William Taft d) Woodrow Wilson
_____ 27. This doctrine emphasized the analysis of human activity to find solutions to waste and inefficiency. a) Legal realism
b) pragmatism
c) scientific investigation d) nativism
_____ 28. This person headed the National Consumer’s League in 1899. a) Louis Brandeus
b) Florence Kelley c) Jane Addams d) Shaw Lowell
_____ 29. The National Woman’s Party was organized by a) Jane Addams
b) Florence Kelley c) Agnes Nestor d) Alice Paul
_____ 30. This group developed a remarkable program of labor reforms. a) Tammany Hall
b) Socialist Party
c) Interstate Commerce Commission d) New York State Factory Commission
_____ 31. Which of the following was not a quality that helped make Theodore Roosevelt a Progressive President? a) high-minded Christian upbringing
b) preference of party professionals for company c) pushing of civil service reform
d) anti-business attitude
_____ 32. Which of the following trusts was not directly attacked by Roosevelt? a) Standard Oil
b) Northern Securities Company c) American Tobacco
d) DuPont
_____ 33. What caused Roosevelt to decide to run against Taft for the presidency? a) Taft’s dispute with the Insurgents
b) the desire to regain power c) lack of national recognition
d) strong support for the Republican party
a) political experience b) formal education c) moral upbringing d) desire for reforms
_____ 35. Which of the following was a progressive reform influenced by nativists. a) use of direct primaries
b) settlement houses c) Meat Inspection Act
d) Immigration Restriction League
_____ 36. What tragic event sparked the beginning of major labor reforms? a) Pullman Strike
b) political machine c) Triangle Shirt Waist d) Rise of the “Insurgents”
_____ 37. What term was given to the republican party reformers who became a dissident faction when Taft turned toward the conservative Republican side?
a) Plutocrats b) Stewards c) Insurgents d) Bull Moose Party
_____ 38. What agency had the power to investigate companies and issue orders against unfair trade practices? a) Federal Trade Commission
b) AFL
c) Interstate Commerce Commission d) Bureau of Corporations
_____ 39. Which of the following was not championed by Wilson? a) eight-hour law for railroad workers
b) Seaman’s Act c) child-labor law
d) government nonintervention
_____ 40. In “Business is King”, this author showed their surprise at the loss of individualism and the concentration of corporate power in America
a) Clarence Hicks b) Lincoln Steffens c) Ida M. Tarbell d) James Bryce
Supply the correct identification for each numbered description.
________ 41. The name of the settlement house in Chicago founded by Jane Addams.
________ 42. Term coined by Louis D. Brandeis to describe the process that rationalized work in factories. ________ 43. Term used by Theodore Roosevelt to describe writers like Lincoln Steffens, Ida M. Tarbell, and
Graham David Phillips.
________ 44. Supreme Court case that ruled that the Oregon law prohibiting a woman’s workday to 10 hours was constitutional
________ 45. Mainstream women’s suffrage group led by Carrie Chapman Catt
________ 46. California governor who’s middle class reforms began to aid the working class, thus beginning urban liberalism
________ 47. New York sweatshop where a fire led to the deaths of 146 young women ________ 48. This labor union was founded and headed by Samuel Gompers
________ 49. Congressman and governor of Wisconsin who initiated the direct primary in his home state. ________ 50. Black civil rights leader who wanted economic equality before full equality
________ 51. Organization founded and headed by Mary White Ovington and W.E.B. Du Bois
________ 52. Progressive president who rose to governor in New York and appointed president after the assassination of William McKinley
________ 53. Term used to define TR’s breaking up of companies such as the Northern Securities Company and Standard Oil
________ 54. This act empowered the ICC and set maximum shipping rated for railroads.
________ 55. Title of Upton Sinclair’s novel that lead to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act
________ 56. Protective tariff that split President Taft from the Progressive Republicans ________ 57. Name of the act that created a financial panic resistant banking system.
________ 58. This act gave the Sherman Antitrust Act the muscle it needed to break up trusts.
________ 59. The group led a garment workers strike in New York in 1910 and rail line strikes on the Illinois Central and Harriman lines in 1911.
D.
Matching People, Places, and Events
Match the person, place, or event in the left column with the proper description in the right column by inserting the correct letter on the blank line.
_____ 61. Jane Addams _____ 62. Lincoln Steffens _____ 63. Muller v Oregon _____ 64. Alice Paul
_____ 65. Triangle Shirtwaist company _____ 66. Anti-Saloon League
_____ 67. Samuel Gompers _____ 68. Robert M. La Follette _____ 69. Web. Du Bois _____ 70. Theodore Roosevelt _____ 71. U.S v Northern Securities _____ 72. Gifford Pinchot
_____ 73. Upton Sinclair _____ 74. William Howard Taft _____ 75. Pinchot – Ballinger Affair _____ 76. Standard Oil Decision _____ 77. Woodrow Wilson _____ 78. Louis D Brandeis _____ 79. John J. McNamara _____ 80. Wobblies
E.
Matching Cause and Effect
A. First major trust-busting case
B. Black civil rights leader who championed immediate black equality
C. Event that resulted in Taft’s firing of Pinchot D. Established the settlement home known as Hull
House.
E. Leader of the labor union known as the AF of L F. Nickname for members of IWW
G. Site of a tragic fire that killed 146 women workers and sparked the beginning of labor reforms H. Attorney general under Wilson
I. Progressive governor of Wisconsin who initiated the used of direct primaries
J. High official in AFL, combed LA times K. Limited workday for women to 10 hours L. Prohibitionist group of Christian progressives M. Started the muckraking trend
N. Advocated a New Freedom O. Author of the Jungle
P. Conservative president who continued TR’s trust busting legacy and other policies
Q. Women’s suffragist who established the militant National Woman’s Party
R. Head of the Forest Service under Theodore Roosevelt
S. The First progressive president know as a trust-buster
T. Supreme Court case that resulting in the “busting” of the Standard Oil Trust
Match the historical cause in the left column with the proper effect in the right column by writing the correct letter on the blank line.
Cause
_____ 81. British suffragist picketed Parliament, assaulted politicians and stage hunger strikes.
_____ 82. Fire breaks out at the Triangle shirtwaist Company, killing 146 workers mostly women.
_____ 83. Increase influence of nativists _____ 84. Black leaders meet at Niagara Falls _____ 85. Uptain Sinclair’s novel, The Jungle, about
meat packaging in Chicago is published. _____ 86. Muller v. Oregon upholds the laws
limiting the workday for women to ten hours.
_____ 87. Lincoln Steffens published Tweed Days in St. Louis
_____ 88. Muckrakers exposed the exploitation of workers.
_____ 89. Roosevelt’s realization that the resources are finite and disappearing.
_____ 90. Hiram Johnson shifts reforms in California from middle to working class.
_____ 91. Whickersham’s attacks on the US Steel Corporation and Taft’s passage of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff
_____ 92. T.R. runs in the 1912 presidential elections _____ 93. Passage of the Federal Reserve Act _____ 94. Passage of the Clayton Anti-Trust Act _____ 95. Roosevelt wins 1906 presidential elections _____ 96. Economic Turmoil in the 1890s
_____ 97. Leon F. Czolgosz assassinated William McKinley
Effect
A. T.R. announces the Square Deal
B. T.R. Ascends to presidency
C. The approval of an expansive welfare role for states
D. T.R. expanded trust busting, railroads regulations, and conservation
E. Passage of the Pure Food and Drug and the Meat Inspection Acts
F. Formation of the Immigration Restriction League and the Anti-Saloon League.
G. Republican votes split and Wilson wins the presidency
H. The Urban Liberalism of the Progressive Era is born
I. New York State Factory Commission passed widespread labor reforms
J. Federal Reserve Board can impose regulations on the banking system, making it more resistant to financial panic
K. Organized labor joins the battle for progressive legislations
L. Alice Paul organizes the National Women’s party, advocating constitutional amendment for women suffrage
M. Groups like the NAACP forms
N. Pullman strike and realization of the concentration of corporate power, rebelling working class and the corruption in machine politics
O. Writers begin to expose the underside of society P. Reshaping of political practices, enabling citizens
to have more control
Q. T.R goes back to the political arena
R. President Wilson appoints US Commissions on Industrial Relations
S. Federal Trade Commission is instituted and given power to persecute companies exercising unfair trade practices
T. The passage of conservationist legislation
_____ 98. La Follette’s advocating the direct primaries
_____ 99. Years of passivity and weakness in the federal government
_____ 100. Lincoln Steffens voices the labor question to the American people.
Answer Key to Ch 20 Packet
2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. T 7. T 8. F 9. T 10. F 11. F 12. T 13. T 14. F 15. T 16. T 17. F 18. F 19. T 20. F 21. C 22. D 23. D 24. B 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. B 29. D 30. D 31. D 32. D 33. A 34. A 35. D 36. C 37. C 38. A 39. D 40. D
41. Hull House
42. Scientific management 43. Muckrakers
44. Muller v. Oregon 45. NAWSA 46. Hiram Johnson
47. Triangle Shirtwaist Company 48. AF of L
49. La Follette
50. Booker T. Washington 51. NAACP
52. T.R
53. Trust Busting 54. Hepburn Act 55. The Jungle
56. Payne-Aldrich Tariff 57. Federal Reserve Act 58. Clayton Anti-Trust Act 59. IWW
60. Seaman’s Act 61. D
62. M 63. K 64. Q 65. G 66. L 67. E 68. I 69. B 70. S 71. A 72. R 73. O 74. P 75. C 76. T 77. N 78. H 79. J 80. F 81. L 82. I 83. F 84. M 85. E 86. C 87. O 88. K 89. T 90. H 91. Q 92. G 93. J 94. S 95. D 96. N 97. B 98. P 99. A 100. R
