History test 4 quarter 4

Question 1

What are the 5 problems that come about as a result of Progressivism?

Answer 1

1. Poverty 2. Spreading Slums 3. Poor Working Conditions 4. Corrupt Political machines 5. Big corporations gained power over the economy

Question 2

What 2 important areas influence did the Big corporations gain power over?

Answer 2

economy, government

Question 3

What are the two things that reformers during progressivism believed in?

Answer 3

basic goodness of people , democracy

Question 4

What did the Muckrakers help to create demand for?

Answer 4

reformation

Question 5

What are the 3 basic goals of the progressive reformers?

Answer 5

1. reform government, expand democracy 2. promise social welfare 3. create economic reform

Question 6

What two things did the Pendleton Civil Service Act do? What did it prevent?

Answer 6

1. Take civil service exams for some government jobs 2. Prevented elected officials from firing civil service workers

Question 7

What did the Sherman antitrust act do?

Answer 7

Made it illegal for corporations to gain control of industries by forming trusts

Question 8

Why did the government not enforce the Sherman Antitrust Act at first? What did they need?

Answer 8

a strong president

Question 9

when was William McKinley assassinated?

Answer 9

September 14,1901

Question 10

Theodore Roosevelt was elected as a governor of what state?

Answer 10

New York

Question 11

Progressive reformers wanted to give who more control over the government?

Answer 11

voters

Question 12

Before the enforcement of antitrust laws, big businesses formed trusts and worked together to do what 3 things?

Answer 12

1. cut prices 2. squeeze out competition 3. raise prices to make large profits

Question 13

What did Theodore Roosevelt see government as?

Answer 13

Empire

Question 14

Who is the first progressive president?

Answer 14

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 15

Where did Theodore Roosevelt gain fame?

Answer 15

Spanish American War

Question 16

Theodore Roosevelt was chosen as whose vice presidential canidate?

Answer 16

William McKinley

Question 17

What did Roosevelt used to help him make reforms in government?

Answer 17

Public Opinion.

Question 18

Theodore Roosevelt believed what should be regulated for the public interest?

Answer 18

Businesses

Question 19

Under Roosevelt, government worked to ensure a “square deal” for what 3 groups?

Answer 19

1. workers
2. consumers
   3 Big businesses

Question 20

What did Roosevelt used to root out “crookedness” in government

Answer 20

Sherman Antitrust Act

Question 21

What are 2 reasons that many companies had ignored the Sherman Antitrust Act?

Answer 21

1. No one had enforced it 2 needed a strong president until Roosevelt in 1901

Question 22

What is the first industry trust that the government under Roosevelt seeks to break up?

Answer 22

Railroad industry

Question 23

What book, written by Upton Sinclair, caused president Roosevelt to launch an investigation into the Meat Packing industry in the US

Answer 23

The Jungle

Question 24

Approximately how many acres of public land did Roosevelt help to preserve?

Answer 24

200 million

Question 25

What is the name of the first wildlife refuge in the United States?

Answer 25

Pelican Island in Florida

Question 26

Who famously said " I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit them in the stomach.

Answer 26

Upton Sinclair

Question 27

Who doubled the number of National parks in the US.

Answer 27

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 28

Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle pushed/influenced Theodore Roosevelt to investigate and have the government begin to regulate what industry?

Answer 28

Meat Packing Industry.

Question 29

Why did Theodore Roosevelt not push for the civil rights of African Americans?

Answer 29

discrimination was morally wrong, didn't take political risk of leading a fight for civil rights

Question 30

Progressivism-

Answer 30

Rapid growth of cities and industries

Question 31

Muckrakers-

Answer 31

New group of writers, exposed corruption in American societies

Question 32

Patronage-

Answer 32

handing out government jobs and contracts for political support.

Question 33

Pendelton civil service Act-

Answer 33

People take exams to become for government, elected officials can not fire workers

Question 33

Sherman Antitrust Act-

Answer 33

Against trusts to take over industries, made it illegal, ultimately failed

Question 34

Meat Inspection Act-

Answer 34

Government Meat inspection program

Question 35

Pure drug and food act-

Answer 35

banned sale of impure foods and medicine

Question 36

Conservation-

Answer 36

Controlling how Americans natural resources were used.