quiz 2 period 7

Question 1

an era of government reform in which the U.S. established a system of “regulated capitalism.” the progressive era began when Theodore Roosevelt became prsident after the assination of William McKinley. the era ended after the U.S. entered WWI

Answer 1

prgressive era, 1901-1917

Question 2

Progressive era journalists who wrote articles exposing corruption in government and industry. significant muckrakers included Jacob Riis (slum conditions), Ida Tarbell (standard oil), Lincoln Steffens (city Government), and Upton Sinclair (meat packing)

Answer 2

Muckrakers

Question 3

socil and political reformer who campaigned for the minimum wage, 8 hour day, and children’s rights. in 1909 she helped create the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people (NAACP)

Answer 3

Florence Kelly

Question 4

president Theodore Roosevelt’s progressive program to be fair to all interests: business, labor, adn consumers

Answer 4

square deal

Question 5

Rail road monopoly dissolved by President Theodore Roosevelt, who used the prviously ineffective Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 to empower the government to break up monopolies.

Answer 5

Northern securities company 1904

Question 6

legislation that made it illegal to sell impure and improperly labeled food and drugs.

Answer 6

pure food and drug act, 1906

Question 7

legislation that required federal inspection of meatpacking

Answer 7

meat inspection act, 1906

Question 8

three way presidential race between Taft (Republican), Roosevelt (Progressive Bull Moose), and Wilson (Democrat). Due to a split in the Republican Party (Taft vs. Roosevelt), Wilson won the election. the socialist party candidate, Eugne Debs, won over a million votes.

Answer 8

election of 1912

Question 9

teddy roosevelt’s 1912 campaign proposal to empower big government to regulate big business.

Answer 9

new nationalism

Question 10

Woodrow Wilson’s 1912 campaign proposal to break up monopolies and restore competition as a way of regulating business.

Answer 10

new freedom

Question 11

law that substantially reduced tariffs and made up for lost revenue by providing for a graduated income tax.

Answer 11

Underwood Tariff, 1913

Question 12

law that established a system of 12 federal banks and a federal reserve board that would set intersets rates and regulate the money supply.

Answer 12

Federal Reserve Act, 1913

Question 13

law that made business monoplies illegal. Labor unions and farmers’ organizations were exempt from the law.

Answer 13

clayton antitrust act, 1914

Question 14

commission appointed by the president to investigate illegal business practices.

Answer 14

federal trade commission 1914

Question 15

constitutional amendments ratified between 1913 and 1920 providing for a federal income tax (16th), the direct election of U.S. senators (17th), prohibition of alcohol (18th), and women’s suffrage (19th).

Answer 15

progressive amendments