Unit 13

Question 1

reform movement that called for governmental policies to right political, economic, and social wrongs of industrial age

Answer 1

Progressivism

Question 2

journalists who exposed social wrongs; incited reform

Answer 2

Muckrakers

Question 3

muckraker who exposed corrupt city govts

Answer 3

Lincoln Steffens

Question 4

muckraker who wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company (which was broken into 34 companies in 1911—Exxon and Mobil)

Answer 4

Ida Tarbell

Question 5

muckraking photojournalist (How the Other Half Lives)

Answer 5

Jacob Riis

Question 6

muckraking author who wrote The Jungle about the meatpacking industry

Answer 6

Upton Sinclair

Question 7

political movement that seeks to redistribute wealth to create greater social and economic equality

Answer 7

socialism

Question 8

term that refers to any movement that attempts to appeal to the common man

Answer 8

populism

Question 9

radical union that sought to nationalize industry, collectivize agriculture, and re-distribute wealth

Answer 9

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

Question 10

leader of the American Socialist Party

Answer 10

Eugene Debs

Question 11

Populist Party platform that called for reforms to curtail power of banks and trusts

Answer 11

Omaha Platform

Question 12

party system that included Republicans and Democrats; issues were Progressive era reforms

Answer 12

4th Party system

Question 13

tightly organized groups of politicians that dominated city politics

Answer 13

Political “machines”

Question 14

Democratic political machine boss in New York City

Answer 14

Boss Tweed

Question 15

institutions typically run by middle-class women in ethnic neighborhoods that provided social services to immigrants

Answer 15

Settlement houses

Question 16

started Hull House (settlement house) in Chicago

Answer 16

Jane Addams

Question 17

Progressive governor of Wisconsin

Answer 17

Robert LaFollette

Question 18

direct election of political party’s candidate (usually for President)

Answer 18

Direct primary

Question 19

provided for direct election of US senators

Answer 19

17th Amendment

Question 20

instituted federal income tax

Answer 20

16th Amendment

Question 21

petitions that force vote on a law

Answer 21

initiatives

Question 22

process whereby voters are asked to accept or reject particular proposal

Answer 22

Referendum

Question 23

vote to remove elected official

Answer 23

Recall

Question 24

Progressive reform whereby an individual votes in secret and his/her vote is not made public

Answer 24

Australian (secret) ballot

Question 25

suffrage group led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony; argued that women should get right to vote because of moral superiority

Answer 25

National American Woman Suffrage Association

Question 26

gave women the right to vote in federal elections

Answer 26

19th Amendment

Question 27

nickname for Teddy Roosevelt's political agenda as president

Answer 27

Square Deal

Question 28

progressive law that regulated railroad rates

Answer 28

Hepburn Act

Question 29

Republican President who broke up the most trusts

Answer 29

William Howard Taft

Question 30

strengthened Sherman Anti-trust Act and said unions were NOT trusts

Answer 30

Clayton Anti-trust Act

Question 31

regulated interstate commerce in food by inspecting food for safety

Answer 31

Pure Food and Drug Act

Question 32

required meat to be inspected before and after slaughter and required sanitary conditions in slaughterhouses; partly result of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle

Answer 32

Meat Inspection Act

Question 33

progressive conservationist who started the Sierra Club

Answer 33

John Muir

Question 34

federal agency that regulates and manages the US economy

Answer 34

Federal Reserve System

Question 35

nickname for Teddy Roosevelt's Progressive Party in the 1912 presidential election

Answer 35

Bull Moose Party