Progressives: Economics

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What problem arising from U.S. industrialization did the progressive reformers of the late 19th century (1800’s) want the federal government to address?

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Use of child labor in the workplace

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The Progressive movement can best be described as:

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An unorganized group of people who wanted to reform society in many different ways

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The goal of a muckraker like Ida M. Tarbell and Upton Sinclair was to:

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Call attention to political corruption and unethical business practices

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Theodore Roosevelt is considered a “progressive president” because:

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He introduced legislation that regulated businesses to protect laborers and consumers

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The main reason for President Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson supported anti-trust legislation in the United States is:

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To ensure that there is competition among companies

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In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson got Congress to establish the Federal Reserve System in order to:

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Create a national bank for the United States that would reform the banking industry and regulate the economy

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The Federal Reserve System is important to the United States economy because it:

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Determines the money supply and interest rates

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The goals of muckraking journalists were to:

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Describe and illustrate the problems within American society.

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What was the immediate response to the practices mentioned in this excerpt? There was never the least attention paid to what was cut up for sausage; there would come all the way back from Europe old sausage that had been rejected, and that was moldy and white—it would be dosed with borax and glycerine, and dumped into the hoppers, and made over again for home consumption. —Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, 1906

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Congress passed legislation to protect consumer health and safety.

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Which president is NOT considered a "trust-buster" who wanted to destroy the power of trusts and monopolies?

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William McKinley