Ch. 18 Progressiveism

Ch. 18 Progressiveism

1890-1920

Multiple Choice

the nomination of a parties candidate by popular vote

• referendum

• initiative

• recall

• direct primaries

Another one bites the dust

For the third time in American history, a President was shot. President McKinley was shot on September 6, 1901.

Multiple Choice

Who became President after President McKinley was assassinated.

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Lyndon Johnson

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Andrew Johnson

The Replacement

Theodore Roosevelt became President after President McKinley died from his gunshot wound.

The Differences

President McKinley: political conservative, stuck to the Republican policy of big business and small government

President Theodore Roosevelt: political progressive, favored an active government

Multiple Choice

Under which President did the United States enter the Progressive Era

• President Trump

• President Theodore Roosevelt

• President McKinley

• President Franklin Roosevelt

Entering the Progressive Era

Under President Roosevelt the US entered the Progressive era

Multiple Select

In what three ways did progressives favor achieving political and social reform

• Revivals

• education

• more political participation

• indirect government action

• direct government action

Progressivism

a movement of the late 19th century and early 20th century that favored achieving political and social reform through

education

wider political participation

direct government interaction

Principles of the progresive movement

• promoting direct democracy

• increasing government efficiency

• advocating government intervention

Multiple Choice

Tindall said that progressives believed that "the cure for the ills of democracy was more democracy"

• true

• false

Direct primaries

the nomination of a parties presidential candidate by popular vote

Initiative

a process by which voters initiate legislation by presenting to their legislature petitions that require legislators to take action

referendum

allows people to vote yes or no in a regular election to determine whether a law should be enacted or rejected

recall

voters petition to hold a special election to decide whether to remove an elected official or not

Improving efficiency

progressives sought to make government more effecient by putting qualified experts in positions of responsibility

How to achieve reform

Progressives believed that the best way to achieve reform was through direct government intervention

Trustbusting

the act of breaking up the monopolies and restoring competition to the marketplace

gas-and-water socialism

city or state contol of utilities such as gas and water companies

Multiple Choice

progressives believed that the safest monopoly was controlled by who?

• businessmen

• foreign nations

• the government

the best monopoly

Progressives believed the best monopoly was one controlled by the government.

Multiple Select

the four laws that the progressives sponsored to help labor

• law denying minimum wage

• law establishing minimum wage

• prohibiting child labor

• limiting the number of hours in a workday

• mandating safety standards for factories

the four laws that progressives sponsored to help labor

• laws establishing minimum wage

• prohibiting child labor

• limiting the number of workdays

• mandating safety standards for factories

Multiple Choice

allows people to vote yes or no in a regular election to determine whether a law should be enacted or rejected

• referendum

• initiative

• recall

• direct primary

Multiple Choice

a process by which voters initiate legislation by presenting to their legislature petitions that require legislators to take action

• referendum

• recall

• initiative

• direct democracy

Multiple Choice

voters petition to hold special election to decide whether a to remove an elected official from office

• referendum

• recall

• initiate

• direct democracy

Multiple Choice

How many progressive ideas became amendments?

• 10

• 1

• 4

• 2

Ideas become law

4 of the progressive ideas became amendments

Multiple Select

what were the 4 amendments from the progressive era?

• 15th

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

16th amendment

established the federal income tax

two reasons for the Federal income tax

• provide the government with funds to initiate reforms and provide for the expanded social services

• tax was graduated meaning those who made more had to pay more

Three problems with the federal tax

• raised prices

• discouraged investment in production

• removed monies from productive endeavors

17th amendment

direct election of senators by the people.

reason for direct election of senators

progressives believed it would remove corruption from senatorial elections

a problem with direct election of senators

it removes one of the state legislatures checks on the federal government

controversial amendment

the 18th amendment which prohibited the production and sale of liquor was probably the most controversial of all progressive amendments

Multiple Select

Who were the two leaders of the woman's suffrage movement

• Marylin Monroe

• Elizabeth Cody Stanton

• Rosa Parks

• Susan B. Anthony

The final progressive amendment

the 19th amendment which gave women the right to vote

two leaders of the woman's suffrage movement

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Susan B. Anthony

Multiple Select

literary leader exposed what two things?

• abuse

• trustbusting

• corruption

• small government

Muckrakers

the nickname Theodore Roosevelt gave the literary leaders

Multiple Select

the three Presidents of the Progressive era

• Franklin d. Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William Taft

the three Presidents of the Progressive era

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

Multiple Choice

which president was closely associated with the progressive movement

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William Taft

TR's Central Philosophy

his belief that every man and woman should recieve fair treatment and equal opportunity

Multiple Choice

What was TR's central philosophy called?

• the round deal

• the new deal

• the square deal

Trust Busting

the northern securities case was a milestone in confirming the governments authority to regulate trusts

Regulation

Roosevelt wanted to reguate the conduct of business and industry for what he viewed as the public good

Multiple Choice

What was TR's most important railroad regulating legislation

• pure food and rug act

• meat inspection act

• Hepburn Act

Regulating railroads

The Hepburn act was TR's most important railroad regulating legislation.

The ICC and the railraods

According to the Hepburn act instead of the ICC taking the railroads to court to change their rates, the ICC could tell them to change their rates and the railroad would have to take the ICC to court to keep their rates where they are.

Pure food and drug Act

outlawed the interstate sale of impure food and drugs required honest labeling of such products

Meat inspection act

required the dept. of Ag to oversee the preperation and packaging of meat and to inspectthe health of animals before they were slaughtered.

Multiple Choice

what was the first instance when the federal government acted as a mediator in a labor dispute

• coal strike 1902

• Pullman strike

• automobile strike

Coal miners strike 1902

the first time the federal gov. was a mediator in a labor dispute, Roosevelt threatend to bring in the military to force owners to open their mines. So they agreed to a 10% pay increase and a 9 hr work day

Multiple Choice

what act set aside 100 million acres for conservation purposes?

• Hepburn Act

• the reclamation act

• pure food and drug act

• neat inspection act

the reclamation act

set aside 100 million acres for conservation

Discrimination and injustice

• one of the greatest failures of progressivism was its inability to prevent the worsening of discrimination

• Jim Crow laws

• literacy tests

• poll taxes

Jim Crow laws

worsened discrimenation during the 1890s, forced segregation of races on trains, in restraunts, hotels, and schools

two ways to deprive blacks their right to vote

• literacy tests: they had to pass a literacy tests to vote

• poll taxes: had to pay a special poll tax in order to vote. many were to poor to pay tax

• generally whites were not forced to follow the same rules

factors that motivated the disenfranchisement of blacks

• overtly racist politicians who played on the fears and prejudice of white voters

• the alliance of blacks with some of the reform groups such as populists

• national gov. and the northern public generally lost interest of civil rights for African Americans

Plessy v. Ferguson

a case that decreed seperate but equal facilities were constitutional

Booker T. Washington

president of Tusckegee institute who gave the Atlanta Compromise

Atlanta Compromise

the idea that blacks should focus more on becoming more economically stable before worrying about getting into politics. If we can become their equal financially they must hear us politically . Wanted them to become leaders in trades.

W.E.B. Du Bois

first African American to earn a PHD from Harvard University founded the NAACP

Argued that African Americans could not become equals financially until they were heard politically

NAACP

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

"Walk Softly and Carry a Big Stick"

TR's favorite saying concerning foreign diplomacy

TR believed that the expansion of Civilized power such as the US into world affairs to be a victory for:

• law

• order

• righteousness

Philippines situation

was one major problems inherited by TR from McKinley

​Taft tries to win the affection of the Filipinoes

by :

• improving education

• transportation

• healthcare​

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​the US feared that if they gave the Philippines their independence the Philippines would fall prey to the Japanese

Panama Canal

This was on of TR's favorite projects

Panama Revolt

The US got the rights to build the Panama canal by helping the Panamanians in their revolt

Panama Canal and Revolt

• With American support Panama's revolt succeeded on Nov. 3 1903

• Panama canal took 10 years to build

• yellow fever and malaria were the two main diseases that killed workers

• ​Dr. William Gorgas was responsible for reducing deaths caused by the two diseases

Multiple Select

Taft attempted to win the affection of the Filipinos by improving what three things?

• education

• sport

• transportation

• healthcare

• religion

Multiple Choice

what country did the US fear would take control of the Philippines if the Philippines were given their independence

• China

• India

• Japan

• Russia

Multiple Choice

Panama revolt success was when?

• November 3 1901

• November 3. 2020

• November 3, 1903

• November 3, 1900

Multiple Select

the two diseases that affected those who built the panama canal

• covid 19

• typhoid

• yellow fever

• malaria

TR adds to the Monroe doctrine

TR's addition to the Monroew doctrine was known as Roosevelt Corollary

TR wanted the US to do these two things in the western hemisphere

• protect the region

• regulate behavior

Roosevelt Corollary

TR's doctrine put the US in a position to constantly interfere in Latin America to prevent European nations from intervening there

Multiple Choice

How many battle ships made up the Great White fleet?

• 10

• 20

• 5

• 16

Multiple Choice

who was TR's handpicked successor?

• William Howard Taft

• William McKinley

• William Jennings Bryant

• Franklin Roosevelt

Multiple Select

The two issues between Taft and TR discussed in the book

• antitrust proceedings

• conservation

• big business

• conservatism

Multiple Choice

who threw their "hat into the ring" in the 1912 election

• Woodrow Wilson

• William Taft

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin Roosevelt

Throwing his hat in the

Theodore Roosevelt threw his hat into the and ran for the presidency

Multiple Select

The three men who were the candidates in the 1912?

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

• William Taft

1912 election candidates

• Theodore Roosevelt the progressive party

• Woodrow Wilson Democratic party

• William Taft Republican party

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​Mottos

• ​Roosevelt's motto / platform was New Nationalism

• ​Wilson's motto was New Freedom

Multiple Choice

Who won the election of 1912

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William Taft

Underwood Tariff Act

tne first important tariff reform since the civil war

Multiple Choice

what divided the nation into 12 banking districts?

• Underwood Tarif act

• Clayton Anti Trust act

• Federal reserve act

• Federal trade commission act

two important pieces of legislation concerning the regulation of business and labor

• Clayton Anti trust act

• Federal Trade Commission Act

Section 3

Progressive Society

Progressive thought

some progressives saw biblical religion as irrelevant... believing science had an answer for everything

Multiple Select

these two inventions in the progressive era that transformed American Transportation

• automobile

• tractor

• train

• airplane

two inventions transform transportation

• automobile

• airplane

Multiple Choice

in what year did Henry Ford unveil his contraption known as the horseless carriage

• 1893

• 1896

• 1903

• 1900

The game changer (Henry Ford)

• unveiled his horseless carriage in 1896

• founded the Ford motor company in 1903

• perfected the the assembly line method of production

Multiple Choice

who were the first to successfully achieve flight?

• Henry Ford

• the James brothers

• the Wright brothers

First in Flight

Orville and Wibur Wright were the first to successfully achieve flight.

Multiple Choice

When did they achieve flight?

• December 17, 1903

• December 17, 2020

• December 17, 1803

• December 17, 1774

Golden Age of Agriculture

• 1898-1914

• considered the golden age of Ag because the prices that farmers received during this time skyrocketed

two reasons for the golden age of ag

• population shift from farms to city meaning less supply and more demand for crops

• probably the most important technical advancement was the tractor

Multiple Choice

When was John's Hopkins founded

• 1893

• 1896

• 1900

• 1903

Multiple Choice

Who was a leader in southern ag during and after the progressive era?

• George Washington Carver

• Booker T. Washington

• WEB Dubois

• Martin Luther King

George Washington Carver

• nicknamed the plant doctor by his neighbors

• learned that by planting peanuts your could replenish the soil that had depleted by years of growing cotton

• found over 200 uses for peanuts

Multiple Select

what were the two religious movements that grew during this period.

• modernism

• prosperity gospel

• social gospel

• fundamentalism

two religious movements

• modernism

• social gospel

Bible conferences

• Niagara Conference

• DL Moody North-field conference

• Probably the most important was the Winona lake Bible Conference

Multiple Choice

who was the most important urban evangelist during this time?

• DL Moody

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Billy Sunday

• Billy Graham

Multiple Choice

where was his most famous campaign

• New York City

• Chicago

• Charlotte

• Los Angles

Progressiveness in review

• critics claimed reforms brought an increase in the powers of government

• progressives believed that through education, imporved living conditions, and more equal political and economic opportunity society would improve