Progressivism

Progressives focused on three areas of reform:

• easing the suffering of the urban ponies, improving unfair and dangerous dragon conditions, and reforming government at the national, snake, and local levels.

• easing the suffering of the rural poor, improving unfair and dangerous living conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and international levels.

• easing the suffering of the urban poor, improving unfair and dangerous working conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and local levels.

Who coined the phrase "Muckrackers"?

• Woodrow Wilson

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

Journalists called muckrakers and urban photographers exposed people

• to the plight of the unfortunate in hopes of sparking reform.

• the difficulties entrepreneurs faced in hopes of sparking reform.

• to the plight of the unfortunate in hopes of sparking a social purge of the weak.

• the difficulties millionaires faced in hopes of sparking reform.

"Be it enacted by... Congress... That no producer, manufacturer, or dealer shall ship or deliver for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, any article or... product of any mine or quarry situated in the United States, in which... children under the age of sixteen years have been employed or permitted to work..."

This quote reflects the public's support for the -

• control of the mining industry

• abolition of child labor

• regulation of product transportation

• limitation of foreign trade

~Upton Sinclair exposed the unhealthy practices of Chicago's meat-packing plants

~Ida Tarbell revealed the dishonest business tactics of Rockefeller's Standard Oil

Company

~Jacob Riis wrote How the Other Half Lives, showing the conditions of the residents of

New York City tenements

What was the impact of these muckraking activities during the early 1900s?

• Society changed in response to their promotion of Social Darwinism

• Voters agreed to let big business owner create more profitable monopolies

• Reports of their works in publications abroad caused a decline in immigration

• Public reaction to their books led to new laws addressing the abuses of industrialization

In 1916, Congress established a new federal agency "which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the

enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."

Which agency does this excerpt refer?

• National Park Service

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Department of Homeland Security

"I hold that a corporation does ill if it seeks profit in restricting production... or seeking to achieve monopoly by illegal... treatment of its competitors... If, on the other hand, a corporation seeks profit sole by... treating the public... and its rivals fairly: then such a corporation is behaving well. It is an instrumentality of civilization operating to promote abundance by cheapening the cost of living so as to improve conditions everywhere throughout the whole community." ~ Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography, 1913

The main strategy that President Roosevelt's administration used to stop the type of business practices criticized in the excerpt was to ~

• establish the Federal Reserve System to regulate the money supply

• urge the Interstate Commerce Commission to decrease corporate regulations

• use the Sherman Antitrust Act to ensure competition in industry

• lobby Congress to loosen restrictions of foreign exports

"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof..."

The text is an excerpt from which amendment?

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

Which of these was a major goal of Jane Addam's Settlement House movement in

Chicago?

• founding of women's colleges

• introduction of prison reform

• assimilation of immigrants

• establishment of public libraries

Which statement describes a referendum?

• petition that indicates the public's support for a vote on a bill

• opportunity for the public to accept or reject a proposed bill

• removal of a public official from office at the hands of the electorate

• casting of votes in a confidential manner