Foner Chapter 18: The Progressive Era

The cartoon below could be dated to:

The birth control movement advocated for women to have:

This (passed by Wilson) lowered tariff rates and imposed a graduated income tax on richest 5% of Americans

Urban locations that provided social and educational services to poor immigrant families; Jane Addams started the first:

Wilson's plan of strong anti-trust laws, protecting unions and encouraging small business was:

When Roosevelt lost the 1912 Republican nomination to Taft he founded the ____party to run.

The idea that people in the U.S.A. should be able to afford to participate in mass consumer society was known as:

Lippmann called for using scientific inquiry to solve modern social problems, not old-fashioned ideas, in his book

1914 Act which ensured the Sherman Antitrust act and court injunctions could not be used against labor unions:

__________was a strong advocate for birth control and had her pamphlets on the subject censored by the post office

The point of entry for many immigrants on the East Coast through New York was:

A law setting maximum work hours for women was found legal in the case of__ repudiating the idea of liberty of contract

Policies meant to improve and protect the lives of widows and mothers were known as:

Teddy Roosevelt decided to run against Taft in 1912 due in large part to Taft's:

The organization set up to advocate for Native American rights was:

The concept that workers should have a voice (through unions) in the running of the businesses they worked for:

______ is an example of how progressives restricted democracy, while _______ is an example of how they expanded it.

The policy of government becoming actively involved in preserving natural resources was:

The economic system based on mass production and mass consumption, with workers paid enough to be able to buy goods was:

The ability of unions to negotiate as a body for all their members is known as:

Amendment that specified that U.S. Senators be selected by vote rather than state legislators

First head of the U.S. Forest Service appointed by Teddy Roosevelt whose firing by Taft infuriated Roosevelt:

The ________ consisted of 12 regional banks that oversaw currency, interest rates, and banking.

Theory that production and profits could be boosted by examining and controlling costs and work practices:

"New feminism" was concerned with:

Led by Eugene Debs, the ____ peaked during the progressive era, calling for radical social and economic reform.

The Amendment establishing the graduated income tax was:

Roosevelt's platform to have active govt. regulation of large businesses to stop abuses was:

The govt. agency set up in 1914 to police and prohibit unfair business practices was the:

Governor _____ of ______ turned his state into a "laboratory for democracy" by instituting many new progressive policies

Progressivism was:

The Cartoonist who drew the cartoon below, showing fat Robber Barons lording over the senate, would have supported:

Which of the following Progressive Era legislation had been sought by the Populists in 1896?

Inclusive labor group that was both a trade union and pushed for a worker revolution to seize the means of production

Journalists and authors exposing corruption and poor conditions were known as:

The progressive concept of government by expert meant:

The act granting govt. the power to police the quality and labeling of food and medicines was:

Lochner v. New York established the concept of___, which meant govt. could not regulate workers' hours, wages, etc.