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Theodore Roosevelt refused to support President Taft's reelection, & the Republican Party split after the
Democrats nominated Wilson
16th Amendment
Payne-Aldrich Tariff
Ballinger-Pinchot affair
2
This event was a turning point for reform in workplace safety.
Teapot Dome Scandal
IWW textile workers on strike
Lochner v. New York
Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire
3
Journalist who exposed Rockefeller's underhanded tactics at Standard Oil.
Alice Paul
Ida M. Tarbell
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclair
4
She was arrested for "knowingly, wrongfully, and unlawfully" voting in 1872.
Harriet Tubman
Carrie Nation
Lucy Hayes
Susan B. Anthony
5
Won all but 8 states in the 1912 election.
Taft
Debs
Wilson
Roosevelt
6
Plan that called for tariff reductions, banking reforms, and stronger anti-trust laws
New Freedom
New Nationalism
Square Deal
New Deal
7
Why was the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire a landmark in labor history?
Owners/families went to court to sue for damages
Fire set off strikes across the nation
led to reforms of safety measures, inspections, & sanitation nationwide
Gave labor an edge in negotations
8
Roosevelt formed the "Bull-Moose" party because
saw Taft focused on anti-trust legislation & nothing else
thought Taft had failed to continue progressive reform
believed Taft was ignoring the interests of big businesses
thought Taft's conservation legislation was effective but poorly timed
9
This cartoon illustrates President Roosevelt's national reputation as a
negotiator
rough rider
conservationist
trust buster
10
How did muckrakers prepare the way for political reforms?
organized labor strikes
testified in Senate hearings
hired lawyers to settle disputes
exposed corruption by writing about it
11
When President Wilson succeeded in reducing tariffs, the government made up the shortfall by a graduated
income tax
sales tax
park service fee
property tax
12
In the Progressive Era, women reformers campaigned for civil rights, children's health & welfare, and
prohibition
spoils system
retirement benefits
pacifism
13
This author wrote "The Jungle" in the hopes of advancing the ideas of socialism.
Jacob Riis
Ida M. Tarbell
Teddy Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
14
This novel by Upton Sinclair prompted an investigation into the
Department of Labor
meatpacking industry
railroad industry
mining industry
15
Wilson's campaign slogan was the New ___________.
Freedom
Nationalism
16
Amendment giving women the right to vote.
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
16th Amendment
19th Amendment
17
Roosevelt's administration filed hundreds of lawsuits against
monopolies
arbitrators
18
In the garment industry, why were women paid less than men?
Work required more strength than most women had
Assumed women were supported by fathers or husbands
Women were usually less educated
Too more time to train women than men
19
The split within the Republican Party in the 1912 election allowed ______ to win.
Eugene V. Debs
Woodrow Wilson
20
The amendment that allowed Congress to levy taxes on an individual's income.
17th
16th
18th
19th
21
Cabinet Member who allowed business leaders to purchase land in Alaska.
William Taft
Gifford Pinchot
Colon Powell
Richard Ballinger
22
Teddy Roosevelt saw the White House as a ___________.
bully pulpit
safe haven
23
States in which area of the country were first to give women the right to vote?
West
East
North
South
24
What is one reason it took 72 years from the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 for women to gain the right to vote?
Supreme Court ruled the right to vote was a state right to decide
The NWSA became distracted with other issues
14th Amendment said women didn't have the right to vote
Male politicians were afraid of women candidates
25
Upton Sinclair's shocking novel sparked an investigation that led to
creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission
anti-trust legislation
passage of the Elkins Act
passage of the Meat Inspection Act
26
What were the main concerns of the NACW?
fighting segregation and lynchings
abolishing stereotypes about Jews
organizing labor strikes
improving safety conditions in minority owned businesses
27
What political reform was enacted through the ratification of the 17th Amendment?
abolishment of jail time for failure to pay debts
creation of posts by city commissioners
direct election of senators
elimination of city manager position
28
The ______ caused Roosevelt to withdraw his support of President Taft.
Brownsville Incident
Ballinger-Pinchot Affair
29
Roosevelt's plan to limit the power of trusts & promote public health & safety
Square Deal
New Deal
New Nationalism
New Freedom
30
Chief of the U.S. Forest Service
Upton Sinclair
William Taft
Gifford Pinchot
Richard Ballinger
31
Why did the Republican Party's plan to control Teddy Roosevelt backfire?
Roosevelt was too young to listen to party bosses
President McKinley was assassinated
He refused to use the 'bully pulpit'
Roosevelt's health kept him from pushing through reforms
32
This governor pushed through reforms on campaign spending, railroad regulation, & civil service in Wisconsin.
Samuel M. Jones
Robert M. La Follette
Charles Evans Hughes
Tom Johnson
33
Reformers called for prohibition because they believed that alcohol
produced under unsanitary conditions
production lines were liable to burst into flames
was responsible for crime, poverty, & violence against women
caused health problems
34
By 1912, most states had laws prohibiting children from working full time.
False
True
35
Anti-suffragists feared that if women got the right to vote, they would
demand in home childcare while voting
ignore their duties at home
vote for passage for more healthcare & have more babies
repeal alcohol taxes
36
Soon after he took office as president, Teddy Roosevelt intervened in the
prohibition movement
Spanish American War
suffrage movement
coal strike
37
The first president to modernize the presidency and use the "bully pulpit" to shape legislation.
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
McKinley
38
The struggle for women's suffrage resulted in a final victory with the ratification of the
19th Amendment
Constitution
Suffrage Act
NAWSA
39
What groups' needs did Roosevelt feel should be balanced in the "Square Deal".
workers, women, & bankers
religion, business, & art
women, farmers, & reformers
workers, business, & consumers
40
This governor agency, created under President Wilson, enforces antitrust laws & unfair business practices
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Reserve Board
Small Business Administration
41
Journalists who exposed the dark side of society were called __________.
tabloid writers
muckrakers
42
Florence Kelley led a successful effort in Oregon to limit women's workday to
8 hours
10 hours
43
President Wilson called for higher tariffs and the repeal of most anti-trust legislation.
False
True
44
Roosevelt created the U.S. Forest Service & the National Park Service because
thought land could be developed more efficiently
feared consequences for industry if only conservationists controlled land
recognized natural resources were limited & use needed to be controlled
realized that lumber was too valuable a commodity to be kept from business
45
The Roosevelt administration pursued and dissolved trusts that competed unfairly.
False
True