Chapter 6-The Progressive Momement

Wisconsin became a model of political reform under the leadership of _____.

The most conspicuous limit to progressivism came in its failure to address _____ reform issues.

_____the right that enables voters to remove unsatisfactory elected officials from office

What did progressives think needed to play a more active role in solving society’s problems?

Woodrow Wilson wanted the _____ to work toward limiting business activities that unfairly limited competition.

Progressives proposed reform ___ government, commission plan putting city department under expert commissioner's control

By the end of the ____, Americans expected the federal government, to play a more active role in regulating the economy.

_____believed that most trusts benefited the economy and breaking them up would do more harm than good

Taft set up Bureau of Mines to monitor the activities of companies, protect waterpower sites from development,and _____.

In international affairs, Theodore Roosevelt was a _____

_____the right to vote

_____ was partly a reaction against laissez-faire economics, which emphasized an unregulated free market.

_____brought many more antitrust cases during his term than Theodore Roosevelt did during his presidency.

_____banning the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages

One provision of the Clayton Antitrust Act banned?

In the election of 1912, Woodrow Wilson called his program the _____.

_____of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislature for approval

_____was arrested after picketing the White House, an example of her attempts to use protests to force suffrage.

What law reduced the average tariff on imported goods to about 30 percent of the value of the goods?

_____a vote held by all members of a political party to decide their candidate for public office

_____entered politics as a firm Progressive

_____the practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature

Intervening in labor dispute of the coal strike 1902, ___ took the first step toward establishing the federal government

To counter Senate corruption, __ called for direct election of senators by voters instead of the state legislature

In what area did Taft’s contributions equal or surpass Roosevelt’s?

Coal strike 1902, United Mine Workers agreed to accept ___, settlement negotiated by outside party, the owners rejected

Theodore Roosevelt warned William Howard Taft that tariff reform would _____.

Teddy Roosevelt supported the Republican nominee of William Taft in the 1908 election after Taft had served as his ____.

To restore public confidence in the banking system, Wilson supported the establishment of a _____.

Progressives joined union to pressure states for workers' compensation laws that would establish __ for injured workers.