Unit 8 History

Wrote articles exposing the corrupt politics of the political machines and the spoils system

The first women's rights convention took place in _________________, New York in 1848. 

Theodore Roosevelt believed that Taft's focus on breaking up trusts would _________________. 

Who won the 1908 presidential election?

The Constitution of the United States originally specified that in each state, U.S. senators would be elected by _____. 

Which of the following most accurately describes the fight of women for suffrage in the United States from 1848-1919?

Taft is considered to be a progressive president for all of the following reasons except what?

Progressivism tried to solve problems resulting from _________________. 

In a direct primary, __________________________. 

How did President Wilson attempt to reform the banking industry? 

The temperance movement was linked to the ________________ of alcohol.

Critical of the business practices of Standard Oil

How did Wisconsin governor Robert M. La Follete help to expand democracy in the United States?

In general, progressives supported reforms that would improve the lives of ______________________. 

Which of the following types of discrimination were not addressed during the Progressive Era in the United States?

Wilson is known as a progressive for all of the following examples except __________________. 

Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle was instrumental in exposing which industry? 

Which president most trusts benefit the economy and breaking trusts would do more harm than good.

Which case did the Supreme Court of the United States give the United States government the power to regulate businesses

Before Progressive Era, Americans thought __ should stay out of laws for business, but after Progressive Era they did

President Wilson believed lower tariff rates would lead American companies to __________________.

About which of the following did President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt most disagree?

Wrote How the Other Half Lives, which uses pictures and descriptions to show the lives of the poor in the cities.

 Theodore Roosevelt warned William Taft that tariff reform would _________________. 

The term "muckraker" was used in the early 1900s to describe __________________.