Chapter 16: The Progressives Sections 1-4

President Wilson called for higher tariffs and the repeal of most anti-trust legislation.

Journalist who exposed Rockefeller’s underhanded tactics at Standard Oil

The Roosevelt administration pursued and dissolved trusts that competed unfairly.

Upton Sinclair’s shocking novel The Jungle sparked an investigation that led to

Theodore Roosevelt created the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service because

Helped found the National Woman’s Party

Women’s suffrage activist arrested for voting

The Federal Trade Commission was tough on companies that used _.

How did muckrakers prepare the way for political reforms?

By 1912 most states had laws prohibiting children from fulltime work.

The split within the Republican Party in the 1912 presidential election allowed _ to win.

Naturalist who wanted the entire wilderness preserved in its natural state

Amendment that allowed Congress to levy taxes based on an individual’s income

Theodore Roosevelt’s administration filed hundreds of lawsuits against

What political reform was introduced by the Seventeenth Amendment?

Plan that called for tariff reductions, banking reforms, and stronger anti-trust laws

In 1910 one third of U.S. workers lived in poverty.

Roosevelt’s plan to limit the power of trusts and promote public health and safety

The 1905 Antiquities Act created 18 national

The _ caused Roosevelt to withdraw his support of President Taft.

Af Am soldiers wrongly accused in the Brownsville incident were honorably discharged in 1906.

Reformers called for prohibition because they believed that alcohol

What kept the Republican Party from having the control over Theodore Roosevelt it wanted?

Which of the pairs opposed women's right to vote?

Union that organized unskilled laborers

Which of the people below probably believed that conservation was for the greater good of all?

Cabinet member who allowed business leaders to purchase public land in Alaska

In the garment industry, why were women paid less than men were?

Why was the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire a landmark in labor history?