Define History Of Progressive Era Flashcards

The Oregon system included all of the following reforms except: a. primary elections b. city managers gov. c. referendum d. recall b. city managers gov Progressives feared all of the following except a government active in the economic, social, and cultural spheres Carrie Chapman Catt's National American Woman's Suffrage Association argued that women should vote because they were more moral than men and their votes would purify politics The "Wobblies" were members of a radical labor union believed to practice sabotage and other forms of violence Progressives evinced a firm belief in: a.democracy b. efficiency c. the malleability of human nature d a,b, and c d. a,b,c President William Howard Taft: a. prosecuted more trusts than Theodore Roosevelt did. b. lowered the tariff more drastically than Roosevelt did. c. was a better friend to conservationists than Roosevelt had been. d. was more popular than Roosevelt had been. e. all the above asdfasdf The Meat Inspection Act of 1906: a. represented a significant expansion of government intervention in the economy. b. provided federal meat inspectors for slaughterhouses. c. helped big meat packers in the long run. d. was a new direction for the gov't. e. all the choices asdfasdf The Hepburn Act: a. created the ICC b. gave the Interstate Commerece Commission greater powers with which to regulate railroads c. provided federal inspection of meat packing d. created guildlines that actually drove smaller meat packers out of business b. gave the Interstate Commerce Commission greater powers with which to regulate the railroads In the presidential election campaign of 1912, Woodrow Wilson: a. was committed to more radical social reform than Roosevelt was. b. advocated the expansion of federal power. c. believed that govt needed to break up trusts ensure free competition. d. wanted to improve the condition of African Americans. e. all the choices asdfasdf Theodore Roosevelt's suit against the Northern Securities Company earned him the nickname Trustbuster Progressives were typically supporters of activist, assertive government. Progressivism as a "good government" movement made its appearance in the 1890s in cities On the race question, progressivism: a. gave birth to NAACP b. included racists among it prominent adherents c. was ambivalent and evasive d. a, b, and c d. a,b,c Typically, progressives were all of the following except asdfasdf All of the following are true of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair except that was ghostwritten by Ida M. Tarbell. All of the following are true of Woodrow Wilson as president except: a. he was greatly influnced by Louis Brandeis b. his choice of cabinet appointees was intended to unite the fractious Democratic party c. he actively opposed trusts d. he became more conservative as his first term prgressed d. he became more conservative as his first term prgressed During Roosevelt's presidency: a. the forrest reserved tripled in size b. lumbermen and cattlemen who misused public lands were prosecuted c. Congress froze the size of the forest reserves in 6 western states d. a,b, and d d. a,b, and d Theodore Roosevelt was popular among workers when he intervened in a strike in 1902 in the anthracite mines. The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 1) represented a significant expansion of government intervention in the economy. 2) provided federal meat inspectors for slaughterhouses 3) helped big meat packers in the long run 4) was a new direction for the government. The United States thwarted Germany's submarine blockade of Great Britain: a. by deploying its own subs against German shipping b. employing convoys escorted by destroyers to transport men and material to Europe c. airlifting suplies to the Allies d. never did play a significant part in the fighting b. employing convoys escorted by destroyers to transport men and material to Europe The first American intervention in Mexican affairs under Wilson adgg Germany's primary tool for choking England's import economy was underseeboot Factors inclining the United States to be sympathetic toward the Allied Powers included: a. Woodrow Wilson's anglophilia b. Cultural ties between the U.S. and Britian c. The image of France as America's oldest friend d, a, b, and c d. a, b, and c Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917 in the belief asdfg Senate opposition to the Versailles Treaty: a. came primarily from Republicans b. was organized by Henry Cabot Lodge c. concetrated especially on Article 10 of League Covent d. a, b, and c d. a,b,c A civilian administrator who came to be viewed as a hero of the American war effort was Herbert Hoover The only national political organization to oppose the war once the United States was actually fighting was the Socialist party of America During the First World War, progressives for the most part wholeheartedly supported the war At the Versailles Conference, asdfg The First World War was triggered by the assassination of an Austrian archduke by a Serbian nationalist. Propagandists inspired anti-German feelings by playing upon all of the following except outrage at Germany's savage treatment of the Jews. The Bolshevik Revolution was a serious setback for the Allies All of the following were Central Powers except Denmark. The basis of the British blockade of Germany was mines. 1917 was a momentous year in African-American history because asdf In his role as food administrator, Herbert Hoover promoted all of the following except rationing The war promoted Prohibition for all of the following reasons except alcohol normally used in beer, wine, and liquor was needed as fuel for tanks. President Wilson's Fourteen Points included all of the following except reparations from Germany. Wilson's Fourteen Points kl;ajdf During the 1920s, the style and tempo of baseball was revolutionized by Babe Ruth All of the following are true of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti except: a. the judge at their trial was openly prejudiced against them. b. they were both anarchists. c. all their defenders were radicals. d. they were both executed. e. they were both Italian immigrants. c. all their defenders were radicals In the 1920s, immigration: a. was limited on the basis of the national origin of would-be immigrants. b. was restricted by quotas based upon job skills. c. continued to increase despite efforts to control it. d. filled all of the available quotas. e. none asdf The fearful atmosphere of the Red Scare: a. reflected the fact that most ethnic Americans were political radicals. b. reflected the fact that most of the prominent Socialists and Communists in America were immigrants. c. was exploited for political gain. d. revealed significant revolutionary plots in America. e. all the choices asdfads All of the following contributed to anti-immigrant feelings except: a. labor unrest. b. the success of the Russian Bolsheviks. c. the emergence of ethnic gangsters as public figures. d. the evolution controversy. e. none asdfasd Buying on margin means buying stock on credit. According to Bruce Barton, Jesus was an advertising man because: a. his parables were condensed as all good advertising must be. b. his language was simple. c. he repeated himself. d. he was a "booster." e. all the choices all the choices Installment-plan purchasing a. permitted many Americans to improve their living standard. b. represented a departure from traditional home economics. c. was encouraged by an unprecedented wave of advertising. d. was widespread among consumers The poorest section of the United States in the 1920s was the South. Both the European and American economies were injured by: a. the worldwide adoption of low tariffs. b. postwar disarmament. c. the increase in immigration in the 1920s. d. the high American tariff and refusal to cancel war debts. e. the restriction of immigration. adfasdfa Postwar labor unrest resulted primarily from wages made inadequate by inflation Many historians consider Warren G. Harding "the worst president" for all of the following reasons except: a. his lack of moral leadership. b. his foreign and commercial policies. c. the corruption that plagued his administration. d. his ignorance of many important issues. e. his personal moral lapses. sdfadfs The Treaty of Washington reduced the naval armaments of the great powers. Postwar strikes and labor unrest resulted in all of the following except: a. very few victories for the workers. b. the popular association of union activity with Bolshevism. c. increased anti-immigrant feeling. d. an increase in union membership. e. a loss of popularity for the unions. asdfsdfas In the Teapot Dome scandal, Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall leased Navy oil reserves to private interests in return for personal "loans." America's foreign policy was "isolationist" in the sense that it: a. isolated Latin America from the rest of the world. b. reduced economic connections with other countries. c. rejected alliances. d. rejected international agreements. e. all the choices sdfasdf New Era economic policies reduced all of the following except: a. corporate taxes. b. taxes on high-level income. c. the tarrif. d. government expedientures. e. none of the choices. asdfasdf German reparations: a. financed repayment of Allied war debts. b. drained Germany of much needed capital. c. were financed in part by loans from American bankers. d. were opposed by Wilson at the peace conference in Paris. e. all of these choices asdfasdf The Kellogg-Briand Pact a. was little but a statement of goodwill. b. outlawed war as an instrument of national policy. c. was signed by virtually every nation that was asked to do so. d. was a statement of national goals As president, Calvin Coolidge was known for all of the following except his active, energetic leadership