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AP 28 and 29
AP American History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 2 primary goals of the progressive movement | improve the quality of urban life and help immigrants adjust to American life. |
| Prominent among those who aroused the progressive movement by stirring the public's sense of concern were | socialists, social gospels, women, and muckraking journalists. |
| Which of the following was not among the targets of muckraking journalistic exposes? | army and navy |
| Most progressives were who | immigrants |
| Among the political reforms sought by the progressives were | initiative and referendum, direct election of senators, and women's suffrage |
| The states where progressivism first gained great influence | Wisconsin, Oregon, and California |
| The Supreme Court case of Muller v. Oregon was seen as a victory for both progressivism and women's suffrage rights because it | upheld the right of women to vote in state and local elections. |
| President Roosevelt ended the major Penn. coal strike by | forcing the mine owners and workers to negotiate by threatening to seize the coal mines and operate them with federal troops. |
| The Roosevelt-backed Elkins Act and Hepburn Act were aimed at | more effective regulation of the railroad industry. |
| The controversy over the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park revealed | a philosophical disagreement between wilderness preservationists and more moderate multiple-use conservationists. |
| Two issues that Roosevelt especially promoted as part of his progressive policies were | consumer protection and conservation of nature |
| Roosevelt was blamed by big business for the Panic of 1907 because | his progressive boat rocking tactics had allegedly unsettled industry and undermined business confidence. |
| Progressive Republicans grew deeply disillusioned with Taft, especially over the issues of | trust-busting, tariffs, and conservation |
| Roosevelt finally decided to break w/ the Republicans and form a third party because | Taft had used his control of the Republican party machine to deny Roosevelt the nomination. |
| A largely middle class movement that aimed to use the power of government to correct the economic and social problems of industrialism. | Progressivism |
| Journalists who used publicity to expose corruption and abuses of power | Muckraking |
| Progressive proposal allowed voters to bypass state legislatures and propose legislation themselves | Initiative |
| Progressive device that would enable voters to remove corrupt or ineffective officials from office | recall |
| Roosevelt's policy of having the fed. gov. promote the public interest by dealing evenhandedly with labor and business | Square Deal |
| Effective railroad-regulation law of 1906 that greatly strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission | Hepburn Act |
| Sinclair's novel that inspired pro-consumer federal laws regulating meat, food, and drugs | The Jungle |
| Powerful women's reform organization led by Frances Willard | Womens Christian Temperance Union |
| Brief sharp economic downturn of 1907, blamed by conservatives on the dangerous president | Panic of 1907 |
| Unsuccessful Taft foreign policy in which government attempted to encourage overseas business ventures | Dollar diplomacy |
| Powerful corporation broken up by Taft-initiated antitrust suit in 1911 | Standard Oil Company |
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