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US Studies
Progressive Era Review Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Restricting the power to political machines was usually left to... | municipal refroms |
| Reformers wanted to provide citizens with more affordable services by transfering control of urban utilites to.. | the city |
| One way reformers hoped to end corruption in government was to... | give voters more direct say in lawmaking |
| During the Progressive Era many states... | abolished child labor |
| When thr United Mine Workers called a strike in 1902, President Roosevelt... | called for arbiration |
| Roosevelt vigorously enforced... | the Sherman Antitrust Act |
| The new Labor Department supported legislation that would benefit... | women and children |
| The oregressive faction of the Republican party protested Presidnet Taft's handling of the... | Balinger-Pinchot affair |
| Progressives in Congress, unlike Taft, favored... | high tariffs |
| The platform of the Bull Moose party supported... | women's sufferage |
| In the election of 1912, a split in the Republican party helped... | Wilson win |
| The Clayton Antitrust Act was especially favored by... | labor unions |
| As a measure to prevent bank failures, President Wilson helped create the... | Federal Reserve System |
| The progressive movement focused mainly in the problems of... | Urban residents |