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Progressivism
American Destiny Chapter 21
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the cluster of movements for various forms of social change during the early twentieth century known as? | Progressivism |
| Progressive investigative journalists were given what nickname from a comparison by President Roosevelt? | Muckraker |
| What did the progressives believe was the source of society's evils? | The structure of its institutions |
| Artists who used the things and people found in the city streets and slums as their models were part of what? | Ashcan School |
| A militant labor organization that called for single union of all workers, regardless of trade or skill | Industrial Workers of the World |
| What state had the most influence in establishing policies such as the Wisconsin Idea? | Wisconsin |
| Combination of the National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association that made giving women the right to vote its mission | National American Women Suffrage Association |
| What amendment gave women the right to vote? | Nineteenth Amendment |
| Term used that was generally employed as a goal to promote fair business practices and to punish "bad" corporations that used their economic clout unfairly | Square Deal |
| Act giving the Interstate Commerce Commission sufficient power to inspect railroad companies' records, set maximum rates, and outlaw free passes | Hepburn Act |
| Term used to describe the efficient management and use of natural resources | Conservation |
| Roosevelt's term for an expansion of federal power to regulate big business and enact legislation to promote social justice | New Nationalism |
| Wilson's term for a proposed policy that would restore competition by breaking up the trusts and punishing corporations that violated rules of business conduct | New Freedom |
| Reform law that lowered tariff rates and levied the first regular federal income tax | Underwood Tariff |
| Law establishing a Federal Reserve Board which helped regularize the national banking system | Federal Reserve Act |
| Legislation that strengthened antitrust laws making certain specific business practices illegal | Clayton Antitrust Act |
| Drafting of a political program to achieve equal opportunity, equal justice, and an end to segregation | Niagara Movement |
| National interracial organization that promoted the rights of African Americans | National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peope |
| Which amendment authorized federal income tax? | Sixteenth Amendment |
| Prohibited the fraudulent advertising, manufacturing, and selling of impure foods and drugs | Pure Food and Drug Act |
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