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CHAP. 9 HISTORY NOTE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why were early progressive attempts to enact federal bans on child labor unsuccessful? | The Supreme Court ruled such bans unconstitutional. |
| The progressive movement regarded all of the following: | protecting social welfare, creating economic reform, fostering efficiency in the workplace. |
| What effect did World War I have on the suffragist movement? | It hastened passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. |
| Which of the following actions led to the defeat of Taft in 1912? | his failure to unify the Republican Party. |
| Which of the following best states the primary goal of prohibitionists? | to eliminate the use of alcohol in society. |
| Who gained most from the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment? | Ordinary citizens. |
| NAACP stands for the... | National Association for the advancement of colored people. |
| What was the primary goal of the NAACP? | Equality among the races. |
| Which of the following are results of the introduction of the assembly line? | higher worker turnover, reduced hours of the workday, higher wages. |
| In the mid-1800s, the majority of women who held jobs worked as | Servants. |
| Muckrakers were | Journalists. |
| Which statement best characterizes the position of Gifford Pinchot toward land conservation? | A multi-use land program was possible. |
| Whom did the Republican Party nominate in the 1912 presidential election? Which candidate was considered least pleasing to reformers? | William H. Taft. |
| Which statement best characterizes Roosevelt's position on trusts? | Some trusts were harmful to the public interest. |
| What was the primary motivation for passage of the Sixteenth Amendment? | to replace revenue lost by enacting lower tariffs. |
| Progressive Movement: | political, economic, and social change in late 19th century america led to broad progressive reforms. |
| What did progressive reforms reinforce in areas such as labor & voting rights? | Democratic principles that continue to exist today. |
| A bill that originates from the people rather than legislators is known as what? | An initiative. |
| As a result of social and economic change what happened? | many women entered public life as workers and reformers. |
| Women won… | New opportunities in labor and education that are enjoyed today. |
| What were Elizabeth Cady Stanon, and Carrie Chapman Calt involved in? | Securing the right to vote for women. |
| What did women suffragists do in order to obtain their goal of votes for women? | They advocated a constitutional amendment, tested the fourteenth amendment in court, and convinced state legislators to grant women the right to vote. |
| Theodore Roosevelt worked to give citizens what? | A square deal through progressive reforms. |
| In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed what? | unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry. |
| The first person to use the presidency as a "bully pulpit" was…? | Theodore Roosevelt. |
| The law that required truthful labels was the? | Pure Food and Drug Act. |
| Taff’s ambivalent approach to progressive reform led to what? | A split in the republican party and the loss of the presidency to the democrats. |