Progressivism
Roosevelt and Taft
Women in Public Life
Progressivism under Taft
Misc.
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A series of responses to problems in American society that had emerged from the growth of industry
What is Progressivism
100
The youngest person to take place in the office, becoming president at age 42. They believed in Social Darwinism, also that the government should balance the needs of competing groups in American society on behalf of public interest.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt
100
What percentage of women employed in 1870 were servants?
What is 70%
100
Who won the 1908 Presidential Election, but not the 1912 one?
Who is William Howard Taft, lost 1912 to Woodrow Wilson.
100
Children were more prone to accidents caused by fatigue, and the number of child workers rose. reformers worked to end what?
What is child labor
200
A group of crusading journalists who investigated social conditions and political corruption.
What are Muckrakers
200
As president, Roosevelt believed that it was his job to keep society operating efficiently by helping settle conflicts between different groups and their interests. In the fall of 1902, he put this belief into practice. What was this called?
What is the Coal Strike of 1902
200
What were women expected or seen to do before the Civil War?
What is devote their time to home and family
200
Prevented companies from acquiring stock from another company (Anti-monopoly), the Act also supported workers unions. What Act was this?
What is the Clayton Antitrust Act
200
What were some things citizens fought for during the Election reform?
What is secret ballots, referendum votes, and recall.
300
Elizabeth Cady Stanton convinced the delegates that winning suffrage— the right to vote—should be a priority. The first women’s rights convention happened here.
What is Seneca Falls, New York.
300
This act authorized the use of federal funds from public land sales to pay for irrigation and land development projects. The federal government thus began transforming the West’s landscape and economy on a large scale.
What is the Newlands Reclamation Act
300
By 1900, how many women worked?
What is one out of five women
300
formed in 1914 to serve as a “watchdog” agency to end unfair business practices, it also protects consumers from business fraud. What was this?
What is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
300
How did the radio change society?
What is it was the first form of mass communication, other than books. It also was a form of entertainment for the people and fireside chats were invented.
400
Many progressives blamed alcohol for many of society’s problems, and some employers believed drinking hurt workers’ efficiency. When the temperance movement began, it concentrated on reducing alcohol consumption. Later it pressed for ________: laws banning the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. What is this movement?
What is the Prohibition Movement
400
What happened to President William McKinley?
What is assassinated 6 months into his second term
400
Who were most of the leading progressive leaders?
What is women
400
Ratified in 1916, the ____ amendment legalized a graduated federal income tax. What amendment was this?
What is the 16th Amendment
400
In an unusual move, Darrow called Bryan to the stand as an expert on the bible – key question: Should the bible be interpreted literally? Under intense questioning, Darrow got Bryan to admit that the bible can be interpreted in different ways. Nonetheless, Scopes was found guilty and fined $100. What was this called?
What is the Scopes Trial
500
1. Protect Welfare 2. Promote Moral Improvement 3. Create Economic Reform 4. Foster Efficiency What were these for things?
What were the Four Goals of Reformers
500
What were Trusts when Roosevelt was president?
What is legal bodies created to hold stock in many companies.
500
Women reformers strove to improve what?
What is conditions at work and home
500
What amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920?
What is the 19th Amendment
500
During the 1920s, a new ideal emerged for some women: the Flapper. What was this?
What is an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes.
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