The Federal Reserve Act gave the Federal Reserve Board the authority to do what?
issue paper money and increase or decrease the amount of money in circulation by altering interest rates.
100
The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was a key progressive reform designed to do what?
make Senators directly elected and end the Senate millionaire's club.
100
President Taft's foreign policy was called what?
dollar diplomacy.
100
In the Sussex pledge, What did Germany promise?
not to sink passenger ships without warning.
100
When did the president break diplomatic relations with Germany?
Germany announced that it would wage unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic.
200
Passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act was inspired by the publication of what book?
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.
200
In Muller v. Oregon, what Progressive principle was upheld by the Supreme Court?
female workers required special rules and protection on the job.
200
How did difficulties in Mexico in the early 20th century affect the U.S.?
encouraging massive migration of Mexicans across the border.
200
After the conclusion of World War I, what did most women who worked in wartime factories do?
they soon gave up their war jobs.
200
The Panic of 1907 exposed the need for substantial reform in what area?
U.S. banking and currency policies.
300
The Sixteenth Amendment reflected Wilson's progressive goals by doing what?
establishing the first graduated federal income tax.
300
The case of Lochner v. New York represented a setback for progressives and labor advocates because in its ruling, the Supreme Court ruled what?
declared a law limiting work to ten hours a day unconstitutional.
300
Before his first term ended, Woodrow Wilson had militarily intervened in or purchased which countries?
Haiti.
the Dominican Republic.
Mexico
300
What were the United States' primary contributions to the Allied victory in Europe?
munitions.
manpower.
credits and loans.
300
Activists in the anti-liquor campaigns saw saloons and alcohol as intimately linked with what undesirable groups?
prostitution.
drunken voters.
corrupt political bosses.
400
Besides prohibiting anticompetitive business practices, the Clayton Anti-Trust Act broke new ground by doing what?
exempting labor unions and agricultural cooperatives from antitrust prosecution.
400
What were the parts of Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal plan?
federal regulation of railroad rates and an end to shipping rebates. (Controlling Corporations)
consumer protection.
conservation of natural resources.
400
With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, how did the great majority of Americans feel?
they earnestly hoped to stay out of the war.
400
What was Woodrow Wilson's ultimate goal at the Paris Peace Conference?
establish the League of Nations.
400
What religious movement was closely linked to progressivism?
the social gospel.
500
The public outcry after the horrible Triangle Shirtwaist fire led many states to do what?
pass anti-sweatshop and workers' compensation laws for job injuries.
500
The Elkins and Hepburn Acts were designed to do what?
end corrupt and exploitative practices by the railroad trusts.
500
Why did German submarines begin sinking unarmed and unresisting American and British merchant and passenger ships without warning?
in retaliation for the British naval blockade of Germany.
500
How did President Woodrow Wilson persuade the American people to enter World War I?
declaring it a crusade "to make the world safe for democracy."
500
Most wartime mobilization agencies relied on _____ to prepare the economy for the war.