Progressivism Basics
What is the nickname for Progressive Era journalists famous for digging up dirt on corrupt companies and politicians.
A) Gumshoes
B) Muckrakers
C) Yellow Journalists
B) Muckrakers
Frederick Winslow Taylor became the "Father of Sci. Mgt." by pioneering his "____ and motion study".
A) Pace
B) Time
C) Efficiency
B) Time
A) Ohio
B) New York
C) Pennsylvania
B) New York
Taft had served in TR's cabinet as his Secretary of _____.
A) State
B) Commerce
C) Labor
D) War
D) War
Wilson was president of ___________ before becoming Governor of New Jersey...and then POTUS in 1913.
A) Harvard
B) Yale
C) Princeton
C) Princeton
Ida Tarbell is famous for exposing the unfair business practices of which magnate?
A) Carnegie
B) Vanderbilt
C) Rockefeller
C) Rockefeller
Henry Ford was a major proponent of Sci. Mgt. and brought it to new heights in which industry?
Automobile
In 1902, TR ordered the Justice Department to prosecute the Northern Securities Company, a $400 million monopoly that controlled all ________ lines in the Northwest from Chicago to Washington State.
A) Telegraph/Telephone
B) Railroad
B) Railroad
Who received the Republican nomination for POTUS in 1912...Taft or TR?
Taft
Wilson's philosophy, which he labeled the New ________, called for a temporary concentration of governmental power in order to dismantle the trusts.
Hint: F
Freedom
Galveston, TX was the first to adopt a city commission form of government to deal with the aftermath of what kind of natural disaster?
Hurricane
Between 1910 and 1914, production time on Model Ts dropped by 90 percent, from an average of more than ______ hours to 1.5 hours.
A) 5
B) 8
C) 12
C) 12
Roosevelt (did/did not) believe in breaking up all/most large corporations.
Did Not
Perhaps the most famous progressive politician, from the state level, was Robert La Follette from ___________.
A) Wisconsin
B) Louisiana
C) Tennessee
A) Wisconsin
The Underwood Simmons Tariff Act of 1913 reduced tariff barriers from approximately 40 to ____ percent.
A) 35
B) 25
C) 15
25%
Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr established the nation’s first settlement house in ________ in 1889.
Chicago
The striking increase in the rate of production enabled Ford to slash the price of a Model T from $950 in 1909 to only $_____ in 1923, a reduction of 70 percent.
A) $295
B) $328
C) $374
A) $295
Which phrase is synonymous with TR's domestic policies?
A) Fair Deal
B) Square Deal
C) New Deal
B) Square Deal
Which animal became the symbol for the Progressive Party in 1912?
A) Ox
B) Lion
C) Bull Moose
D) Elephant
C) Bull Moose
The Federal Reserve Act established ______ regional banks, each controlled by the private banks in its region. Every private bank in the country was required to deposit an average of 6 percent of its assets into its regional Federal Reserve bank.
A) 9
B) 12
C) 18
B) 12
Eugene V. Debs ran for President in 1912 under which Progressive Era political party?
Socialists
People quit Ford's factories in droves due to boredom from repetitive tasks...so Ford raised assembly-line workers pay to $____ per day which was double the typical factory wage.
$5
To preserve the West, Roosevelt oversaw the creation of 5 new national parks, 16 national monuments, and 53 wildlife reserves. The work of his administration led directly to the formation of the ____________ in 1916.
Hint: N.P.S.
National Park Service
The Ballinger vs. Pinchot crisis dealt with which public policy issue?
A) Land conservation
B) Labor wages
C) Temperance
A) Land Conservation
In an unprecedented move (at that time), Wilson nominated Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court in 1916. Brandeis was the nation's first __________ Supreme Court judge.
Jewish