Theodore Roosevelt
What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program as president?
The Square Deal.
What was Woodrow Wilson's political party?
Democrat — making him the second Democratic president since the Civil War, and the first to hail from the South.
What female muckraker pioneered the art of investigative journalism in her exposé of the Standard Oil Company?
Ida Tarbell.
What was the primary goal of muckrakers?
To make the public aware of social problems (get the word out).
What progressive reform allowed for private elections, thus reducing the risk of intimidation and corruption at the ballot box?
The Australian or secret ballot.
True or False: Theodore Roosevelt wanted to break up all large corporate trusts.
False; he believed they should be broken up only if they acted as monopolies against the public interest.
What was the name of William Howard Taft's foreign policy?
Dollar diplomacy.
What woman acted out her own unique brand of temperance by walking into saloons and destroying their products?
Carrie Nation.
Passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act was inspired by the publication of what novel?
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.
What did the 17th Amendment accomplish?
Established the direct election of senators.
What was a lasting legacy of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency?
- He increased the power and prestige of the presidency
- His efforts to conserve American resources and protect the environment
Why was Woodrow Wilson able to win the 1912 presidential election?
The Republican vote was split between the progressive Roosevelt and the conservative Taft.
Jane Addams pioneered the concept of the settlement house. What were these?
Places that offered assistance and various services for immigrants, impoverished families, and children. They also introduced many middle-class women to a broader array of urban social problems.
What did Lincoln Steffens' "The Shame of Cities" expose?
The corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government.
What progressive reform would allow voters to remove an elected official from office?
The recall.
What was the name of the act, signed by Roosevelt in 1906, that gave the president the authority to create national monuments from federal lands?
Antiquities Act.
What was one specific reason why Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft's political friendship came to an end?
- Taft pursued antitrust legislation against the U.S. Steel Corporation, who Roosevelt favored
- Taft fired Chief of Forestry Gifford Pinchot, who was a friend of Roosevelt's
Founded by Frances Willard, what was the largest organization advocating for the prohibition of liquor?
The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).
In the eyes of progressive muckrakers, what was the cure for the ills of American democracy?
More democracy.
What religious movement was closely linked to progressivism?
Social Gospel.
How did Roosevelt help end the coal miners' strike of 1902?
He invited both sides to the White House and threatened to send federal troops to oversee the mines if the owners did not seek negotiation with the workers.
What did the Underwood Tariff and 16th Amendment establish?
The first graduated federal income tax.
What was established by the court case Muller vs. Oregon?
That female workers required special rules and protection on the job.
What did the work of journalist and photographer Jacob Riis expose?
Poor living conditions experienced by impoverished families in run-down New York City tenements.
In what American city was the city-manager model pioneered to remove politics from municipal administration and create more efficient systems?
Galveston, TX.