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| 334315167 | What did the progressive movement represent? | First attempt to answer questions on government involvement in industry, overpopulation, etc. | |
| 334315168 | What 3 people wanted to bust trusts, regulate corporations, and female suffrage? | Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. | |
| 334315169 | How many Americans were there in 1900? How many were foreign born? | 76 million. 1 in 7. | |
| 334315170 | What did progressives want? | No monopoly, corruption, inefficiency, or social injustice. | |
| 334315171 | What did 'How the Other Half Lives' do? | Showed hardships those in the NYC slums felt. | |
| 334315172 | What did the 'Shame of the Citiries' do? | Revealed alliance between big business and politics. | |
| 334315173 | What class generally made up progressive reformers? | Middle. | |
| 334315174 | What did the 17th amendment do? | Established direct election of senators. | |
| 334315175 | Were women's rights supported by progressives? | Yes. | |
| 334315176 | What did settlement houses do for women? | Side door to public life, showed problems in cities. | |
| 334315177 | What were 3 problems cities faced? | Poverty, corruption, poor living/working conditions. | |
| 334315178 | What did Muller vs. Oregon do? | Proved constitutionality of laws protecting women and children in work place. Thought women should be mostly at home. | |
| 334315179 | What did Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire do? | Got stronger laws for hour and conditions. | |
| 334315180 | What 2 parties did Progressives come from? | Greenback Labor Party and Populists. | |
| 334315181 | Why were big cities generally 'wet'? | Immigrants were accustomed to alcohol. | |
| 334315182 | What is Roosevelt's Square Deal? | 3 C's: corporation control, consumer protection, conservation of natural resources. | |
| 334315183 | How did mine owners react to strike and demand for 20% pay increase? | Ignored; Roosevelt seized and operated, miners got a 10% increase and a 9 hour work day. | |
| 334315184 | Why did Roosevelt want Congress to create the New Department of Congress and Labor? What happened? | Tensions between capitalism and labor. Bureau of Corporations probed businesses engaged in interstate commerce. It busted trusts. | |
| 334315185 | What did the Interstate Commerce Commission do? | It was made to please the public, but instead barons could just appeal. | |
| 334315186 | What did Elkins Act do? | Fines could now be imposed on railroads and shippers who used rebates. | |
| 334315187 | What did the Hepburn Act of 1906 do? | Free passes on railroads restricted. | |
| 334315188 | Why did Roosevelt attack big business? | He wanted to prove he was more powerful. | |
| 334315189 | Who musted more trusts, Taft or Roosevelt? | Taft. | |
| 334315190 | What did 'The Jungle' do? | Appalled public with unsanity food. Led to reforms. | |
| 334315191 | What did the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 do? | Meat shipped over state lines becomes subject to federal inspection. | |
| 334315192 | What 3 laws passed because of The Jungle? | Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Food and Drug Administration. | |
| 334315193 | Is Teddy Roosevelt anti-big business? | No. Just wanted to assert his authority. | |
| 334315194 | What did the Tenament House Act of 1901 do? | Ensured all had a toilet and a window. | |
| 334315195 | What was the Desert Land Act of 1877? | Step towards conservation; arid land sold cheaply and irrigated within 3 years. | |
| 334315196 | What is the Forest Reserve Act of 1891? | Authorized president to set aside land as a park or reserve. | |
| 334315197 | What did the Newlands Act of 1902 do? | Washington collect public land sale money and use it for irrigation projects. | |
| 334315198 | What did Pinchot and Roosevelt want to do with the nations endowment? | Use it intelligently. | |
| 334315199 | What did the Panic of 1907 do? | Fiscal reforms. Aldrich Vreeland Act. | |
| 334315200 | What did the Aldrich-Vreeland Act do? | National banks could issue emergency currency. Gives money to spend. | |
| 334315201 | Who did Roosevelt feel would carry out his policies? | William Howard Taft. | |
| 334315202 | Who created a stir in the election of 1908? | Socialists - Eugene V. Debs. | |
| 334315203 | What were 3 things Roosevelt contributed in office? | Enlarged power and prestige, shaped progressive movement, opened U.S's eyes to sharing the world. | |
| 334315204 | How many monopoly suits did Taft bring into office in 4 years? | 90. | |
| 334315205 | Why was Taft signing the Payne-Aldrich Bill upsetting? | Contradicted promise to progressives to lower tariff. | |
| 334315206 | Who was nominated by Republicans in 1912? | Roosevelt. | |
| 334315207 | What caused the Panic of 1907? | Speculation, bank runs, indictments. |
