Chapter 29: Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt 1901-1912 Flashcards

Unit 5 Test

649463992	Progressivism	A largely middle-class movement that aimed to use the power of government to correct the economic and social problems of industrialism
649463993	Mudrakers	Popular journalists who used publicity to expose corruption and attack abuses of power in business and government
649463994	Initiative	Progressive proposal to allow voters to bypass state legislatures and propose legislation themselves
649463995	Recall	Progressive device that would enable voters to remove corrupt or ineffective officials from office
649463996	Square Deal	Roosevelt's policy of having the federal government promote the public interest by dealing evenhandedly with both labor and business
649463997	Hepburn Act of 1906	Gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the ability to set the maximum railroad rates to stop bribes (free passes)/rebates
649463998	Triangle Shirtwaist Company	Disastrous industrial fire of 1911 that spurred workmen's compensation laws and some state regulation of wages and hours in New York Underscored urban workers' news for government protection
649463999	The Jungle	Upton Sinclair's novel that inspired pro consumer federal laws regulating meat,food and drugs. It was originally created to expose the social and immigrant treatment of the time
649464000	Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)	Powerful women's reform organization led by Frances Willard
649464001	Roosevelt Panic	Brief but sharp economic downturn of 1907, blamed by conservatives on the supposedly dangerous president. Roosevelt believed that it was staged by Wall Street to hurt Roosevelt and the Republican party before the election of 1908
649464002	Dollar Diplomacy	Generally unsuccessful Taft foreign policy in which government attempted to encourage overseas business ventures
649464003	US Steel Corporation	Powerful corporation broken up by a Taft-initiated antitrust suit in 1911
649464004	Jacob Riis	Author of How the Other Half Lives, a shocking description of the New York slums
649464005	Lincoln Steffens	Early mud raker who exposed the political corruption in many American cities
649464006	Ida Tarbell	Leading mud raking journalist whose articles documented the Standard Oil Company's abuse of power
649464007	17th Amendement	Progressive measure that required US Senators to be elected directly by the people rather than by state legislatures
649464008	Robert La Follette	The most influential of the state-level governors and a president aspirant in 1912
649464009	Anthracite Coal Strike	Dangerous labor conflict resolved by Rooselveltian negotiation and threats against business people
649464010	Meat inspection Act of 1906	The preparation of meat shipped over state lines would be subject to Federal inspection (from corral to can). It aimed to curb the practices of those exposed in The Jungle
649464011	Muller vs Oregon	Case that upheld protective legislation on the grounds of women's supposed physical weakness - limited women's access to jobs, which was the opposite of their goal of trying to get better wages and shorter work hours
649464012	William Howard Taft	Politically inept inheritor of the Roosevelt legacy who ended up allied to the reactionary Republican "Old Guard"
649464013	Lochner vs New York	Supreme court ruling that overturned a progressive law mandating a ten-hour workday
649464014	Gifford Pinchot	Proconservation federal official whose dismissal by Taft angered Roosevelt progressives
649464015	Old-time Populists, mud raking journalists, social-gospel ministers, and European socialist immigrants provided..	The pioneering forces who laid the foundations for the Progressive movement
649464016	Progressive concern about political corruption led to...	Reforms like the initiative, referendum, and direct election of senators
649464017	Governors like Robert La Follette led...	The way in using universities and regulatory agencies to pursue progressive goals
649464018	Roosevelt's threat to seize the anthracite coal mines forced...	A compromise settlement of a strike that threatened the nation's well-being
649464019	Settlement Houses and women's clubs served...	As the launching pad for widespread female involvement in progressive reforms
649464020	Upton Sinclair's The Jungle...	Outraged consumers and led to the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Acts
649464021	Roosevelt's personal interest in conservation ended...	The era of uncontrolled exploitation of nature and involved the federal government in preserving natural resources
649464022	Taft's political mishandling of tariff and conservation policies...	Incensed pro-Roosevelt progressives and increased their attacks on the Republican "Old Guard"
649464023	Russia's and Japan's hostility to an American role in China made..	Taft's Dollar Diplomacy policy a failure
649464024	Roosevelt's feeling that he was cheated out of the Republican nomination by the Taft machine laid...	The basis for a third-party crusade in the election of 1912
649464025	Elkins Act of 1903	Authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to impose large fines on railroads that offered rebates and also on the shippers who accepted the discounts
649464026	Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906	Designed to prevent the adulteration and mislabeling of foods and pharmaceuticals
649464027	Newlands Act of 1902	Authorized Washington to collect money from the sale of public lands and use it to fund the development of irrigation systems in the west The difference between this act and the land acts in the past is that it was a benefit to the environment; past acts were merely for the expansion of Americans and for the paying off of debts with little regard for the environmental outcomes
649464028	Aldrich-Vreeland Act of 1908	Authorized national banks to issue emergency currency, backed by various kinds of collateral
649464029	Payne-Aldrich Bill of 1909	Raised tariffs - betrayed his platform and outraged the Republican party
649464030	Postal Savings System of 1910	The legislation aimed to get money out of hiding, attract the savings of immigrants accustomed to saving at Post Offices in their native countries, provide safe depositories for people who had lost confidence in banks, and furnish more convenient depositories for working people.
649464031	Mann Act of 1911	Prohibited white slaves and the trafficking of females for "immoral purposes"