1. Ch. 18 “The Progressive Reform Era”
Sec. 2 “Progressive Legislation

2. Vocabulary social welfare program municipal home rule direct primary
initiative
referendum
recall
holding company

3. 1) How did Progressives wish to expand the role of government?

4. Expanding the Role of Government
regulation to protect workers' rights and business competition.
opposed government control of businesses,
ought to increase its responsibility for the welfare
Unemployment benefits

5. 2. What municipal and state reforms did Progressives achieve?

6. Municipal Reforms Home rule Opposed political bosses
Create emergency commissions
City welfare services

7. State reforms Direct primaries Initiatives Referendum
Recall procedures
Workers’ accident insurance & compensation

8. 3. What federal reforms did Theodore Roosevelt champion as President?

9. 1902 strike
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Trust Buster
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10. Teddy Roosevelt’s Reforms
“Square Deal”: Insisted on arbitration for Mine Strike of 1902”
“Trust Buster”: filed anti-trust actions
Hepburn Act: Strengthened the Interstate Commerce Act
Pure Food & Drug Act: (FDA)
Protected the environment: U.S. Forest Service

11. 4. Give examples of government reforms and social welfare programs at the municipal and state levels during the Progressive Era.

12. 5. What reforms did TR achieve under his square deal?

13. 6. Choose two constitutional amendments passed during the Progressive Era and explain how they expanded the role of government in citizens' lives

14. New Amendments 1913: Collect Income taxes (16th amendment)
1913: Direct election of senators (17th)
1919: Prohibition (18th)

15. Review-Prepare your response cards

16. 1. On the federal level, President Theodore Roosevelt worked to protect
A) political machines.
B) monopolies.
C) the environment.
D) holding companies.

17. C) the environment.

18. 2. Social welfare programs are provided by
A) socialists.
B) governments.
C) industry.
D) republicans.

19. B) governments.

20. 3. What was the effect of state laws allowing citizens the initiative and referendum?
A) Citizens gained more political power.
B) Political power was controlled by political machines.
C) Citizens found it more difficult to make their wishes known.
D) Elected officials could no longer be removed from office.

21. A) Citizens gained more political power.

22. 4. What was the result of the deadly fire at New York's Triangle Shirtwaist Company in March, 1911?
A) a long strike by New York's firemen
B) the implementation of many new workplace protections
C) the unionization of the garment industry
D) the implementation of home rule in New York City

23. B) the implementation of many new workplace protections

24. 5. During the Progressive Era, many city governments took over
A) gas and electric companies.
B) railroad companies.
C) political parties.
D) labor unions.

25. A) gas and electric companies.

26. 6. On the federal level, President Theodore Roosevelt worked to protect
A) political machines.
B) monopolies.
C) the environment.
D) holding companies.

27. C) the environment.

28. 7. A) the act of preventing a strike
B) a period of time when alcohol was illegal
C) the progressive's main campaign strategy
D) a movement against suffrage

29. B) a period of time when alcohol was illegal

30. 8. Standard Oil, the Northern Securities Company, and the American Tobacco Company were all
A) hotbeds of union activism.
B) muckrakers.
C) reorganized after the Triangle Shirtwaist fire.
D) in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

31. D) in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

32. 9. True/False
The Sixteenth Amendment, ratified in 1913, authorized Congress to collect federal income taxes. 

33. True

34. 10. True/False
Beginning with President William McKinley in 1901, the White House became a powerful voice for change.

35. False

36. 11. True/False
During the Progressive Era, voters gained more direct influence in lawmaking and in choosing candidates

37. True

38. 12. True/False
Home rule allowed cities to escape domination by state governments controlled by political machines or by business or rural interests.

39. True