1. Chapter 17 Review

2. The Origins of Progressivism
17.1

3. Writer who exposes wrong doing
What was a muckraker?
Writer who exposes wrong doing

4. This was the social reform movement in the early 20th century
Progressive movement

5. This is a way for people to propose laws directly
Initiative

6. What was the 17th Amendment?
Called for the direct election of Senators

7. How did reformers try to make businesses more efficient and profitable?
Scientific Management – the application of scientific ideas to make each task simpler

8. Voters vote directly on a proposed law
What is a referendum?
Voters vote directly on a proposed law

9. This is a vote on whether to remove a public official from office
Recall

10. Women in Public Life
17.2

11. What is suffrage?
The right to vote

12. Leader of the Women’s Suffrage Movement
Who was Susan B. Anthony
Leader of the Women’s Suffrage Movement

13. National American Woman Suffrage Association
What was NAWSA?
National American Woman Suffrage Association

14. What were three ways in which women tried to win the vote?
State by State
Courts – suing under the 14th Amendment
National Amendment

15. Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
17.3

16. What was Roosevelt’s “Square Deal”?
A program of Progressive Reforms

17. How did Roosevelt use the federal government to change business practices?
He would settle strikes, deal with “Bad Trusts”, strengthened the ICC, and took on the railroad

18. Who was Upton Sinclair
Author of The Jungle who revealed the horrors of the meat packing industry

19. Meat Inspection Act Pure Food & Drug Act
What two pieces of legislation did Roosevelt pass to protect consumers?
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food & Drug Act

20. How did Roosevelt feel about Public Land?
Should be protected and used for the common good; “Multiple Uses” theory

21. Who did Roosevelt select to succeed him to the Presidency
William Howard Taft

22. Progressivism Under Taft
17.4

23. What was wrong with the Payne-Aldrich Tariff?
It did not lower tariffs much at all; it only lowered tariffs on unnecessary items

24. How did Taft handle conservation?
His Secretary of the Interior sold land to businesses for use, rather than protecting the lands through conservation

25. What was the Bull Moose Party?
Teddy Roosevelt’s new political party. It was Progressive and Republican

26. Who was Eugene Debs?
The Socialist candidate in the election of 1912; received many votes due to popular progressive ideas

27. Wilson’s New Freedom
17.5

28. What was the Clayton Anti-Trust Act?
Weakened monopolies and upheld rights of unions and farm organizations; legalized striking

29. What were three areas that Wilson reformed and how?
The Banking Industry using the Federal Reserve Act
The Trusts using the Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Lowered Tariffs and implemented Income Taxes

30. What Amendment gave women the right to vote and when was it passed?
The 19th Amendment and passed in 1919

31. What was the impact of the Progressive Movement on African-Americans?
They did not receive as much help; Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson did not support African-American rights; Progressive movement was geared towards middle-class whites