Review Questions
- Ida Tarbell wrote publicly about
- the need for better housing in rural America
- the sinister business practices of Standard Oil
- the need for a national temperance movement
- the women’s suffrage cause in the American West
- Which of the following was not a key area of focus for the Progressives?
- land reform
- democracy
- business regulation
- social justice
- How did muckrakers help initiate the Progressive Era?
- What system did the direct primary replace?
- candidate selection by secret ballots
- candidate selection by machine bosses
- candidate selection by convention delegates
- an indirect primary
- Which of the following is not an example of social justice Progressivism?
- anti-liquor campaigns
- referendums
- workplace safety initiatives
- improvements in education
- Which of the following was not a feature of Booker T. Washington’s strategy to improve the lives of African Americans?
- self-help
- accommodating/tolerating White racism
- immediate protests for equal rights
- learning new trades/skills
- Who were the “Silent Sentinels”?
- a group of progressive African Americans who drafted the Declaration of Principles
- anti-suffrage women
- an offshoot of the Industrial Workers of the World
- suffragists who protested outside the White House
- Describe the philosophy and strategies of the Niagara Movement. How did it differ from Washington’s way of thinking?
- How did Roosevelt intercede in the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902?
- He invited strikers and owners to the White House.
- He urged the owners to negotiate a deal.
- He threatened to send in the army to work the mines.
- He ordered the National Guard to protect the strikers.
- Which of the following was a key Progressive item passed by Taft?
- the Pure Food and Drug Act
- the U.S. Forestry Service
- the Mann-Elkins Act
- the Payne-Aldrich Act
- Which of the following was not an outcome of the Underwood Tariff Act?
- It reduced tariffs 15 percent across all imports.
- It eliminated tariffs for steel.
- It eliminated tariffs for iron ore.
- It established a federal banking system to oversee tariffs.
- Explain the fundamental differences between Roosevelt’s “New Nationalism” and Wilson’s “New Freedom.”
- Why did Wilson’s “New Freedom” agenda come in two distinct phases (1913 and 1916)?