The Progressive
Movement
Review
Which amendment made it legal
for the federal government to
tax the incomes of individuals
directly?
The 16th Amendment, 1913
True or False?
Progressivism was an organized
movement that worked together to
achieve a set of agreed-upon
reforms.
False.
Often progressives had many different
views about how to fix the problems
they believed existed.
True or False?
Progressives thought that be applying
scientific principles to society, they
could fix its problems.
True!
True or False?
Theodore Roosevelt believed that most
trusts benefited the economy and
breaking them up would do more
harm than good.
True!
True or False?
Progressives were pleased with William
Howard Taft for pushing through the
Payne-Aldrich Tariff.
False!
Progressives felt betrayed and
outraged by his decision. They felt
the “fire had gone out of the
progressive movement”
True or False?
President Roosevelt was opposed to
big business.
False!
He felt big business was part of the
reason American was so prosperous.
True or False?
The Federal Reserve Act of 1913,
which established regional reserve
banks, became one of the most
significant pieces of legislation in
American history.
True!
Socialists believed in
a.
b.
c.
d.
No government
Private ownership of business
Government ownership of business
Government regulation of business
Answer: D
Regulation of business
In the case Northern Securities v.
the U.S., the Supreme Court ruled
that Northern Securities
a.
b.
c.
d.
Violated the Clayton Antitrust Act
Violated the Sherman Antitrust Act
Would be placed under the
supervision of the Bureau of
Corporations.
Would be placed under the
supervision of the Interstate
Commerce Commissioon
Answer: B
Violated the Sherman Antitrust Act
Wisconsin became the “laboratory
of democracy” because of its
a.
b.
c.
d.
Consumer protection laws
Reforms that broke the power of
party bosses.
Efforts for woman’s suffrage.
Antitrust laws.
Answer: B
Reforms gave the people back the
power; away from the party bosses
who, at that time, controlled local
government.
Theodore Roosevelt tried to win the
Republican nomination from William Howard
Taft in the 1912 election because he
believed that Taft
c.
Did not deal with trusts aggressively
enough.
Had failed to live up to progressive
ideals.
Could not defeat Woodrow Wilson.
d.
Was too slow in pushing for tariff reform.
a.
b.
Answer: B
Had failed to live up to progressive
ideals.
In a direct primary,
a.
b.
c.
d.
All party members vote for
delegates to the party’s convention.
The party’s state legislators vote for
delegates to the party’s convention.
All party members vote for a
candidate to run in the general
election.
The party’s state legislators vote for
a candidate to run in the election.
Answer: C
All party members vote for a candidate
to run in the general election.
The Constitution originally specified
that senators would be selected by
a.
b.
c.
d.
The legislature of each state.
The voters of each state.
The majority party in each state.
Leaders of the majority party.
Answer: A
The legislature of each state.
Tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist
Company led to
a.
b.
c.
d.
Child labor laws
Standards for safe use of machines.
Laws against harmful fumes.
Building codes requiring fire
escapes.
Answer: D
Building codes required fire escapes.
The laissez-faire argument for the
best way to preserve public land
was to
a.
b.
c.
d.
Keep it under government control and
not allow companies to use it.
Keep it under government control, but
allow its use for land development
projects.
Sell it to lumber companies, who would
conserve it as a source of profits.
Sell it to private individuals, who would
conserve it because it belonged to them.
Answer: C
Sell it to lumber companies, who
would conserve it as a source of
profits.
Political reform first came to the
state level when Wisconsin voters
elected as governor, Republican
a.
b.
c.
d.
Charles Edward Russell
Frederick W. Taylor
Jacob Riis
Robert La Follette
Answer: D
Robert La Follette
What did progressives think
needed to play a more active role
in solving society’s problems?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The government
The churches
Social welfare organizations
Big business
Answer: A
The Government!
A law that divides a town or city
into areas for commercial,
residential, or other development is
called this.
What is a zoning law?
Allowed a group of citizens to
introduce legislation and required
the legislature to vote on it.
What is an initiative?
Cities run by people who had
expertise in city services.
What is a commission plan of
government?
Movement for the moderation or
elimination of alcohol.
What is the temperance
movement?
Someone who exposed corruption
and scandal.
What is a muckraker?
Insurance fund financed by
employers if a worker was hurt on
the job.
What is workers’ compensation?
Allowed proposed legislation to be
submitted to the voters for
approval.
What is a referendum?
He tried to open nearly a million
acres of public land to private
development.
What is Richard A. Ballinger
She wrote articles criticizing
Standard Oil.
Who is Ida Tarbell?
The right to vote.
What is suffrage?
Roosevelt’s reform programs.
What was the “Square Deal”?
Woodrow Wilson’s program was
called this.
What is New Freedom?
Created to monitor American
business.
What is the Federal Trade
Commission, or FTC?
Taft fired Pinchot for ______, or
disobedience.
Insubordination.