Progressivism And The Republican Roosevelt

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What was the primary emphasis of the progressive movement?

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strengthening government as an instrument of social betterment

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What groups were prominent among those who aroused the progressive movement by stirring the public's sense of concern?

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socialists, social gospel ministers, women, and muckraking journalists

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What class were most of these people from?

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urban middle class

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Who were popular journalists who used publicity to expose corruption and attack abuses of power in business and government?

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muckrakers

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When did most of the muckraking take place?

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1902

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targets of the exposés

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oil industry, railroad industry, urban government, meat packing government, child labor, racial discrimination and segregation

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When did the meat-packing horrors become exposed?

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1906

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What was the original intent of the meat-packing horrors becoming exposed?

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concern for the workers

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What laws did the meat-packing expose lead to?

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Meat Inspection Act of 1906, Pure Food and Drug Act

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What were three political reforms sought by the progressives?

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initiative and referendum, 17th amendment: direct election of Senators, and women's suffrage

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What is a progressive proposal to allow voters to bypass state legislature and propose legislation themselves?

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the "Initiative"

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What is a progressive device that would enable voters to remove corrupt or ineffective officials from office?

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the "recall"

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What progressive measure requires U.S. Senators to be elected directly by the people rather than by state legislatures?

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17th amendment

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Where did progressivism first gain a large influence first?

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Wisconsin, Oregon, California

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Who was the most influential of the state-level progressive governors and a presidential aspirant in 1912?

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La Follette

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How did La Follette and other governors lead the way in pursuing progressive goals?

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University and regulatory agencies

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What NYC disaster underscored urban workers' need for government protection and regulation?

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triangle shirtwaist company fire

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What case upheld protective legislation on the grounds of women's supposed physical weakness?

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Muller v. Oregon

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What Supreme Court case caused a setback for progressives and why?

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Lochner v. NY, declared the law that established a 10 hour work day unconstitutional

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What powerful women's reform organization was led by Frances Willard?

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WCTU

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What dangerous labor conflict was resolved by Rooseveltian negotiation and threats against business people?

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antracite coal strike

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How did Roosevelt end the Pennsylvania coal strike?

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by forcing the mine owners and workers to negotiate by threatening to seize the coal mines and operate them with federal troops

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What was his policy of having the federal government promote the public interest by dealing evenhandedly with both labor and business?

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square deal

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At what industry were the Elkins Act and the Hepburn Act aimed and what specifically was each law concerned with?

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more effective regulation of the railroad industry, Elkins Act curbs rebates, Hepburn Act stops bribery

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What did Roosevelt believe about monopolistic corporate trusts?

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that only bad trust should be broken up

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What powerful northwestern railroad monopoly was broken up by Roosevelt's trust-busting

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Northern Securities Company

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What is considered to be Theodore Roosevelt's greatest presidential achievement?

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conservative policies

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What controversy revealed a philosophical disagreement between wilderness "preservationist" like John Muir and more moderate conservationists like Gifford Pinchot?

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San Francisco building a dam for its water supply

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What is the different between preservationists and moderate conservationists?

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preservationists stop all human intrusions; moderate conservationists want to use nature intelligently for man's use

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What was a brief but sharp economic downturn of 1907, that conservatives blamed on the supposedly dangerous president?

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panic of 1907

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Why was Roosevelt blamed for this "panic?"

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his boat rocking tactics that unsettled industry

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In what two areas did Roosevelt's progressivism make substantial headway?

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conservation and consumer legislation

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Who was Roosevelt's handpicked successor who was expected to continue and extend Roosevelt's progressive policies after the election of 1908?

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Taft

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What was Taft's generally unsuccessful foreign policy in which government attempted to encourage overseas business ventures?

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dollar diplomacy

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In what two areas of the world was it attempting to mobilize American business to support U.S. foreign policy?

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East Asia and Latin America

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What issues caused the Progressive Republicans to become disillusioned with Taft?

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conservation, tariffs, trust busting

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Who was a proconservation forestry federal official whose dismissal by Taft angered Roosevelt progressives? When?

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Gifford Pinchot, 1910

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How did the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy divide the Republican party?

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forced Taft into alliance with the Republican "old guard" against the pro-roosevelt progressives

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Why did Roosevelt finally decide to break with the Republicans and form a third party? When?`

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Taft denied Roosevelt the nomination, 1912

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corrupt city governments - The Shame of the Cities

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Lincoln Steffens

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business investigations of fraud and force - History of the Standard Oil Company

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Ida Tarbell

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unsanitary conditions in meat-packing plants - The Jungle

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Upton Sinclair

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railroad's control over economic life of farmers - The Octopus

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Frank Norris

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warned of a worker's uprising that could wipe out private capitalism - Revolution

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Jack London

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segregation and racial discrimination in America - Following the Color Line

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Ray Stannard Baker

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life in the tenements of New York - How the Other Half Lives

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Jacob Riis