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#52 appointed to preserve America's national forests

Gifford Pinchot

#51 corrupt NYC political boss

William Tweed

#50 scientist who found many uses for the peanut

George Washington Carver

#49 famous agnostic of the Progressive Era

Robert Ingersoll

#48 founder of Tuskegee

Booker T. Washington

#47 What did some people (liberals) say about the Bible and Christianity during the Progressive Era?

That it was only a man's book, that it needed to be "updated" to fit the times and "modern science" (evolution)

#46 What tariff, signed by Woodrow Wilson, drastically lowered tariff rates?

the Underwood Tariff

#45 What was an expert hired to take the place of an elected mayor?

a city manager

#44 What was the nickname for the Progressive Party?

the Bull Moose Party

#43 What changed in the workplace during the Progressive Era?

fewer work hours, higher wages, safer working conditions

#42 What did settlement houses do?

provide help to poor neighborhooods

#41 What president developed the Square Deal?

Theodore Roosevelt

#40 How many generations did it usually take for immigrants to become more "Americanized" and learn English well?

2 generations, the 2nd generation, the kids

#39 What was an incredibly popular past time during the Progressive Era as people became more wealthy and more educated?

reading

#38 Who are journalists that expose society's problems?

muckrakers

#37 Name 2 interdenominational religious organizations of the Progressive Era.

Salvation Army, YMCA, Pacific Garden Mission ...

#36 What is the name for the 12 district banks and their controlling board that serve as "bankers' banks"?

Federal Reserve System

#35 What law regulated additives in meat and other foods and the use of narcotics?

The Pure Food and Drug Act

#34 What term means the growth of the cities as people move from rural areas?

urbanization

#33 What is the term for a person who says that we can't know whether God exists or not?

an agnostic

#32 What law closed up loopholes of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

the Clayton Antitrust Act

#31 What state had so many progressive government reforms that the package of reforms was named after it?

Oregon

#30 What do you call a rich person who gives much money to charitable causes?

a philanthropist

#29 Who was the most popular writer of the Progressive Era?

Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain

#28 What are temperance societies?

groups against liquor

#27 Name the 3 progressive presidents learned about in this chapter.

Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson

#26 Name 2 changes in education at the turn of 20th century.

more tax-supported (public) secondary (high) schools, schools for black students, schools helped by philanthropists

#25 What was the 19th Amendment about?

It gave women the right to vote. (suffrage)

#24 What was the 18th Amendment about?

It prohibited (outlawed) alcoholic drinks.

#23 What was the 17th Amendment about?

It said that senators would be elected directly by the people, not the state governments.

#22 What was the 16th Amendment about?

It gave the federal government the right to tax income.

#21 Name 2 Progressive Era Amendments.

16, 17, 18, 19

#20 What is a citizen's right to state their opinion about a recent state law that was passed?

referendum

#19 What is a citizen's right to suggest their own law to their state governments?

initiative

#18 What is a citizen's right to petition against an elected official to have them taken out of office?

recall

#19 Name 2 parts of the Oregon System of government reforms.

initiative, recall, referendum

#18 Name 2 progressive reforms that Theodore Roosevelt made.

protecting national forests, The Pure Food and Drug Act, giving coal mine workers a "Square Deal"

#17 What is a progressive?

Somebody who thinks that the government should fix society's problems.

#16 What is a muckraker?

a progressive journalist who exposed society's problems

#15 What theory did On the Origin of Species promote?

evolution

#14 Who wrote On the Origin of Species?

Charles Darwin

#13 List 2 changes in religion at the turn of the 20th century,

more interdenominational religious groups (YMCA...); more non-Protestant immigrants; growth in main denominations, new denominations, and cults

#12 What did John Spargo write/ what problem was it about?

The Bitter Cry of the Children, child labor

#11 What did Ida Tarbell write/ what problem was it about?

The History of the Standard Oil Company, the unfair business practices of the Standard Oil Company, a giant trust

#10 What did Lincoln Steffens write/what problem was it about?

The Shame of the Cities, urban problems

#9 What Upton Sinclair did write/ what problem was it about?

The Jungle, the gross practices of the meatpacking industry

#8 Name 2 muckrakers.

Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, John Spargo

#7 How did muckrakers help progressive reforms?

They wrote books to expose society's problems.

#6 Why did Wilson end up winning the election of 1912?

Theodore Roosevelt split the Republican party with his Progressive Party.

#5 Who won the election of 1912?

Woodrow Wilson

#4 What party did Roosevelt create after he lost the Republican nomination in 1912?

Progressive Party

#3 Who was the Democratic candidate in the 1912 election?

Woodrow Wilson

#2 Who ran as the Republican candidate in the 1912 election?

William Howard Taft

#1 Why did Roosevelt think Taft had abandoned progressivism?

He did not lower the tariff and he tried to dismiss Gifford Pinchot. He wasn't as good at communicating his progressive reforms as Roosevelt was.