Exam 20: The Progressives

Regarding divorce in the United States during the progressive era,by 1916

The brilliant lawyer LouisD.Brandies,who later became a Supreme Court justice,argued that the federal government should work to break up the largest corporations because the "curse of bigness"

Muckraker Lincoln Steffens wrote an expose titled ________.

Theodore Roosevelt cooperated with J.P.Morgan during the Panic of 1907 to attempt to stabilize the economy.

All of the following legislation was passed during Theodore Roosevelt's administration EXCEPT the

In the early twentieth century,eugenics

Robert La Follette wanted to make the state of ________ into a "laboratory of progressivism."

The initiative and referendum were progressive-era political reforms primarily designed to weaken the power of

During the progressive era,W.E.B.Du Bois asserted all of the following EXCEPT that

The Federal Reserve Act

What were the similarities and differences between Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson as progressive presidents?

During the progressive era,reformers of city government frequently tried to

The 1916 Keating-Owen Act was the first federal law regulating

World War I hurt the socialist movement in the United States

Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens could both be called muckrakers.

The settlement house movement of the early twentieth century helped spawn the profession of

During his first three years in office,President Theodore Roosevelt was less concerned with reform than he was with not upsetting the conservative wing of his party.

For western states,the most important target of reform energies was

What major progressive reforms were enacted by the federal government between 1912 and 1915?

The leader of the National Woman's Party,________,did not think that the Nineteenth Amendment would be sufficient to protect women.