History ch 18/19 – Flashcards
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The word Progressivism came into common use around 1910 as:
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a way of describing a broad, loosely defined political movement of individuals and groups.
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The Progressive movement drew its strength from:
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middle-class reformers.
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Most new immigrants who arrived during the early years of the twentieth century:
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lived in close-knit communities.
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The new concepts of a "living wage" and the "American standard of living":
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allowed for criticism of the inequalities of wealth and power.
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By 1912, the Socialist Party:
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had elected scores of local officials.
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Which statement about the American Federation of Labor in the early twentieth century is FALSE?
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The AFL proposed an overthrow of the capitalist system.
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Which statement about the textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1912 is FALSE?
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The strikers asked the American Federation of Labor for assistance.
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Jane Addams:
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advocated for the working poor.
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In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court:
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argued that women were too weak to work long hours.
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In 1912, New Freedom was:
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Woodrow Wilson's campaign pledge that government should renew economic competition with less government intervention.
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Progressive-era immigration formed part of a larger process of worldwide migration set in motion by industrial expansion and the decline of traditional agriculture.
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True
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During the Progressive era, the working woman became a symbol of female emancipation.
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False
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Socialism had made such inroads in popularity that by 1914 the U.S. Congress had a socialist representative.
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True
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Like the abolitionist movement before it, the labor movement, in the name of freedom, demanded the right to assemble, organize, and spread its views.
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True
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The federal government enacted most of the era's reform measures.
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False
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The new woman was college educated, middle class, and devoted to providing social services.
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True
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The conservation movement reflected the Progressive thrust toward efficiency and control.
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True
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When Theodore Roosevelt failed to win the Republican nomination for president in 1912, he formed his own political party.
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True
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Once in office, Woodrow Wilson was a fierce trustbuster, dismantling more than twenty monopolies.
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False
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Progressives wished to completely overthrow industrial capitalism.
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false
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America's empire in the early twentieth century was all of the following EXCEPT:
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territorial.
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Theodore Roosevelt's taking of the Panama Canal Zone is an example of:
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his belief that civilized nations had an obligation to establish order in an unruly world.
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Woodrow Wilson's moral imperialism in Latin America produced
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more military interventions than any other president before or since.
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The Fourteen Points:
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sought to establish the right of national self-determination.
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During World War I, the federal government:
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increased corporate and individual income taxes.
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The Committee on Public Information:
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was a government agency that sought to shape public opinion.
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Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress:
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did not support U.S. entry into World War I.
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When Eugene Debs was sentenced under the Espionage Act, what did he tell the jury?
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that Americans in the past who spoke out against colonialism, slavery, or the Mexican War were not indicted or charged with treason
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"Americanization":
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refers to the process of assimilation.
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W. E. B. Du Bois:
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founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
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The Roosevelt Corollary claimed for the United States the right to exercise an international police power in the Western Hemisphere.
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True
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Suffrage for women had been granted in the western states more than in the eastern states.
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True
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The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibited not only spying and interfering with the draft but also "false statements" that might impede military success.
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True
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Patriotism during World War I meant support for the government, the war, and the American economic system.
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True
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During World War I, most Progressives were outraged at the broad suppression of freedom of expression and spoke out against the Sedition Act.
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False
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Americanization programs often targeted second-generation children as they were less likely to be stuck in the "Old World ways."
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True
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Progressive intellectuals, social scientists, labor reformers, and suffrage advocates displayed a remarkable indifference to the black condition in the early twentieth century.
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True
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World War I opened thousands of industrial jobs to black laborers for the first time, inspiring a large-scale migration from South to North called the Great Migration.
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True
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Marcus Garvey launched a separatist movement, encouraging blacks to embrace their African heritage.
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True
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The Red Scare was a short-lived but intense period of political intolerance inspired by the postwar strike wave and the social tensions and fears generated by the Russian Revolution.
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True
