U.S. History Chapter 8 Section 1 – Flashcards
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1. What did Progressives have a strong faith in?
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Science and Technology
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2. Efficiency Progressives believed cities should be run by whom?
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City Managers and commissioners
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3. Why did Wisconsin become known as "the laboratory of democracy"?
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Support for direct primaries
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4. Why did Alice Paul's strategy alarm many in the suffrage movement?
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She used protest to force suffrage
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5. In regards to business, what is the Socialist belief?
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Government ownership of business
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6. How can a company become more efficient through scientific management?
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By breaking down tasks into small parts and using standardized tools.
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7. What is a direct primary?
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All party members vote for a candidate to run in the general election.
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8. The Constitution originally specified that, in each state, U.S. Senators would be elected by whom?
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The legislature of each state.
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9. The tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company led to what?
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Building codes requiring fire escapes.
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10. Progressivism was partly a reaction against what kind of economics?
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Laissez-Faire economics
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11. What were crusading journalist who investigated social conditions and political corruption called?
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muckrakers
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12. What was a "recall"?
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Government reform which allows
