Ch. 18 “The Progressive Reform Era” Sec. 2 “Progressive Legislation

Vocabulary social welfare program municipal home rule direct primary initiative referendum recall holding company

1) How did Progressives wish to expand the role of government?

Expanding the Role of Government regulation to protect workers' rights and business competition. opposed government control of businesses, ought to increase its responsibility for the welfare Unemployment benefits

2. What municipal and state reforms did Progressives achieve?

Municipal Reforms Home rule Opposed political bosses Create emergency commissions City welfare services

State reforms Direct primaries Initiatives Referendum Recall procedures Workers’ accident insurance & compensation

3. What federal reforms did Theodore Roosevelt champion as President?

1902 strike http://www.history.com/topics/child-labor/videos/jp- morgan-battles-coal-miners-in- 1902?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false Trust Buster http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/theodore- roosevelt/videos Roosevelt vs. J.P. Morgan http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/theodore- roosevelt/videos/theodore-roosevelt-vs-corporate- america?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Teddy Roosevelt’s Reforms “Square Deal”: Insisted on arbitration for Mine Strike of 1902” “Trust Buster”: filed anti-trust actions Hepburn Act: Strengthened the Interstate Commerce Act Pure Food & Drug Act: (FDA) Protected the environment: U.S. Forest Service

4. Give examples of government reforms and social welfare programs at the municipal and state levels during the Progressive Era.

5. What reforms did TR achieve under his square deal?

6. Choose two constitutional amendments passed during the Progressive Era and explain how they expanded the role of government in citizens' lives

New Amendments 1913: Collect Income taxes (16th amendment) 1913: Direct election of senators (17th) 1919: Prohibition (18th)

Review-Prepare your response cards

1. On the federal level, President Theodore Roosevelt worked to protect A) political machines. B) monopolies. C) the environment. D) holding companies.

C) the environment.

2. Social welfare programs are provided by A) socialists. B) governments. C) industry. D) republicans.

B) governments.

3. What was the effect of state laws allowing citizens the initiative and referendum? A) Citizens gained more political power. B) Political power was controlled by political machines. C) Citizens found it more difficult to make their wishes known. D) Elected officials could no longer be removed from office.

A) Citizens gained more political power.

4. What was the result of the deadly fire at New York's Triangle Shirtwaist Company in March, 1911? A) a long strike by New York's firemen B) the implementation of many new workplace protections C) the unionization of the garment industry D) the implementation of home rule in New York City

B) the implementation of many new workplace protections

5. During the Progressive Era, many city governments took over A) gas and electric companies. B) railroad companies. C) political parties. D) labor unions.

A) gas and electric companies.

6. On the federal level, President Theodore Roosevelt worked to protect A) political machines. B) monopolies. C) the environment. D) holding companies.

C) the environment.

7. A) the act of preventing a strike B) a period of time when alcohol was illegal C) the progressive's main campaign strategy D) a movement against suffrage

B) a period of time when alcohol was illegal

8. Standard Oil, the Northern Securities Company, and the American Tobacco Company were all A) hotbeds of union activism. B) muckrakers. C) reorganized after the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. D) in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

D) in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

9. True/False The Sixteenth Amendment, ratified in 1913, authorized Congress to collect federal income taxes. 

True

10. True/False Beginning with President William McKinley in 1901, the White House became a powerful voice for change.

False

11. True/False During the Progressive Era, voters gained more direct influence in lawmaking and in choosing candidates

True

12. True/False Home rule allowed cities to escape domination by state governments controlled by political machines or by business or rural interests.

True