13-1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
01. What caused unemployment, unsafe working conditions, and political corruption?
Rapid Urbanization
02. Progressives mainly came from which section (class) of society?
Middle and Upper
03. Who authored Progress and Poverty?
Henry George
04. Progress and Poverty focused on an increase in what?
Poverty
05. According to Progress and Poverty, who was responsible for poverty increasing in a wealthy nation? How did these individuals hurt society?
Speculators—Hoarded Land
06. Henry George suggested that the government eliminate which taxes on land?
Improvements (houses and cultivation)
07. Who relied on the taxes raised on land?
Local and State Governments
08. Henry George called for a single tax on what? Why?
Land—Speculation Less Attractive
09. Due to Progress and Poverty, which clubs were established throughout the nation?
Single Tax
10. A tax-free society was established where in 1894? (city and state)
Fairhope, Alabama
11. Who authored Looking Backward?
Edward Bellamy
12. In Looking Backward, which economic philosophy was followed?
Socialism
13. Which clubs were formed after the publishing of Looking Backward?
Nationalist (nationalization of industry)
14. Socialism called for ownership of poverty by whom?
Collective
Government
15. How did the socialists want to bring change in the early 1900s?
Ballot Box
16. When was the Socialist Party of America formed?
1901
17. The Socialist Party had its greatest achievement at which level of government?
Local
18. Unions in the early 20th Century focused on which three issues?
Hours
Wages
Conditions
19. Union membership began to grow during which decade?
1890s
20. Big business was able to encourage the government to issue which legal action to stop unions?
Injunctions
21. Municipal means what?
City
22. Municipal reformers wanted to displace which leadership of the Gilded Age?
Political Bosses
23. Which type of civil service did municipal reformers attempt to gain during the turn-of-the-century?
Professional—Nonpolitical
24. Which term refers to the cities exercising limited degree of self-rule?
Home Rule
25. Home Rule allowed the cities to escape control by which level of government?
State
26. Municipal reformers were against which group of people in the cities?
Immigrants
27. Which term refers to a political and social reform movement of the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Progressivism
28. Progressivism included which five major reform movements?
Socialism
Labor
Municipal
Prohibition
Settlement House
29. Which former movement led to the formation of the progressives?
Populists
30. Why did progressives want to preserve the free enterprise system?
Wealthy
31. Progressives opposed government control of what?
Business
32. Name the only areas in business that the progressives favored being under government control.
Water
Electricity
Transportation
33. According to progressives, business should function without government control as long as whose needs were first?
Societies
34. Under capitalism, workers originally had no protection from which three areas?
Substandard Wages
Unemployment
Workplace Hazards
35. Which term refers to government programs that help ensure a basic standard of living?
Social Welfare Programs
36. Name the four major portions of the social welfare program proposed by the progressives.
Unemployment
Accident Insurance
Health Insurance
Social Security Programs
37. According to progressives, who would oversee the social welfare programs?
Professionals
38. According to Jane Addams, women in the cities could not care for their families without what?
Government Help
39. What was the major goal of progressive women?
Suffrage
40. In order to protect vulnerable citizens, progressives accepted an increased level of government control in which three areas that were traditionally out of government control?
Housing
Health Care
Movie Content
41. Progressives worked for reform in which manner? What were the first steps these reformers would take?
Systematic—Scientific Data and Expert Testimony
42. After gaining the information needed to support their reform, what did progressives next do with the material?
Published It (pressured Congress)
43. What name was given to progressive journalists? Who coined the phrase?
Muckrakers--TR
44. The term muckraker was taken from which book? By whom?
Pilgrim’s Progress—John Bunyan
45. Which muckraker was known for exposing political corruption?
Lincoln Steffens
46. Which muckraker led a crusade against Standard Oil?
Ida Tarbell
47. Which book focused on the meatpacking industry? Who wrote it?
The Jungle—Upton Sinclair
48. What did NCL stand for?
National Consumer League
49. Which position did Florence Kelley hold in the NCL?
Secretary General
50. Which name was given to businesses that were approved by the NCL?
White List
Rapid Urbanization
02. Progressives mainly came from which section (class) of society?
Middle and Upper
03. Who authored Progress and Poverty?
Henry George
04. Progress and Poverty focused on an increase in what?
Poverty
05. According to Progress and Poverty, who was responsible for poverty increasing in a wealthy nation? How did these individuals hurt society?
Speculators—Hoarded Land
06. Henry George suggested that the government eliminate which taxes on land?
Improvements (houses and cultivation)
07. Who relied on the taxes raised on land?
Local and State Governments
08. Henry George called for a single tax on what? Why?
Land—Speculation Less Attractive
09. Due to Progress and Poverty, which clubs were established throughout the nation?
Single Tax
10. A tax-free society was established where in 1894? (city and state)
Fairhope, Alabama
11. Who authored Looking Backward?
Edward Bellamy
12. In Looking Backward, which economic philosophy was followed?
Socialism
13. Which clubs were formed after the publishing of Looking Backward?
Nationalist (nationalization of industry)
14. Socialism called for ownership of poverty by whom?
Collective
Government
15. How did the socialists want to bring change in the early 1900s?
Ballot Box
16. When was the Socialist Party of America formed?
1901
17. The Socialist Party had its greatest achievement at which level of government?
Local
18. Unions in the early 20th Century focused on which three issues?
Hours
Wages
Conditions
19. Union membership began to grow during which decade?
1890s
20. Big business was able to encourage the government to issue which legal action to stop unions?
Injunctions
21. Municipal means what?
City
22. Municipal reformers wanted to displace which leadership of the Gilded Age?
Political Bosses
23. Which type of civil service did municipal reformers attempt to gain during the turn-of-the-century?
Professional—Nonpolitical
24. Which term refers to the cities exercising limited degree of self-rule?
Home Rule
25. Home Rule allowed the cities to escape control by which level of government?
State
26. Municipal reformers were against which group of people in the cities?
Immigrants
27. Which term refers to a political and social reform movement of the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Progressivism
28. Progressivism included which five major reform movements?
Socialism
Labor
Municipal
Prohibition
Settlement House
29. Which former movement led to the formation of the progressives?
Populists
30. Why did progressives want to preserve the free enterprise system?
Wealthy
31. Progressives opposed government control of what?
Business
32. Name the only areas in business that the progressives favored being under government control.
Water
Electricity
Transportation
33. According to progressives, business should function without government control as long as whose needs were first?
Societies
34. Under capitalism, workers originally had no protection from which three areas?
Substandard Wages
Unemployment
Workplace Hazards
35. Which term refers to government programs that help ensure a basic standard of living?
Social Welfare Programs
36. Name the four major portions of the social welfare program proposed by the progressives.
Unemployment
Accident Insurance
Health Insurance
Social Security Programs
37. According to progressives, who would oversee the social welfare programs?
Professionals
38. According to Jane Addams, women in the cities could not care for their families without what?
Government Help
39. What was the major goal of progressive women?
Suffrage
40. In order to protect vulnerable citizens, progressives accepted an increased level of government control in which three areas that were traditionally out of government control?
Housing
Health Care
Movie Content
41. Progressives worked for reform in which manner? What were the first steps these reformers would take?
Systematic—Scientific Data and Expert Testimony
42. After gaining the information needed to support their reform, what did progressives next do with the material?
Published It (pressured Congress)
43. What name was given to progressive journalists? Who coined the phrase?
Muckrakers--TR
44. The term muckraker was taken from which book? By whom?
Pilgrim’s Progress—John Bunyan
45. Which muckraker was known for exposing political corruption?
Lincoln Steffens
46. Which muckraker led a crusade against Standard Oil?
Ida Tarbell
47. Which book focused on the meatpacking industry? Who wrote it?
The Jungle—Upton Sinclair
48. What did NCL stand for?
National Consumer League
49. Which position did Florence Kelley hold in the NCL?
Secretary General
50. Which name was given to businesses that were approved by the NCL?
White List