AMSCO AP US History Chapter 21 questions well answered

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 21Progressives - correct answers Most of this were urban middle-class men and women. They included: doctors, lawyers, ministers, storekeepers, office workers, and middle managers. They hoped to create an idealistic American society cured of its social, political, and economic ills. (p. 432) Lincoln Steffans - correct answers He wrote "The Shame of the Cities" (1904) which described in detail the corruption that characterized big-city politics. (p. 434) Ida Tarbell - correct answers A leading muckraker and magazine editor, she exposed the corruption of the oil industry with her 1902 series "The History of the Standard Oil Company". (p. 434) Jacob Riis - correct answers In 1890, he wrote "How The Other Half Lives", which showed the terrible conditions of the tenement houses of the big cities where immigrants lived during the late 1800s. (p. 434) direct primary - correct answers A nominating process where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office. (p. 435) Robert La Follett - correct answers In 1903, this Progressive Wisconsin Governor introduced a new system which allowed the voters to directly choose party candidates (direct primary), rather than being selected by party bosses. (p. 435) Seventeenth Amendment - correct answers In 1913, this constitutional amendment was passed. It required that all U.S. senators be elected by a popular vote. (p. 435) initiative - correct answers This political reform allowed people to submit new legislature to the voters in a general direct election. (p. 435) referendum - correct answers A political reform by which actions of the legislature could be returned to the electorate for approval. (p. 435)