APUSH: AMSCO Ch 21 Vocab Test
Questions All Solved Correctly.
Progressive Movement - Answer (1901 -1917) Formed by Midwestern Farmers, Socialists,
and Labor Organizers -attacked monopolies, and wanted other reforms, such as bimetallism,
transportation regulation, the 8-hour work day, and income tax
Pragmatism - Answer A philosophy which focuses only on the outcomes and effects of
processes and situations.
William James - Answer 1842-1910; Field: functionalism; Contributions: studied how humans
use perception to function in our environment; Studies: Pragmatism, The Meaning of Truth
John Dewey - Answer He was a philosopher who believed in "learning by doing" which
formed the foundation of progressive education. He believed that the teachers' goal should be
"education for life and that the workbench is just as important as the blackboard."
Frederick W. Taylor - Answer an engineer, an inventor, and a tennis player. He sought to
eliminate wasted motion. Famous for scientific-management especially time-management
studies.
Scientific Management - Answer a management theory using efficiency experts to examine
each work operations and find ways to minimize the time needed to complete it
Muckrakers - Answer 1906 - Journalists who searched for corruption in politics and big
business
Henry Demarest Lloyd - Answer He wrote the book "Wealth Against Commonwealth" in
1894. It was part of the progressive movement and the book's purpose was to show the wrong
in the monopoly of the Standard Oil Company.
Standard Oil Company - Answer Founded by John D. Rockefeller. Largest unit in the American
oil industry in 1881. Known as A.D. Trust, it was outlawed by the Supreme Court of Ohio in
1899. Replaced by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
Lincoln Steffans - Answer He was another muckraking journalist that worked for McClure's.
He is known for exposing corruption in major American cities. His first installment- "Tweed Days
in St. Louis" may have been the "first muckraking article". He also wrote an autobiography that
Dr. Ferdon liked called the Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens. He said after returning from
Communist Russia, "I've seen the future and it works."
, Ida Tarbell - Answer A leading muckraker and magazine editor, she exposed the corruption of
the oil industry with her 1904 work A History of Standard Oil.
Jacob Riis - Answer A Danish immigrant, he became a reporter who pointed out the terrible
conditions of the tenement houses of the big cities where immigrants lived during the late
1800s. He wrote How The Other Half Lives in 1890.
Australian Ballot - Answer A government printed ballot of uniform size and shape to be cast
in secret that was adopted by many states around 1890 in order to reduce the voting fraud
associated with party printed ballots cast in public.
Direct Primary - Answer A primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run
for office
Robert La Folette - Answer Progressive governor of Wisconsin, who introduced direct
primary.
Direct Election of Senators - Answer Omaha Platform
Seventeenth Amendment - Answer 1913 constitutional amendment allowing American
voters to directly elect US senators
Initiative - Answer Allows voters to petition to propose legislation &then submit it for a vote
by qualified voters
Referendum - Answer a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the
electorate
Recall - Answer A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information
learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test.
Social Welfare - Answer Programs to help certain groups of people
Municipal Reform - Answer A reform introduced by Republican Mayor Samuel M. Jones that
included free kindergartens, night schools, and public playgrounds.
Samuel M. Jones - Answer Golden Rule; minimum wage; opened kindergartens; along with
other reform mayor Tom Johnson
Questions All Solved Correctly.
Progressive Movement - Answer (1901 -1917) Formed by Midwestern Farmers, Socialists,
and Labor Organizers -attacked monopolies, and wanted other reforms, such as bimetallism,
transportation regulation, the 8-hour work day, and income tax
Pragmatism - Answer A philosophy which focuses only on the outcomes and effects of
processes and situations.
William James - Answer 1842-1910; Field: functionalism; Contributions: studied how humans
use perception to function in our environment; Studies: Pragmatism, The Meaning of Truth
John Dewey - Answer He was a philosopher who believed in "learning by doing" which
formed the foundation of progressive education. He believed that the teachers' goal should be
"education for life and that the workbench is just as important as the blackboard."
Frederick W. Taylor - Answer an engineer, an inventor, and a tennis player. He sought to
eliminate wasted motion. Famous for scientific-management especially time-management
studies.
Scientific Management - Answer a management theory using efficiency experts to examine
each work operations and find ways to minimize the time needed to complete it
Muckrakers - Answer 1906 - Journalists who searched for corruption in politics and big
business
Henry Demarest Lloyd - Answer He wrote the book "Wealth Against Commonwealth" in
1894. It was part of the progressive movement and the book's purpose was to show the wrong
in the monopoly of the Standard Oil Company.
Standard Oil Company - Answer Founded by John D. Rockefeller. Largest unit in the American
oil industry in 1881. Known as A.D. Trust, it was outlawed by the Supreme Court of Ohio in
1899. Replaced by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
Lincoln Steffans - Answer He was another muckraking journalist that worked for McClure's.
He is known for exposing corruption in major American cities. His first installment- "Tweed Days
in St. Louis" may have been the "first muckraking article". He also wrote an autobiography that
Dr. Ferdon liked called the Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens. He said after returning from
Communist Russia, "I've seen the future and it works."
, Ida Tarbell - Answer A leading muckraker and magazine editor, she exposed the corruption of
the oil industry with her 1904 work A History of Standard Oil.
Jacob Riis - Answer A Danish immigrant, he became a reporter who pointed out the terrible
conditions of the tenement houses of the big cities where immigrants lived during the late
1800s. He wrote How The Other Half Lives in 1890.
Australian Ballot - Answer A government printed ballot of uniform size and shape to be cast
in secret that was adopted by many states around 1890 in order to reduce the voting fraud
associated with party printed ballots cast in public.
Direct Primary - Answer A primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run
for office
Robert La Folette - Answer Progressive governor of Wisconsin, who introduced direct
primary.
Direct Election of Senators - Answer Omaha Platform
Seventeenth Amendment - Answer 1913 constitutional amendment allowing American
voters to directly elect US senators
Initiative - Answer Allows voters to petition to propose legislation &then submit it for a vote
by qualified voters
Referendum - Answer a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the
electorate
Recall - Answer A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information
learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test.
Social Welfare - Answer Programs to help certain groups of people
Municipal Reform - Answer A reform introduced by Republican Mayor Samuel M. Jones that
included free kindergartens, night schools, and public playgrounds.
Samuel M. Jones - Answer Golden Rule; minimum wage; opened kindergartens; along with
other reform mayor Tom Johnson
