Give Me Liberty Chapter 18 Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

Grass Roots {Ans: The group of progressives that would be considered the "good ones" as most of them were not that great.}Ellis Island {Ans: Reception center in New York Harbor through which most European immigrants to America were processed from 1892 to 1954.}Triangle Fire (Triangle Shirt Factory) {Ans: NY, 146 women dead, forced radical reform w/ regard to new factory inspection. laws, fire safety codes, & efforts to organize workers. Major effect on public consciousness.}Economic {Ans: Restrictions upon liberty in progressive era were ________ not political.}Federal Trade Commission {Ans: Investigated and prohibited unfair business activities such as price-fixing and monopolistic activities. Created to enforce existing antitrust laws that prohibited business combinations in restraint of trade.}Wobblies {Ans: Solidified strikers (did not originate conflicts), had posters in multiple languages to reach more people, believed in foundations of civil liberties as a component to freedom (free speech, free expression).}Characteristics of Progressive Era {Ans: Economic expansion of cities, increased consumerism, severe inequalities in urban areas, labor strife (questioning govt. role).}Emma Goldman {Ans: Regularly spoke on anarchism, enlightened attitudes about homosexuality, & birth control.}Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) {Ans: Radical union organized in Chicago in