Chapter 21: Urban American and the Progressive Era 1900-1917

________ presented the orthodox theory, which attributed social inequality to natural selection and 'the survival of the most fitting,'in his innovative work Dynamic Sociaology.

The ________ became the most strong and stable workers 'organization following the 1890s depression.

________ helped fuel a new consciousness of reform by drawing people's attention to urban poverty, political corruption, the distress of industrial workers and unethical business practices.

The ________ strengthened by permitting it to set maximum railway rates and to inspect financial records the Interstate Commerce Commission, established in 1887 as the first independent regulatory agency.

________ faced a thorny problem in commercial entertainment's growing popularity.

________ was the first State to adopt two other reforms in 1902: the initiative, the popular legislative power and the referendum, and the right to vote in favor of a legislative proposal in popular terms.

________ created a major alternative to the leadership of Washington.

________ contrasted his New Freedom campaign with the New Nationalism of Roosevelt, instead of seeing Taft as his main rival.

The ________ was emptier as more men were at work, more children were attending school and family numbers declined.

What was primarily viewed by progressive educators as a "Americanization "agent? Answer with a single words or term.

The ________ was coalesced during the 1910s by an important small community of peers, reporters, poets, social workmen, lawyers and political activists.