Question 1

The 1909 strike at New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Company demonstrated that

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A)  middle-class women would abandon working-class women when economic conditions deteriorated. 
B)  women could not organize successfully on a large scale. 
C)  women workers could create solidarity across social and ethnic lines. 
D)  class divisions among workers could help them organize more effectively. 
A)  middle-class women would abandon working-class women when economic conditions deteriorated. 
B)  women could not organize successfully on a large scale. 
C)  women workers could create solidarity across social and ethnic lines. 
D)  class divisions among workers could help them organize more effectively.

Question 2

Elevating productivity and efficiency but alienating the working class, Frederick Winslow Taylor pioneered the practice of

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A)  supply-side economics. 
B)  mechanized labor. 
C)  systematized shop management. 
D)  laissez-faire. 
A)  supply-side economics. 
B)  mechanized labor. 
C)  systematized shop management. 
D)  laissez-faire.

Question 3

How did reform Darwinism become the philosophical basis of the progressive movement in the early 1900s?

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Answer would ideally include:
Social Dar

Question 4

What did President Wilson hope to accomplish by supporting the Clayton Act of 1914?

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A)  The Supreme Court's willingness to end the abuses of big business 
B)  Legislation that would make it more difficult for workers to organize labor unions 
C)  The promotion of legislation that would redistribute national income 
D)  Legislation outlawing "unfair competition" practices such as price discrimination 
A)  The Supreme Court's willingness to end the abuses of big business 
B)  Legislation that would make it more difficult for workers to organize labor unions 
C)  The promotion of legislation that would redistribute national income 
D)  Legislation outlawing "unfair competition" practices such as price discrimination

Question 5

Taken together, what did President Roosevelt's actions in the anthracite coal strike of 1902 and the dissolution of Northern Securities in 1904 demonstrate about the U.S. government?

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A)  Roosevelt's administration would act independently of big business. 
B)  Government officials were willing to make deals with big business to maintain economic stability. 
C)  The federal government would continue to side with management in major labor disputes. 
D)  The government was virtually powerless to withstand lobbyists and other powerful business interests. 
A)  Roosevelt's administration would act independently of big business. 
B)  Government officials were willing to make deals with big business to maintain economic stability. 
C)  The federal government would continue to side with management in major labor disputes. 
D)  The government was virtually powerless to withstand lobbyists and other powerful business interests.

Question 6

Match the term with the definition.
-Political party formed in 1900 that advocated cooperation over competition and promoted the breakdown of capitalism. Its largely middle-class and native-born members saw both the Republican and the Democratic parties as hopelessly beholden to capitalism.

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A) birth control movement 
B) Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) 
C) muckraking 
D) The New Freedom 
E) The New Nationalism
F)Plessy v. Ferguson
G)progressivism
H)reform Darwinism
I)Roosevelt Corollary
J)settlement houses
K)social gospel
L)Socialist Party 
A) birth control movement 
B) Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) 
C) muckraking 
D) The New Freedom 
E) The New Nationalism
F)Plessy v. Ferguson
G)progressivism
H)reform Darwinism
I)Roosevelt Corollary
J)settlement houses
K)social gospel
L)Socialist Party

Question 7

Describe the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in 1911. Was it a wake-up call to managers and capitalists? Why or why not?

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Answer would ideally include:
Triangle S

Question 8

Compare the political philosophies expressed by Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism and Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom.

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Answer would ideally include:
New Nation

Question 9

Match the term with the definition.
-Movement launched in 1915 by Margaret Sanger in New York's Lower East Side. Contraception advocates hoped that a reduction in the working-class population would improve society by inducing higher wages and curtailing warfare with a limited supply of soldiers.

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A) birth control movement 
B) Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) 
C) muckraking 
D) The New Freedom 
E) The New Nationalism
F)Plessy v. Ferguson
G)progressivism
H)reform Darwinism
I)Roosevelt Corollary
J)settlement houses
K)social gospel
L)Socialist Party 
A) birth control movement 
B) Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) 
C) muckraking 
D) The New Freedom 
E) The New Nationalism
F)Plessy v. Ferguson
G)progressivism
H)reform Darwinism
I)Roosevelt Corollary
J)settlement houses
K)social gospel
L)Socialist Party

Question 10

Explain the fundamental differences in the philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois in regard to elevating the status of African Americans.

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Answer would ideally include:
Booker T.

Question 11

What assumption lay at the foundation of the American progressive agenda in the early twentieth century?

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A)  Humans should leave progress to the dictates of natural selection. 
B)  Social engineering is a dangerous and unethical practice. 
C)  The American president must lead the way for social reform. 
D)  Experts have the skills and knowledge to use scientific methods to improve society. 
A)  Humans should leave progress to the dictates of natural selection. 
B)  Social engineering is a dangerous and unethical practice. 
C)  The American president must lead the way for social reform. 
D)  Experts have the skills and knowledge to use scientific methods to improve society.

Question 12

How did women shape the course of the Progressive Era? To what extent did they benefit from the era's reforms?

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Answer would ideally include:
Jane Addam

Question 13

Beginning in the 1890s, progressive southerners sought to reform the electoral system in the South by

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A)  establishing new political parties. 
B)  disfranchising black voters. 
C)  preventing woman suffrage. 
D)  voting for Republican social reforms. 
A)  establishing new political parties. 
B)  disfranchising black voters. 
C)  preventing woman suffrage. 
D)  voting for Republican social reforms.

Question 14

Which of the following statements describes the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?

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A)  It had little effect on the U.S. economy. 
B)  It was passed by the House and Senate over President Wilson's veto. 
C)  It was the most significant piece of domestic legislation in Wilson's presidency. 
D)  It was designed to curb the economic power of the federal government. 
A)  It had little effect on the U.S. economy. 
B)  It was passed by the House and Senate over President Wilson's veto. 
C)  It was the most significant piece of domestic legislation in Wilson's presidency. 
D)  It was designed to curb the economic power of the federal government.

Question 15

What did J. P. Morgan receive in return for his actions in the Panic of 1907?

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A)  A firm rebuke from President Roosevelt for interfering in government affairs 
B)  The tacit approval of President Roosevelt for U.S. Steel's acquisition of Tennessee Coal and Iron 
C)  The promise of antitrust proceedings if he went forward with the purchase of Tennessee Coal and Iron 
D)  The chairmanship of the Federal Reserve Board for the remainder of Roosevelt's administration 
A)  A firm rebuke from President Roosevelt for interfering in government affairs 
B)  The tacit approval of President Roosevelt for U.S. Steel's acquisition of Tennessee Coal and Iron 
C)  The promise of antitrust proceedings if he went forward with the purchase of Tennessee Coal and Iron 
D)  The chairmanship of the Federal Reserve Board for the remainder of Roosevelt's administration

Question 16

Self-identified progressives Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson faced off in the 1912 presidential election. Compare and contrast their approaches to domestic progressive reform. What were the most significant differences between the two presidents?

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Answer would ideally include:
Regulating

Question 17

During his first term as president, Woodrow Wilson refused to support child labor laws, woman suffrage, and labor's demand for an end to injunctions because he

Accepted Answer

A)  opposed affording special privileges to any group. 
B)  could not find support for those measures in Congress. 
C)  didn't want to offend big-business interest groups. 
D)  found little support for those measures in his own political party. 
A)  opposed affording special privileges to any group. 
B)  could not find support for those measures in Congress. 
C)  didn't want to offend big-business interest groups. 
D)  found little support for those measures in his own political party.

Exam 21: Progressivism From the Grass Roots to the White House

The 1909 strike at New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Company demonstrated that

Elevating productivity and efficiency but alienating the working class, Frederick Winslow Taylor pioneered the practice of

How did reform Darwinism become the philosophical basis of the progressive movement in the early 1900s?

What did President Wilson hope to accomplish by supporting the Clayton Act of 1914?

Taken together, what did President Roosevelt's actions in the anthracite coal strike of 1902 and the dissolution of Northern Securities in 1904 demonstrate about the U.S. government?

Match the term with the definition. -Political party formed in 1900 that advocated cooperation over competition and promoted the breakdown of capitalism. Its largely middle-class and native-born members saw both the Republican and the Democratic parties as hopelessly beholden to capitalism.

Describe the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in 1911. Was it a wake-up call to managers and capitalists? Why or why not?

Compare the political philosophies expressed by Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism and Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom.

Match the term with the definition. -Movement launched in 1915 by Margaret Sanger in New York's Lower East Side. Contraception advocates hoped that a reduction in the working-class population would improve society by inducing higher wages and curtailing warfare with a limited supply of soldiers.

Explain the fundamental differences in the philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois in regard to elevating the status of African Americans.

What assumption lay at the foundation of the American progressive agenda in the early twentieth century?

How did women shape the course of the Progressive Era? To what extent did they benefit from the era's reforms?

Beginning in the 1890s, progressive southerners sought to reform the electoral system in the South by

Which of the following statements describes the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?

What did J. P. Morgan receive in return for his actions in the Panic of 1907?

Self-identified progressives Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson faced off in the 1912 presidential election. Compare and contrast their approaches to domestic progressive reform. What were the most significant differences between the two presidents?

During his first term as president, Woodrow Wilson refused to support child labor laws, woman suffrage, and labor's demand for an end to injunctions because he

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