Question 1

In 1913, the first modern income tax imposed a 10 percent tax on individuals earning over $4,000 a year.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In the 1912 presidential election results,

Accepted Answer

A)  President William H. Taft came in last of the four major candidates. 
B)  Theodore Roosevelt won the popular vote but lost the electoral college. 
C)  Eugene Debs offered his electoral votes to Theodore Roosevelt. 
D)  Theodore Roosevelt finished third in the popular vote. 
E)  Woodrow Wilson won only a plurality of the popular vote. 
A)  President William H. Taft came in last of the four major candidates. 
B)  Theodore Roosevelt won the popular vote but lost the electoral college. 
C)  Eugene Debs offered his electoral votes to Theodore Roosevelt. 
D)  Theodore Roosevelt finished third in the popular vote. 
E)  Woodrow Wilson won only a plurality of the popular vote.

Question 3

The Women's Christian Temperance Union

Accepted Answer

A)  was, at one time, the largest women's organization in American history. 
B)  called for an end to saloons, not for a full prohibition on alcoholic beverages. 
C)  was later replaced by the Anti-Saloon League. 
D)  was headed by a male president. 
E)  was founded during the progressive era. 
A)  was, at one time, the largest women's organization in American history. 
B)  called for an end to saloons, not for a full prohibition on alcoholic beverages. 
C)  was later replaced by the Anti-Saloon League. 
D)  was headed by a male president. 
E)  was founded during the progressive era.

Question 4

During the Progressive Era, some supporters of woman suffrage argued that female voters

Accepted Answer

A)  would end future political scandals. 
B)  would ensure fair elections. 
C)  deserved the vote because of their unique traits as women. 
D)  were unlikely ever to vote for a woman running for national office. 
E)  would help to defeat the growing movement for temperance. 
A)  would end future political scandals. 
B)  would ensure fair elections. 
C)  deserved the vote because of their unique traits as women. 
D)  were unlikely ever to vote for a woman running for national office. 
E)  would help to defeat the growing movement for temperance.

Question 5

Progressive reforms tended to increase voter turnout in presidential elections.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Prior to the adoption of the secret ballot, voter ballots were printed and distributed by

Accepted Answer

A)  the political parties. 
B)  the federal government. 
C)  private contractors. 
D)  state governments. 
E)  philanthropic organizations. 
A)  the political parties. 
B)  the federal government. 
C)  private contractors. 
D)  state governments. 
E)  philanthropic organizations.

Question 7

All of the following legislation was passed during Theodore Roosevelt's administration EXCEPT the

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A)  Meat Inspection Act. 
B)  Pure Food and Drug Act. 
C)  Hepburn Railroad Regulation Act. 
D)  National Reclamation Act. 
E)  Interstate Commerce Act. 
A)  Meat Inspection Act. 
B)  Pure Food and Drug Act. 
C)  Hepburn Railroad Regulation Act. 
D)  National Reclamation Act. 
E)  Interstate Commerce Act.

Question 8

After the elections of 1914, President Woodrow Wilson

Accepted Answer

A)  held steady to his existing course of action. 
B)  moved away from progressivism. 
C)  began another round of progressive legislation. 
D)  encouraged the United States to enter the war in Europe. 
E)  refused to nominate any progressives to the Supreme Court. 
A)  held steady to his existing course of action. 
B)  moved away from progressivism. 
C)  began another round of progressive legislation. 
D)  encouraged the United States to enter the war in Europe. 
E)  refused to nominate any progressives to the Supreme Court.

Question 9

The term "muckrakers" referred to

Accepted Answer

A)  western progressives. 
B)  Social Darwinists. 
C)  socialists. 
D)  critics of imperialism. 
E)  journalists. 
A)  western progressives. 
B)  Social Darwinists. 
C)  socialists. 
D)  critics of imperialism. 
E)  journalists.

Question 10

The 1912 Republican convention was an ideological contest between

Accepted Answer

A)  the Old Guard and what was to become the "Bull Moose." 
B)  La Follette and Taft. 
C)  the "New Freedom" and the "New Nationalism." 
D)  both different types of progressivism and the "New Freedom" and "New Nationalism." 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  the Old Guard and what was to become the "Bull Moose." 
B)  La Follette and Taft. 
C)  the "New Freedom" and the "New Nationalism." 
D)  both different types of progressivism and the "New Freedom" and "New Nationalism." 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 11

Social work and ________ houses provided two "appropriate" professional outlets for women of the progressive era.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Social work and ________ houses provided two...

Question 12

In the election of 1908, William Howard Taft

Accepted Answer

A)  was hand-picked by Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him. 
B)  narrowly defeated his opponent, William Jennings Bryan. 
C)  was opposed by progressives and conservatives. 
D)  had a public image very much like that of Theodore Roosevelt. 
E)  decisively defeated his Republican opponent in the general election. 
A)  was hand-picked by Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him. 
B)  narrowly defeated his opponent, William Jennings Bryan. 
C)  was opposed by progressives and conservatives. 
D)  had a public image very much like that of Theodore Roosevelt. 
E)  decisively defeated his Republican opponent in the general election.

Question 13

Anna Howard Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt were among the most prominent leaders of the anti-suffrage movement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

During Theodore Roosevelt's first three years as president,

Accepted Answer

A)  he was a champion of labor unions. 
B)  he made the breaking-up of business combinations his highest priority. 
C)  he desired to win for government the power to investigate corporate activities. 
D)  his primary accomplishment was to reform the meatpacking industry. 
E)  he deeply antagonized the conservative Old Guard wing of his party. 
A)  he was a champion of labor unions. 
B)  he made the breaking-up of business combinations his highest priority. 
C)  he desired to win for government the power to investigate corporate activities. 
D)  his primary accomplishment was to reform the meatpacking industry. 
E)  he deeply antagonized the conservative Old Guard wing of his party.

Question 15

The direct primary and the recall were both reforms designed to enhance the power of political parties in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

President Roosevelt's handpicked successor was ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of President Roosevelt's handpicked successor was ________....

Question 17

During the progressive era, the spurious "science" of ________ spread the belief that human inequalities were hereditary.

Accepted Answer

The answer of During the progressive era, the spurious "science"...

Question 18

WE.B. Du Bois was highly critical of Booker T. Washington's philosophy..

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Regarding organizing the professions during the Progressive Era,

Accepted Answer

A)  most professions attempted to expand the ranks of Americans in their fields. 
B)  by 1916, all states had established professional bar associations. 
C)  the medical field remained largely unorganized. 
D)  there was little organized activity in rural America. 
E)  state and local governments generally impeded attempts to professionalize. 
A)  most professions attempted to expand the ranks of Americans in their fields. 
B)  by 1916, all states had established professional bar associations. 
C)  the medical field remained largely unorganized. 
D)  there was little organized activity in rural America. 
E)  state and local governments generally impeded attempts to professionalize.

Question 20

For western states, the most important target of reform energies was

Accepted Answer

A)  state government agencies, such as the Bureau of Land Management. 
B)  the federal government, because it exerted great power in the western states. 
C)  political parties. 
D)  municipal and county governments, as they had the most day-to-day impact on the lives of the western voting constituency. 
E)  the prison system. 
A)  state government agencies, such as the Bureau of Land Management. 
B)  the federal government, because it exerted great power in the western states. 
C)  political parties. 
D)  municipal and county governments, as they had the most day-to-day impact on the lives of the western voting constituency. 
E)  the prison system.

Exam 20: The Progressives

In 1913, the first modern income tax imposed a 10 percent tax on individuals earning over $4,000 a year.

In the 1912 presidential election results,

The Women's Christian Temperance Union

During the Progressive Era, some supporters of woman suffrage argued that female voters

Progressive reforms tended to increase voter turnout in presidential elections.

Prior to the adoption of the secret ballot, voter ballots were printed and distributed by

All of the following legislation was passed during Theodore Roosevelt's administration EXCEPT the

After the elections of 1914, President Woodrow Wilson

The term "muckrakers" referred to

The 1912 Republican convention was an ideological contest between

Social work and ________ houses provided two "appropriate" professional outlets for women of the progressive era.

In the election of 1908, William Howard Taft

Anna Howard Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt were among the most prominent leaders of the anti-suffrage movement.

During Theodore Roosevelt's first three years as president,

The direct primary and the recall were both reforms designed to enhance the power of political parties in the United States.

President Roosevelt's handpicked successor was ________.

During the progressive era, the spurious "science" of ________ spread the belief that human inequalities were hereditary.

WE.B. Du Bois was highly critical of Booker T. Washington's philosophy..

Regarding organizing the professions during the Progressive Era,

For western states, the most important target of reform energies was

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