Question 1

Settlement houses were typically built and staffed by middle-class reformers to help inner-city residents.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

President Roosevelt claimed his domestic policies would bring a(n) "________ deal" to Americans.

Accepted Answer

The answer of President Roosevelt claimed his domestic policies would...

Question 3

The first director of the National Forest Service was

Accepted Answer

A)  Gifford Pinchot. 
B)  William Howard Taft. 
C)  John Muir. 
D)  Richard Ballinger. 
E)  Louis Glavis. 
A)  Gifford Pinchot. 
B)  William Howard Taft. 
C)  John Muir. 
D)  Richard Ballinger. 
E)  Louis Glavis.

Question 4

When he assumed the presidency in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt

Accepted Answer

A)  had no previous political experience. 
B)  was the youngest American ever to hold the office. 
C)  had little faith in the power of public opinion. 
D)  both was the youngest American ever to hold the office and had no previous political experience. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  had no previous political experience. 
B)  was the youngest American ever to hold the office. 
C)  had little faith in the power of public opinion. 
D)  both was the youngest American ever to hold the office and had no previous political experience. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 5

As governor of Wisconsin, the progressive reformer Robert La Follette helped win approval for

Accepted Answer

A)  campaign finance reform. 
B)  mandatory health insurance. 
C)  a repeal of the income tax. 
D)  employee profit sharing in large corporations. 
E)  the direct primary, initiative, and referendum. 
A)  campaign finance reform. 
B)  mandatory health insurance. 
C)  a repeal of the income tax. 
D)  employee profit sharing in large corporations. 
E)  the direct primary, initiative, and referendum.

Question 6

A distinctive characteristic of women in professional work during the progressive era was that

Accepted Answer

A)  women did not dominate any single profession. 
B)  women could not attain advanced degrees from American universities. 
C)  women did not generally create their own professional organizations. 
D)  "women's professions," unlike other professions, did not attempt to exclude anyone. 
E)  women were concentrated in the "helping" professions. 
A)  women did not dominate any single profession. 
B)  women could not attain advanced degrees from American universities. 
C)  women did not generally create their own professional organizations. 
D)  "women's professions," unlike other professions, did not attempt to exclude anyone. 
E)  women were concentrated in the "helping" professions.

Question 7

President Roosevelt moved to ease the Panic of 1907 by agreeing to the purchase of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company by ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of President Roosevelt moved to ease the Panic...

Question 8

Muckraker Lincoln Steffens wrote an expose titled ________.

Accepted Answer

The Shame

Question 9

Unlike Roosevelt, who wanted to destroy the major trusts, Wilson sought to accept their existence but use the federal government to regulate them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

During President Woodrow Wilson's first term, Colonel Edward House

Accepted Answer

A)  was secretary of state. 
B)  was one of Wilson's closest advisors. 
C)  became the locus of opposition to Wilson in the cabinet. 
D)  was both secretary of state and one of Wilson's closest advisors. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  was secretary of state. 
B)  was one of Wilson's closest advisors. 
C)  became the locus of opposition to Wilson in the cabinet. 
D)  was both secretary of state and one of Wilson's closest advisors. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 11

Regarding divorce in the United States during the progressive era, by 1916

Accepted Answer

A)  the majority of divorces were initiated by men. 
B)  more than ten percent of all marriages ended in divorce. 
C)  divorce rates declined. 
D)  few states allowed divorce. 
E)  women began gaining the right to divorce in many states. 
A)  the majority of divorces were initiated by men. 
B)  more than ten percent of all marriages ended in divorce. 
C)  divorce rates declined. 
D)  few states allowed divorce. 
E)  women began gaining the right to divorce in many states.

Question 12

The new middle class of the turn of the century placed a high value on moral values, but not on formal education.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Regarding women and the professions during the Progressive Era,

Accepted Answer

A)  almost no women were able to have professional careers. 
B)  the majority of professional women were nurses. 
C)  social work was generally thought to be an appropriate career for women. 
D)  educated black women were barred from all professional opportunities. 
E)  women were forced out of nursing as the occupation gained distinction. 
A)  almost no women were able to have professional careers. 
B)  the majority of professional women were nurses. 
C)  social work was generally thought to be an appropriate career for women. 
D)  educated black women were barred from all professional opportunities. 
E)  women were forced out of nursing as the occupation gained distinction.

Question 14

How do the attitudes and actions of late nineteenth-century progressive reformers compare with the attitudes and actions found in the utopian communities of the early nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

The attitudes and actions of late ninete

Question 15

Louis Brandeis and Herbert Croly agreed that bigness in business had to be eradicated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The Federal Reserve Act

Accepted Answer

A)  created a new type of paper currency. 
B)  helped to reduce loans to private banks. 
C)  was designed to push troubled banks out of business. 
D)  was regulated by a board whose members were elected by Congress. 
E)  created sixteen regional banks. 
A)  created a new type of paper currency. 
B)  helped to reduce loans to private banks. 
C)  was designed to push troubled banks out of business. 
D)  was regulated by a board whose members were elected by Congress. 
E)  created sixteen regional banks.

Question 17

The brilliant lawyer LouisD. Brandies, who later became a Supreme Court justice, argued that the federal government should work to break up the largest corporations because the "curse of bigness"

Accepted Answer

A)  limited competition. 
B)  was inefficient. 
C)  was a threat to freedom. 
D)  encouraged abuses of power 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  limited competition. 
B)  was inefficient. 
C)  was a threat to freedom. 
D)  encouraged abuses of power 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 18

What social attitudes in America worked for and against the concept of women having the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

In America, there were a variety of soci

Question 19

The "new woman" was less likely to marry and more likely to divorce.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Many progressive reformers agreed that the growth of immigration had created social problems in American cities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 20: The Progressives

Settlement houses were typically built and staffed by middle-class reformers to help inner-city residents.

President Roosevelt claimed his domestic policies would bring a(n) "________ deal" to Americans.

The first director of the National Forest Service was

When he assumed the presidency in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt

As governor of Wisconsin, the progressive reformer Robert La Follette helped win approval for

A distinctive characteristic of women in professional work during the progressive era was that

President Roosevelt moved to ease the Panic of 1907 by agreeing to the purchase of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company by ________.

Muckraker Lincoln Steffens wrote an expose titled ________.

Unlike Roosevelt, who wanted to destroy the major trusts, Wilson sought to accept their existence but use the federal government to regulate them.

During President Woodrow Wilson's first term, Colonel Edward House

Regarding divorce in the United States during the progressive era, by 1916

The new middle class of the turn of the century placed a high value on moral values, but not on formal education.

Regarding women and the professions during the Progressive Era,

How do the attitudes and actions of late nineteenth-century progressive reformers compare with the attitudes and actions found in the utopian communities of the early nineteenth century?

Louis Brandeis and Herbert Croly agreed that bigness in business had to be eradicated.

The Federal Reserve Act

The brilliant lawyer LouisD. Brandies, who later became a Supreme Court justice, argued that the federal government should work to break up the largest corporations because the "curse of bigness"

What social attitudes in America worked for and against the concept of women having the right to vote?

The "new woman" was less likely to marry and more likely to divorce.

Many progressive reformers agreed that the growth of immigration had created social problems in American cities.

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

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