Question 1

Where was the American Federation of Labor's main source of strength?

Accepted Answer

A)  Factories and mills 
B)  Skilled trades 
C)  Farm workers 
D)  Immigrant blue collar workers 
E)  Urban white-collar workers 
A)  Factories and mills 
B)  Skilled trades 
C)  Farm workers 
D)  Immigrant blue collar workers 
E)  Urban white-collar workers

Question 2

What did the writings of Thorstein Veblen, William James, and Herbert Croly have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  They formed the intellectual and ideological foundations of Social Darwinism. 
B)  They were the most prominent examples of the intellectual assault on progressivism that began around 1920. 
C)  They implicitly supported the need for far-reaching reforms of American society. 
D)  They were misread by progressives to mean that socialism was the nation's only hope of social reform. 
E)  They provided the intellectual and legal arguments used to support Jim Crow laws. 
A)  They formed the intellectual and ideological foundations of Social Darwinism. 
B)  They were the most prominent examples of the intellectual assault on progressivism that began around 1920. 
C)  They implicitly supported the need for far-reaching reforms of American society. 
D)  They were misread by progressives to mean that socialism was the nation's only hope of social reform. 
E)  They provided the intellectual and legal arguments used to support Jim Crow laws.

Question 3

Which of the candidates in the 1912 presidential election advocated the most far-reaching changes for American society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Theodore Roosevelt 
B)  Woodrow Wilson 
C)  William Howard Taft 
D)  Charles Evans Hughes 
E)  Eugene V. Debs 
A)  Theodore Roosevelt 
B)  Woodrow Wilson 
C)  William Howard Taft 
D)  Charles Evans Hughes 
E)  Eugene V. Debs

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
W. E. B. Du Bois

Accepted Answer

W. E. B. Du Bois was an influential Afri

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Theodore Roosevelt

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th Presiden

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Danbury Hatters case

Accepted Answer

The Danbury Hatters case, formally known

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Eighteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

The Eighteenth Amendment to the United S

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Carrie Chapman Catt, National American Woman Suffrage Association

Accepted Answer

Carrie Chapman Catt (January 9, 1859 – M

Question 9

Which of the following correctly pairs a group or individual with its or his objections to the 1916 nomination of Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

A)  American Bar Association: Brandeis's innovative approach to the law 
B)  Republican congressional leaders: Brandeis was too conservative on hot-button social issues 
C)  Industrial Workers of the World: Brandeis a Jew 
D)  Woodrow Wilson: the seat should be filled by the new president. 
E)  National American Woman Suffrage Association: the seat should be filled by a Latino woman. 
A)  American Bar Association: Brandeis's innovative approach to the law 
B)  Republican congressional leaders: Brandeis was too conservative on hot-button social issues 
C)  Industrial Workers of the World: Brandeis a Jew 
D)  Woodrow Wilson: the seat should be filled by the new president. 
E)  National American Woman Suffrage Association: the seat should be filled by a Latino woman.

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Ballinger-Pinchot controversy

Accepted Answer

The Ballinger-Pinchot controversy was a

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Jim Crow laws

Accepted Answer

Jim Crow laws were a collection of state

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Brownsville Incident

Accepted Answer

The Brownsville Incident refers to a rac

Question 13

Why did the number of professional organizations, and their membership, increase markedly during the first two decades of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The middle class viewed such organizations as the best way to impress the old aristocratic families. 
B)  Such organizations provided a sense of professional identity for the white-collar middle class. 
C)  Such organizations helped to provide the middle class with an entrée into local political organizations. 
D)  Many professions were on the decline and formed organizations to protect themselves. 
E)  Until the twentieth century, professional organizations were looked upon as badges of shame or poverty. 
A)  The middle class viewed such organizations as the best way to impress the old aristocratic families. 
B)  Such organizations provided a sense of professional identity for the white-collar middle class. 
C)  Such organizations helped to provide the middle class with an entrée into local political organizations. 
D)  Many professions were on the decline and formed organizations to protect themselves. 
E)  Until the twentieth century, professional organizations were looked upon as badges of shame or poverty.

Question 14

Which of the following is not a true statement about the muckrakers?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were among the earliest investigative journalists. 
B)  They sought to expose political and corrupt corruption. 
C)  They got their nickname - muckrakers - from Woodrow Wilson, who criticized them for only focusing on the worst aspects of American life. 
D)  They inspired middle class reformers with their stories of the horrible conditions in industrial America. 
E)  Their ranks included artists whose work conveyed the underbelly of America. 
A)  They were among the earliest investigative journalists. 
B)  They sought to expose political and corrupt corruption. 
C)  They got their nickname - muckrakers - from Woodrow Wilson, who criticized them for only focusing on the worst aspects of American life. 
D)  They inspired middle class reformers with their stories of the horrible conditions in industrial America. 
E)  Their ranks included artists whose work conveyed the underbelly of America.

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Election of 1912

Accepted Answer

The Election of 1912 was a significant p

Question 16

The Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Accepted Answer

A)  weakened the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 
B)  placed more restrictions on business activities that could lead to restraint of trade and federal lawsuits. 
C)  prohibited companies having more than 500 employees. 
D)  was vague about the specific illegal practices that constituted "restraint of trade." 
E)  protected archaeological sites in the Southwest. 
A)  weakened the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 
B)  placed more restrictions on business activities that could lead to restraint of trade and federal lawsuits. 
C)  prohibited companies having more than 500 employees. 
D)  was vague about the specific illegal practices that constituted "restraint of trade." 
E)  protected archaeological sites in the Southwest.

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Frederick W. Taylor's Principles of Scientific Management

Accepted Answer

Frederick W. Taylor's Principles of Scie

Question 18

In The Jungle , Upton Sinclair exposed the corruption in

Accepted Answer

A)  the oil refining industry. 
B)  the steel industry. 
C)  the railroads industry. 
D)  the meatpacking industry. 
E)  the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 
A)  the oil refining industry. 
B)  the steel industry. 
C)  the railroads industry. 
D)  the meatpacking industry. 
E)  the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Question 19

How did intellectuals, novelists, and journalists inspire the progressive movement?

Accepted Answer

Intellectuals, novelists, and journalist

Question 20

How did progressives try to control morality, and how did they view immigrants and blacks?

Accepted Answer

Progressives tried to control morality b

Exam 21: The Progressive Era

Where was the American Federation of Labor's main source of strength?

What did the writings of Thorstein Veblen, William James, and Herbert Croly have in common?

Which of the candidates in the 1912 presidential election advocated the most far-reaching changes for American society?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. W. E. B. Du Bois

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Theodore Roosevelt

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Danbury Hatters case

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Eighteenth Amendment

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Carrie Chapman Catt, National American Woman Suffrage Association

Which of the following correctly pairs a group or individual with its or his objections to the 1916 nomination of Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Ballinger-Pinchot controversy

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Jim Crow laws

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Brownsville Incident

Why did the number of professional organizations, and their membership, increase markedly during the first two decades of the twentieth century?

Which of the following is not a true statement about the muckrakers?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Election of 1912

The Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Frederick W. Taylor's Principles of Scientific Management

In The Jungle , Upton Sinclair exposed the corruption in

How did intellectuals, novelists, and journalists inspire the progressive movement?

How did progressives try to control morality, and how did they view immigrants and blacks?

Native Peoples of America

The Rise of the Atlantic World

The Emergence of Colonial Societies

The Bonds of Empire

Roads to Revolution

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood

Launching the New Republic

America at War and Peace

The Transformation of American Society

Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life

The Old South and Slavery

Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict

From Compromise to Secession

Crucible of Freedom: Civil War

Reconstruction and Resistance

The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West

The Rise of Industrial America

Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life

Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age

Global Involvements and World War I

Coping With Change

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Americans and a World in Crisis

The Cold War Abroad and at Home

America at Midcentury

Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam

A Time of Upheaval

A Conservative Revival and the End of the Cold War

A Changing Nation: Homefront Crises and New Global Realities

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