Question 1

The Eugenics movement led to

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A)  passage of the Mann Act 
B)  forced sterilization in many states of criminals, sex offenders and people judged as mentally deficient 
C)  belief that all life is valuable 
D)  elimination of immigration quotas 
E)  segregated workplaces 
A)  passage of the Mann Act 
B)  forced sterilization in many states of criminals, sex offenders and people judged as mentally deficient 
C)  belief that all life is valuable 
D)  elimination of immigration quotas 
E)  segregated workplaces

Question 2

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. 
Municipal health reform

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Municipal health reform refers to the ef

Question 3

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

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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 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. 
Payne-Aldrich Tariff

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The Payne-Aldrich Tariff was a piece of

Question 5

What were the economic, social, and political goals of the progressive municipal reformers? To what extent were they successful?

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The economic, social, and political goal

Question 6

As progressivism became a national movement, what issues proved most important?

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As progressivism became a national movem

Question 7

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

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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 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. 
Robert La Follette

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Robert La Follette, also known as "Fight

Question 9

In John Muir's view, what benefits could the citizens of urban-industrial America gain from the nation's parks, forests, and wilderness areas? What steps did he believe were necessary to preserve the remaining wilderness areas?

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In John Muir's view, the citizens of urb

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. 
Election of 1912

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The Election of 1912 was a significant p

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. 
Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act

Accepted Answer

The Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat

Question 12

Which of the following is not indicative of Woodrow Wilson's views on race relations in America?

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A)  He displayed at best a patronizing attitude toward blacks. 
B)  He praised the movie The Birth of a Nation. 
C)  He allowed southerners in his cabinet and in Congress to impose rigid segregation on all levels of the government. 
D)  He dined with Booker T. Washington at the White House 
E)  None of these choices illustrates his attitudes 
A)  He displayed at best a patronizing attitude toward blacks. 
B)  He praised the movie The Birth of a Nation. 
C)  He allowed southerners in his cabinet and in Congress to impose rigid segregation on all levels of the government. 
D)  He dined with Booker T. Washington at the White House 
E)  None of these choices illustrates his attitudes

Question 13

What were the different strands of the American labor movement during the early decades of the twentieth century? How did the goals of various unions differ? What were the most important successes and the most important failures of the labor movement during this period, and why?

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During the early decades of the twentiet

Question 14

Robert La Follette was

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A)  a progressive reformer who established policies that were labeled the "Wisconsin Idea". 
B)  the Republican nominee for president in 1916. 
C)  the chief justice of the Supreme Court who fought against most progressive legislation. 
D)  the architect of Carnegie Hall. 
E)  the founder of the new version of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1910s. 
A)  a progressive reformer who established policies that were labeled the "Wisconsin Idea". 
B)  the Republican nominee for president in 1916. 
C)  the chief justice of the Supreme Court who fought against most progressive legislation. 
D)  the architect of Carnegie Hall. 
E)  the founder of the new version of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1910s.

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. 
Danbury Hatters case

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The Danbury Hatters case, formally known

Question 16

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 17

Which of the following was not a goal of municipal reformers?

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A)  substituting professional city managers for mayors, 
B)  city councils that were appointed by mayors rather than chosen in citywide elections 
C)  aldermen elected on a ward-by-ward basis 
D)  reducing political clout of immigrants 
E)  eliminating the old, informal system of patronage 
A)  substituting professional city managers for mayors, 
B)  city councils that were appointed by mayors rather than chosen in citywide elections 
C)  aldermen elected on a ward-by-ward basis 
D)  reducing political clout of immigrants 
E)  eliminating the old, informal system of patronage

Question 18

Which of the following was an antiprostitution measure that prohibited transporting a woman across state lines for" immoral purposes?"

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A)  Mann-Elkins Act 
B)  Mann Act 
C)  Hepburn Act 
D)  Keating Owen Act 
E)  Adamson Act 
A)  Mann-Elkins Act 
B)  Mann Act 
C)  Hepburn Act 
D)  Keating Owen Act 
E)  Adamson Act

Question 19

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. 
Hepburn Act

Accepted Answer

The Hepburn Act is a significant piece o

Question 20

What did Booker T. Washington believe was the best way for blacks to improve their status in the United States?

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A)  They should struggle militantly against all forms of racial discrimination in order to gain educational opportunity. 
B)  They should form a nationwide council to work for federal laws against lynching. 
C)  They should accommodate themselves to segregation and disfranchisement while at the same time working hard and proving their economic value to society. 
D)  They should migrate to the cities and open shops and other small businesses. 
E)  They should leave the United States and return to their African origins. 
A)  They should struggle militantly against all forms of racial discrimination in order to gain educational opportunity. 
B)  They should form a nationwide council to work for federal laws against lynching. 
C)  They should accommodate themselves to segregation and disfranchisement while at the same time working hard and proving their economic value to society. 
D)  They should migrate to the cities and open shops and other small businesses. 
E)  They should leave the United States and return to their African origins.

The Eugenics movement led to

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. Municipal health reform

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

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. Payne-Aldrich Tariff

What were the economic, social, and political goals of the progressive municipal reformers? To what extent were they successful?

As progressivism became a national movement, what issues proved most important?

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

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. Robert La Follette

In John Muir's view, what benefits could the citizens of urban-industrial America gain from the nation's parks, forests, and wilderness areas? What steps did he believe were necessary to preserve the remaining wilderness areas?

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

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. Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act

Which of the following is not indicative of Woodrow Wilson's views on race relations in America?

What were the different strands of the American labor movement during the early decades of the twentieth century? How did the goals of various unions differ? What were the most important successes and the most important failures of the labor movement during this period, and why?

Robert La Follette was

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. Ballinger-Pinchot controversy

Which of the following was not a goal of municipal reformers?

Which of the following was an antiprostitution measure that prohibited transporting a woman across state lines for" immoral purposes?"

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. Hepburn Act

What did Booker T. Washington believe was the best way for blacks to improve their status in the United States?

A Changing Nation: Homefront Crises and New Global Realities

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

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Exam 21: The Progressive Era

The Eugenics movement led to

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. Municipal health reform

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

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. Payne-Aldrich Tariff

What were the economic, social, and political goals of the progressive municipal reformers? To what extent were they successful?

As progressivism became a national movement, what issues proved most important?

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

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. Robert La Follette

In John Muir's view, what benefits could the citizens of urban-industrial America gain from the nation's parks, forests, and wilderness areas? What steps did he believe were necessary to preserve the remaining wilderness areas?

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

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. Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act

Which of the following is not indicative of Woodrow Wilson's views on race relations in America?

What were the different strands of the American labor movement during the early decades of the twentieth century? How did the goals of various unions differ? What were the most important successes and the most important failures of the labor movement during this period, and why?

Robert La Follette was

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. Ballinger-Pinchot controversy

Which of the following was not a goal of municipal reformers?

Which of the following was an antiprostitution measure that prohibited transporting a woman across state lines for" immoral purposes?"

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. Hepburn Act

What did Booker T. Washington believe was the best way for blacks to improve their status in the United States?

A Changing Nation: Homefront Crises and New Global Realities

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

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