Question 1

How did the Ballinger-Pinchot debate influence the relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft?

Accepted Answer

A)  It proved to Roosevelt that Taft was worthy to be his successor. 
B)  It showed that even out of office Roosevelt had more power than Taft. 
C)  It widened the rift between Roosevelt and Taft. 
D)  It revealed that making jokes about Taft's weight would lead to tensions between the two men. 
E)  It provided evidence of the growing divisions within the Republican Party. 
A)  It proved to Roosevelt that Taft was worthy to be his successor. 
B)  It showed that even out of office Roosevelt had more power than Taft. 
C)  It widened the rift between Roosevelt and Taft. 
D)  It revealed that making jokes about Taft's weight would lead to tensions between the two men. 
E)  It provided evidence of the growing divisions within the Republican Party.

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. 
Eugene V. Debs and the Socialist Party of America

Accepted Answer

Eugene V. Debs was a prominent American

Question 3

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. 
Keating-Owen Act

Accepted Answer

The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916

Question 4

What did the Hepburn act of 1906 do?

Accepted Answer

A)  It empowered the Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum railroad rates and to examine the financial records of railroad companies. 
B)  It reversed the breakup of the Standard Oil Company. 
C)  It made it a federal crime to transport a woman across a state line "for immoral purposes." 
D)  It instituted strict regulation of the meatpacking industry. 
E)  It established the Federal Reserve System. 
A)  It empowered the Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum railroad rates and to examine the financial records of railroad companies. 
B)  It reversed the breakup of the Standard Oil Company. 
C)  It made it a federal crime to transport a woman across a state line "for immoral purposes." 
D)  It instituted strict regulation of the meatpacking industry. 
E)  It established the Federal Reserve System.

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. 
Brownsville Incident

Accepted Answer

The Brownsville Incident refers to a rac

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. 
White-collar class

Accepted Answer

The term "white-collar class" refers to

Question 7

What was happened as a result of the 1906 "Brownsville Incident"?

Accepted Answer

A)  As part of the segregation that was introduced into Washington, D.C., during the Wilson administration, the Federal Government built a new community reserved for African Americans, just 5 miles from the Lincoln Memorial. 
B)  African Americans in Brownsville, Texas, rioted when three white soldiers killed a group of black men who were relaxing at a local tavern. 
C)  When a large freighter sprang a leak in New York Harbor, discharging millions of gallons of brown waste water into the bay, Gifford Pinchot and John Muir joined forces to save the wildlife of the region from extinction. 
D)  Theodore Roosevelt approved the dishonorable discharge of a regiment of black soldiers in Brownsville, Texas, because some members of the unit, goaded by racist taunts, had killed a local civilian. 
E)  When Theodore Roosevelt dined with Booker T. Washington at the White House, white Southern Democrats plastered the building with posters that called the structure "The New Brownsville of America." 
A)  As part of the segregation that was introduced into Washington, D.C., during the Wilson administration, the Federal Government built a new community reserved for African Americans, just 5 miles from the Lincoln Memorial. 
B)  African Americans in Brownsville, Texas, rioted when three white soldiers killed a group of black men who were relaxing at a local tavern. 
C)  When a large freighter sprang a leak in New York Harbor, discharging millions of gallons of brown waste water into the bay, Gifford Pinchot and John Muir joined forces to save the wildlife of the region from extinction. 
D)  Theodore Roosevelt approved the dishonorable discharge of a regiment of black soldiers in Brownsville, Texas, because some members of the unit, goaded by racist taunts, had killed a local civilian. 
E)  When Theodore Roosevelt dined with Booker T. Washington at the White House, white Southern Democrats plastered the building with posters that called the structure "The New Brownsville of America."

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. 
The Passing of the Great Race

Accepted Answer

The Passing of the Great Race is a book

Question 9

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. 
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

Accepted Answer

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a novel p

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. 
Triangle Shirtwaist fire

Accepted Answer

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire was a tragi

Question 11

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 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. 
Jane Addams

Accepted Answer

Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21,

Question 13

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. 
Progressive Party

Accepted Answer

The Progressive Party, often referred to

Question 14

Which of the following does not describe the African American experience in the early twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  They faced segregation in schools, parks, cemeteries and street cars under the Jim Crow laws. 
B)  More than half of black women held jobs by 1910. 
C)  Many southern blacks headed north in search of jobs and better opportunities. 
D)  Conditions improved in the North, which had little racism. 
E)  Blacks were increasingly moving from farms to cities. 
A)  They faced segregation in schools, parks, cemeteries and street cars under the Jim Crow laws. 
B)  More than half of black women held jobs by 1910. 
C)  Many southern blacks headed north in search of jobs and better opportunities. 
D)  Conditions improved in the North, which had little racism. 
E)  Blacks were increasingly moving from farms to cities.

Question 15

Analyze the role of women in the Progressive era. What types of roles did they play? Did all classes of women play the same role? Explain. Overall, how important were women to the progressive period?

Accepted Answer

During the Progressive era, women played

Question 16

W. E. B. Du Bois argued in his famous book The Souls of Black Folk that

Accepted Answer

A)  blacks should demand full racial equality, including equal educational opportunities. 
B)  African Americans should acquire job skills that will enable them to rise economically. 
C)  Blacks should create their own separate communities and institutions, free from the racism of white society. 
D)  by establishing their own businesses, blacks would gain entry into and respect from white society. 
E)  African Americans' weakness and deference was the cause for their lack of equality and respect from white society. 
A)  blacks should demand full racial equality, including equal educational opportunities. 
B)  African Americans should acquire job skills that will enable them to rise economically. 
C)  Blacks should create their own separate communities and institutions, free from the racism of white society. 
D)  by establishing their own businesses, blacks would gain entry into and respect from white society. 
E)  African Americans' weakness and deference was the cause for their lack of equality and respect from white society.

Question 17

What did the Triangle Shirtwaist fire illustrate about the problems in American society?

Accepted Answer

A)  that industrialists cared about the best interest of their workers. 
B)  the effectiveness of state regulation of factories. 
C)  just how little Woodrow Wilson understood about fire safety. 
D)  that most Americans cared very little for black workers. 
E)  the heavy toll that industrialization had taken on American life. 
A)  that industrialists cared about the best interest of their workers. 
B)  the effectiveness of state regulation of factories. 
C)  just how little Woodrow Wilson understood about fire safety. 
D)  that most Americans cared very little for black workers. 
E)  the heavy toll that industrialization had taken on American life.

Question 18

Explore the issue of child labor in the early 20th century. How many children worked during this time, and what types of work did they do? What were the negative consequences of their work? How did progressives try to deal with this problem? Were they successful?

Accepted Answer

During the early 20th century, child lab

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. 
Louis Brandeis

Accepted Answer

Louis Brandeis was an American lawyer an

Question 20

What happened to the white-collar middle class in the United States from 1900 to 1920?

Accepted Answer

A)  It more than doubled in size and grew at over twice the rate than the work force as a whole during the same period. 
B)  Its size remained about the same, but its influence declined dramatically in proportion to the rest of the population. 
C)  It disappeared because the changing nature of the American economy required mainly blue-collar workers. 
D)  Although it was growing dramatically, it was not growing as fast as the work force as a whole. 
E)  It turned away from national professional organizations and exercised its influence locally. 
A)  It more than doubled in size and grew at over twice the rate than the work force as a whole during the same period. 
B)  Its size remained about the same, but its influence declined dramatically in proportion to the rest of the population. 
C)  It disappeared because the changing nature of the American economy required mainly blue-collar workers. 
D)  Although it was growing dramatically, it was not growing as fast as the work force as a whole. 
E)  It turned away from national professional organizations and exercised its influence locally.

How did the Ballinger-Pinchot debate influence the relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft?

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. Eugene V. Debs and the Socialist Party of America

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. Keating-Owen Act

What did the Hepburn act of 1906 do?

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

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. White-collar class

What was happened as a result of the 1906 "Brownsville Incident"?

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. The Passing of the Great Race

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. Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

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. Triangle Shirtwaist fire

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. Jane Addams

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. Progressive Party

Which of the following does not describe the African American experience in the early twentieth century?

Analyze the role of women in the Progressive era. What types of roles did they play? Did all classes of women play the same role? Explain. Overall, how important were women to the progressive period?

W. E. B. Du Bois argued in his famous book The Souls of Black Folk that

What did the Triangle Shirtwaist fire illustrate about the problems in American society?

Explore the issue of child labor in the early 20^th century. How many children worked during this time, and what types of work did they do? What were the negative consequences of their work? How did progressives try to deal with this problem? Were they successful?

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. Louis Brandeis

What happened to the white-collar middle class in the United States from 1900 to 1920?

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

How did the Ballinger-Pinchot debate influence the relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft?

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. Eugene V. Debs and the Socialist Party of America

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. Keating-Owen Act

What did the Hepburn act of 1906 do?

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

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. White-collar class

What was happened as a result of the 1906 "Brownsville Incident"?

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. The Passing of the Great Race

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. Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

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. Triangle Shirtwaist fire

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. Jane Addams

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. Progressive Party

Which of the following does not describe the African American experience in the early twentieth century?

Analyze the role of women in the Progressive era. What types of roles did they play? Did all classes of women play the same role? Explain. Overall, how important were women to the progressive period?

W. E. B. Du Bois argued in his famous book The Souls of Black Folk that

What did the Triangle Shirtwaist fire illustrate about the problems in American society?

Explore the issue of child labor in the early 20th century. How many children worked during this time, and what types of work did they do? What were the negative consequences of their work? How did progressives try to deal with this problem? Were they successful?

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. Louis Brandeis

What happened to the white-collar middle class in the United States from 1900 to 1920?

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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Explore the issue of child labor in the early 20^th century. How many children worked during this time, and what types of work did they do? What were the negative consequences of their work? How did progressives try to deal with this problem? Were they successful?