Question 1

What might be considered Theodore Roosevelt's most enduring domestic legacy?

Accepted Answer

A)  increasing public interest in environmental conservation. 
B)  stopping the growth of large and monopolistic corporations. 
C)  improving racial attitudes in Washington, D.C. 
D)  supporting the addition of the women's suffrage amendment to the Constitution. 
E)  cementing a firm relationship between capital and labor. 
A)  increasing public interest in environmental conservation. 
B)  stopping the growth of large and monopolistic corporations. 
C)  improving racial attitudes in Washington, D.C. 
D)  supporting the addition of the women's suffrage amendment to the Constitution. 
E)  cementing a firm relationship between capital and labor.

Question 2

While Teddy Roosevelt supported William Howard Taft to be his successor, why did their relationship deteriorate after Taft became president? Why was the growing rift between them significant to the Republican party?

Accepted Answer

The relationship between Teddy Roosevelt

Question 3

What did Frederick Taylor argue?

Accepted Answer

A)  Businesses should adopt progressive reforms in an effort to make business more humane. 
B)  Business could increase efficiency by standardizing job routines and rewarding the fastest workers. 
C)  Businesses should combine several competing corporations into one larger holding company. 
D)  Corporations should narrow the scope of their business so that they could focus on the core areas they understood best. 
E)  Corporations should provide workers with better wages and working conditions in an effort to prevent government regulation or outside unionization. 
A)  Businesses should adopt progressive reforms in an effort to make business more humane. 
B)  Business could increase efficiency by standardizing job routines and rewarding the fastest workers. 
C)  Businesses should combine several competing corporations into one larger holding company. 
D)  Corporations should narrow the scope of their business so that they could focus on the core areas they understood best. 
E)  Corporations should provide workers with better wages and working conditions in an effort to prevent government regulation or outside unionization.

Question 4

Explain the differences between the preservationists and the conservationists. What were the goals of each group? Were there environmental issues that both groups ignored? To what conditions was each group responding? Use the battle over Hetch Hetchy as an example.

Accepted Answer

The preservationists and conservationist

Question 5

Which of the following statements does not accurately describe Black Americans in the early 20th century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois were key black leaders. 
B)  Lynchings were quite common, with anywhere from 50 to 70 occurring each year. 
C)  Most Progressives believed that improving Black American rights should be a high priority. 
D)  Black Americans typically could not vote. 
E)  William Lloyd Garrison led a campaign against lynchings. 
A)  Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois were key black leaders. 
B)  Lynchings were quite common, with anywhere from 50 to 70 occurring each year. 
C)  Most Progressives believed that improving Black American rights should be a high priority. 
D)  Black Americans typically could not vote. 
E)  William Lloyd Garrison led a campaign against lynchings.

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. 
Coney Island, amusement parks

Accepted Answer

Coney Island is a peninsula and beach on

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. 
Florence Kelley

Accepted Answer

Florence Kelley was a social reformer an

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. 
National Reclamation Act (Newlands Act)

Accepted Answer

The National Reclamation Act, also known

Question 9

Which of the following writers would not be considered a muckraker?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ida Tarbell 
B)  David Graham Phillips 
C)  Lincoln Steffens 
D)  Gifford Pinchot 
E)  Upton Sinclair 
A)  Ida Tarbell 
B)  David Graham Phillips 
C)  Lincoln Steffens 
D)  Gifford Pinchot 
E)  Upton Sinclair

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. 
Woodrow Wilson

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of

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

How did state and local progressives seek to reform cities and the new industrial order?

Accepted Answer

State and local progressives sought to r

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A)  urban beautification. 
B)  better garbage collection. 
C)  privatizing water, gas, and public transportation, for greater efficiency. 
D)  tenement safety regulations. 
E)  decent housing. 
A)  urban beautification. 
B)  better garbage collection. 
C)  privatizing water, gas, and public transportation, for greater efficiency. 
D)  tenement safety regulations. 
E)  decent housing.

Question 14

In 1910, approximately what percentage of the nation's children between the ages of ten and fifteen worked outside the home?

Accepted Answer

A)  1% 
B)  95% 
C)  15% 
D)  75% 
E)  50% 
A)  1% 
B)  95% 
C)  15% 
D)  75% 
E)  50%

Question 15

Which of the following is the most accurate generalization about the attitudes of Progressives toward African Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most Progressives generally supported or tolerated segregated schools and housing, and restrictions on black voting rights. 
B)  Most Progressives viewed African-Americans, like immigrants, as potential allies. 
C)  Most Progressives worked for a Constitutional amendment to guarantee voting rights for all African Americans. 
D)  Most Progressives were vicious racists who thought that African Americans should be transported to Liberia. 
E)  Most Progressives were unaware of the existence of African Americans outside of the agricultural South. 
A)  Most Progressives generally supported or tolerated segregated schools and housing, and restrictions on black voting rights. 
B)  Most Progressives viewed African-Americans, like immigrants, as potential allies. 
C)  Most Progressives worked for a Constitutional amendment to guarantee voting rights for all African Americans. 
D)  Most Progressives were vicious racists who thought that African Americans should be transported to Liberia. 
E)  Most Progressives were unaware of the existence of African Americans outside of the agricultural South.

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. 
Federal Reserve Act

Accepted Answer

The Federal Reserve Act, officially enac

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. 
Muckrakers

Accepted Answer

Muckrakers were investigative journalist

Question 18

Which of the following amendments is not accurately defined?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Sixteenth Amendment permits Congress to apportion and collect income taxes. 
B)  The Seventeenth Amendment allows the direct election of members of the House of Representatives. 
C)  The Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol. 
D)  The Nineteenth Amendment guarantees the right to vote for women. 
E)  They are all accurately defined. 
A)  The Sixteenth Amendment permits Congress to apportion and collect income taxes. 
B)  The Seventeenth Amendment allows the direct election of members of the House of Representatives. 
C)  The Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol. 
D)  The Nineteenth Amendment guarantees the right to vote for women. 
E)  They are all accurately defined.

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. 
Muller v. Oregon , Louis Brandeis

Accepted Answer

Muller v. Oregon was a landmark Supreme

Question 20

Among the political changes that reformers wished to bring to state government during the early years of the twentieth century was

Accepted Answer

A)  giving voters the power to enact laws directly. 
B)  simplifying the procedure for voting by giving voters preprinted ballots bearing the name of a specific candidate. 
C)  ensuring the most qualified senators by shifting their election to the state legislatures. 
D)  having candidates for public office be selected by the party leadership rather than through the more cumbersome and time-consuming process of having all party members vote. 
E)  allowing two-term incumbents to move to a third term without an election. 
A)  giving voters the power to enact laws directly. 
B)  simplifying the procedure for voting by giving voters preprinted ballots bearing the name of a specific candidate. 
C)  ensuring the most qualified senators by shifting their election to the state legislatures. 
D)  having candidates for public office be selected by the party leadership rather than through the more cumbersome and time-consuming process of having all party members vote. 
E)  allowing two-term incumbents to move to a third term without an election.

What might be considered Theodore Roosevelt's most enduring domestic legacy?

While Teddy Roosevelt supported William Howard Taft to be his successor, why did their relationship deteriorate after Taft became president? Why was the growing rift between them significant to the Republican party?

What did Frederick Taylor argue?

Explain the differences between the preservationists and the conservationists. What were the goals of each group? Were there environmental issues that both groups ignored? To what conditions was each group responding? Use the battle over Hetch Hetchy as an example.

Which of the following statements does not accurately describe Black Americans in the early 20^th 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. Coney Island, amusement parks

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. Florence Kelley

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. National Reclamation Act (Newlands Act)

Which of the following writers would not be considered a muckraker?

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. Woodrow Wilson

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

How did state and local progressives seek to reform cities and the new industrial order?

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

In 1910, approximately what percentage of the nation's children between the ages of ten and fifteen worked outside the home?

Which of the following is the most accurate generalization about the attitudes of Progressives toward African Americans?

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. Federal Reserve 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. Muckrakers

Which of the following amendments is not accurately defined?

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. Muller v. Oregon , Louis Brandeis

Among the political changes that reformers wished to bring to state government during the early years of the twentieth century was

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

What might be considered Theodore Roosevelt's most enduring domestic legacy?

While Teddy Roosevelt supported William Howard Taft to be his successor, why did their relationship deteriorate after Taft became president? Why was the growing rift between them significant to the Republican party?

What did Frederick Taylor argue?

Explain the differences between the preservationists and the conservationists. What were the goals of each group? Were there environmental issues that both groups ignored? To what conditions was each group responding? Use the battle over Hetch Hetchy as an example.

Which of the following statements does not accurately describe Black Americans in the early 20th 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. Coney Island, amusement parks

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. Florence Kelley

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. National Reclamation Act (Newlands Act)

Which of the following writers would not be considered a muckraker?

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. Woodrow Wilson

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

How did state and local progressives seek to reform cities and the new industrial order?

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

In 1910, approximately what percentage of the nation's children between the ages of ten and fifteen worked outside the home?

Which of the following is the most accurate generalization about the attitudes of Progressives toward African Americans?

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. Federal Reserve 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. Muckrakers

Which of the following amendments is not accurately defined?

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. Muller v. Oregon , Louis Brandeis

Among the political changes that reformers wished to bring to state government during the early years of the twentieth century was

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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Which of the following statements does not accurately describe Black Americans in the early 20^th century?