Question 1

How did Upton Sinclair's The Jungle push the progressive agenda?

Accepted Answer

the novel highlighted the atrocious working conditions in the meatpacking industry; result was legislation that aimed to protect the consumer more than the workers - the Meat Inspection Act.

Question 2

How did progressives try to refine the electorate?

Accepted Answer

A) through campaign-finance reform 
B) by reducing the voting age to 18 
C) through voter education 
D) through ballot reform 
A) through campaign-finance reform 
B) by reducing the voting age to 18 
C) through voter education 
D) through ballot reform D

Question 3

How did progressives view political developments abroad?

Accepted Answer

A) They had no interest in foreign affairs at all. 
B) They eagerly sought advice from reformers around the world. 
C) They approached progressives in Europe with condescension. 
D) They were open to advice, but there were no progressive trends abroad. 
A) They had no interest in foreign affairs at all. 
B) They eagerly sought advice from reformers around the world. 
C) They approached progressives in Europe with condescension. 
D) They were open to advice, but there were no progressive trends abroad. B

Question 4

Booker T. Washington rose to national prominence as a leader of the African-American community by advocating

Accepted Answer

A) emigration. 
B) economic development. 
C) political engagement. 
D) nonviolent civil disobedience. 
A) emigration. 
B) economic development. 
C) political engagement. 
D) nonviolent civil disobedience.

Question 5

The most hated company that the progressive era was

Accepted Answer

A) General Electric 
B) Westinghouse 
C) Standard Oil 
D) Macy's 
A) General Electric 
B) Westinghouse 
C) Standard Oil 
D) Macy's

Question 6

How did President Theodore Roosevelt aggravate racial tensions in 1906?

Accepted Answer

A) He publicly condoned the riots in Atlanta and invited the leader of the KKK to the White House. 
B) He published a memoir in which he described African-American "Rough Riders" disparagingly. 
C) He summarily discharged over 150 black soldiers over a disputed incident in Brownsville, Texas. 
D) He awarded the medal of honor to an African-American soldier, thereby provoking nationwide anti-black riots. 
A) He publicly condoned the riots in Atlanta and invited the leader of the KKK to the White House. 
B) He published a memoir in which he described African-American "Rough Riders" disparagingly. 
C) He summarily discharged over 150 black soldiers over a disputed incident in Brownsville, Texas. 
D) He awarded the medal of honor to an African-American soldier, thereby provoking nationwide anti-black riots.

Question 7

In addition to the typical issues that concerned progressive reformers, black women's clubs also attacked

Accepted Answer

A) larceny. 
B) lynching and segregation. 
C) the minimum wage issue. 
D) zoning laws. 
A) larceny. 
B) lynching and segregation. 
C) the minimum wage issue. 
D) zoning laws.

Question 8

How did progressive reformers improve life in Toledo, Ohio?

Accepted Answer

A) They convinced the city to privatize its streetcars. 
B) They convinced the city to manage the city's streetcars as one system. 
C) They eliminated public transportation and made room for the individual automobile. 
D) They banned horse-drawn carriages from all public roadways. 
A) They convinced the city to privatize its streetcars. 
B) They convinced the city to manage the city's streetcars as one system. 
C) They eliminated public transportation and made room for the individual automobile. 
D) They banned horse-drawn carriages from all public roadways.

Question 9

With city governments to buy political bosses, progressives rallied for "_______ government."

Accepted Answer

A) a socialist 
B) less 
C) good 
D) more 
A) a socialist 
B) less 
C) good 
D) more

Question 10

In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the United States Supreme Court upheld segregation as long as it was

Accepted Answer

A) practical. 
B) separate but equal. 
C) nonviolent. 
D) discrete. 
A) practical. 
B) separate but equal. 
C) nonviolent. 
D) discrete.

Question 11

Why were Jane Addams and Julia Lathrop so interested in the "Social Economics Exhibit" at the international world's fair in Paris in 1900?

Accepted Answer

A) They wanted to see how other nations approached workers' housing. 
B) They wanted to see the kitchen appliances commonly used in French households. 
C) They were curious about the German model law for workmen's compensation. 
D) There were interested in new technologies of the workplace. 
A) They wanted to see how other nations approached workers' housing. 
B) They wanted to see the kitchen appliances commonly used in French households. 
C) They were curious about the German model law for workmen's compensation. 
D) There were interested in new technologies of the workplace.

Question 12

In the year 1900, which nation led the world in strikes and lockouts?

Accepted Answer

A) Great Britain 
B) Germany 
C) the United States 
D) France 
A) Great Britain 
B) Germany 
C) the United States 
D) France

Question 13

How did the meatpacking industry respond to the Meat Inspection Act?

Accepted Answer

A) It embraced the regulation as an opportunity had to rebuild its reputation. 
B) It hired law firms to lobby Congress for a provisions in the law. 
C) It began to move major slaughtering operations across the border to Canada. 
D) It decentralized its operations into states known for their lack of regulatory zeal. 
A) It embraced the regulation as an opportunity had to rebuild its reputation. 
B) It hired law firms to lobby Congress for a provisions in the law. 
C) It began to move major slaughtering operations across the border to Canada. 
D) It decentralized its operations into states known for their lack of regulatory zeal.

Question 14

During World War I, how did the United States deal with "hyphenated Americans" whose loyalty was in doubt?

Accepted Answer

A) The military rounded them up in concentration camps. 
B) The government launched a massive propaganda campaign. 
C) The government stepped up civil protections of immigrants to assure them of the good intentions of the United States. 
D) A short-lived secret police conducted routine surveillance of the leaders of immigrant communities. 
A) The military rounded them up in concentration camps. 
B) The government launched a massive propaganda campaign. 
C) The government stepped up civil protections of immigrants to assure them of the good intentions of the United States. 
D) A short-lived secret police conducted routine surveillance of the leaders of immigrant communities.

Question 15

Why were millions of people around the world unemployed and hungry around the turn-of-the-century?

Accepted Answer

A) economic depression 
B) wide-ranging wars 
C) a series of natural disasters 
D) socialist oppression 
A) economic depression 
B) wide-ranging wars 
C) a series of natural disasters 
D) socialist oppression

Question 16

Who was the author of the influential novel The Jungle?

Accepted Answer

A) Frank Norris 
B) Ida Tarbell 
C) Jane Addams 
D) Upton Sinclair 
A) Frank Norris 
B) Ida Tarbell 
C) Jane Addams 
D) Upton Sinclair

Question 17

Discuss the nature of the "social problem" middle class reformers in the United States and other industrial societies tried to resolve.

Accepted Answer

The "social problem" that middle class r

Question 18

Identify who, what, where, when, and/or why the following are important:
1. Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
2. "separate but equal"
3. ballot reform
4. grandfather clause
5. anti-syndicalism laws
6. Brandeis Brief
7. Ida Tarbell
8. John Muir
9. Alice Paul
10. International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace

Accepted Answer

1. **Keating-Owen Child Labor Act**: Thi

Question 19

One of the early casualties of the war was

Accepted Answer

A) freedom of religion. 
B) the right to bear arms. 
C) private property. 
D) free speech. 
A) freedom of religion. 
B) the right to bear arms. 
C) private property. 
D) free speech.

Question 20

How did World War I limit constitutional freedoms in the United States?

Accepted Answer

series of laws allow

Exam 20: An Age of Progressive Reform, 1890-1920

How did Upton Sinclair's The Jungle push the progressive agenda?

How did progressives try to refine the electorate?

How did progressives view political developments abroad?

Booker T. Washington rose to national prominence as a leader of the African-American community by advocating

The most hated company that the progressive era was

How did President Theodore Roosevelt aggravate racial tensions in 1906?

In addition to the typical issues that concerned progressive reformers, black women's clubs also attacked

How did progressive reformers improve life in Toledo, Ohio?

With city governments to buy political bosses, progressives rallied for "_______ government."

In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the United States Supreme Court upheld segregation as long as it was

Why were Jane Addams and Julia Lathrop so interested in the "Social Economics Exhibit" at the international world's fair in Paris in 1900?

In the year 1900, which nation led the world in strikes and lockouts?

How did the meatpacking industry respond to the Meat Inspection Act?

During World War I, how did the United States deal with "hyphenated Americans" whose loyalty was in doubt?

Why were millions of people around the world unemployed and hungry around the turn-of-the-century?

Who was the author of the influential novel The Jungle?

Discuss the nature of the "social problem" middle class reformers in the United States and other industrial societies tried to resolve.

One of the early casualties of the war was

How did World War I limit constitutional freedoms in the United States?

North America Encounters the Atlantic World

Colonists on the Margins, 1565-1640

Forging Tighter Bonds, 1640 to the 1690s

Accelerating the Pace of Change, c. 1690-1730

Battling for Souls, Minds, and the Heart

Empire and Resistance, 1763-1776

A Revolutionary Nation, 1776-1789

A New Nation Facing a Revolutionary World 1789-1815

American Peoples on the Move, 1789-1824

Market Revolutions and the Rise of Democracy 1789-1832

New Boundaries, New Roles- 1820-1856

Religion and Reform, 1820-1850

A House Dividing, 1844-1860

The Civil War

Reconstructing America, 1865-1877

Forging a Transcontinental Nation, 1877-1900

A New Industrial and Labor Order, 1877-1900

Cities, Immigrants, Culture, and Politics, 1877-1900

The US Expands Its Reach, 1892-1912

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A New ERA, 1920-1930

A New Deal for Americans, 1931-1939

Arsenal of Democracy- the World at War, 1931-1945

Prosperity and Liberty Under the Shadow

The Dynamic 1950s

The Optimism and Anguish of the 1960s

The Vietnam ERA, 1961-1975

Conservatism Resurgent, 1974-1989

After the Cold War, 1988-2000

Twenty-First Century Dangers and Promises

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