Question 1

As reformers, the progressives clearly challenged the fundamental principles of capitalism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Headed by Florence Kelley and associated with lawyer Louis Brandeis, the most effective women's organization of the Progressive Era was the

Accepted Answer

A)  Consumer's League. 
B)  Women's Trade Union League. 
C)  League of Women Voters. 
D)  National American Woman Suffrage Association. 
A)  Consumer's League. 
B)  Women's Trade Union League. 
C)  League of Women Voters. 
D)  National American Woman Suffrage Association. A

Question 3

One of the roots of progressivism was the late-nineteenth-century

Accepted Answer

A)  effort to regulate and control big business. 
B)  decline in immigration. 
C)  attempt to build an overseas empire. 
D)  harmony between management and labor. 
A)  effort to regulate and control big business. 
B)  decline in immigration. 
C)  attempt to build an overseas empire. 
D)  harmony between management and labor. A

Question 4

The national woman suffrage campaign of the Congressional Union was headed by Alice Paul.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Explain the issues in the election of 1912. Describe the candidates and their platforms. Describe how President Wilson fulfilled his campaign promises.

Accepted Answer

The election of 1912 was a significant a

Question 6

Explain why Theodore Roosevelt is often seen as the first progressive president. Evaluate his major achievements, programs, and goals as a president and later as a presidential candidate.

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt is often seen as the

Question 7

What happened to Wilson's New Freedom once he was president?

Accepted Answer

A)  The differences between the New Freedom and the New Nationalism tended to disappear in practice. 
B)  Wilson insisted upon enacting it in a rigid and doctrinaire way. 
C)  Wilson was so poor a politician that he was unable to persuade Congress to pass any legislation he wanted. 
D)  Wilson used it as an excuse for entering the Great War. 
A)  The differences between the New Freedom and the New Nationalism tended to disappear in practice. 
B)  Wilson insisted upon enacting it in a rigid and doctrinaire way. 
C)  Wilson was so poor a politician that he was unable to persuade Congress to pass any legislation he wanted. 
D)  Wilson used it as an excuse for entering the Great War.

Question 8

Describe the typical progressive reforms at the municipal, state, and national levels. Summarize the most important problems the progressives tried to solve. Explain their basic goals.

Accepted Answer

Progressive reforms at the municipal, st

Question 9

What is the definition of the following key term:
-Progressivism :

Accepted Answer

A cluster of movements for various forms

Question 10

The late-nineteenth-century social legislation that tried to create better working and living conditions for the poor was made possible by a liberal interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The progressives tended to view Native Americans as fundamentally capable of adopting the ways of white "civilization."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

During his second term, when the progressive movement became steadily more liberal, Theodore Roosevelt

Accepted Answer

A)  criticized it as socialistic. 
B)  refused to advance beyond his earlier moderate reforms. 
C)  also took more liberal positions. 
D)  flirted with socialism. 
A)  criticized it as socialistic. 
B)  refused to advance beyond his earlier moderate reforms. 
C)  also took more liberal positions. 
D)  flirted with socialism.

Question 13

The progressives were

Accepted Answer

A)  challenging the fundamental principles of capitalism. 
B)  a totally brand-new movement. 
C)  never a single group seeking a single objective. 
D)  united in their vision of how to reform America. 
A)  challenging the fundamental principles of capitalism. 
B)  a totally brand-new movement. 
C)  never a single group seeking a single objective. 
D)  united in their vision of how to reform America.

Question 14

Russian immigrant and political activist Emma Goldman

Accepted Answer

A)  strongly opposed birth control. 
B)  lived and died in almost total obscurity. 
C)  was careful to avoid arrest for her activities. 
D)  was in many ways a typical American immigrant. 
A)  strongly opposed birth control. 
B)  lived and died in almost total obscurity. 
C)  was careful to avoid arrest for her activities. 
D)  was in many ways a typical American immigrant.

Question 15

A denunciation of the "American character" came from the editor of which of the following publications?

Accepted Answer

A)  McClure's 
B)  Atlantic Monthly 
C)  The New York Times 
D)  McCall's 
A)  McClure's 
B)  Atlantic Monthly 
C)  The New York Times 
D)  McCall's

Question 16

In Muller v. Oregon (1908) attorney Louis Brandeis presented a "Brandeis brief" to the Supreme Court, which was based on

Accepted Answer

A)  English, not American, common law. 
B)  abstract, rational principles, not legal precedent. 
C)  economic and sociological evidence. 
D)  American legal precedent. 
A)  English, not American, common law. 
B)  abstract, rational principles, not legal precedent. 
C)  economic and sociological evidence. 
D)  American legal precedent.

Question 17

One of the suffragists' more successful justifications was the "purity" argument that

Accepted Answer

A)  women's moral superiority would clean up politics if they were given the vote. 
B)  because women were no more pure or impure than men, they had nothing to lose by voting. 
C)  women must first purify politics through religion, then they should get the vote. 
D)  women's moral superiority would be endangered by voting unless illiterate blacks and immigrants were disfranchised. 
A)  women's moral superiority would clean up politics if they were given the vote. 
B)  because women were no more pure or impure than men, they had nothing to lose by voting. 
C)  women must first purify politics through religion, then they should get the vote. 
D)  women's moral superiority would be endangered by voting unless illiterate blacks and immigrants were disfranchised.

Question 18

Roosevelt sent officials to Chicago to investigate the condition of its slaughterhouses based on which of the following books?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s Slaughterhouse-Five 
B)  Upton Sinclair's The Jungle 
C)  Jack London's Stockyard! 
D)  Hamlin Garland's Crumbling Idols 
A)  Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s Slaughterhouse-Five 
B)  Upton Sinclair's The Jungle 
C)  Jack London's Stockyard! 
D)  Hamlin Garland's Crumbling Idols

Question 19

Taft got into political hot water in the 1910 Ballinger-Pinchot controversy, which dealt with

Accepted Answer

A)  railroad legislation. 
B)  life-insurance scandals. 
C)  conservation. 
D)  adulterated food. 
A)  railroad legislation. 
B)  life-insurance scandals. 
C)  conservation. 
D)  adulterated food.

Question 20

Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle exposed

Accepted Answer

A)  filthy conditions in Chicago slaughterhouses. 
B)  corruption in Philadelphia's police department. 
C)  insider manipulations in the stock market. 
D)  bribery and fraud in Boston elections. 
A)  filthy conditions in Chicago slaughterhouses. 
B)  corruption in Philadelphia's police department. 
C)  insider manipulations in the stock market. 
D)  bribery and fraud in Boston elections.

Exam 21: The Age of Reform

As reformers, the progressives clearly challenged the fundamental principles of capitalism.

Headed by Florence Kelley and associated with lawyer Louis Brandeis, the most effective women's organization of the Progressive Era was the

One of the roots of progressivism was the late-nineteenth-century

The national woman suffrage campaign of the Congressional Union was headed by Alice Paul.

Explain the issues in the election of 1912. Describe the candidates and their platforms. Describe how President Wilson fulfilled his campaign promises.

Explain why Theodore Roosevelt is often seen as the first progressive president. Evaluate his major achievements, programs, and goals as a president and later as a presidential candidate.

What happened to Wilson's New Freedom once he was president?

Describe the typical progressive reforms at the municipal, state, and national levels. Summarize the most important problems the progressives tried to solve. Explain their basic goals.

What is the definition of the following key term: -Progressivism :

The late-nineteenth-century social legislation that tried to create better working and living conditions for the poor was made possible by a liberal interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The progressives tended to view Native Americans as fundamentally capable of adopting the ways of white "civilization."

During his second term, when the progressive movement became steadily more liberal, Theodore Roosevelt

The progressives were

Russian immigrant and political activist Emma Goldman

A denunciation of the "American character" came from the editor of which of the following publications?

In Muller v. Oregon (1908) attorney Louis Brandeis presented a "Brandeis brief" to the Supreme Court, which was based on

One of the suffragists' more successful justifications was the "purity" argument that

Roosevelt sent officials to Chicago to investigate the condition of its slaughterhouses based on which of the following books?

Taft got into political hot water in the 1910 Ballinger-Pinchot controversy, which dealt with

Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle exposed

Alien Encounters: Europe in the Americas

American Society in the Making

America in the British Empire

The American Revolution

The Federalist Era: Nationalism Triumphant

Jeffersonian Democracy

National Growing Pains

Toward a National Economy

Jacksonian Democracy

The Making of Middle-Class America

West/Ward Expansion

The Sections Go Their Own Ways

The Coming of the Civil War

The War to Save the Union

Reconstruction and the South

The Conquest of the West

An Industrial Giant Emerges

American Society in the Industrial Age

Intellectual and Cultural Trends in the Late Nineteenth Century

From Smoke-Filled Rooms to Prairie Wildfire: 1877-1896

From Isolation to Empire

Woodrow Wilson and the Great War

Postwar Society and Culture: Change and Adjustment

From Normalcy to Economic Collapse: 1921-1933

The New Deal: 1933-1941

War and Peace: 1941-1945

Collision Courses, Abroad and at Home: 1946-1960

From Camelot to Watergate: 1961-1975

Running on Empty: 1975-1991

From Boomers to Millennials

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