Question 1

Frederick W. Taylor:

Accepted Answer

A)  was an Oregon reformer responsible for many progressive measures enacted there 
B)  wrote The Principles of Scientific Management 
C)  was the progressive editor of Arena 
D)  was founder of the National Child Labor Committee 
E)  authored the bill on reclamation for the western states 
A)  was an Oregon reformer responsible for many progressive measures enacted there 
B)  wrote The Principles of Scientific Management 
C)  was the progressive editor of Arena 
D)  was founder of the National Child Labor Committee 
E)  authored the bill on reclamation for the western states

Question 2

William H. Taft achieved the most significant tariff reduction of any progressive president.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Federal Highways Act:

Accepted Answer

A)  passed in 1889 
B)  was vetoed by pro-railroad politicians 
C)  passed in 1916 
D)  illustrated the power of the Ford family 
E)  authorized a mere $10 million in funds 
A)  passed in 1889 
B)  was vetoed by pro-railroad politicians 
C)  passed in 1916 
D)  illustrated the power of the Ford family 
E)  authorized a mere $10 million in funds

Question 4

Contrary to his party's tradition, President Taft called for:

Accepted Answer

A)  a moderately high tariff 
B)  no tariff 
C)  a lower tariff 
D)  a high tariff only on luxury items 
E)  a drastically higher inheritance tax 
A)  a moderately high tariff 
B)  no tariff 
C)  a lower tariff 
D)  a high tariff only on luxury items 
E)  a drastically higher inheritance tax

Question 5

Which of the progressive presidents was the most progressive? Which was the least progressive? Explain.

Accepted Answer

The most progressive of the progressive

Question 6

In the 1908 presidential race:

Accepted Answer

A)  Theodore Roosevelt sought reelection 
B)  the Democrats once again nominated William Jennings Bryan 
C)  the Socialist vote practically disappeared 
D)  prohibition became the major issue 
E)  Taft lost to Cleveland 
A)  Theodore Roosevelt sought reelection 
B)  the Democrats once again nominated William Jennings Bryan 
C)  the Socialist vote practically disappeared 
D)  prohibition became the major issue 
E)  Taft lost to Cleveland

Question 7

The Seventeenth Amendment:

Accepted Answer

A)  authorized the popular election of U.S. senators 
B)  gave women the right to vote 
C)  called for direct primaries 
D)  authorized the federal income tax 
E)  made the production and distribution of alcohol illegal 
A)  authorized the popular election of U.S. senators 
B)  gave women the right to vote 
C)  called for direct primaries 
D)  authorized the federal income tax 
E)  made the production and distribution of alcohol illegal

Question 8

One of Taft's major issues became his support for high tariffs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

WCTU:

Accepted Answer

A)  was the first radio station in America 
B)  stood for Women's Christian Temperance Union 
C)  was the radio station Roosevelt made famous while president 
D)  stood for Western Colorado Teamsters Union 
E)  was the abbreviation of Western Connecticut University, where Wilson got his start as a professor 
A)  was the first radio station in America 
B)  stood for Women's Christian Temperance Union 
C)  was the radio station Roosevelt made famous while president 
D)  stood for Western Colorado Teamsters Union 
E)  was the abbreviation of Western Connecticut University, where Wilson got his start as a professor

Question 10

In 1917, a Prohibition amendment to the Constitution:

Accepted Answer

A)  passed Congress, then went to the states for ratification 
B)  was ratified by the states as the Eighteenth Amendment 
C)  was overturned by the Twenty-first Amendment 
D)  failed passage by Congress, but was ratified by the states anyway 
E)  passed Congress but was vetoed by the president 
A)  passed Congress, then went to the states for ratification 
B)  was ratified by the states as the Eighteenth Amendment 
C)  was overturned by the Twenty-first Amendment 
D)  failed passage by Congress, but was ratified by the states anyway 
E)  passed Congress but was vetoed by the president

Question 11

This company refused to turn over its records to the government, leading to a suit and the breakup of the company in 1911:

Accepted Answer

A)  Ford Motorcoach 
B)  Standard Oil 
C)  Duke Tobacco 
D)  United States Steel 
E)  International Harvester 
A)  Ford Motorcoach 
B)  Standard Oil 
C)  Duke Tobacco 
D)  United States Steel 
E)  International Harvester

Question 12

Ida M. Tarbell's revelations in her History of the Standard Oil Company (1904) helped convince the Supreme Court in 1911:

Accepted Answer

A)  to rule that the company must be dismantled 
B)  to dismiss the suit against it 
C)  to rule that Standard Oil was the model for all future companies 
D)  to postpone its ruling 
E)  it lacked jurisdiction in all cases against the company 
A)  to rule that the company must be dismantled 
B)  to dismiss the suit against it 
C)  to rule that Standard Oil was the model for all future companies 
D)  to postpone its ruling 
E)  it lacked jurisdiction in all cases against the company

Question 13

Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom platform:

Accepted Answer

A)  proposed vigorous anti-trust action to break up corporate concentration 
B)  accepted gigantic corporations as a fact of modern economic life 
C)  was the creation of a writer named Herbert Croly 
D)  was the reason he won the 1912 election 
E)  was vehemently opposed by Louis Brandeis 
A)  proposed vigorous anti-trust action to break up corporate concentration 
B)  accepted gigantic corporations as a fact of modern economic life 
C)  was the creation of a writer named Herbert Croly 
D)  was the reason he won the 1912 election 
E)  was vehemently opposed by Louis Brandeis

Question 14

In the case of Lochner v. New York, the Supreme Court:

Accepted Answer

A)  upheld a Utah law limiting miners to eight-hour workdays 
B)  ordered the breakup of the "beef trust" 
C)  ordered the breakup of the American Tobacco Company 
D)  voided a state-legislated ten-hour day because it violated workers' "liberty of contract" 
E)  said that a "death tax" (inheritance tax) was illegal 
A)  upheld a Utah law limiting miners to eight-hour workdays 
B)  ordered the breakup of the "beef trust" 
C)  ordered the breakup of the American Tobacco Company 
D)  voided a state-legislated ten-hour day because it violated workers' "liberty of contract" 
E)  said that a "death tax" (inheritance tax) was illegal

Question 15

______ eventually became chief justice of the Supreme Court.

Accepted Answer

A)  William Jennings Bryan 
B)  Herbert Croly 
C)  Louis Brandeis 
D)  William Howard Taft 
E)  Gifford Pinchot 
A)  William Jennings Bryan 
B)  Herbert Croly 
C)  Louis Brandeis 
D)  William Howard Taft 
E)  Gifford Pinchot

Question 16

George Bird Grinnell is associated with:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Audubon Society 
B)  writing Man and Nature 
C)  the anti-conservation movement 
D)  San Francisco 
E)  the Bureau of Reclamation 
A)  the Audubon Society 
B)  writing Man and Nature 
C)  the anti-conservation movement 
D)  San Francisco 
E)  the Bureau of Reclamation

Question 17

Woodrow Wilson was a minister's son who grew up in the South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following best describes the method used by most progressives to solve the problem of economic power and its abuses?

Accepted Answer

A)  adopt a socialist program of public ownership 
B)  follow the principles of laissez-faire government 
C)  regulate big business 
D)  allow business to work out its own destiny 
E)  lower taxes so that companies would raise wages 
A)  adopt a socialist program of public ownership 
B)  follow the principles of laissez-faire government 
C)  regulate big business 
D)  allow business to work out its own destiny 
E)  lower taxes so that companies would raise wages

Question 19

President Taft's domestic policies generated a storm of controversy:

Accepted Answer

A)  overseas 
B)  within the Democratic party 
C)  within the Progressive party 
D)  in the military 
E)  within his own party 
A)  overseas 
B)  within the Democratic party 
C)  within the Progressive party 
D)  in the military 
E)  within his own party

Question 20

The Newlands Act of 1902:

Accepted Answer

A)  created new homesteading areas in Alaska 
B)  established a new federal agency to deal with water in the West 
C)  was one Nevada senator's attempt to lessen the role of a "socialist" government 
D)  made it illegal for children to work night shifts 
E)  made closed shops legal 
A)  created new homesteading areas in Alaska 
B)  established a new federal agency to deal with water in the West 
C)  was one Nevada senator's attempt to lessen the role of a "socialist" government 
D)  made it illegal for children to work night shifts 
E)  made closed shops legal

Exam 23: Making the World Over: the Progressive ERA

Frederick W. Taylor:

William H. Taft achieved the most significant tariff reduction of any progressive president.

The Federal Highways Act:

Contrary to his party's tradition, President Taft called for:

Which of the progressive presidents was the most progressive? Which was the least progressive? Explain.

In the 1908 presidential race:

The Seventeenth Amendment:

One of Taft's major issues became his support for high tariffs.

WCTU:

In 1917, a Prohibition amendment to the Constitution:

This company refused to turn over its records to the government, leading to a suit and the breakup of the company in 1911:

Ida M. Tarbell's revelations in her History of the Standard Oil Company (1904) helped convince the Supreme Court in 1911:

Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom platform:

In the case of Lochner v. New York, the Supreme Court:

______ eventually became chief justice of the Supreme Court.

George Bird Grinnell is associated with:

Woodrow Wilson was a minister's son who grew up in the South.

Which of the following best describes the method used by most progressives to solve the problem of economic power and its abuses?

President Taft's domestic policies generated a storm of controversy:

The Newlands Act of 1902:

The Collision of Cultures

Britain and Its Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Shaping a Federal Union

The Federalist Era

The Early Republic

The Dynamics of Growth

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian ERA

The Old South

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

An Empire in the West

The Gathering Storm

The War of the Union

Reconstruction: North and South

Big Business and Organized Labor

The South and the West Transformed

The Emergence of Urban America

Gilded Age Politics and Agrarian Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

America and the Great War

The Modern Temper

Republican Resurgence and Decline

New Deal America

The Second World War

The Fair Deal and Containment

The 1950s: Affluence and Anxiety in an Atomic Age

New Frontiers: Politics and Social Change in the 1960s

Rebellion and Reaction: the 1960s and 1970s

A Conservative Realignment: 19771990

America in a New Millennium

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