Question 1

How did the growing trend of professional associations help the general population in the early years of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)   Higher standards enforced by associations protected the general population from fraud and malpractice.
B)   It became easier to become a professional; all one had to do was buy into an association, so more of the general population could become professionals.
C)   Associations ensured that people from any class could become professionals if they had the proper education and training.
D)   Associations made the cost of professional services cheaper and easier to access for the general population.
E)   Associations made professionals more plentiful and, therefore, easier for the general population to find. A

Question 2

What did some in the business community find attractive about progressivism?

Accepted Answer

A)   Nothing; the business community opposed all forms of progressivism.
B)   Business owners, like progressives, wanted to clean up city governments and political contests.
C)   Progressivism believed in progress and efficiency, two industrial business values.
D)   Progressives wanted to control corporate abuses, reform child labor laws, and ensure factory safety- all of which were industrial business values as well.
E)   Progressives fought for women's and African American's rights, two things from which industrial businessmen would gain. C

Question 3

What did the term "square deal" mean?

Accepted Answer

A)   The coal miners got more money and a shorter workday, but the owners got "squared," or shorted, and got nothing.
B)   Like the equal sides of a square, both the miners and the owners got a fair, equitable deal from Roosevelt's negotiations.
C)   Because Roosevelt used highly intelligent "square" men to broker the deal between the coal miners and owners, the deal was called a "square deal."
D)   By refusing to recognize the coal miners' union, the owners got the "square," or better, part of the deal.
E)   Like the four equal sides of a square, the four interested parties (the government, the arbitrator, the coal miners, and the owners)  each participated equally in the negotiations. B

Question 4

In the final analysis, Wilson's domestic programs indicated________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   his exclusive belief in New Freedom ideas
B)   his outright opposition to Roosevelt's New Nationalism
C)   a blending of the two competing doctrines of progressivism
D)   his failure as a reformer
E)   his determination to win reelection by pleasing as many voters as possible

Question 5

Which part of the United States continued to oppose suffrage for women and African Americans even after most other states had passed universal suffrage laws?

Accepted Answer

A)   the South
B)   the North
C)   the West
D)   the Southwest
E)   the Midwest

Question 6

What was the most important domestic law of Wilson's administration?

Accepted Answer

A)   Underwood Tariff
B)   Dingley Tariff
C)   Federal Reserve Act
D)   Pure Food and Drug Act
E)   Clayton Antitrust Act

Question 7

Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle led to passage of the________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   Hepburn Act
B)   Mann-Elkins Act
C)   Meat Inspection Act
D)   Elkins Act
E)   Clayton Antitrust Act

Question 8

Social reform during the early 1900s differed from reforms of previous eras because in previous eras, social reform had been________	, whereas in the early 1900s it was________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   supported exclusively by the government, controlled by private charities
B)   supported exclusively by private charities, controlled by the government
C)   mixed with morality, free from moral overtones
D)   more complex and interrelated, more individualized and simplistic
E)   more simplistic and directed at one particular problem, directed at complex and interrelated problems

Question 9

Why did Theodore Roosevelt call Robert La Follette's Wisconsin Idea "the laboratory of democracy"?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Wisconsin Idea improved voter education and participation.
B)   The Idea was voted on and approved by all citizens of Wisconsin.
C)   Voters gained power to directly elect officials, and the results democratized or equalized education, employment, and public resources.
D)   The Idea removed nearly all corrupt officials from local, state, and federal governments in Wisconsin.
E)   The Idea became the model for all other states and eventually the rest of the democratic world.

Question 10

Why did women's movements also lead the temperance crusade?

Accepted Answer

A)   In general, women did not drink alcohol in the early 1900s.
B)   In general, men participated in politics while women participated in social reform.
C)   Women saw temperance as the first step to suffrage and, therefore, supported it.
D)   Women were more involved with social justice activities and saw the direct effects of alcohol abuse on families.
E)   Men saw temperance as the first step to women's suffrage and, therefore, opposed it.

Question 11

Which of the following individuals was probably the least progressive on the race question in America in the early 1900s?

Accepted Answer

A)   Theodore Roosevelt
B)   Woodrow Wilson
C)   William Taft
D)   Booker T. Washington
E)   W. E. B. Du Bois

Question 12

Who was the most influential educator of the Progressive Era?

Accepted Answer

A)   Thomas Johnson
B)   Eugene V. Debs
C)   Robert M. La Follette
D)   John Dewey
E)   William James

Question 13

How did progressive action at the city, state, and federal levels pave the way for the activist government of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries?

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

Why is the Federal Reserve Act considered the most important law Wilson passed?

Accepted Answer

A)   It instituted the first income tax, which still exists today.
B)   It settled disputes among Democrats and Republicans.
C)   It imposed necessary controls on banks, and still exists today.
D)   It won him great public admiration, securing his second term.
E)   It made the United States the richest country in the world.

Question 15

How can the first three presidents of the early 1900s best be characterized?

Accepted Answer

A)   Roosevelt was the most progressive of the three: conserving more land, instituting more social reforms, and busting more trusts.
B)   Wilson was the most progressive of the three: conserving more land, instituting more social reforms, and busting more trusts.
C)   They all worked on similar progressive programs, such as regulating businesses, conserving land, and instituting social reforms, but ignored racial issues.
D)   Taft was the most progressive of the three: conserving more land, instituting more social reforms, and busting more trusts.
E)   They all worked on similar progressive programs, including bank regulation, tariffs, income taxes, and racial reconciliation.

Question 16

Two major suffrage organizations merged in 1890 to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association under which person?

Accepted Answer

A)   Alice Paul
B)   Anna Howard Shaw
C)   Carrie Chapman Catt
D)   Lucy Burns
E)   Susan B. Anthony

Question 17

Woodrow Wilson's record on race relations________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   elicited the support of African Americans
B)   disappointed African Americans and many progressives
C)   won him support in the North
D)   showed his consistent opposition to racial discrimination
E)   was incredibly liberal

Question 18

Theodore Roosevelt can be considered one of the country's first conservationist presidents because he

Accepted Answer

A)   created 150 million acres in new government preserves
B)   loved animals and the remaining wilderness in the United States
C)   believed in sequestering public land, so it would not be damaged
D)   opposed the use of coal because it damaged the environment
E)   was an avid hunter, but confined his big game pursuits to Africa

Question 19

What did William Howard Taft do that alienated progressive Republicans?

Accepted Answer

A)   curbed the power of Speaker of the House Joseph Cannon
B)   vetoed a tariff increase
C)   dismissed Richard Ballinger
D)   campaigned against progressives in the 1910 congressional elections
E)   generally became a tool of the conservative Republicans

Question 20

The most prominent American socialist during the Progressive Era was________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   "Big Bill" Haywood
B)   Gifford Pinchot
C)   Eugene V. Debs
D)   Upton Sinclair
E)   Daniel DeLeon

Exam 23: From Roosevelt to Wilson in the Age of Progressivism, 1900-1920