Question 1

The Supreme Court,in two rulings related to the 1916 Keating-Owen Act,

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A)   demonstrated its support for President Wilson's political agenda.
B)   validated an expansion of congressional authority.
C)   struck down reform legislation.
D)   displayed support for using federal authority to create social change.
E)   illustrated how quickly Justice Louis Brandeis had changed the Court.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

The recall and the direct primary were progressive-era political reforms designed to weaken

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A)   the federal government.
B)   political parties.
C)   state governors.
D)   state legislatures.
E)   the courts.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 3

The Sierra Club was founded by

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A)   Gifford Pinchot.
B)   Theodore Roosevelt.
C)   John Muir.
D)   Richard Ballinger.
E)   Louis Glavis.F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 4

Describe the ebb and flow of nativism during the first few decades of the twentieth century.How did nativists win support from some of the nation's leading progressives?

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Question 5

Political reformers correctly regarded the saloon as in league with the urban political machine.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Regarding organizing the professions during the Progressive Era,

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A)   most professions attempted to expand the ranks of Americans in their fields.
B)   by 1916, all states had established professional bar associations.
C)   the medical field remained largely unorganized.
D)   there was little organized activity in rural America.
E)   state and local governments generally impeded attempts to professionalize.F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

The presidential candidate who was the victim of an assassination attempt in 1912 was ________.

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Question 8

As an environmental conservationist,President Theodore Roosevelt

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A)   opposed hunting on all federal lands.
B)   added extensive areas of land to the national forest system.
C)   opposed new dam construction on major rivers.
D)   opposed the growing preservationist movement as impractical.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 9

During the progressive era,significant voting rights for women were first won in

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A)   the mid-Atlantic states.
B)   the South.
C)   New England.
D)   the Midwest.
E)   the Far West.F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 10

As president,Theodore Roosevelt quickly rebelled against the leaders of his party.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What were the significant divisions within the progressive movement? What impact did these divisions have on the movement?

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Question 12

During the progressive era,the Socialist Party of America

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A)   grew weaker.
B)   grew stronger.
C)   renamed itself the Progressive Party.
D)   virtually disappeared.
E)   continued as it had in the past.F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 13

Progressives tended to believe that the doctrine of Social Darwinism was the correct starting point for creating a better world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The major reform of the American banking system passed by Wilson was the ________.

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Question 15

In 1913,to offset the loss of revenues from other legislation,Congress

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A)   passed a graduated income tax.
B)   decided to inflate the currency.
C)   increased business regulatory fees.
D)   raised the tariff on agricultural goods.
E)   passed heavy excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

What were the differences between a progressive and a radical reformer from 1890 to 1920?

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During the late 19th and early 20th cent...

Question 17

The "new woman" was less likely to marry and more likely to divorce.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

A distinctive characteristic of women in professional work during the progressive era was that

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A)   women did not dominate any single profession.
B)   women could not attain advanced degrees from American universities.
C)   women did not generally create their own professional organizations.
D)   "women's professions," unlike other professions, did not attempt to exclude anyone.
E)   women were concentrated in the "helping" professions.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 19

By the beginning of World War I,the nativist tide in America had peaked and was falling.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism called for the elevation of "the public welfare" over the rights of property.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 20: The Progressives

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The Supreme Court,in two rulings related to the 1916 Keating-Owen Act,

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By the beginning of World War I,the nativist tide in America had peaked and was falling.

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Political reformers correctly regarded the saloon as in league with the urban political machine.

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As an environmental conservationist,President Theodore Roosevelt

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The Sierra Club was founded by

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