Question 1

All of the following legislation was passed during Theodore Roosevelt's administration EXCEPT the

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A)   Meat Inspection Act.
B)   Pure Food and Drug Act.
C)   Hepburn Railroad Regulation Act.
D)   National Reclamation Act.
E)   Interstate Commerce Act.

Question 2

In the 1912 presidential election results,

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A)   President William H. Taft came in last of the four major candidates.
B)   Theodore Roosevelt won the popular vote but lost the electoral college.
C)   Eugene Debs offered his electoral votes to Theodore Roosevelt.
D)   Theodore Roosevelt finished third in the popular vote.
E)   Woodrow Wilson won only a plurality of the popular vote.

Question 3

During Theodore Roosevelt's first three years as president,

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A)   he was a champion of labor unions.
B)   he made the breaking-up of business combinations his highest priority.
C)   he desired to win for government the power to investigate corporate activities.
D)   his primary accomplishment was to reform the meatpacking industry.
E)   he deeply antagonized the conservative Old Guard wing of his party.

Question 4

After the elections of 1914, President Woodrow Wilson

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A)   held steady to his existing course of action.
B)   moved away from progressivism.
C)   began another round of progressive legislation.
D)   encouraged the United States to enter the war in Europe.
E)   refused to nominate any progressives to the Supreme Court.

Question 5

Prior to the adoption of the secret ballot, voter ballots were printed and distributed by

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A)   the political parties.
B)   the federal government.
C)   private contractors.
D)   state governments.
E)   philanthropic organizations.

Question 6

The direct primary and the recall were both reforms designed to enhance the power of political parties in the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

During the Progressive Era, some supporters of woman suffrage argued that female voters

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A)   would end future political scandals.
B)   would ensure fair elections.
C)   deserved the vote because of their unique traits as women.
D)   were unlikely ever to vote for a woman running for national office.
E)   would help to defeat the growing movement for temperance.

Question 8

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.

Question 9

In the election of 1908, William Howard Taft

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A)   was hand-picked by Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him.
B)   narrowly defeated his opponent, William Jennings Bryan.
C)   was opposed by progressives and conservatives.
D)   had a public image very much like that of Theodore Roosevelt.
E)   decisively defeated his Republican opponent in the general election.

Question 10

WE.B. Du Bois was highly critical of Booker T. Washington's philosophy..

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

During the progressive era, the spurious "science" of ________ spread the belief that human inequalities were hereditary.

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The answer of During the progressive era, the spurious "science"...

Question 12

Social work and ________ houses provided two "appropriate" professional outlets for women of the progressive era.

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The answer of Social work and ________ houses provided two...

Question 13

The term "muckrakers" referred to

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A)   western progressives.
B)   Social Darwinists.
C)   socialists.
D)   critics of imperialism.
E)   journalists.

Question 14

For western states, the most important target of reform energies was

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A)   state government agencies, such as the Bureau of Land Management.
B)   the federal government, because it exerted great power in the western states.
C)   political parties.
D)   municipal and county governments, as they had the most day-to-day impact on the lives of the western voting constituency.
E)   the prison system.

Question 15

President Roosevelt's handpicked successor was ________.

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The answer of President Roosevelt's handpicked successor was ________....

Question 16

In 1913, the first modern income tax imposed a 10 percent tax on individuals earning over $4,000 a year.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Progressive reforms tended to increase voter turnout in presidential elections.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The Women's Christian Temperance Union

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A)   was, at one time, the largest women's organization in American history.
B)   called for an end to saloons, not for a full prohibition on alcoholic beverages.
C)   was later replaced by the Anti-Saloon League.
D)   was headed by a male president.
E)   was founded during the progressive era.

Question 19

The 1912 Republican convention was an ideological contest between

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A)   the Old Guard and what was to become the "Bull Moose."
B)   La Follette and Taft.
C)   the "New Freedom" and the "New Nationalism."
D)   both different types of progressivism and the "New Freedom" and "New Nationalism."
E)   All these answers are correct.

Question 20

Anna Howard Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt were among the most prominent leaders of the anti-suffrage movement.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 20: The Progressives

Anna Howard Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt were among the most prominent leaders of the anti-suffrage movement.

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Progressive reforms tended to increase voter turnout in presidential elections.

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Social work and ________ houses provided two "appropriate" professional outlets for women of the progressive era.

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WE.B. Du Bois was highly critical of Booker T. Washington's philosophy..

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During the Progressive Era, some supporters of woman suffrage argued that female voters

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After the elections of 1914, President Woodrow Wilson

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For western states, the most important target of reform energies was

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During Theodore Roosevelt's first three years as president,

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During the progressive era, the spurious "science" of ________ spread the belief that human inequalities were hereditary.

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President Roosevelt's handpicked successor was ________.

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The direct primary and the recall were both reforms designed to enhance the power of political parties in the United States.

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Regarding organizing the professions during the Progressive Era,

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Prior to the adoption of the secret ballot, voter ballots were printed and distributed by

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In 1913, the first modern income tax imposed a 10 percent tax on individuals earning over $4,000 a year.

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All of the following legislation was passed during Theodore Roosevelt's administration EXCEPT the

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In the 1912 presidential election results,

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