Question 1

The leaders of the Settlement House movement

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A)  directed their attention to the problems of living in cities for the working poor and immigrant communities.
B)  often expressed moral disapproval of the behavior of immigrants and favored well-off families when choosing tenants.
C)  spoke against the social gospel movement and initially focused only on political rather than social reform.
D)  tended to consist of second-generation lower class immigrants helping first generation lower class immigrants.
E)  encouraged people in the cities to move to the rural areas by providing lodging there.

Question 2

Analyze the issue of race during the progressive era.

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Question 3

What reason did Wilson give for proposing tariff reform?

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A)  To force American companies to compete with cheaper foreign goods
B)  To combat misuse of the tariff by corporations
C)  To pressure Germany to lower their hostility toward England
D)  To smooth the way for the passage of the income tax
E)  To protect the interests of U.S.corporations

Question 4

Which political party ran as a third party in the 1912 election?

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A)  Libertarian
B)  Independent
C)  Socialist
D)  Reform
E)  American

Question 5

The initiative and the referendum were reforms designed to weaken the power of the

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A)  the federal government.
B)  unions.
C)  state governors.
D)  political elites.
E)  labor laws.

Question 6

Which of the following statements about the state of the American economy in 1900 is accurate?

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A)  Compared with other industrialized nations, the United States had some of the highest concentrations of poverty.
B)  Compared with the rest of the world, the United States had a low per capita income.
C)  Employment levels in the United States were at an all-time high.
D)  Corporate barons took the lead in improving living conditions for the poor and growing the economy.
E)  The economy was booming because of industrialization efforts and the growth of rural areas.

Question 7

Which of the following lowered tariff rates for the first time since the Civil War?

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A)  Hart-Smoot Act
B)  Dingley Tariff
C)  Underwood-Simmons Tariff
D)  Mongrel Tariff
E)  Federal Reserve Act

Question 8

Compare and contrast Roosevelt's New Nationalism and Wilson's New Freedom.In what ways were they similar? In what ways were they different? How might one account for those differences?

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Question 9

The groups behind the YWCA and YMCA created their programs because they believed that Christianity had gotten too far from the lower economic classes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Need for reforming the workplace was brought to national attention in 1911 when a fire broke out at

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A)  the Union Carbide refinery.
B)  the Triangle Shirtwaist factory.
C)  McCall's magazine publisher.
D)  the U.S.Capitol.
E)  U.S.Steel manufacturing.

Question 11

Whereas President Theodore Roosevelt saw himself as a __________, President Taft saw himself as a(n)  __________.

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A)  leader uninfluenced by the idea of white superiority; president prone to prejudice
B)  traditional and cautious thinker; champion of reform and innovation
C)  crusader of reform; judge-like administrator
D)  capitalist; socialist
E)  candidate of the people; candidate of big business

Question 12

Discuss the issue of conservation and what specific presidents during the Progressive Era did to promote this important issue.

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The issue of conservation became a promi...

Question 13

Socialism was a radical wing of progressivism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In what ways could the progressive movement be considered paradoxical?

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The progressive movement could be consid...

Question 15

Individuals labeled Mugwumps were best associated with which concept?

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A)  Honest government
B)  Social Darwinism
C)  Laissez-faire capitalism
D)  Communism
E)  Yellow journalism

Question 16

Industrial management, also known as Taylorism, was applied to the operations of the government.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Part of Wilson's anti-trust program was the

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A)  abolishment of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
B)  creation of the Bureau of Corporations.
C)  creation of the Federal Trade Commission.
D)  abolishment of the Railroad Commission.
E)  reenactment of the Bank of the United States.

Question 18

The first "progressive" president was

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A)  William McKinley.
B)  Theodore Roosevelt.
C)  William Howard Taft.
D)  Woodrow Wilson.
E)  Warren G.Harding.

Question 19

The belief that religious institutions and individual Christians had an obligation to bring about the "Kingdom of God" on earth is known as socialism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 20: The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

Which political party ran as a third party in the 1912 election?

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Whereas President Theodore Roosevelt saw himself as a __________, President Taft saw himself as a(n) __________.

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Part of Wilson's anti-trust program was the

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

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Which of the following statements about the state of the American economy in 1900 is accurate?

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In what ways could the progressive movement be considered paradoxical?

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Socialism was a radical wing of progressivism.

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Which of the following lowered tariff rates for the first time since the Civil War?

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Industrial management, also known as Taylorism, was applied to the operations of the government.

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What reason did Wilson give for proposing tariff reform?

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Discuss the issue of conservation and what specific presidents during the Progressive Era did to promote this important issue.

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