Question 1

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In 1916,President Wilson appointed Louis Brandeis,a Jew,to the Supreme Court.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

During the Progressive Era,political "interest groups"

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A)   All these answers are correct.
B)   were attacked by progressive reformers.
C)   gradually became less powerful as time went on.
D)   were attacked by progressive reformers, and gradually became less powerful as time went on.
E)   rose to replace the declining power centers of the parties.F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 4

The 1916 Keating-Owen Act was the first federal law regulating

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A)   information about contraceptives.
B)   tenant agriculture.
C)   industrial safety.
D)   the garment industry.
E)   child labor.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

How would you define progressivism? Describe its major characteristics.

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Question 6

Settlement houses were typically built and staffed by middle-class reformers to help inner-city residents.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Describe and evaluate the ideas of Booker T.Washington and W.
B. Du Bois. In your opinion, which of these two men had the better plan, and why?
E.

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Question 8

As president,William Howard Taft

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A)   managed to match Roosevelt's personal dynamism.
B)   None of these answers is correct.
C)   angered many conservatives with his activism, but generally pleased progressives.
D)   angered many conservatives with his activism.
E)   generally pleased progressives.F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel,The Jungle,encouraged the federal government to regulate the

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A)   railroad industry.
B)   meatpacking industry.
C)   housing industry.
D)   steel industry.
E)   oil industry.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 10

The Federal Reserve Act

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A)   was designed to push troubled banks out of business.
B)   created sixteen regional banks.
C)   created a new type of paper currency.
D)   helped to reduce loans to private banks.
E)   was regulated by a board whose members were elected by Congress.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

While progressivism has many meanings,it tended in this period to be based on the central assumption that

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A)   Social Darwinism could create social order and stability.
B)   the laissez-faire philosophy should be embraced in American politics.
C)   individual rights should be expanded as widely as possible.
D)   urbanization was harmful to the United States.
E)   American society was capable of improvement.F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 12

Which of the following statements regarding women and the professions during the Progressive Era is FALSE?

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A)   There was a substantial market for African American teachers.
B)   A large majority of all professional women were teachers.
C)   Some women managed to become physicians and lawyers.
D)   Women could not attain advanced degrees from American universities.
E)   Women found themselves excluded from most of the emerging professions.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 13

Many progressives believed that the first target of reform should be

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A)   municipal governments.
B)   the judicial system.
C)   Congress.
D)   the federal bureaucracy.
E)   state governments.F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 14

During the Progressive Era,reformers of city government frequently tried to

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A)   require city council members to run by district rather than at-large.
B)   make all city government positions appointive.
C)   move city elections to presidential years in order to increase turnout.
D)   strengthen the power of city councils at the expense of mayors.
E)   hire professionally trained business managers or engineers as city managers.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 15

All of the following were progressive reformers from western states EXCEPT

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A)  Alfred E.Smith.
B)  None of these answers is correct,as all were progressive reformers from western states.
C)  George Norris.
D)  Hiram Johnson.
E)  William Borah.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

During Theodore Roosevelt's first three years as president,

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

Question 17

The settlement house movement of the early twentieth century helped spawn the profession of

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A)   community service.
B)   social work.
C)   psychological therapy.
D)   comparative sociology.
E)   charitable foundations.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 18

The temperance crusade

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A)   first began to take shape during the Progressive Era.
B)   was wholeheartedly supported by urban political machines.
C)   found its greatest support among immigrants.
D)   sought to curb prostitution.
E)   was supported by business employers.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

In what ways was Theodore Roosevelt a progressive reformer,consistent with the progressivism of his time?

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Question 20

The temperance movement between 1914 and 1919

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A)   gained the support of most Catholic immigrants.
B)   gained momentum as a result of World War I.
C)   saw the Women's Christian Temperance Union peak at 125,000 members.
D)   resulted in the unanimous passage by states of the Eighteenth Amendment.
E)   was opposed by most conservative Christians.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

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The temperance movement between 1914 and 1919

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As president,William Howard Taft

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Settlement houses were typically built and staffed by middle-class reformers to help inner-city residents.

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The Federal Reserve Act

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How would you define progressivism? Describe its major characteristics.

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