Question 1

Progressive reformers preferred that candidates for city councils run from particular districts as opposed to at-large.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Like the Socialist Party,the Industrial Workers of the World rejected political action in favor of strikes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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?

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Question 4

Theodore Roosevelt's interest in nature and conservation came late in his life.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

President Roosevelt claimed his domestic policies would bring a "________ deal" to Americans.

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The answer of President Roosevelt claimed his domestic policies would...

Question 6

In 1910,in Osawatomie,Kansas,Theodore Roosevelt announced a set of political principles that called for

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A)  greater activism by the federal government.
B)  limiting the authority of President William H.Taft.
C)  an end to legal racial discrimination.
D)  equal pay for male and female workers who performed the same jobs.
E)  a return to the laissez-faire policies of his two administrations.

Question 7

Was progressivism motivated more out of selfish interests or altruistic desires? Explain your position.

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Question 8

When Theodore Roosevelt assumed the presidency in 1901,

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A)  he was relatively unknown within the Republican Party.
B)  Republican leaders were confident they could control him.
C)  he became a champion of immediate,radical change.
D)  he both was relatively unknown within the presidency in 1901 and became a champion of immediate,radical change.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 9

In 1912,Theodore Roosevelt ran for president,in part,because

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A)  the 1910 elections seemed to illustrate that progressivism was on the wane.
B)  he was concerned that Robert La Follette was likely to win if Roosevelt did oppose him.
C)  President William H.Taft announced he would not seek reelection.
D)  many conservative Republicans asked him to seek the nomination of the party.
E)  the Taft administration implied Roosevelt had acted improperly as president.

Question 10

During his presidency,Woodrow Wilson moved ever farther away from his New Nationalism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In 1901,one of the first professions to organize on a national level was in the field of

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A)  medicine.
B)  business.
C)  education.
D)  agriculture.
E)  law.

Question 12

When he assumed the presidency in 1901,Theodore Roosevelt

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A)  had no previous political experience.
B)  was the youngest American ever to hold that office.
C)  had little faith in the power of public opinion.
D)  both was the youngest American ever to hold that office and had no previous political experience.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

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

At the turn of the twentieth century,leaders in the settlement house movement tended to be

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A)  first-generation immigrants.
B)  from the lower class.
C)  female.
D)  Catholic.
E)  uneducated.

Question 15

Theodore Roosevelt received financial advice from J.P.Morgan.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The 1913 Underwood-Simmons Tariff

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A)  represented a political setback for President Wilson.
B)  reduced foreign competition in the United States' domestic markets.
C)  was intended to weaken the power of business trusts.
D)  passed despite opposition from congressional Democrats.
E)  raised tariff rates to a new high.

Question 17

The Meat Inspection Act was passed in response to Upton Sinclair's novel,________.

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The answer of The Meat Inspection Act was passed in...

Question 18

Frances Willard is most closely associated with the ________.

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Question 19

Robert La Follette wanted to make the state of ________ into a "laboratory of progressivism."

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The answer of Robert La Follette wanted to make the...

Question 20

The Panic of 1907 was caused by

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A)  the collapse of the United States Steel Corporation.
B)  the economic policies of President Theodore Roosevelt.
C)  excessive government control of the industrial economy.
D)  both excessive government control of the industrial economy and the collapse of the United States Steel Corporation.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Exam 20: The Progressives

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Theodore Roosevelt's interest in nature and conservation came late in his life.

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Theodore Roosevelt received financial advice from J.P.Morgan.

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Like the Socialist Party,the Industrial Workers of the World rejected political action in favor of strikes.

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