Question 1

What is the definition of the following key term:
-Progressivism :

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A cluster of movements for various forms...

Question 2

The late-nineteenth-century social legislation that tried to create better working and living conditions for the poor was made possible by a liberal interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The progressives tended to view Native Americans as fundamentally capable of adopting the ways of white "civilization."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In Muller v. Oregon (1908)  attorney Louis Brandeis presented a "Brandeis brief" to the Supreme Court, which was based on

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A)   English, not American, common law.
B)   abstract, rational principles, not legal precedent.
C)   economic and sociological evidence.
D)   American legal precedent.

Question 5

As reformers, the progressives clearly challenged the fundamental principles of capitalism.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 6

Explain the issues in the election of 1912. Describe the candidates and their platforms. Describe how President Wilson fulfilled his campaign promises.

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The election of 1912 was a significant a...

Question 7

One of the suffragists' more successful justifications was the "purity" argument that

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A)   women's moral superiority would clean up politics if they were given the vote.
B)   because women were no more pure or impure than men, they had nothing to lose by voting.
C)   women must first purify politics through religion, then they should get the vote.
D)   women's moral superiority would be endangered by voting unless illiterate blacks and immigrants were disfranchised.

Question 8

The national woman suffrage campaign of the Congressional Union was headed by Alice Paul.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle exposed

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A)   filthy conditions in Chicago slaughterhouses.
B)   corruption in Philadelphia's police department.
C)   insider manipulations in the stock market.
D)   bribery and fraud in Boston elections.

Question 10

The progressives were

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A)   challenging the fundamental principles of capitalism.
B)   a totally brand-new movement.
C)   never a single group seeking a single objective.
D)   united in their vision of how to reform America.

Question 11

Describe the typical progressive reforms at the municipal, state, and national levels. Summarize the most important problems the progressives tried to solve. Explain their basic goals.

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Progressive reforms at the municipal, st...

Question 12

Taft got into political hot water in the 1910 Ballinger-Pinchot controversy, which dealt with

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A)   railroad legislation.
B)   life-insurance scandals.
C)   conservation.
D)   adulterated food.

Question 13

Roosevelt sent officials to Chicago to investigate the condition of its slaughterhouses based on which of the following books?

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A)   Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s Slaughterhouse-Five
B)   Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
C)   Jack London's Stockyard!
D)   Hamlin Garland's Crumbling Idols

Question 14

Headed by Florence Kelley and associated with lawyer Louis Brandeis, the most effective women's organization of the Progressive Era was the

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A)   Consumer's League.
B)   Women's Trade Union League.
C)   League of Women Voters.
D)   National American Woman Suffrage Association. A

Question 15

Explain why Theodore Roosevelt is often seen as the first progressive president. Evaluate his major achievements, programs, and goals as a president and later as a presidential candidate.

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Theodore Roosevelt is often seen as the ...

Question 16

What happened to Wilson's New Freedom once he was president?

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A)   The differences between the New Freedom and the New Nationalism tended to disappear in practice.
B)   Wilson insisted upon enacting it in a rigid and doctrinaire way.
C)   Wilson was so poor a politician that he was unable to persuade Congress to pass any legislation he wanted.
D)   Wilson used it as an excuse for entering the Great War.

Question 17

During his second term, when the progressive movement became steadily more liberal, Theodore Roosevelt

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A)   criticized it as socialistic.
B)   refused to advance beyond his earlier moderate reforms.
C)   also took more liberal positions.
D)   flirted with socialism.

Question 18

Russian immigrant and political activist Emma Goldman

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A)   strongly opposed birth control.
B)   lived and died in almost total obscurity.
C)   was careful to avoid arrest for her activities.
D)   was in many ways a typical American immigrant.

Question 19

A denunciation of the "American character" came from the editor of which of the following publications?

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A)   McClure's
B)   Atlantic Monthly
C)   The New York Times
D)   McCall's

Question 20

One of the roots of progressivism was the late-nineteenth-century

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A)   effort to regulate and control big business.
B)   decline in immigration.
C)   attempt to build an overseas empire.
D)   harmony between management and labor. A

Exam 21: The Age of Reform

What is the definition of the following key term: -Progressivism :

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The late-nineteenth-century social legislation that tried to create better working and living conditions for the poor was made possible by a liberal interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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The progressives tended to view Native Americans as fundamentally capable of adopting the ways of white "civilization."

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In Muller v. Oregon (1908) attorney Louis Brandeis presented a "Brandeis brief" to the Supreme Court, which was based on

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As reformers, the progressives clearly challenged the fundamental principles of capitalism.

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Explain the issues in the election of 1912. Describe the candidates and their platforms. Describe how President Wilson fulfilled his campaign promises.

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One of the suffragists' more successful justifications was the "purity" argument that

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The national woman suffrage campaign of the Congressional Union was headed by Alice Paul.

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Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle exposed

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Describe the typical progressive reforms at the municipal, state, and national levels. Summarize the most important problems the progressives tried to solve. Explain their basic goals.

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Taft got into political hot water in the 1910 Ballinger-Pinchot controversy, which dealt with

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Roosevelt sent officials to Chicago to investigate the condition of its slaughterhouses based on which of the following books?

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Headed by Florence Kelley and associated with lawyer Louis Brandeis, the most effective women's organization of the Progressive Era was the

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Explain why Theodore Roosevelt is often seen as the first progressive president. Evaluate his major achievements, programs, and goals as a president and later as a presidential candidate.

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What happened to Wilson's New Freedom once he was president?

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During his second term, when the progressive movement became steadily more liberal, Theodore Roosevelt

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Russian immigrant and political activist Emma Goldman

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