Question 1

In the South, why did reformers argue for the end of child labor in textile mills?

Accepted Answer

A)  To support white supremacy, these children needed to be in schools. 
B)  Children needed to be working on farms instead. 
C)  Factories were an evil northern institution. 
D)  Black children were being severely mistreated. 
E)  The conditions were dangerous. 
A)  To support white supremacy, these children needed to be in schools. 
B)  Children needed to be working on farms instead. 
C)  Factories were an evil northern institution. 
D)  Black children were being severely mistreated. 
E)  The conditions were dangerous.

Question 2

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire

Accepted Answer

A)  led to legislation aimed at improving factory safety standards. 
B)  changed the way clothes were manufactured in the United States. 
C)  resulted in the death of hundreds of Chinese and Mexican immigrants. 
D)  destroyed an entire factory in Boston. 
E)  led to labor legislation protecting the rights of working women. 
A)  led to legislation aimed at improving factory safety standards. 
B)  changed the way clothes were manufactured in the United States. 
C)  resulted in the death of hundreds of Chinese and Mexican immigrants. 
D)  destroyed an entire factory in Boston. 
E)  led to labor legislation protecting the rights of working women.

Question 3

The Progressive governor of Wisconsin, Robert M. La Follette, instituted which of the following reforms?

Accepted Answer

A)  appointing candidates to office without elections 
B)  an end to corporate wealth taxation 
C)  regulating railroads and utilities 
D)  using Republican university faculty 
E)  promising lower taxes and less government interference 
A)  appointing candidates to office without elections 
B)  an end to corporate wealth taxation 
C)  regulating railroads and utilities 
D)  using Republican university faculty 
E)  promising lower taxes and less government interference

Question 4

Industrial freedom in the Progressive era meant in practice

Accepted Answer

A)  a decline in union activism. 
B)  a loss of personal autonomy for skilled workers working under scientific management. 
C)  a push by corporations for greater worker input in locating factories and distributing profits. 
D)  access to health insurance and retirement benefits. 
E)  legal protections against groundless dismissals and workplace harassment. 
A)  a decline in union activism. 
B)  a loss of personal autonomy for skilled workers working under scientific management. 
C)  a push by corporations for greater worker input in locating factories and distributing profits. 
D)  access to health insurance and retirement benefits. 
E)  legal protections against groundless dismissals and workplace harassment.

Question 5

Theodore Roosevelt believed that slaves brought from Africa were not fit for citizenship.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Society of American Indians

Accepted Answer

The Society of American Indians was the

Question 7

To create national parks such as Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier, the federal government

Accepted Answer

A)  removed animals from the land. 
B)  set aside lands that had never been inhabited by humans. 
C)  removed Indians who hunted and fished on these lands. 
D)  dismantled the Northern Pacific Railroad. 
E)  barred logging and timber companies west of the Mississippi River. 
A)  removed animals from the land. 
B)  set aside lands that had never been inhabited by humans. 
C)  removed Indians who hunted and fished on these lands. 
D)  dismantled the Northern Pacific Railroad. 
E)  barred logging and timber companies west of the Mississippi River.

Question 8

During the Progressive era, the working woman became a symbol of female emancipation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Electoral reform during the Progressive era

Accepted Answer

A)  expanded the electorate significantly. 
B)  had little impact, especially in the cities. 
C)  enfranchised African-Americans. 
D)  actually limited many Americans' right to vote. 
E)  did away with all residency requirements for voting. 
A)  expanded the electorate significantly. 
B)  had little impact, especially in the cities. 
C)  enfranchised African-Americans. 
D)  actually limited many Americans' right to vote. 
E)  did away with all residency requirements for voting.

Question 10

The conservation movement reflected the Progressive thrust toward efficiency and control.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Why did millions of American farm families migrate westward from 1900 to 1910?

Accepted Answer

A)  The demand for skilled labor declined in twenty-one of the nation's largest cities. 
B)  Solar technology was successfully implemented in the American Southwest. 
C)  The availability of free land meant more opportunities for commercial farming in the West. 
D)  Population growth on the Atlantic Seaboard made eastern farmland increasingly scarce. 
E)  They looked for states with low property taxes and less union power. 
A)  The demand for skilled labor declined in twenty-one of the nation's largest cities. 
B)  Solar technology was successfully implemented in the American Southwest. 
C)  The availability of free land meant more opportunities for commercial farming in the West. 
D)  Population growth on the Atlantic Seaboard made eastern farmland increasingly scarce. 
E)  They looked for states with low property taxes and less union power.

Question 12

What was John Dewey's philosophy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social Darwinism 
B)  New Imperialism 
C)  Americanism 
D)  pragmatism 
E)  mercantilism 
A)  Social Darwinism 
B)  New Imperialism 
C)  Americanism 
D)  pragmatism 
E)  mercantilism

Question 13

After 1900, the campaign for women's suffrage

Accepted Answer

A)  maintained an increasingly elitist approach. 
B)  included both middle- and working-class women. 
C)  stagnated. 
D)  was most successful in the Northeast. 
E)  was fought only on the federal level. 
A)  maintained an increasingly elitist approach. 
B)  included both middle- and working-class women. 
C)  stagnated. 
D)  was most successful in the Northeast. 
E)  was fought only on the federal level.

Question 14

President Theodore Roosevelt

Accepted Answer

A)  believed that the president should side with employers during labor disputes. 
B)  believed that the president should be an honest broker in labor disputes. 
C)  opposed direct federal regulation of the economy. 
D)  opposed the creation of national parks. 
E)  proposed to weaken the Interstate Commerce Commission. 
A)  believed that the president should side with employers during labor disputes. 
B)  believed that the president should be an honest broker in labor disputes. 
C)  opposed direct federal regulation of the economy. 
D)  opposed the creation of national parks. 
E)  proposed to weaken the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Question 15

In the early twentieth century, the Socialist Party advocated which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  free rent 
B)  legislation to improve the condition of laborers 
C)  public ownership of radio stations 
D)  national health insurance 
E)  the dissolution of the White House 
A)  free rent 
B)  legislation to improve the condition of laborers 
C)  public ownership of radio stations 
D)  national health insurance 
E)  the dissolution of the White House

Question 16

When Theodore Roosevelt failed to win the Republican nomination for president in 1912, he ran as the Progressive Party candidate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

John Muir did which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  lamented the intrusions of the natural environment on civilization 
B)  called forests "God's first disappointments" 
C)  alienated Americans with his message about the spirituality of nature 
D)  founded the Sierra Club to help preserve forests 
E)  fire-bombed lumber companies in the Pacific Northwest and in California 
A)  lamented the intrusions of the natural environment on civilization 
B)  called forests "God's first disappointments" 
C)  alienated Americans with his message about the spirituality of nature 
D)  founded the Sierra Club to help preserve forests 
E)  fire-bombed lumber companies in the Pacific Northwest and in California

Question 18

Newspaper and magazine writers who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life, fueling the Progressive movement, were known as

Accepted Answer

A)  muckrakers. 
B)  activists. 
C)  progressives. 
D)  dreamers. 
E)  yellow press. 
A)  muckrakers. 
B)  activists. 
C)  progressives. 
D)  dreamers. 
E)  yellow press.

Question 19

Mexican immigrants in the early twentieth century

Accepted Answer

A)  moved to the West. 
B)  populated the South. 
C)  populated the East Coast. 
D)  moved to big cities. 
E)  worked for wages. 
A)  moved to the West. 
B)  populated the South. 
C)  populated the East Coast. 
D)  moved to big cities. 
E)  worked for wages.

Question 20

What is true of McClure's Magazine?

Accepted Answer

A)  It published stories pushing the United States toward war with Spain. 
B)  It ran stories by muckraking journalists. 
C)  It was the leading magazine for women to read about duties as a wife and mother. 
D)  It espoused socialist ideas. 
E)  It examined international culture by printing letters from immigrants to the United States. 
A)  It published stories pushing the United States toward war with Spain. 
B)  It ran stories by muckraking journalists. 
C)  It was the leading magazine for women to read about duties as a wife and mother. 
D)  It espoused socialist ideas. 
E)  It examined international culture by printing letters from immigrants to the United States.

Exam 18: The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

In the South, why did reformers argue for the end of child labor in textile mills?

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire

The Progressive governor of Wisconsin, Robert M. La Follette, instituted which of the following reforms?

Industrial freedom in the Progressive era meant in practice

Theodore Roosevelt believed that slaves brought from Africa were not fit for citizenship.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Society of American Indians

To create national parks such as Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier, the federal government

During the Progressive era, the working woman became a symbol of female emancipation.

Electoral reform during the Progressive era

The conservation movement reflected the Progressive thrust toward efficiency and control.

Why did millions of American farm families migrate westward from 1900 to 1910?

What was John Dewey's philosophy?

After 1900, the campaign for women's suffrage

President Theodore Roosevelt

In the early twentieth century, the Socialist Party advocated which of the following?

When Theodore Roosevelt failed to win the Republican nomination for president in 1912, he ran as the Progressive Party candidate.

John Muir did which of the following?

Newspaper and magazine writers who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life, fueling the Progressive movement, were known as

Mexican immigrants in the early twentieth century

What is true of McClure's Magazine?

A New World

Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation, 1783-1791

Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

Democracy in America, 1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

A House Divided, 1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861-1865

What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Sixties, 1960-1968

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

A Divided Nation

Filters