Question 1

What did Robert M. La Follette and Walter Lippmann emphasize in regard to Progressive government?

Accepted Answer

A)  They wanted to increase direct participation of the populace. 
B)  The government should do no regulating of corporations. 
C)  Impartial experts such as college professors needed to play a role. 
D)  America should become a socialist country. 
E)  The experience of city bosses was key to making governmental decisions. 
A)  They wanted to increase direct participation of the populace. 
B)  The government should do no regulating of corporations. 
C)  Impartial experts such as college professors needed to play a role. 
D)  America should become a socialist country. 
E)  The experience of city bosses was key to making governmental decisions.

Question 2

Which of the following statements about Jane Addams and Hull House is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hull House and other settlement houses provided shelter for the "new woman." 
B)  Addams built kindergartens for black children. 
C)  Hull House was modeled on a settlement house in New Orleans. 
D)  Addams established employment bureaus and health clinics. 
E)  Addams believed that immigrant women primarily needed union protection. 
A)  Hull House and other settlement houses provided shelter for the "new woman." 
B)  Addams built kindergartens for black children. 
C)  Hull House was modeled on a settlement house in New Orleans. 
D)  Addams established employment bureaus and health clinics. 
E)  Addams believed that immigrant women primarily needed union protection.

Question 3

Henry Ford paid good wages to attract skilled laborers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What organization challenged the sexual norms of the early twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women's Christian Temperance Union 
B)  Heterodoxy 
C)  National American Woman Suffrage Association 
D)  General Federation of Women's Clubs 
E)  American Federation of Labor 
A)  Women's Christian Temperance Union 
B)  Heterodoxy 
C)  National American Woman Suffrage Association 
D)  General Federation of Women's Clubs 
E)  American Federation of Labor

Question 5

Artists captured the transformation of urban landscapes in the Progressive era through which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  photographs of suburbs 
B)  paintings of containers in ports 
C)  photographs of electric lights and skyscrapers 
D)  the Hudson River school 
E)  paintings of backyard life 
A)  photographs of suburbs 
B)  paintings of containers in ports 
C)  photographs of electric lights and skyscrapers 
D)  the Hudson River school 
E)  paintings of backyard life

Question 6

Labor agents

Accepted Answer

A)  negotiated on behalf of immigrants for fair labor contracts. 
B)  recruited Chinese, Mexican, and Italian immigrants to work in Angel Island's fruit and vegetable fields. 
C)  provided American employers with workers who signed long-term labor contracts. 
D)  were seen as champions of free labor. 
E)  focused on short-term labor contracts. 
A)  negotiated on behalf of immigrants for fair labor contracts. 
B)  recruited Chinese, Mexican, and Italian immigrants to work in Angel Island's fruit and vegetable fields. 
C)  provided American employers with workers who signed long-term labor contracts. 
D)  were seen as champions of free labor. 
E)  focused on short-term labor contracts.

Question 7

How did Louis Brandeis characterize labor unions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unions should be abolished. 
B)  Unions represented freedom for workers. 
C)  The organizing of workers took away their individual freedom. 
D)  He saw unions as a positive first step toward a communist society. 
E)  Unions should give workers the chance to air grievances, but should not make any managerial decisions. 
A)  Unions should be abolished. 
B)  Unions represented freedom for workers. 
C)  The organizing of workers took away their individual freedom. 
D)  He saw unions as a positive first step toward a communist society. 
E)  Unions should give workers the chance to air grievances, but should not make any managerial decisions.

Question 8

The Progressive era's birth-control movement was characterized by

Accepted Answer

A)  public lectures on sexual freedom and contraception by activists such as Emma Goldman. 
B)  free distributions of condoms to working girls 
C)  the distribution of birth-control devices by Margaret Sanger. 
D)  a belief in a woman's right to an active sexual life, but only in conjunction with childbearing. 
E)  a legal campaign for the legalization of abortion. 
A)  public lectures on sexual freedom and contraception by activists such as Emma Goldman. 
B)  free distributions of condoms to working girls 
C)  the distribution of birth-control devices by Margaret Sanger. 
D)  a belief in a woman's right to an active sexual life, but only in conjunction with childbearing. 
E)  a legal campaign for the legalization of abortion.

Question 9

The Ludlow Massacre

Accepted Answer

A)  was a confrontation between Plains Indians and the U.S. Army. 
B)  occurred in California. 
C)  was led by the AFL. 
D)  happened during a strike against Rockefeller-owned companies. 
E)  took place in the company housing. 
A)  was a confrontation between Plains Indians and the U.S. Army. 
B)  occurred in California. 
C)  was led by the AFL. 
D)  happened during a strike against Rockefeller-owned companies. 
E)  took place in the company housing.

Question 10

Which of the following statements about urban Progressives is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  They worked to shrink the size of government. 
B)  They sought to establish private ownership of gasworks and waterworks. 
C)  They cut taxes to increase revenue for schools and parks. 
D)  They sought to improve public transportation. 
E)  They worked with political machines. 
A)  They worked to shrink the size of government. 
B)  They sought to establish private ownership of gasworks and waterworks. 
C)  They cut taxes to increase revenue for schools and parks. 
D)  They sought to improve public transportation. 
E)  They worked with political machines.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

The Progressive Party was a political pa

Question 12

What made Eugene Debs a successful leader?

Accepted Answer

A)  He unified a diverse group of people for the socialist cause. 
B)  He was able to stay out of jail during strikes. 
C)  He wooed industrialists and gained sizeable donations. 
D)  The Socialist Party's numbers surpassed the total number of socialists in Europe. 
E)  He unified American socialists and capitalists. 
A)  He unified a diverse group of people for the socialist cause. 
B)  He was able to stay out of jail during strikes. 
C)  He wooed industrialists and gained sizeable donations. 
D)  The Socialist Party's numbers surpassed the total number of socialists in Europe. 
E)  He unified American socialists and capitalists.

Question 13

The doors were locked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company on the day of the fire because the owner wanted to prevent possible thefts and unwanted employee breaks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Progressive-era immigration was part of a larger process of worldwide migration set in motion by which of the following forces?

Accepted Answer

A)  the annexation of the Philippines 
B)  industrial contraction 
C)  the decline of modern agriculture 
D)  massive droughts in rural southern and eastern Europe and parts of Asia 
E)  political turmoil 
A)  the annexation of the Philippines 
B)  industrial contraction 
C)  the decline of modern agriculture 
D)  massive droughts in rural southern and eastern Europe and parts of Asia 
E)  political turmoil

Question 15

The Progressive era was a period of explosive growth. Which of the following fueled this process?

Accepted Answer

A)  decline in population 
B)  decline in consumption 
C)  expansion of the consumer market 
D)  ban on immigration 
E)  women's activists 
A)  decline in population 
B)  decline in consumption 
C)  expansion of the consumer market 
D)  ban on immigration 
E)  women's activists

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

Conservationism is a political and socia

Question 17

In practice, laws providing for mothers' pensions tended to benefit

Accepted Answer

A)  single mothers. 
B)  black women. 
C)  white widows. 
D)  mothers from the middle classes. 
E)  activists. 
A)  single mothers. 
B)  black women. 
C)  white widows. 
D)  mothers from the middle classes. 
E)  activists.

Question 18

Like the abolitionist movement before it, the labor movement, in the name of freedom, demanded the right to assemble, organize, and spread its views.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following was a female progressive reformer?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gloria Steinem 
B)  Bella Abzug 
C)  Alice Paul 
D)  Jane Goodall 
E)  Charlotte Perkins Gilman 
A)  Gloria Steinem 
B)  Bella Abzug 
C)  Alice Paul 
D)  Jane Goodall 
E)  Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Question 20

One particularly influential muckraker was Ida Tarbell, whose book exposed several political scandals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 18: The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

What did Robert M. La Follette and Walter Lippmann emphasize in regard to Progressive government?

Which of the following statements about Jane Addams and Hull House is true?

Henry Ford paid good wages to attract skilled laborers.

What organization challenged the sexual norms of the early twentieth century?

Artists captured the transformation of urban landscapes in the Progressive era through which of the following?

Labor agents

How did Louis Brandeis characterize labor unions?

The Progressive era's birth-control movement was characterized by

The Ludlow Massacre

Which of the following statements about urban Progressives is true?

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

What made Eugene Debs a successful leader?

The doors were locked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company on the day of the fire because the owner wanted to prevent possible thefts and unwanted employee breaks.

Progressive-era immigration was part of a larger process of worldwide migration set in motion by which of the following forces?

The Progressive era was a period of explosive growth. Which of the following fueled this process?

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

In practice, laws providing for mothers' pensions tended to benefit

Like the abolitionist movement before it, the labor movement, in the name of freedom, demanded the right to assemble, organize, and spread its views.

Which of the following was a female progressive reformer?

One particularly influential muckraker was Ida Tarbell, whose book exposed several political scandals.

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