Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of initiative.

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An instrument that allows vote

Question 2

The western preservationists suffered their worst political setback when

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A)  the development of multiuse resource management became the guiding environmental policy of the Roosevelt administration. 
B)  private developers were allowed to cut off public access to the Pacific Coast beaches. 
C)  the city of Los Angeles built canals to bring water from the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 
D)  the Yosemite National Park was opened to motor vehicles. 
E)  California's Hetch Hetchy Valley was dammed to supply water to San Francisco. 
A)  the development of multiuse resource management became the guiding environmental policy of the Roosevelt administration. 
B)  private developers were allowed to cut off public access to the Pacific Coast beaches. 
C)  the city of Los Angeles built canals to bring water from the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 
D)  the Yosemite National Park was opened to motor vehicles. 
E)  California's Hetch Hetchy Valley was dammed to supply water to San Francisco.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Ray Stannard Baker.

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Author of Following the Color

Question 4

President Taft stirred the anger of many progressives when he

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A)  signed the reactionary Payne-Aldrich Tariff Bill. 
B)  politically began to align himself with the Republican Old Guard in advance of the 1910 congressional elections. 
C)  fired forest conservationist Gifford Pinchot from his administration. 
D)  proved less aggressive at trust busting than Theodore Roosevelt. 
E)  aligned himself with Republican senatorial reactionaries. 
A)  signed the reactionary Payne-Aldrich Tariff Bill. 
B)  politically began to align himself with the Republican Old Guard in advance of the 1910 congressional elections. 
C)  fired forest conservationist Gifford Pinchot from his administration. 
D)  proved less aggressive at trust busting than Theodore Roosevelt. 
E)  aligned himself with Republican senatorial reactionaries.

Question 5

Teddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines by

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A)  using the military to force the miners back to work. 
B)  passing legislation making the miners' union illegal. 
C)  helping the mine owners to import strike-breakers. 
D)  serving as a labor mediator to have the miners' union and mine owners come to a negotiated settlement guaranteeing the right of the miners to unionize. 
E)  threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops. 
A)  using the military to force the miners back to work. 
B)  passing legislation making the miners' union illegal. 
C)  helping the mine owners to import strike-breakers. 
D)  serving as a labor mediator to have the miners' union and mine owners come to a negotiated settlement guaranteeing the right of the miners to unionize. 
E)  threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops.

Question 6

Most muckrakers believed that their primary function in the progressive attack on social ills was to

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A)  formulate a consistent philosophy of social reform. 
B)  explain the causes of social ills. 
C)  devise solutions to society's problems. 
D)  make the public aware of social problems. 
E)  link up with movements for social justice. 
A)  formulate a consistent philosophy of social reform. 
B)  explain the causes of social ills. 
C)  devise solutions to society's problems. 
D)  make the public aware of social problems. 
E)  link up with movements for social justice.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of William Jennings Bryan.

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Twice-failed democra

Question 8

Most active progressives were middle-class Americans. Why were certain aspects of political and social progressive reform more attractive to them than to either the working classes or to the wealthier segments of society? Be specific in your examples.

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Certain aspects of political and social

Question 9

Activists in the anti-liquor campaigns saw saloons and alcohol as intimately linked with

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A)  prostitution. 
B)  drunken voters. 
C)  crooked city officials, paid off by liquor companies. 
D)  corrupt political bosses. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  prostitution. 
B)  drunken voters. 
C)  crooked city officials, paid off by liquor companies. 
D)  corrupt political bosses. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 10

The Elkins and Hepburn Acts were designed to

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A)  regulate municipal utilities and end private utility monopolies. 
B)  guarantee the purity of food and drugs. 
C)  provide federal protection for natural resources. 
D)  end corrupt and exploitative practices by the railroad trusts. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  regulate municipal utilities and end private utility monopolies. 
B)  guarantee the purity of food and drugs. 
C)  provide federal protection for natural resources. 
D)  end corrupt and exploitative practices by the railroad trusts. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 11

The New Nationalism program of Theodore Roosevelt and the "Bull Moose" Progressives of 1912

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A)  supported a more active government role in economic and social affairs. 
B)  favored continued consolidation of trusts and labor unions. 
C)  supported the growth of regulatory agencies in Washington, D.C. to regulate the economic behavior of trusts and labor unions. 
D)  campaigned for women's suffrage and a broad program for social welfare. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  supported a more active government role in economic and social affairs. 
B)  favored continued consolidation of trusts and labor unions. 
C)  supported the growth of regulatory agencies in Washington, D.C. to regulate the economic behavior of trusts and labor unions. 
D)  campaigned for women's suffrage and a broad program for social welfare. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 12

As president, William Howard Taft

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A)  was a good judge of public opinion. 
B)  held together the diverse wings of the Republican party. 
C)  was wedded more to the status quo than to progressive change. 
D)  adopted a confrontational attitude toward Congress. 
E)  carried on the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt. 
A)  was a good judge of public opinion. 
B)  held together the diverse wings of the Republican party. 
C)  was wedded more to the status quo than to progressive change. 
D)  adopted a confrontational attitude toward Congress. 
E)  carried on the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt.

Question 13

Do you think that Theodore Roosevelt's claim that Taft had abandoned his policies was entirely fair? Why or why not?

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Theodore Roosevelt's claim that Taft had

Question 14

President Taft intervened militarily in ____ to ease disorders that threatened American investments there.

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A)  Central America 
B)  Manchuria 
C)  the Mediterranean 
D)  the Caribbean 
E)  the Philippines 
A)  Central America 
B)  Manchuria 
C)  the Mediterranean 
D)  the Caribbean 
E)  the Philippines

Question 15

According to progressives, the cure for all of American democracy's ills was

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A)  technical and scientific expertise. 
B)  a third political party. 
C)  socialism. 
D)  a more conservative government. 
E)  more democracy. 
A)  technical and scientific expertise. 
B)  a third political party. 
C)  socialism. 
D)  a more conservative government. 
E)  more democracy.

Question 16

In Varying Viewpoints: Who Were the Progressives?, brief descriptions of the answer to this fundamental question of the true identity of the progressive movement are offered by different historians representing multiple historiographic schools of interpretation. Which historiographic interpretation of the motivations, goals, and outcomes of the progressives' efforts presented in this essay do you find the most persuasive? Why is this historiographic interpretation of the progressives the most persuasive analysis? Use specific examples to support your view.

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The most persuasive historiographic inte

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of Lillian Wald.

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Urban reformer in Ne

Question 18

Progressivism

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A)  was closely tied to the feminist movement and women's causes. 
B)  offered little to the growing women's movement. 
C)  supported better treatment of women but not women's suffrage. 
D)  saw racial issues as more important than women's issues. 
E)  reflected the opinions and views of white working-class women and men on how to achieve social and political reforms. 
A)  was closely tied to the feminist movement and women's causes. 
B)  offered little to the growing women's movement. 
C)  supported better treatment of women but not women's suffrage. 
D)  saw racial issues as more important than women's issues. 
E)  reflected the opinions and views of white working-class women and men on how to achieve social and political reforms.

Question 19

Of the three central goals of Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal, restricting corporate monopolies, conserving the environment, and protecting American consumers, which one was most central? In which area did Roosevelt achieve the greatest results?

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The most central goal of Theodore Roosev

Question 20

In the view of progressives, what was wrong with American society? What positive solutions did they proposed to address social problems? Be specific.

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In the view of progressives, American so

Exam 28: Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Identify and state the historical significance of initiative.

The western preservationists suffered their worst political setback when

Identify and state the historical significance of Ray Stannard Baker.

President Taft stirred the anger of many progressives when he

Teddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines by

Most muckrakers believed that their primary function in the progressive attack on social ills was to

Identify and state the historical significance of William Jennings Bryan.

Most active progressives were middle-class Americans. Why were certain aspects of political and social progressive reform more attractive to them than to either the working classes or to the wealthier segments of society? Be specific in your examples.

Activists in the anti-liquor campaigns saw saloons and alcohol as intimately linked with

The Elkins and Hepburn Acts were designed to

The New Nationalism program of Theodore Roosevelt and the "Bull Moose" Progressives of 1912

As president, William Howard Taft

Do you think that Theodore Roosevelt's claim that Taft had abandoned his policies was entirely fair? Why or why not?

President Taft intervened militarily in ____ to ease disorders that threatened American investments there.

According to progressives, the cure for all of American democracy's ills was

Identify and state the historical significance of Lillian Wald.

Progressivism

Of the three central goals of Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal, restricting corporate monopolies, conserving the environment, and protecting American consumers, which one was most central? In which area did Roosevelt achieve the greatest results?

In the view of progressives, what was wrong with American society? What positive solutions did they proposed to address social problems? Be specific.

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

The Cold War Begins

American Zenith

The Stormy Sixties

A Sea of Troubles

The Resurgence of Conservatism

America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

The American People Face a New Century

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