Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of Lincoln Steffens.

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Reporter who exposed

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of William Howard Taft.

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President who defeated Bryan i

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Thorstein Veblen.

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Author of The Theory

Question 4

Why did journalistic muckrakers play such a large role in the progressive movement? What does their strategy of publicizing social problems indicate about the strengths and weaknesses of American progressivism?

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Journalistic muckrakers played a large r

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of Jacob Riis.

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Photographer who exp

Question 6

The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was a key progressive reform designed to

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A)  end the corrupt and family-destroying influence of the liquor industry. 
B)  make Senators directly elected and end the Senate millionaire's club. 
C)  prohibit child labor. 
D)  guarantee the secret Australian ballot in all federal elections. 
E)  make the initiative and referendum applicable for all federal laws. 
A)  end the corrupt and family-destroying influence of the liquor industry. 
B)  make Senators directly elected and end the Senate millionaire's club. 
C)  prohibit child labor. 
D)  guarantee the secret Australian ballot in all federal elections. 
E)  make the initiative and referendum applicable for all federal laws.

Question 7

Do you think that the strong emphasis that progressive feminists placed on extending women's maternal instincts into the public arena of child welfare, consumer protection, sanitation, and so on strengthened the movement for women's equality, or did it actually reinforce the idea of separate spheres for men and women?

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The strong emphasis that progressive fem

Question 8

President Roosevelt believed that the federal government should adopt a policy of ____ trusts.

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A)  dissolving 
B)  nationalizing 
C)  regulating 
D)  collusion with 
E)  monitoring 
A)  dissolving 
B)  nationalizing 
C)  regulating 
D)  collusion with 
E)  monitoring

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of Gifford Pinchot.

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Chief forester who a

Question 10

The Panic of 1907 exposed the need for substantial reform in

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A)  U.S. banking and currency policies. 
B)  tariff policies. 
C)  regulation of trust policies. 
D)  the practice of corporate interlocking directorates. 
E)  Wall Street stock-trading. 
A)  U.S. banking and currency policies. 
B)  tariff policies. 
C)  regulation of trust policies. 
D)  the practice of corporate interlocking directorates. 
E)  Wall Street stock-trading.

Question 11

The Newlands Act, passed under Theodore Roosevelt's administration, was designed to

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A)  reserve western wilderness areas and rivers for endangered species. 
B)  open new federal lands to sustainable forestry. 
C)  reclaim and irrigate unproductive lands. 
D)  provide protection for fragile western wilderness areas. 
E)  preserve clean water in the mountain West. 
A)  reserve western wilderness areas and rivers for endangered species. 
B)  open new federal lands to sustainable forestry. 
C)  reclaim and irrigate unproductive lands. 
D)  provide protection for fragile western wilderness areas. 
E)  preserve clean water in the mountain West.

Question 12

The religious movement that was closely linked to progressivism was

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A)  Reform Judaism. 
B)  the missionary movement. 
C)  conservative evangelicalism. 
D)  the social gospel. 
E)  the Catholic Action movement. 
A)  Reform Judaism. 
B)  the missionary movement. 
C)  conservative evangelicalism. 
D)  the social gospel. 
E)  the Catholic Action movement.

Question 13

Progressive reformers included which of the following?

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A)  anti-liquor campaigners 
B)  pacifists 
C)  female settlement workers 
D)  labor unionists 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  anti-liquor campaigners 
B)  pacifists 
C)  female settlement workers 
D)  labor unionists 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 14

In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court upheld the principle promoted by progressives like Florence Kelley and Louis Brandeis that

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A)  child labor under the age of 14 should be prohibited. 
B)  the federal government should regulate occupational safety and health. 
C)  women's factory labor should be limited to 10 hours a day, five days a week. 
D)  female workers should receive equal pay for equal work. 
E)  female workers required special rules and protection on the job. 
A)  child labor under the age of 14 should be prohibited. 
B)  the federal government should regulate occupational safety and health. 
C)  women's factory labor should be limited to 10 hours a day, five days a week. 
D)  female workers should receive equal pay for equal work. 
E)  female workers required special rules and protection on the job.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of Herbert Croly.

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Progressive thinker and author

Question 16

During his presidency, Teddy Roosevelt did all of the following EXCPET

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A)  expand presidential power. 
B)  shape the progressive movement. 
C)  aid the cause of the environment. 
D)  make the federal government a neutral force between business and labor. 
E)  substantially weaken corporate capitalism. 
A)  expand presidential power. 
B)  shape the progressive movement. 
C)  aid the cause of the environment. 
D)  make the federal government a neutral force between business and labor. 
E)  substantially weaken corporate capitalism.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of John Muir.

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Naturalist and member of the S

Question 18

While president, Theodore Roosevelt chose to label his reform proposals as the

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A)  Fair Deal. 
B)  Big Deal. 
C)  Big Stick. 
D)  New Deal. 
E)  Square Deal. 
A)  Fair Deal. 
B)  Big Deal. 
C)  Big Stick. 
D)  New Deal. 
E)  Square Deal.

Question 19

The results of the 1912 election

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A)  represented a complete repudiation of the political and economic principles of progressivism. 
B)  gave Woodrow Wilson a resounding electoral victory in the presidential contest, but a narrower popular vote victory for Wilson, especially in states outside the old Confederacy. 
C)  left both houses of Congress in the hands of the Republicans. 
D)  marked the end of the political career of William Howard Taft in Washington, D.C. 
E)  included a negligible and disappointing popular vote total for the Socialist presidential candidate Eugene Debs. 
A)  represented a complete repudiation of the political and economic principles of progressivism. 
B)  gave Woodrow Wilson a resounding electoral victory in the presidential contest, but a narrower popular vote victory for Wilson, especially in states outside the old Confederacy. 
C)  left both houses of Congress in the hands of the Republicans. 
D)  marked the end of the political career of William Howard Taft in Washington, D.C. 
E)  included a negligible and disappointing popular vote total for the Socialist presidential candidate Eugene Debs.

Question 20

President Taft's foreign policy was dubbed

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A)  big-stick diplomacy. 
B)  the Open Door policy. 
C)  the Good Neighbor policy. 
D)  dollar diplomacy. 
E)  sphere-of-influence diplomacy. 
A)  big-stick diplomacy. 
B)  the Open Door policy. 
C)  the Good Neighbor policy. 
D)  dollar diplomacy. 
E)  sphere-of-influence diplomacy.

Exam 28: Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Identify and state the historical significance of Lincoln Steffens.

Identify and state the historical significance of William Howard Taft.

Identify and state the historical significance of Thorstein Veblen.

Why did journalistic muckrakers play such a large role in the progressive movement? What does their strategy of publicizing social problems indicate about the strengths and weaknesses of American progressivism?

Identify and state the historical significance of Jacob Riis.

The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was a key progressive reform designed to

President Roosevelt believed that the federal government should adopt a policy of ____ trusts.

Identify and state the historical significance of Gifford Pinchot.

The Panic of 1907 exposed the need for substantial reform in

The Newlands Act, passed under Theodore Roosevelt's administration, was designed to

The religious movement that was closely linked to progressivism was

Progressive reformers included which of the following?

In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court upheld the principle promoted by progressives like Florence Kelley and Louis Brandeis that

Identify and state the historical significance of Herbert Croly.

During his presidency, Teddy Roosevelt did all of the following EXCPET

Identify and state the historical significance of John Muir.

While president, Theodore Roosevelt chose to label his reform proposals as the

The results of the 1912 election

President Taft's foreign policy was dubbed

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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