Question 1

Asian and Mexican immigrants in the early twentieth century:

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A)  clustered in the South as agricultural workers. 
B)  clustered in the West as agricultural workers. 
C)  were much more welcome than European immigrants. 
D)  were prohibited from entering the United States. 
E)  outnumbered southern and eastern European immigrants. 
A)  clustered in the South as agricultural workers. 
B)  clustered in the West as agricultural workers. 
C)  were much more welcome than European immigrants. 
D)  were prohibited from entering the United States. 
E)  outnumbered southern and eastern European immigrants. B

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

The IWW, or Industrial Workers of the World, was a radical labor union founded in 1905 that aimed to unite all workers, regardless of skill or trade, into one big union. The IWW was significant for its advocacy of industrial sabotage and its commitment to direct action, as well as its role in leading several major strikes, including the Lawrence textile strike of 1912 and the Paterson silk strike of 1913. The IWW's radical, anti-capitalist stance made it a target of government repression, and many of its leaders were arrested and imprisoned during the Red Scare of the 1920s. Despite its decline in membership and influence, the IWW's legacy as a pioneering force for radical labor organizing and its influence on later labor movements cannot be understated.

Question 3

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)  Irrigation 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)  B and C 
A)  The demand for skilled labor declined in twenty-one of the nation's largest cities. 
B)  Irrigation 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)  B and C E

Question 4

Which of the following statements about the Oregon System is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  It instituted the direct primary for electing candidates to political office. 
B)  It was developed by Oregon lawyer William U'Ren. 
C)  It resulted in the failure to pass woman suffrage legislation in Oregon. 
D)  It instituted the initiative and referendum, which enabled voters to propose and vote on laws. 
A)  It instituted the direct primary for electing candidates to political office. 
B)  It was developed by Oregon lawyer William U'Ren. 
C)  It resulted in the failure to pass woman suffrage legislation in Oregon. 
D)  It instituted the initiative and referendum, which enabled voters to propose and vote on laws.

Question 5

Most new immigrants who arrived during the early years of the twentieth century:

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A)  learned English immediately. 
B)  planned to remain in the United States temporarily. 
C)  generally earned lower wages in America than in their former homelands. 
D)  dominated skilled and supervisory jobs. 
E)  lived in close-knit communities. 
A)  learned English immediately. 
B)  planned to remain in the United States temporarily. 
C)  generally earned lower wages in America than in their former homelands. 
D)  dominated skilled and supervisory jobs. 
E)  lived in close-knit communities.

Question 6

Why did Carlos Montezuma call for the abolition of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1916?

Accepted Answer

A)  The bureau used heavy-handed tactics in collecting taxes. 
B)  The bureau was under the influence of a rival tribal leader. 
C)  The bureau had failed to secure Indian self-determination. 
D)  The bureau failed to offer Native Americans equal employment opportunities. 
E)  The bureau refused to enforce Prohibition on Indian reservations. 
A)  The bureau used heavy-handed tactics in collecting taxes. 
B)  The bureau was under the influence of a rival tribal leader. 
C)  The bureau had failed to secure Indian self-determination. 
D)  The bureau failed to offer Native Americans equal employment opportunities. 
E)  The bureau refused to enforce Prohibition on Indian reservations.

Question 7

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-muckraker

Accepted Answer

A) The Jungle 
B) direct election of senators 
C) socialist newspaper 
D) limited working hours for women 
E) writer or journalist
F)mass production and consumption 
G)West Coast immigration center
H)aid to immigrants
I)twelve regional banks
J)Roosevelt's campaign
K)graduated income tax
L)Wilson's campaign 
A) The Jungle 
B) direct election of senators 
C) socialist newspaper 
D) limited working hours for women 
E) writer or journalist
F)mass production and consumption 
G)West Coast immigration center
H)aid to immigrants
I)twelve regional banks
J)Roosevelt's campaign
K)graduated income tax
L)Wilson's campaign

Question 8

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Accepted Answer

A) scientific management 
B) birth-control movement 
C) Industrial Workers of the World 
D) Supreme Court justice 
E) Hull House
F)United Mine Workers
G)moving assembly line
H)Wisconsin Progressive
I)socialist leader
J)Square Deal
K)Women and Economics
L)Sierra Club 
A) scientific management 
B) birth-control movement 
C) Industrial Workers of the World 
D) Supreme Court justice 
E) Hull House
F)United Mine Workers
G)moving assembly line
H)Wisconsin Progressive
I)socialist leader
J)Square Deal
K)Women and Economics
L)Sierra Club

Question 9

Progressive-era immigration was part of a larger process of worldwide migration set in motion by all of the following forces EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  the annexation of the Philippines. 
B)  industrial expansion. 
C)  the decline of traditional agriculture. 
D)  widespread poverty in rural southern and eastern Europe and parts of Asia. 
E)  political turmoil. 
A)  the annexation of the Philippines. 
B)  industrial expansion. 
C)  the decline of traditional agriculture. 
D)  widespread poverty in rural southern and eastern Europe and parts of Asia. 
E)  political turmoil.

Question 10

Why were many Americans drawn to the Socialist Party in the election of 1912?

Accepted Answer

A)  Its presidential candidate was a southerner, Eugene Debs, who could appeal to both blacks and whites. 
B)  A very large minority of Americans were willing to abolish the capitalist system altogether. 
C)  Americans looked with jealousy at the equality and prosperity that reigned in social democracies like Britain and Germany. 
D)  Eugene Debs had been a popular movie star and entertainer before he ran on the Socialist Party ticket. 
E)  The party's proposal to nationalize railroads and banks, and to provide unemployment relief, expressed popular Progressive thought. 
A)  Its presidential candidate was a southerner, Eugene Debs, who could appeal to both blacks and whites. 
B)  A very large minority of Americans were willing to abolish the capitalist system altogether. 
C)  Americans looked with jealousy at the equality and prosperity that reigned in social democracies like Britain and Germany. 
D)  Eugene Debs had been a popular movie star and entertainer before he ran on the Socialist Party ticket. 
E)  The party's proposal to nationalize railroads and banks, and to provide unemployment relief, expressed popular Progressive thought.

Question 11

The Sixteenth Amendment:

Accepted Answer

A)  called for the direct election of senators. 
B)  authorized Congress to implement a graduated income tax. 
C)  granted women the right to vote. 
D)  prohibited the use and sale of alcohol. 
E)  instituted the initiative, referendum, and recall. 
A)  called for the direct election of senators. 
B)  authorized Congress to implement a graduated income tax. 
C)  granted women the right to vote. 
D)  prohibited the use and sale of alcohol. 
E)  instituted the initiative, referendum, and recall.

Question 12

New sexual attitudes during the Progressive age were limited to the radical bohemia of New York's Greenwich Village.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Socialism flourished in cities such as Milwaukee and New York during the first two decades of the twentieth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

Muckrakers were a group of investigative

Question 15

Why did Progressive reformers think they had much to learn from the Old World?

Accepted Answer

A)  British legislators were far more advanced in their thoughts on racial diversity. 
B)  The French had built a strong reputation in the field of rehabilitative prison programs. 
C)  The Italians had introduced a series of laws securing equal rights for women. 
D)  Germans had pioneered several measures of social legislation. 
E)  Russian bureaucrats had innovated ecumenical churches that offered welfare programs. 
A)  British legislators were far more advanced in their thoughts on racial diversity. 
B)  The French had built a strong reputation in the field of rehabilitative prison programs. 
C)  The Italians had introduced a series of laws securing equal rights for women. 
D)  Germans had pioneered several measures of social legislation. 
E)  Russian bureaucrats had innovated ecumenical churches that offered welfare programs.

Question 16

Which of the following was NOT an expression of personal freedom in the Progressive era?

Accepted Answer

A)  The lifestyle of the inhabitants of Greenwich Village. 
B)  Sex outside of marriage for young women. 
C)  Avoiding popular magazine articles about intimate topics. 
D)  Familiarity with Sigmund Freud's writings on sexuality. 
E)  Attending a lecture by Emma Goldman. 
A)  The lifestyle of the inhabitants of Greenwich Village. 
B)  Sex outside of marriage for young women. 
C)  Avoiding popular magazine articles about intimate topics. 
D)  Familiarity with Sigmund Freud's writings on sexuality. 
E)  Attending a lecture by Emma Goldman.

Question 17

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Eugene Debs

Accepted Answer

A) scientific management 
B) birth-control movement 
C) Industrial Workers of the World 
D) Supreme Court justice 
E) Hull House
F)United Mine Workers
G)moving assembly line
H)Wisconsin Progressive
I)socialist leader
J)Square Deal
K)Women and Economics
L)Sierra Club 
A) scientific management 
B) birth-control movement 
C) Industrial Workers of the World 
D) Supreme Court justice 
E) Hull House
F)United Mine Workers
G)moving assembly line
H)Wisconsin Progressive
I)socialist leader
J)Square Deal
K)Women and Economics
L)Sierra Club

Question 18

Thinking back to previous chapters,compare the writings and influence of the Progressive Simon Patten with the Gilded Age social theorists like Henry George and Edward Bellamy.How did each define freedom? How did each view the future of America?

Accepted Answer

Progressive Simon Patten, a prominent ec

Question 19

Margaret Sanger was sentenced to a month in jail for opening a clinic in Brooklyn that distributed birth-control devices to poor immigrant women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Compare the presidencies of Roosevelt,Taft,and Wilson.What made them Progressive presidents? Identify what you believe to be the most important pieces of legislation passed during each administration.Why are these so significant? Finally,be sure to indicate what each president did to expand the meaning of freedom for Americans.

Accepted Answer

The presidencies of Roosevelt, Taft, and

Exam 18: The Progressive Era,1900-1916

Asian and Mexican immigrants in the early twentieth century:

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

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

Which of the following statements about the Oregon System is FALSE?

Most new immigrants who arrived during the early years of the twentieth century:

Why did Carlos Montezuma call for the abolition of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1916?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -muckraker

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Progressive-era immigration was part of a larger process of worldwide migration set in motion by all of the following forces EXCEPT:

Why were many Americans drawn to the Socialist Party in the election of 1912?

The Sixteenth Amendment:

New sexual attitudes during the Progressive age were limited to the radical bohemia of New York's Greenwich Village.

Socialism flourished in cities such as Milwaukee and New York during the first two decades of the twentieth century.

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

Why did Progressive reformers think they had much to learn from the Old World?

Which of the following was NOT an expression of personal freedom in the Progressive era?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Eugene Debs

Thinking back to previous chapters,compare the writings and influence of the Progressive Simon Patten with the Gilded Age social theorists like Henry George and Edward Bellamy.How did each define freedom? How did each view the future of America?

Margaret Sanger was sentenced to a month in jail for opening a clinic in Brooklyn that distributed birth-control devices to poor immigrant women.

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

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s 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 Triumph of Conservatism,1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy,1989–2001

A New Century and New Crises

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