Question 1

Which of the following statements about the idea of "economic citizenship" in the Progressive era is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  It argued that the right to universal economic assistance derived from citizenship itself. 
B)  It called for local authorities to dispense charity to the poor. 
C)  It ushered in a wave of state workmen's compensation laws by 1913. 
D)  It acted as a first wedge to opening broader support for social insurance programs of the future. 
E)  It blended evangelical Protestantism with a romantic view of nature inspired by the Transcendentalists. 
A)  It argued that the right to universal economic assistance derived from citizenship itself. 
B)  It called for local authorities to dispense charity to the poor. 
C)  It ushered in a wave of state workmen's compensation laws by 1913. 
D)  It acted as a first wedge to opening broader support for social insurance programs of the future. 
E)  It blended evangelical Protestantism with a romantic view of nature inspired by the Transcendentalists.

Question 2

Freedom of expression was given new meaning by labor in the Progressive age.Thinking back to previous chapters,compare the various movements to expand the meaning of freedom of expression-from the Alien and Sedition Acts to the abolitionists in the antebellum era-with the labor movement in the Progressive age.Use the "Voices of Freedom" piece.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Freedom of expression was given new meaning...

Question 3

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 4

The "new woman" was college educated,middle class,and devoted to providing social services.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

The New Freedom and New Nationalism were

Question 6

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Appeal to Reason

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 7

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Jane Addams

Accepted Answer

A) scientific management g.moving assembly line 
B) birth-control movement h.Wisconsin Progressive 
C) Industrial Workers of the World i.socialist leader 
D) Supreme Court justice j.Square Deal 
E) Hull House k.Women and Economics
F)United Mine Workers l.Sierra Club 
A) scientific management g.moving assembly line 
B) birth-control movement h.Wisconsin Progressive 
C) Industrial Workers of the World i.socialist leader 
D) Supreme Court justice j.Square Deal 
E) Hull House k.Women and Economics
F)United Mine Workers l.Sierra Club

Question 8

Which of the following statements about mass consumption in the early twentieth century is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Southerners fully participated in the mass-consumption society. 
B)  The promise of mass consumption became the foundation for a new understanding of freedom. 
C)  Urban dwellers purchased goods in department stores and chain stores. 
D)  Rural people purchased goods through mail-order catalogs. 
E)  The new advertising industry often linked goods with the idea of freedom. 
A)  Southerners fully participated in the mass-consumption society. 
B)  The promise of mass consumption became the foundation for a new understanding of freedom. 
C)  Urban dwellers purchased goods in department stores and chain stores. 
D)  Rural people purchased goods through mail-order catalogs. 
E)  The new advertising industry often linked goods with the idea of freedom.

Question 9

The term "Fordism":

Accepted Answer

A)  refers to Henry Ford's invention of the automobile. 
B)  was used by labor unions, who hailed Ford's innovative approach. 
C)  describes an economic system based on limited production of high-end goods. 
D)  refers to Henry Ford's effort to organize workers into a union. 
E)  describes an economic system based on mass production and mass consumption. 
A)  refers to Henry Ford's invention of the automobile. 
B)  was used by labor unions, who hailed Ford's innovative approach. 
C)  describes an economic system based on limited production of high-end goods. 
D)  refers to Henry Ford's effort to organize workers into a union. 
E)  describes an economic system based on mass production and mass consumption.

Question 10

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-John Mitchell

Accepted Answer

A) scientific management g.moving assembly line 
B) birth-control movement h.Wisconsin Progressive 
C) Industrial Workers of the World i.socialist leader 
D) Supreme Court justice j.Square Deal 
E) Hull House k.Women and Economics
F)United Mine Workers l.Sierra Club 
A) scientific management g.moving assembly line 
B) birth-control movement h.Wisconsin Progressive 
C) Industrial Workers of the World i.socialist leader 
D) Supreme Court justice j.Square Deal 
E) Hull House k.Women and Economics
F)United Mine Workers l.Sierra Club

Question 11

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Seventeenth Amendment

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 12

What brought about a new wave of sympathy for the plight of women in the garment industry in Lawrence,Massachusetts?

Accepted Answer

A)  The city had extended maximum working hours for garment workers. 
B)  The police of Lawrence had severely beaten striking women. 
C)  The AFL had negotiated a sham contract for Lawrence's garment factories. 
D)  The police had forced the children of Lawrence to leave town. 
E)  The appearance of malnourished children who had been evacuated from Lawrence shocked the public. 
A)  The city had extended maximum working hours for garment workers. 
B)  The police of Lawrence had severely beaten striking women. 
C)  The AFL had negotiated a sham contract for Lawrence's garment factories. 
D)  The police had forced the children of Lawrence to leave town. 
E)  The appearance of malnourished children who had been evacuated from Lawrence shocked the public.

Question 13

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Theodore Roosevelt

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 14

The Progressive governor of Wisconsin,Robert M.La Follette,instituted all of the following reforms EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  using primary elections to select candidates. 
B)  taxing corporate wealth. 
C)  regulating railroads and utilities. 
D)  using nonpartisan university faculty. 
E)  promising lower taxes and less government interference. 
A)  using primary elections to select candidates. 
B)  taxing corporate wealth. 
C)  regulating railroads and utilities. 
D)  using nonpartisan university faculty. 
E)  promising lower taxes and less government interference.

Question 15

Which of the following contradictions plagued Progressive reformers' ideas on the political process?

Accepted Answer

A)  Progressive reformers rejected party labels but were themselves highly partisan politicians. 
B)  Progressive reformers took every opportunity to disclose scandals in muckraking magazines, but they also called for a restriction of free speech. 
C)  Progressive reformers recorded the votes of nativists but promised more liberal reforms on immigration. 
D)  Progressive reformers worked both to expand the electorate and to shrink its size through other measures. 
E)  Progressive reformers believed in the civil rights of children but refused to lower the voting age to sixteen. 
A)  Progressive reformers rejected party labels but were themselves highly partisan politicians. 
B)  Progressive reformers took every opportunity to disclose scandals in muckraking magazines, but they also called for a restriction of free speech. 
C)  Progressive reformers recorded the votes of nativists but promised more liberal reforms on immigration. 
D)  Progressive reformers worked both to expand the electorate and to shrink its size through other measures. 
E)  Progressive reformers believed in the civil rights of children but refused to lower the voting age to sixteen.

Question 16

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

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 17

Why was "the city" the focus of Progressive politics?

Accepted Answer

A)  The mostly urban immigrant populations wielded significant political clout there. 
B)  Populists had largely solved the problems that had plagued rural Americans. 
C)  The overwhelming majority of Americans lived in cities. 
D)  Urban populations experienced the most dramatic growth and the most significant changes. 
E)  Progressives were particularly fond of new urban entertainments like dance halls and nickelodeons. 
A)  The mostly urban immigrant populations wielded significant political clout there. 
B)  Populists had largely solved the problems that had plagued rural Americans. 
C)  The overwhelming majority of Americans lived in cities. 
D)  Urban populations experienced the most dramatic growth and the most significant changes. 
E)  Progressives were particularly fond of new urban entertainments like dance halls and nickelodeons.

Question 18

How did mass consumption in the Progressive era result in new consumer freedoms?

Accepted Answer

A)  Farmers in the heartland had more time and money to attend nickelodeon shows. 
B)  Department stores provided city residents with access to electric washing machines and vacuum cleaners. 
C)  Mass-produced radios were able to advertise the availability of new factory products. 
D)  A and B only 
E)  None of the above 
A)  Farmers in the heartland had more time and money to attend nickelodeon shows. 
B)  Department stores provided city residents with access to electric washing machines and vacuum cleaners. 
C)  Mass-produced radios were able to advertise the availability of new factory products. 
D)  A and B only 
E)  None of the above

Question 19

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-New Freedom

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 20

The writer whose work encouraged the passage of the Meat Inspection Act was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry George. 
B)  Theodore Dreiser. 
C)  Upton Sinclair. 
D)  Ida Tarbell. 
E)  Lincoln Steffens. 
A)  Henry George. 
B)  Theodore Dreiser. 
C)  Upton Sinclair. 
D)  Ida Tarbell. 
E)  Lincoln Steffens.

Exam 18: The Progressive Era,1900-1916

Which of the following statements about the idea of "economic citizenship" in the Progressive era is FALSE?

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

The "new woman" was college educated,middle class,and devoted to providing social services.

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Appeal to Reason

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Jane Addams

Which of the following statements about mass consumption in the early twentieth century is NOT true?

The term "Fordism":

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Mitchell

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Seventeenth Amendment

What brought about a new wave of sympathy for the plight of women in the garment industry in Lawrence,Massachusetts?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Theodore Roosevelt

The Progressive governor of Wisconsin,Robert M.La Follette,instituted all of the following reforms EXCEPT:

Which of the following contradictions plagued Progressive reformers' ideas on the political process?

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

Why was "the city" the focus of Progressive politics?

How did mass consumption in the Progressive era result in new consumer freedoms?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -New Freedom

The writer whose work encouraged the passage of the Meat Inspection Act was:

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