Question 1

In the early twentieth century,the Socialist Party advocated for all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  free college education. 
B)  legislation to improve the condition of laborers. 
C)  public ownership of railroads. 
D)  national health insurance. 
E)  public ownership of factories. 
A)  free college education. 
B)  legislation to improve the condition of laborers. 
C)  public ownership of railroads. 
D)  national health insurance. 
E)  public ownership of factories.

Question 2

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-William "Big Bill" Haywood

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 3

The election of 1912 evolved into a national debate over the relationship between political and economic freedom in the age of big business.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Sixteenth 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 5

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

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 6

What characteristic of Woodrow Wilson appeared to Theodore Roosevelt's supporters to be a relic of the past?

Accepted Answer

A)  In his speeches, Wilson spoke about "waving the bloody shirt" and invoked the divisions of the Civil War. 
B)  Wilson frequently reminded Americans of the noble goals of the Populist movement of the 1890s. 
C)  Wilson spoke too much about the mistakes he thought Republicans had made in the past, such as the annexation of the Philippines. 
D)  Wilson was committed to programs that aided small-business owners and that seemed to deny the inevitability of economic concentration. 
E)  Wilson's wife and many children made him look rural and unsophisticated, in contrast to Roosevelt's urban-based supporters. 
A)  In his speeches, Wilson spoke about "waving the bloody shirt" and invoked the divisions of the Civil War. 
B)  Wilson frequently reminded Americans of the noble goals of the Populist movement of the 1890s. 
C)  Wilson spoke too much about the mistakes he thought Republicans had made in the past, such as the annexation of the Philippines. 
D)  Wilson was committed to programs that aided small-business owners and that seemed to deny the inevitability of economic concentration. 
E)  Wilson's wife and many children made him look rural and unsophisticated, in contrast to Roosevelt's urban-based supporters.

Question 7

Feminism:

Accepted Answer

A)  represented only the struggle for women's suffrage. 
B)  was concerned only with economic issues. 
C)  sought to attack the traditional roles of sexual behavior for women. 
D)  sought to maintain the traditional roles of sexual behavior for women. 
E)  argued that women should not have to work. 
A)  represented only the struggle for women's suffrage. 
B)  was concerned only with economic issues. 
C)  sought to attack the traditional roles of sexual behavior for women. 
D)  sought to maintain the traditional roles of sexual behavior for women. 
E)  argued that women should not have to work.

Question 8

Artists captured the transformation of urban landscapes in the Progressive era through all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  photographs of theaters. 
B)  paintings of crowded bars. 
C)  photographs of electric lights and skyscrapers. 
D)  the Hudson River school. 
E)  paintings of street life. 
A)  photographs of theaters. 
B)  paintings of crowded bars. 
C)  photographs of electric lights and skyscrapers. 
D)  the Hudson River school. 
E)  paintings of street life.

Question 9

One particularly influential muckraker was Ida Tarbell,whose book The History of the Standard Oil Company appeared in 1904.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In Muller v.Oregon,the Supreme Court:

Accepted Answer

A)  refused to limit work hours for male bakers. 
B)  argued that women were too weak to work long hours. 
C)  outlawed child labor for children younger than age sixteen. 
D)  gave labor the right to strike. 
E)  validated the "liberty of contract" doctrine. 
A)  refused to limit work hours for male bakers. 
B)  argued that women were too weak to work long hours. 
C)  outlawed child labor for children younger than age sixteen. 
D)  gave labor the right to strike. 
E)  validated the "liberty of contract" doctrine.

Question 11

How did nickelodeons reflect a mass-consumption society in the Progressive era?

Accepted Answer

A)  Amusement parks and dance halls had lost considerable popularity by this time. 
B)  Nickelodeons offered elite theatergoers a highbrow alternative to vaudeville shows. 
C)  Nickelodeons offered a popular and less expensive leisure activity for urban residents. 
D)  Nickelodeon shows quickly became widely available, thus providing entertainment to small-town residents. 
E)  Nickelodeons were popular in rural communities where people could not attend vaudeville shows. 
A)  Amusement parks and dance halls had lost considerable popularity by this time. 
B)  Nickelodeons offered elite theatergoers a highbrow alternative to vaudeville shows. 
C)  Nickelodeons offered a popular and less expensive leisure activity for urban residents. 
D)  Nickelodeon shows quickly became widely available, thus providing entertainment to small-town residents. 
E)  Nickelodeons were popular in rural communities where people could not attend vaudeville shows.

In the early twentieth century,the Socialist Party advocated for all of the following EXCEPT:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -William "Big Bill" Haywood

The election of 1912 evolved into a national debate over the relationship between political and economic freedom in the age of big business.

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

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

What characteristic of Woodrow Wilson appeared to Theodore Roosevelt's supporters to be a relic of the past?

Feminism:

Artists captured the transformation of urban landscapes in the Progressive era through all of the following EXCEPT:

One particularly influential muckraker was Ida Tarbell,whose book The History of the Standard Oil Company appeared in 1904.

In Muller v.Oregon,the Supreme Court:

How did nickelodeons reflect a mass-consumption society in the Progressive era?

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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Exam 18: The Progressive Era,1900-1916

In the early twentieth century,the Socialist Party advocated for all of the following EXCEPT:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -William "Big Bill" Haywood

The election of 1912 evolved into a national debate over the relationship between political and economic freedom in the age of big business.

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

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

What characteristic of Woodrow Wilson appeared to Theodore Roosevelt's supporters to be a relic of the past?

Feminism:

Artists captured the transformation of urban landscapes in the Progressive era through all of the following EXCEPT:

One particularly influential muckraker was Ida Tarbell,whose book The History of the Standard Oil Company appeared in 1904.

In Muller v.Oregon,the Supreme Court:

How did nickelodeons reflect a mass-consumption society in the Progressive era?

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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