Question 1

By 1910,all of the following were true about women's efforts to gain the vote except

Accepted Answer

A)  Progressives supported the movement. 
B)  reformers embraced votes for women as a way to elevate the political tone. 
C)  Prohibitionists thought they could count of votes of enfranchised women. 
D)  a federal amendment granting the right to vote was about to be passed. 
E)  states in the West had gradually extended the vote to women. 
A)  Progressives supported the movement. 
B)  reformers embraced votes for women as a way to elevate the political tone. 
C)  Prohibitionists thought they could count of votes of enfranchised women. 
D)  a federal amendment granting the right to vote was about to be passed. 
E)  states in the West had gradually extended the vote to women.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Eugene V.Debs

Accepted Answer

Eugene V. Debs was an American socialist

Question 3

As a part of his reform program,Teddy Roosevelt advocated all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  guaranteed recognition of labor unions. 
B)  federal regulation of corporations. 
C)  consumer protection. 
D)  conservation of natural resources. 
E)  federal regulation of railroad rates and an end to shipping rebates. 
A)  guaranteed recognition of labor unions. 
B)  federal regulation of corporations. 
C)  consumer protection. 
D)  conservation of natural resources. 
E)  federal regulation of railroad rates and an end to shipping rebates.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Lincoln Steffens

Accepted Answer

Lincoln Steffens (1866–1936) was an Amer

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Eighteenth Amendment

Accepted Answer

The Eighteenth Amendment to the United S

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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)  appealing to mine owners' and workers' sense of the public interest. 
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)  appealing to mine owners' and workers' sense of the public interest. 
E)  threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"separate spheres"

Accepted Answer

The concept of "separate spheres" refers

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Elkins Act

Accepted Answer

The Elkins Act, passed by the United Sta

Question 9

Lincoln Steffens,in his series of articles entitled The Shame of the Cities

Accepted Answer

A)  exposed the United States Senate as a millionaires' club. 
B)  exposed the deplorable condition of blacks in urban areas. 
C)  laid bare insider trading practices on the stock market. 
D)  uncovered official collusion in prostitution and white slavery. 
E)  unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government. 
A)  exposed the United States Senate as a millionaires' club. 
B)  exposed the deplorable condition of blacks in urban areas. 
C)  laid bare insider trading practices on the stock market. 
D)  uncovered official collusion in prostitution and white slavery. 
E)  unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Frances Willard

Accepted Answer

Frances Willard (1839–1898) was a signif

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

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 12

What were the major sources of the progressive movement? Which of those sources were most significant,and why?

Accepted Answer

The major sources of the progressive mov

Question 13

As president,William Howard Taft

Accepted Answer

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 14

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

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt's claim that Taft had

Question 15

When Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle,he intended his book to focus attention on the

Accepted Answer

A)  unsanitary conditions that existed in the meat-packing industry. 
B)  plight of workers in the stockyards and meat-packing industry. 
C)  corruption in the United States Senate. 
D)  deplorable conditions in the drug industry. 
E)  unhealthy effects of beef consumption. 
A)  unsanitary conditions that existed in the meat-packing industry. 
B)  plight of workers in the stockyards and meat-packing industry. 
C)  corruption in the United States Senate. 
D)  deplorable conditions in the drug industry. 
E)  unhealthy effects of beef consumption.

Question 16

The leading progressive organization advocating prohibition of liquor was

Accepted Answer

A)  the National Consumers League. 
B)  Hull House. 
C)  the General Federation of Women's Clubs. 
D)  the Progressive Party. 
E)  the Women's Christian Temperance Union. 
A)  the National Consumers League. 
B)  Hull House. 
C)  the General Federation of Women's Clubs. 
D)  the Progressive Party. 
E)  the Women's Christian Temperance Union.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-the Square Deal

Accepted Answer

The Square Deal was a domestic program f

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-dollar diplomacy

Accepted Answer

Dollar diplomacy refers to a form of Ame

Question 19

Female progressives often justified their reformist political activities on the basis of

Accepted Answer

A)  the need to assert female power against male oppression. 
B)  America's need to catch up with more progressive European nations. 
C)  women's inherent rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 
D)  the harsh treatment of working women by employers. 
E)  their being essentially an extension of women's traditional roles as wives and mothers. 
A)  the need to assert female power against male oppression. 
B)  America's need to catch up with more progressive European nations. 
C)  women's inherent rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 
D)  the harsh treatment of working women by employers. 
E)  their being essentially an extension of women's traditional roles as wives and mothers.

Question 20

All of the following were prime goals of earnest progressives except

Accepted Answer

A)  the direct election of senators. 
B)  prohibition. 
C)  women's suffrage. 
D)  ending prostitution and white slavery. 
E)  treating women in the workplace exactly the same as men. 
A)  the direct election of senators. 
B)  prohibition. 
C)  women's suffrage. 
D)  ending prostitution and white slavery. 
E)  treating women in the workplace exactly the same as men.

Exam 28: Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt,1901-1912

By 1910,all of the following were true about women's efforts to gain the vote except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Eugene V.Debs

As a part of his reform program,Teddy Roosevelt advocated all of the following except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Lincoln Steffens

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Eighteenth Amendment

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"separate spheres"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Elkins Act

Lincoln Steffens,in his series of articles entitled The Shame of the Cities

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Frances Willard

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

What were the major sources of the progressive movement? Which of those sources were most significant,and why?

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?

When Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle,he intended his book to focus attention on the

The leading progressive organization advocating prohibition of liquor was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -the Square Deal

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -dollar diplomacy

Female progressives often justified their reformist political activities on the basis of

All of the following were prime goals of earnest progressives except

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The Planting of English America,1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies,1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century,1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution,1700-1775

The Duel for North America,1608-1763

The Road to Revolution,1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire,1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution,1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State,1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic,1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism,1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy,1824-1840

Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture,1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy,1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South,1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age,1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

America Moves to the City,1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution,1865-1896

Empire and Expansion,1890-1909

Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust,1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal,1933-1939

Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Shadow of War,1933-1941

America in World War II,1941-1945

The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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