Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"white slave" traffic

Accepted Answer

The term "white slave traffic" refers to

Question 2

The Supreme Court's rule of reason in antitrust law was handed down in a case involving

Accepted Answer

A)  Northern Securities. 
B)  United States Steel. 
C)  General Electric. 
D)  Armour Meat-Packing. 
E)  Standard Oil. 
A)  Northern Securities. 
B)  United States Steel. 
C)  General Electric. 
D)  Armour Meat-Packing. 
E)  Standard Oil.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Triangle Shirtwaist fire

Accepted Answer

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire was a catas

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"dry" and "wet" states (or counties)

Accepted Answer

The terms "dry" and "wet" states (or cou

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"rule of reason"

Accepted Answer

The "rule of reason" is a legal doctrine

Question 7

According to the text,Teddy Roosevelt's most important and enduring achievement may have been

Accepted Answer

A)  building the Panama Canal. 
B)  busting the corporate monopoly trusts. 
C)  mediating an end to the Russo-Japanese War. 
D)  conserving American resources and protecting the environment. 
E)  protecting the American consumer. 
A)  building the Panama Canal. 
B)  busting the corporate monopoly trusts. 
C)  mediating an end to the Russo-Japanese War. 
D)  conserving American resources and protecting the environment. 
E)  protecting the American consumer.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Meat Inspection Act

Accepted Answer

The Meat Inspection Act, passed by the U

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Gifford Pinchot

Accepted Answer

Gifford Pinchot (August 11, 1865 – Octob

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Women's Christian Temperance Union

Accepted Answer

The Women's Christian Temperance Union (

Question 11

Teddy Roosevelt believed that large corporate trusts

Accepted Answer

A)  had to all be busted up if the American economy were to thrive. 
B)  were essential to American national power and economic growth. 
C)  were simply too powerful to be broken up or regulated. 
D)  were bad only if they acted as monopolies against the public interest. 
E)  should be balanced by strong labor unions. 
A)  had to all be busted up if the American economy were to thrive. 
B)  were essential to American national power and economic growth. 
C)  were simply too powerful to be broken up or regulated. 
D)  were bad only if they acted as monopolies against the public interest. 
E)  should be balanced by strong labor unions.

Question 12

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?

Accepted Answer

The strong emphasis that progressive fem

Question 13

Theodore Roosevelt is probably most accurately described as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  ardent defender of American individualism. 
B)  near-socialist. 
C)  middle-of-the-road reformer. 
D)  champion trustbuster. 
E)  political elitist. 
A)  ardent defender of American individualism. 
B)  near-socialist. 
C)  middle-of-the-road reformer. 
D)  champion trustbuster. 
E)  political elitist.

Question 14

Match each early-twentieth-century muckraker below with the target of his or her exposé.

Accepted Answer

A)  A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 
B)  A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1 
C)  A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4 
D)  A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1 
E)  A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3 
A)  A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 
B)  A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1 
C)  A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4 
D)  A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1 
E)  A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Pure Food and Drug Act

Accepted Answer

The Pure Food and Drug Act, passed in 19

Question 16

The Panic of 1907 exposed the need for substantial reform in

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sierra Club

Accepted Answer

The Sierra Club is an influential enviro

Question 18

Activists in the anti-liquor campaigns saw saloons and alcohol as intimately linked with

Accepted Answer

A)  prostitution. 
B)  drunken voters. 
C)  crooked city officials, paid off by liquor companies. 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these 
A)  prostitution. 
B)  drunken voters. 
C)  crooked city officials, paid off by liquor companies. 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these

Question 19

President Roosevelt and his chief forestry official,Gifford Pinchot,promoted a view of conservation that involved

Accepted Answer

A)  supporting individual ranchers and loggers against big business. 
B)  protecting natural resources for long-term enjoyment and use by the American people. 
C)  permitting multiple uses of protected federal lands and national parks. 
D)  preventing all public lands from being used for private profit. 
E)  encouraging authorized private corporations to manage certain national parks. 
A)  supporting individual ranchers and loggers against big business. 
B)  protecting natural resources for long-term enjoyment and use by the American people. 
C)  permitting multiple uses of protected federal lands and national parks. 
D)  preventing all public lands from being used for private profit. 
E)  encouraging authorized private corporations to manage certain national parks.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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)  enable the President to be elected directly by the people rather than by the Electoral College. 
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)  enable the President to be elected directly by the people rather than by the Electoral College.

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"white slave" traffic

The Supreme Court's rule of reason in antitrust law was handed down in a case involving

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Triangle Shirtwaist fire

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"dry" and "wet" states (or counties)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"rule of reason"

According to the text,Teddy Roosevelt's most important and enduring achievement may have been

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Meat Inspection Act

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Gifford Pinchot

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Women's Christian Temperance Union

Teddy Roosevelt believed that large corporate trusts

Theodore Roosevelt is probably most accurately described as a(n)

Match each early-twentieth-century muckraker below with the target of his or her exposé.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pure Food and Drug Act

The Panic of 1907 exposed the need for substantial reform in

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sierra Club

Activists in the anti-liquor campaigns saw saloons and alcohol as intimately linked with

President Roosevelt and his chief forestry official,Gifford Pinchot,promoted a view of conservation that involved

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

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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

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The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

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

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