Question 1

Almost all progressives supported such political reforms as

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A)  the initiative, referendum, and recall. 
B)  the Australian secret ballot. 
C)  woman suffrage. 
D)  direct election of senators. 
E)  eliminating political parties. 
A)  the initiative, referendum, and recall. 
B)  the Australian secret ballot. 
C)  woman suffrage. 
D)  direct election of senators. 
E)  eliminating political parties.

Question 2

The progressive-inspired city-manager system of government

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A)  brought democracy to urban dwellers. 
B)  was developed in Wisconsin. 
C)  was designed to remove politics from municipal administration. 
D)  made giant strides under the leadership of Hiram Johnson. 
E)  opened urban politics to new immigrants. 
A)  brought democracy to urban dwellers. 
B)  was developed in Wisconsin. 
C)  was designed to remove politics from municipal administration. 
D)  made giant strides under the leadership of Hiram Johnson. 
E)  opened urban politics to new immigrants.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Call of the Wild

Accepted Answer

The Call of the Wild is a novel written

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Robert M.La Follette

Accepted Answer

Robert M. La Follette was a prominent Am

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

The Newlands Act, also known as the Newl

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Northern Securities case

Accepted Answer

The Northern Securities case refers to a

Question 7

Progressivism

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A)  was closely tied to the feminist movement and women's causes. 
B)  offered little to the growing women's movement. 
C)  supported better treatment of women but not women's suffrage. 
D)  saw racial issues as more important than women's issues. 
E)  reflected the views of working-class women. 
A)  was closely tied to the feminist movement and women's causes. 
B)  offered little to the growing women's movement. 
C)  supported better treatment of women but not women's suffrage. 
D)  saw racial issues as more important than women's issues. 
E)  reflected the views of working-class women.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Theory of the Leisure Class

Accepted Answer

The Theory of the Leisure Class is a boo

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Nelson W.Aldrich

Accepted Answer

Nelson W. Aldrich (1841–1915) was a prom

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John Muir

Accepted Answer

John Muir (1838-1914) was a Scottish-Ame

Question 11

Activists,scholars and politicians mused about why socialism did not take hold in America,giving all of the following as reasons except

Accepted Answer

A)  American workers' refusal to see themselves as a separate class. 
B)  the western frontier provided a safety valve that allowed workers to leave oppressive employers. 
C)  law and government policy prevented workers from uniting and protesting. 
D)  workers' remarkably high standard of living. 
E)  workers had full political economy long before the forces of industrialization developed. 
A)  American workers' refusal to see themselves as a separate class. 
B)  the western frontier provided a safety valve that allowed workers to leave oppressive employers. 
C)  law and government policy prevented workers from uniting and protesting. 
D)  workers' remarkably high standard of living. 
E)  workers had full political economy long before the forces of industrialization developed.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Old Guard

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The term "Old Guard" can refer to differ

Question 13

The real heart of the progressive movement was the effort by reformers to

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A)  preserve world peace. 
B)  use the government as an agency of human welfare. 
C)  ensure the Jeffersonian style of government. 
D)  get the government off the backs of the people. 
E)  promote economic and social equality. 
A)  preserve world peace. 
B)  use the government as an agency of human welfare. 
C)  ensure the Jeffersonian style of government. 
D)  get the government off the backs of the people. 
E)  promote economic and social equality.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Louis D.Brandeis

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Louis D. Brandeis was a significant figu

Question 15

In the view of progressives,what was wrong with American society? What positive solutions did they proposed to address social problems? Be specific.

Accepted Answer

In the view of progressives, American so

Question 16

Early-twentieth-century progressive state governors included

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A)  Hiram W. Johnson. 
B)  Robert La Follette. 
C)  William Howard Taft. 
D)  Charles Evans Hughes. 
E)  Nelson Aldrich. 
A)  Hiram W. Johnson. 
B)  Robert La Follette. 
C)  William Howard Taft. 
D)  Charles Evans Hughes. 
E)  Nelson Aldrich.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Jane Addams

Accepted Answer

Jane Addams (1860–1935) was an American

Question 18

According to progressives,the cure for all of American democracy's ills was

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A)  technical and scientific expertise. 
B)  a third political party. 
C)  socialism. 
D)  a more conservative government. 
E)  more democracy. 
A)  technical and scientific expertise. 
B)  a third political party. 
C)  socialism. 
D)  a more conservative government. 
E)  more democracy.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Upton Sinclair

Accepted Answer

Upton Sinclair was an American writer an

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Richard Ballinger

Accepted Answer

Richard Achilles Ballinger was an Americ

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

Almost all progressives supported such political reforms as

The progressive-inspired city-manager system of government

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Call of the Wild

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Robert M.La Follette

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Northern Securities case

Progressivism

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Theory of the Leisure Class

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Nelson W.Aldrich

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Muir

Activists,scholars and politicians mused about why socialism did not take hold in America,giving all of the following as reasons except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Old Guard

The real heart of the progressive movement was the effort by reformers to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Louis D.Brandeis

In the view of progressives,what was wrong with American society? What positive solutions did they proposed to address social problems? Be specific.

Early-twentieth-century progressive state governors included

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jane Addams

According to progressives,the cure for all of American democracy's ills was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Upton Sinclair

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Richard Ballinger

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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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