Question 1

The settlement house and women's club movements were crucial centers of female progressive activity because they

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A)  provided literary and philosophical perspectives on social questions. 
B)  broke down the idea that women had special concerns as wives and mothers. 
C)  introduced many middle-class women to a broader array of urban social problems and civic concerns. 
D)  helped slum children learn to read Dante and Shakespeare. 
E)  became the launching pads for women seeking political office. 
A)  provided literary and philosophical perspectives on social questions. 
B)  broke down the idea that women had special concerns as wives and mothers. 
C)  introduced many middle-class women to a broader array of urban social problems and civic concerns. 
D)  helped slum children learn to read Dante and Shakespeare. 
E)  became the launching pads for women seeking political office.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ida Tarbell

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Ida Tarbell was an American investigativ

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-New Nationalism

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New Nationalism was a political philosop

Question 4

Teddy Roosevelt weakened himself politically after his election in 1904 when he

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A)  got into a quarrel with his popular secretary of war, William Taft. 
B)  refused to do anything in response to the Roosevelt Panic. 
C)  supported the Federal Reserve Act. 
D)  began to reduce his trust-busting activity. 
E)  announced that he would not be a candidate for a third term as president. 
A)  got into a quarrel with his popular secretary of war, William Taft. 
B)  refused to do anything in response to the Roosevelt Panic. 
C)  supported the Federal Reserve Act. 
D)  began to reduce his trust-busting activity. 
E)  announced that he would not be a candidate for a third term as president.

Question 5

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

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The Seventeenth Amendment to the United

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Shame of the Cities

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"The Shame of the Cities" is a book writ

Question 7

During his presidency,Teddy Roosevelt did all of the following except

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A)  expand presidential power. 
B)  shape the progressive movement. 
C)  aid the cause of the environment. 
D)  make the federal government a neutral force between business and labor. 
E)  substantially weaken corporate capitalism. 
A)  expand presidential power. 
B)  shape the progressive movement. 
C)  aid the cause of the environment. 
D)  make the federal government a neutral force between business and labor. 
E)  substantially weaken corporate capitalism.

Question 8

President Taft's foreign policy was dubbed

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A)  big-stick diplomacy. 
B)  the Open Door policy. 
C)  the Good Neighbor policy. 
D)  dollar diplomacy. 
E)  sphere-of-influence diplomacy. 
A)  big-stick diplomacy. 
B)  the Open Door policy. 
C)  the Good Neighbor policy. 
D)  dollar diplomacy. 
E)  sphere-of-influence diplomacy.

Question 9

The American population in 1900 can best be described as

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A)  ethnically and racially mixed. 
B)  reaching nearly 76 million people. 
C)  one in seven people were foreign-born. 
D)  None of these 
E)  All of these 
A)  ethnically and racially mixed. 
B)  reaching nearly 76 million people. 
C)  one in seven people were foreign-born. 
D)  None of these 
E)  All of these

Question 10

While president,Theodore Roosevelt

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A)  enhanced the power and prestige of the presidency. 
B)  displayed little skill in getting his legislation through Congress. 
C)  relied more on insider political skills than on public opinion. 
D)  was highly popular with the business community. 
E)  held rigidly to ideological principles. 
A)  enhanced the power and prestige of the presidency. 
B)  displayed little skill in getting his legislation through Congress. 
C)  relied more on insider political skills than on public opinion. 
D)  was highly popular with the business community. 
E)  held rigidly to ideological principles.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-preservationism

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Preservationism is a philosophy and envi

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-conservation

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Conservation refers to the protection, p

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-How the Other Half Lives

Accepted Answer

"How the Other Half Lives" is a seminal

Question 14

While president,Theodore Roosevelt chose to label his reform proposals as the

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A)  Fair Deal. 
B)  Big Deal. 
C)  Big Stick. 
D)  New Deal. 
E)  Square Deal. 
A)  Fair Deal. 
B)  Big Deal. 
C)  Big Stick. 
D)  New Deal. 
E)  Square Deal.

Question 15

The western preservationists suffered their worst political setback when

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A)  California refused to control suburban sprawl into fragile mountain and desert areas. 
B)  private developers were allowed to cut off public access to the Pacific Coast beaches. 
C)  the city of Los Angeles built canals to bring water from the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 
D)  the Yosemite National Park was opened to motor vehicles. 
E)  California's Hetch Hetchy Valley was dammed to supply water to San Francisco. 
A)  California refused to control suburban sprawl into fragile mountain and desert areas. 
B)  private developers were allowed to cut off public access to the Pacific Coast beaches. 
C)  the city of Los Angeles built canals to bring water from the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 
D)  the Yosemite National Park was opened to motor vehicles. 
E)  California's Hetch Hetchy Valley was dammed to supply water to San Francisco.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Victor L.Berger

Accepted Answer

Victor L. Berger (1860-1929) was a signi

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Yosemite National Park

Accepted Answer

Yosemite National Park, located in the w

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Jack London

Accepted Answer

Jack London (1876-1916) was an American

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ray Stannard Baker

Accepted Answer

Ray Stannard Baker (April 17, 1870 – Jul

Question 20

Progressive reform at the level of city government seemed to indicate that the progressives' highest priority was

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A)  democratic participation. 
B)  governmental efficiency. 
C)  free enterprise. 
D)  economic equality. 
E)  urban planning. 
A)  democratic participation. 
B)  governmental efficiency. 
C)  free enterprise. 
D)  economic equality. 
E)  urban planning.

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

The settlement house and women's club movements were crucial centers of female progressive activity because they

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ida Tarbell

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -New Nationalism

Teddy Roosevelt weakened himself politically after his election in 1904 when he

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Shame of the Cities

During his presidency,Teddy Roosevelt did all of the following except

President Taft's foreign policy was dubbed

The American population in 1900 can best be described as

While president,Theodore Roosevelt

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -preservationism

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -conservation

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -How the Other Half Lives

While president,Theodore Roosevelt chose to label his reform proposals as the

The western preservationists suffered their worst political setback when

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Victor L.Berger

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Yosemite National Park

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jack London

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ray Stannard Baker

Progressive reform at the level of city government seemed to indicate that the progressives' highest priority was

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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