Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ballinger-Pinchot affair

Accepted Answer

The Ballinger-Pinchot affair was a polit

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-General Federation of Women's Clubs

Accepted Answer

The General Federation of Women's Clubs

Question 3

The real purpose of Teddy Roosevelt's assault on trusts was to

Accepted Answer

A)  fragment the political power of big business. 
B)  prove that the democratic federal government, not private business, governed the United States. 
C)  halt the trend toward combination and integration in business. 
D)  establish himself as a bigger trustbuster than William Howard Taft. 
E)  inspire confidence in small business owners. 
A)  fragment the political power of big business. 
B)  prove that the democratic federal government, not private business, governed the United States. 
C)  halt the trend toward combination and integration in business. 
D)  establish himself as a bigger trustbuster than William Howard Taft. 
E)  inspire confidence in small business owners.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Women's Trade Union League

Accepted Answer

The Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) wa

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

The initiative is a process that enables

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William Jennings Bryan

Accepted Answer

William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 –

Question 8

Teddy Roosevelt decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because

Accepted Answer

A)  William Howard Taft had seemed to discard Roosevelt's progressive policies. 
B)  Taft decided not to run for a second term. 
C)  Woodrow Wilson appeared to be a very strong Democratic candidate. 
D)  Senator Robert La Follette encouraged him to do so. 
E)  the Democratic party was split. 
A)  William Howard Taft had seemed to discard Roosevelt's progressive policies. 
B)  Taft decided not to run for a second term. 
C)  Woodrow Wilson appeared to be a very strong Democratic candidate. 
D)  Senator Robert La Follette encouraged him to do so. 
E)  the Democratic party was split.

Question 9

Why did journalistic muckrakers play such a large role in the progressive movement? What does their strategy of publicizing social problems indicate about the strengths and weaknesses of American progressivism?

Accepted Answer

Journalistic muckrakers played a large r

Question 10

Which of the following was not among the issues addressed by women in the progressive movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ending special regulations governing women in the workplace 
B)  Preventing child labor in factories and sweatshops 
C)  Ensuring that food products were healthy and safe 
D)  Attacking tuberculosis and other diseases bred in slum tenements 
E)  Creating child care subsidies for working mothers with preschool children 
A)  Ending special regulations governing women in the workplace 
B)  Preventing child labor in factories and sweatshops 
C)  Ensuring that food products were healthy and safe 
D)  Attacking tuberculosis and other diseases bred in slum tenements 
E)  Creating child care subsidies for working mothers with preschool children

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Muller v.Oregon

Accepted Answer

Muller v. Oregon was a landmark decision

Question 12

The case of Lochner v.New York represented a setback for progressives and labor advocates because in its ruling,the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

A)  declared a law limiting work to ten hours a day unconstitutional. 
B)  declared unconstitutional a law providing special protection for women workers. 
C)  declared that prohibiting child labor would require a constitutional amendment. 
D)  upheld the constitutionality of a law enabling business to fire labor organizers. 
E)  ruled that fire and safety regulations were local and not state or federal concerns. 
A)  declared a law limiting work to ten hours a day unconstitutional. 
B)  declared unconstitutional a law providing special protection for women workers. 
C)  declared that prohibiting child labor would require a constitutional amendment. 
D)  upheld the constitutionality of a law enabling business to fire labor organizers. 
E)  ruled that fire and safety regulations were local and not state or federal concerns.

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ballinger-Pinchot affair

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -General Federation of Women's Clubs

The real purpose of Teddy Roosevelt's assault on trusts was to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Women's Trade Union League

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Jennings Bryan

Teddy Roosevelt decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because

Why did journalistic muckrakers play such a large role in the progressive movement? What does their strategy of publicizing social problems indicate about the strengths and weaknesses of American progressivism?

Which of the following was not among the issues addressed by women in the progressive movement?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Muller v.Oregon

The case of Lochner v.New York represented a setback for progressives and labor advocates because in its ruling,the Supreme Court

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