Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A referendum is a direct vote in which a

Question 2

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)  Teddy Roosevelt had developed a personal animus against William Howard Taft. 
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)  Teddy Roosevelt had developed a personal animus against William Howard Taft. 
D)  Senator Robert La Follette encouraged him to do so. 
E)  the Democratic party was split.

Question 3

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 4

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 5

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

Accepted Answer

The term "Old Guard" can refer to differ

Question 6

It has been said of Theodore Roosevelt that "he stood close to the center and bared his teeth at the conservatives of the right and the liberals of the extreme left." Do you think this is an accurate judgment of Roosevelt's politics? Why or why not? To illustrate your argument, cite specific actions taken by Roosevelt.

Accepted Answer

Yes, I believe this is an accurate judgm

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Australian ballot

Accepted Answer

The Australian ballot, also known as the

Question 8

One of Theodore Roosevelt's central principles was that the federal government should act as a neutral force protecting the public, national interest against the power of big business, labor, and other special interests. How successful was he in pursuing this ideal? Is it possible for the government to be completely neutral in this way?

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt's central principle o

Question 9

The leading progressive organization advocating prohibition of liquor was

Accepted Answer

A)  the National Consumers League. 
B)  the Sierra Club. 
C)  the General Federation of Women's Clubs. 
D)  the Women's Peace Party. 
E)  the Women's Christian Temperance Union. 
A)  the National Consumers League. 
B)  the Sierra Club. 
C)  the General Federation of Women's Clubs. 
D)  the Women's Peace Party. 
E)  the Women's Christian Temperance Union.

Question 10

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)  passing an equal pay and sex discrimination law for women in Congress. 
A)  the direct election of senators. 
B)  prohibition. 
C)  women's suffrage. 
D)  ending prostitution and white slavery. 
E)  passing an equal pay and sex discrimination law for women in Congress.

Question 11

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 12

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 13

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)  make the initiative and referendum applicable ​for all federal laws. 
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)  make the initiative and referendum applicable ​for all federal laws.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Hiram Johnson

Accepted Answer

Hiram Johnson (1866-1945) was an influen

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

New Nationalism was a political philosop

Question 16

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 17

The first people to work toward preserving nature and the environment were

Accepted Answer

A)  typically members of the upper classes from cities and medium-size towns. 
B)  Native Americans. 
C)  primarily women. 
D)  immigrants from Japan and China. 
E)  cattle ranchers in the Dakotas. 
A)  typically members of the upper classes from cities and medium-size towns. 
B)  Native Americans. 
C)  primarily women. 
D)  immigrants from Japan and China. 
E)  cattle ranchers in the Dakotas.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

The Northern Securities case refers to a

Question 19

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 20

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

Accepted Answer

Richard Achilles Ballinger was an Americ

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

Teddy Roosevelt decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Australian ballot

The leading progressive organization advocating prohibition of liquor was

All of the following were prime goals of earnest progressives except

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Hiram Johnson

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

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

The first people to work toward preserving nature and the environment were

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

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

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

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 in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

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

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Exam 7: Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

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

Teddy Roosevelt decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Australian ballot

The leading progressive organization advocating prohibition of liquor was

All of the following were prime goals of earnest progressives except

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Hiram Johnson

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

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

The first people to work toward preserving nature and the environment were

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

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

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

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 in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

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

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

Filters

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Australian ballot