Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The Women's Christian Temperance Union (

Question 2

Match each late-nineteenth-century social critic below with the target of his criticism. 
A.Thorstein Veblen
B.Jack London
C.Jacob Riis
D.Henry Demarest Lloyd
1)"bloated trusts"
2)Slum conditions
3)"conspicuous consumption"
4)Destruction of nature

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

Female progressives often justified their reformist political activities on the basis of

Accepted Answer

A)  the need to assert female power against male oppression. 
B)  America's need to catch up with more progressive European nations. 
C)  women's need for more opportunities to work outside the home to support their families. 
D)  the harsh treatment of working women by employers. 
E)  their being essentially an extension of women's traditional roles as wives and mothers. 
A)  the need to assert female power against male oppression. 
B)  America's need to catch up with more progressive European nations. 
C)  women's need for more opportunities to work outside the home to support their families. 
D)  the harsh treatment of working women by employers. 
E)  their being essentially an extension of women's traditional roles as wives and mothers.

Question 4

The Panic of 1907 exposed the need for substantial reform in

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

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 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Hetch Hetchy Valley

Accepted Answer

Hetch Hetchy Valley is a glacial valley

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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 9

The public outcry after the horrible Triangle Shirtwaist fire led many states to pass

Accepted Answer

A)  laws prohibiting children from working in the needle trades. 
B)  laws prohibiting women from working in the needle trades. 
C)  antisweatshop and workers' compensation laws for job injuries. 
D)  zoning regulations governing where dangerous industrial factories could be located. 
E)  laws guaranteeing unions the right to raise safety concerns. 
A)  laws prohibiting children from working in the needle trades. 
B)  laws prohibiting women from working in the needle trades. 
C)  antisweatshop and workers' compensation laws for job injuries. 
D)  zoning regulations governing where dangerous industrial factories could be located. 
E)  laws guaranteeing unions the right to raise safety concerns.

Question 10

By 1910, all of the following were true about women's efforts to gain the vote except

Accepted Answer

A)  Progressives supported the movement. 
B)  reformers embraced votes for women as a way to elevate the political tone. 
C)  Prohibitionists thought they could count of votes of enfranchised women. 
D)  a federal constitutional amendment granting the right to vote was about to be enacted by Congress and ratified by the states. 
E)  states in the West were the first in the country to gradually extend the vote to women. 
A)  Progressives supported the movement. 
B)  reformers embraced votes for women as a way to elevate the political tone. 
C)  Prohibitionists thought they could count of votes of enfranchised women. 
D)  a federal constitutional amendment granting the right to vote was about to be enacted by Congress and ratified by the states. 
E)  states in the West were the first in the country to gradually extend the vote to women.

Question 11

Match each early-twentieth-century muckraker below with the target of his or her exposé. 
A.David G. Phillips
B.Ida Tarbell
C.Lincoln Steffens
D.Ray Stannard Baker
1)The United States Senate
2)The Standard Oil Company
3)City governments
4)The condition of blacks

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 12

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

Accepted Answer

The Meat Inspection Act, passed by the U

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Muller v. Oregon was a landmark decision

Question 14

Most progressives worked toward goals of

Accepted Answer

A)  ending political corruption. 
B)  strengthening government as a means of democratically controlling society. 
C)  checking the power of big business. 
D)  providing greater social justice for ordinary citizens. 
E)  preventing technology from getting out of control. 
A)  ending political corruption. 
B)  strengthening government as a means of democratically controlling society. 
C)  checking the power of big business. 
D)  providing greater social justice for ordinary citizens. 
E)  preventing technology from getting out of control.

Question 15

​Woodrow Wilson'sNew Freedom program in the election of 1912 included the

Accepted Answer

A)  ​banking reform. 
B)  ​tariff reductions. 
C)  ​fragmentation of big industrial combines through vigorous enforcement of antitrust laws. 
D)  promotion of small business and entrepreneurship. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  ​banking reform. 
B)  ​tariff reductions. 
C)  ​fragmentation of big industrial combines through vigorous enforcement of antitrust laws. 
D)  promotion of small business and entrepreneurship. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 16

Teddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines by

Accepted Answer

A)  using the military to force the miners back to work. 
B)  passing legislation making the miners' union illegal. 
C)  helping the mine owners to import strike-breakers. 
D)  serving as a labor mediator to have the miners' union and mine owners come to a negotiated settlement guaranteeing the right of the miners to unionize. 
E)  threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops. 
A)  using the military to force the miners back to work. 
B)  passing legislation making the miners' union illegal. 
C)  helping the mine owners to import strike-breakers. 
D)  serving as a labor mediator to have the miners' union and mine owners come to a negotiated settlement guaranteeing the right of the miners to unionize. 
E)  threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops.

Question 17

President Taft's foreign policy was dubbed

Accepted Answer

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 18

Progressive reformers included which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Antiliquor campaigners 
B)  Pacifists 
C)  Female settlement workers 
D)  Labor unionists 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  Antiliquor campaigners 
B)  Pacifists 
C)  Female settlement workers 
D)  Labor unionists 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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 20

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

Accepted Answer

The Eighteenth Amendment to the United S

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

Match each late-nineteenth-century social critic below with the target of his criticism. A.Thorstein Veblen B.Jack London C.Jacob Riis D.Henry Demarest Lloyd 1)"bloated trusts" 2)Slum conditions 3)"conspicuous consumption" 4)Destruction of nature

Female progressives often justified their reformist political activities on the basis of

The Panic of 1907 exposed the need for substantial reform in

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?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Hetch Hetchy Valley

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

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

The public outcry after the horrible Triangle Shirtwaist fire led many states to pass

By 1910, all of the following were true about women's efforts to gain the vote except

Match each early-twentieth-century muckraker below with the target of his or her exposé. A.David G. Phillips B.Ida Tarbell C.Lincoln Steffens D.Ray Stannard Baker 1)The United States Senate 2)The Standard Oil Company 3)City governments 4)The condition of blacks

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

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

Most progressives worked toward goals of

Woodrow Wilson'sNew Freedom program in the election of 1912 included the

Teddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines by

President Taft's foreign policy was dubbed

Progressive reformers included which of the following?

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

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

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: -Women's Christian Temperance Union

Match each late-nineteenth-century social critic below with the target of his criticism. A.Thorstein Veblen B.Jack London C.Jacob Riis D.Henry Demarest Lloyd 1)"bloated trusts" 2)Slum conditions 3)"conspicuous consumption" 4)Destruction of nature

Female progressives often justified their reformist political activities on the basis of

The Panic of 1907 exposed the need for substantial reform in

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?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Hetch Hetchy Valley

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

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

The public outcry after the horrible Triangle Shirtwaist fire led many states to pass

By 1910, all of the following were true about women's efforts to gain the vote except

Match each early-twentieth-century muckraker below with the target of his or her exposé. A.David G. Phillips B.Ida Tarbell C.Lincoln Steffens D.Ray Stannard Baker 1)The United States Senate 2)The Standard Oil Company 3)City governments 4)The condition of blacks

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

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

Most progressives worked toward goals of

​Woodrow Wilson'sNew Freedom program in the election of 1912 included the

Teddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines by

President Taft's foreign policy was dubbed

Progressive reformers included which of the following?

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

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

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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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Hetch Hetchy Valley

Woodrow Wilson'sNew Freedom program in the election of 1912 included the