Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Lincoln Steffens

Accepted Answer

Lincoln Steffens (1866–1936) was an Amer

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Muckrakers were investigative journalist

Question 3

The Newlands Act, passed under Theodore Roosevelt's administration, was designed to

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A)  reserve western wilderness areas and rivers for endangered species. 
B)  open new federal lands to sustainable forestry. 
C)  reclaim and irrigate unproductive lands. 
D)  provide protection for fragile western wilderness areas. 
E)  preserve clean water in the mountain West. 
A)  reserve western wilderness areas and rivers for endangered species. 
B)  open new federal lands to sustainable forestry. 
C)  reclaim and irrigate unproductive lands. 
D)  provide protection for fragile western wilderness areas. 
E)  preserve clean water in the mountain West.

Question 4

What were the major sources of the progressive movement? Which of those sources were most significant, and why?

Accepted Answer

The major sources of the progressive mov

Question 5

​Woodrow Wilson developed a reputation for pursuing progressive policies and advocating progressive reforms while

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A)  ​serving as governor of New Jersey. 
B)  ​serving as mayor of Newark, New Jersey. 
C)  ​serving as mayor of Trenton, New Jersey. 
D)  ​serving as governor of New York. 
E)  ​serving as governor of Massachusetts. 
A)  ​serving as governor of New Jersey. 
B)  ​serving as mayor of Newark, New Jersey. 
C)  ​serving as mayor of Trenton, New Jersey. 
D)  ​serving as governor of New York. 
E)  ​serving as governor of Massachusetts.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Herbert Croly

Accepted Answer

Herbert Croly (1869–1930) was an influen

Question 7

As president, William Howard Taft

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A)  was a good judge of public opinion. 
B)  held together the diverse wings of the Republican party. 
C)  was wedded more to the status quo than to progressive change. 
D)  adopted a confrontational attitude toward Congress. 
E)  carried on the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt. 
A)  was a good judge of public opinion. 
B)  held together the diverse wings of the Republican party. 
C)  was wedded more to the status quo than to progressive change. 
D)  adopted a confrontational attitude toward Congress. 
E)  carried on the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt.

Question 8

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

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A)  Ending special regulations for safety and sanitary conditions 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)  Winning pensions for women with dependent children 
A)  Ending special regulations for safety and sanitary conditions 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)  Winning pensions for women with dependent children

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Conservation refers to the protection, p

Question 10

Passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act was inspired by the publication of

Accepted Answer

A)  Theodore Dreiser's The Titan. 
B)  Jack London's The Call of the Wild. 
C)  Henry Demarest Lloyd's Wealth Against Commonwealth. 
D)  Jacob Riis's How the Other Half Lives. 
E)  Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. 
A)  Theodore Dreiser's The Titan. 
B)  Jack London's The Call of the Wild. 
C)  Henry Demarest Lloyd's Wealth Against Commonwealth. 
D)  Jacob Riis's How the Other Half Lives. 
E)  Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.

Question 11

The Supreme Court's rule of reason in antitrust law was handed down in a case involving

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A)  Northern Securities. 
B)  United States Steel. 
C)  General Electric. 
D)  Armour Meat-Packing. 
E)  Standard Oil. 
A)  Northern Securities. 
B)  United States Steel. 
C)  General Electric. 
D)  Armour Meat-Packing. 
E)  Standard Oil.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"separate spheres"

Accepted Answer

The concept of "separate spheres" refers

Question 13

In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court upheld the principle promoted by progressives like Florence Kelley and Louis Brandeis that

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A)  child labor under the age of fourteen should be prohibited. 
B)  the federal government should regulate occupational safety and health. 
C)  women's factory labor should be limited to ten hours a day five days a week. 
D)  female workers should receive equal pay for equal work. 
E)  female workers required special rules and protection on the job. 
A)  child labor under the age of fourteen should be prohibited. 
B)  the federal government should regulate occupational safety and health. 
C)  women's factory labor should be limited to ten hours a day five days a week. 
D)  female workers should receive equal pay for equal work. 
E)  female workers required special rules and protection on the job.

Question 14

President Taft stirred the anger of many progressives when he

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A)  signed the reactionary Payne-Aldrich Tariff Bill. 
B)  politically began to align himself with the Republican Old Guard in advance of the 1910 congressional elections. 
C)  fired forest conservationist Gifford Pinchot from his administration. 
D)  proved less aggressive at trust busting than Theodore Roosevelt. 
E)  aligned himself with Republican senatorial reactionaries. 
A)  signed the reactionary Payne-Aldrich Tariff Bill. 
B)  politically began to align himself with the Republican Old Guard in advance of the 1910 congressional elections. 
C)  fired forest conservationist Gifford Pinchot from his administration. 
D)  proved less aggressive at trust busting than Theodore Roosevelt. 
E)  aligned himself with Republican senatorial reactionaries.

Question 15

Why did feminists, and middle-class women generally, play such a prominent role in the progressive movement? Were feminist and progressive goals essentially identical, or were there areas where the two movements differed?

Accepted Answer

Feminists and middle-class women played

Question 16

Progressivism

Accepted Answer

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 opinions and views of white working-class women and men on how to achieve social and political reforms. 
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 opinions and views of white working-class women and men on how to achieve social and political reforms.

Question 17

​The results of the 1912 election

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A)  ​represented a complete repudiation of the political and economic principles of progressivism. 
B)  gave Woodrow Wilson a resounding electoral victory in the presidential contest, but a narrower popular vote victory for Wilson, especially in states outside the old Confederacy. 
C)  left both houses of Congress in the hands of the Republicans. 
D)  ​markedthe end of the political career of William Howard Taft in Washington, D.C. 
E)  included a negligible and disappointing popular vote total for the Socialist presidential candidate Eugene Debs. 
A)  ​represented a complete repudiation of the political and economic principles of progressivism. 
B)  gave Woodrow Wilson a resounding electoral victory in the presidential contest, but a narrower popular vote victory for Wilson, especially in states outside the old Confederacy. 
C)  left both houses of Congress in the hands of the Republicans. 
D)  ​markedthe end of the political career of William Howard Taft in Washington, D.C. 
E)  included a negligible and disappointing popular vote total for the Socialist presidential candidate Eugene Debs.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

The Newlands Act, also known as the Newl

Question 19

The multiple-use conservationists generally believed that

Accepted Answer

A)  cattlemen, lumbermen, and farmers should all develop sustainable use policies. 
B)  the environment could be effectively protected without shutting it off to human use. 
C)  forests and rivers could be used for recreation but not for economic purposes. 
D)  federal lands should be divided into economically useful areas, recreational areas, and wilderness. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  cattlemen, lumbermen, and farmers should all develop sustainable use policies. 
B)  the environment could be effectively protected without shutting it off to human use. 
C)  forests and rivers could be used for recreation but not for economic purposes. 
D)  federal lands should be divided into economically useful areas, recreational areas, and wilderness. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"dry" and "wet" states (or counties)

Accepted Answer

The terms "dry" and "wet" states (or cou

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Lincoln Steffens

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

The Newlands Act, passed under Theodore Roosevelt's administration, was designed to

What were the major sources of the progressive movement? Which of those sources were most significant, and why?

Woodrow Wilson developed a reputation for pursuing progressive policies and advocating progressive reforms while

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Herbert Croly

As president, William Howard Taft

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: -conservation

Passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act was inspired by the publication of

The Supreme Court's rule of reason in antitrust law was handed down in a case involving

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"separate spheres"

In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court upheld the principle promoted by progressives like Florence Kelley and Louis Brandeis that

President Taft stirred the anger of many progressives when he

Why did feminists, and middle-class women generally, play such a prominent role in the progressive movement? Were feminist and progressive goals essentially identical, or were there areas where the two movements differed?

Progressivism

The results of the 1912 election

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

The multiple-use conservationists generally believed that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"dry" and "wet" states (or counties)

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: -Lincoln Steffens

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

The Newlands Act, passed under Theodore Roosevelt's administration, was designed to

What were the major sources of the progressive movement? Which of those sources were most significant, and why?

​Woodrow Wilson developed a reputation for pursuing progressive policies and advocating progressive reforms while

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Herbert Croly

As president, William Howard Taft

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: -conservation

Passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act was inspired by the publication of

The Supreme Court's rule of reason in antitrust law was handed down in a case involving

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"separate spheres"

In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court upheld the principle promoted by progressives like Florence Kelley and Louis Brandeis that

President Taft stirred the anger of many progressives when he

Why did feminists, and middle-class women generally, play such a prominent role in the progressive movement? Were feminist and progressive goals essentially identical, or were there areas where the two movements differed?

Progressivism

​The results of the 1912 election

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

The multiple-use conservationists generally believed that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"dry" and "wet" states (or counties)

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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Woodrow Wilson developed a reputation for pursuing progressive policies and advocating progressive reforms while

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Herbert Croly

The results of the 1912 election