Question 1

Most muckrakers believed that their primary function in the progressive attack on social ills was to

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A)  formulate a consistent philosophy of social reform. 
B)  explain the causes of social ills. 
C)  devise solutions to society's problems. 
D)  make the public aware of social problems. 
E)  link up with movements for social justice. 
A)  formulate a consistent philosophy of social reform. 
B)  explain the causes of social ills. 
C)  devise solutions to society's problems. 
D)  make the public aware of social problems. 
E)  link up with movements for social justice.

Question 2

​Compare and contrast the principles and policies of the New Freedom and the New Nationalism programs. Which program do you believe represented the most effective way to promote economic growth and restrain the economic excesses and adverse consequences of free market capitalism? Which program most closely adhered to the economic roots of progressivism? Which program would likely uphold progressivism's commitment to social welfare and social justice? Support your answers with specific examples.

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The New Freedom and the New Nationalism

Question 3

The religious movement that was closely linked to progressivism was

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A)  Reform Judaism. 
B)  the missionary movement. 
C)  conservative evangelicalism. 
D)  the social gospel. 
E)  the Catholic Action movement. 
A)  Reform Judaism. 
B)  the missionary movement. 
C)  conservative evangelicalism. 
D)  the social gospel. 
E)  the Catholic Action movement.

Question 4

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

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The General Federation of Women's Clubs

Question 5

​The third-party Progressive Republican presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912

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A)  ​featured the support of prominent women progressives and social reformers such as Jane Addams. 
B)  ​failed to endorse significant social justice causes such women's suffrage, minimum wage laws, and publicly supported health care. 
C)  ​assumed the animal symbol of the "bull moose" to represent the strength and aggressiveness of Roosevelt. 
D)  ​never developed a coherent political programmatic counterpart to Wilson's New Freedom campaign. 
E)  possessed such a ​limited progressive scope that it cannot be considered a harbinger of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and a vision for a comprehensive welfare state. 
A)  ​featured the support of prominent women progressives and social reformers such as Jane Addams. 
B)  ​failed to endorse significant social justice causes such women's suffrage, minimum wage laws, and publicly supported health care. 
C)  ​assumed the animal symbol of the "bull moose" to represent the strength and aggressiveness of Roosevelt. 
D)  ​never developed a coherent political programmatic counterpart to Wilson's New Freedom campaign. 
E)  possessed such a ​limited progressive scope that it cannot be considered a harbinger of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and a vision for a comprehensive welfare state.

Question 6

Do you think that Theodore Roosevelt's claim that Taft had abandoned his policies was entirely fair? Why or why not?

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Theodore Roosevelt's claim that Taft had

Question 7

Progressives believed that "the cure for the ills of democracy was more democracy." How did progressive reforms attempt to bring more democracy to American society and government? In what areas were their reforms most successful? In what areas did they largely fail to succeed?

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Progressive reforms aimed to bring more

Question 8

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

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A)  failed to reach out to progressives and Republicans in Congress to advance his political agenda. 
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)  failed to reach out to progressives and Republicans in Congress to advance his political agenda. 
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 9

Do you think that the strong emphasis that progressive feminists placed on extending women's maternal instincts into the public arena of child welfare, consumer protection, sanitation, and so on strengthened the movement for women's equality, or did it actually reinforce the idea of separate spheres for men and women?

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The strong emphasis that progressive fem

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-National Consumers League

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The National Consumers League (NCL) is a

Question 11

Theodore Roosevelt is sometimes called the "first modern president." Interpret this phrase, and explain how it fits Roosevelt's conduct of the office.

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The answer of Theodore Roosevelt is sometimes called the "first...

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Lillian Wald

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Lillian Wald (1867–1940) was an American

Question 13

Would you label Theodore Roosevelt a radical, liberal, moderate, or conservative? Justify your choice.

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Theodore Roosevelt could be labeled as a

Question 14

In the view of progressives, what was wrong with American society? What positive solutions did they proposed to address social problems? Be specific.

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In the view of progressives, American so

Question 15

Activists in the anti-liquor campaigns saw saloons and alcohol as intimately linked with

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A)  prostitution. 
B)  drunken voters. 
C)  crooked city officials, paid off by liquor companies. 
D)  corrupt political bosses. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  prostitution. 
B)  drunken voters. 
C)  crooked city officials, paid off by liquor companies. 
D)  corrupt political bosses. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 16

Theodore Roosevelt is probably most accurately described as a(n)

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A)  conservative in progressive clothing. 
B)  near-socialist. 
C)  middle-of-the-road reformer. 
D)  champion trustbuster. 
E)  political elitist. 
A)  conservative in progressive clothing. 
B)  near-socialist. 
C)  middle-of-the-road reformer. 
D)  champion trustbuster. 
E)  political elitist.

Question 17

Lincoln Steffens, in his series of articles entitled The Shame of the Cities

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A)  exposed the United States Senate as a millionaires' club. 
B)  exposed the deplorable condition of blacks in urban areas. 
C)  uncovered the corruption and collusion between municipal government and the Standard Oil Company. 
D)  uncovered official collusion in prostitution and white slavery. 
E)  unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government. 
A)  exposed the United States Senate as a millionaires' club. 
B)  exposed the deplorable condition of blacks in urban areas. 
C)  uncovered the corruption and collusion between municipal government and the Standard Oil Company. 
D)  uncovered official collusion in prostitution and white slavery. 
E)  unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-the Square Deal

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The Square Deal was a domestic program f

Question 19

Defend or refute the following statement, "Environmentalism and consumer protection were the two causes that revealed the soul of progressivism."

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The answer of Defend or refute the following statement, "Environmentalism...

Question 20

According to the text, Teddy Roosevelt's most important and enduring achievement may have been

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A)  ​building the Panama Canal. 
B)  ​busting the corporate monopoly trusts. 
C)  ​mediating an end to the Russo-Japanese War. 
D)  ​conserving American resources and protecting the environment. 
E)  ​keeping the United States out of war. 
A)  ​building the Panama Canal. 
B)  ​busting the corporate monopoly trusts. 
C)  ​mediating an end to the Russo-Japanese War. 
D)  ​conserving American resources and protecting the environment. 
E)  ​keeping the United States out of war.

Most muckrakers believed that their primary function in the progressive attack on social ills was to

The religious movement that was closely linked to progressivism was

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

The third-party Progressive Republican presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912

Do you think that Theodore Roosevelt's claim that Taft had abandoned his policies was entirely fair? Why or why not?

Progressives believed that "the cure for the ills of democracy was more democracy." How did progressive reforms attempt to bring more democracy to American society and government? In what areas were their reforms most successful? In what areas did they largely fail to succeed?

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Consumers League

Theodore Roosevelt is sometimes called the "first modern president." Interpret this phrase, and explain how it fits Roosevelt's conduct of the office.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Lillian Wald

Would you label Theodore Roosevelt a radical, liberal, moderate, or conservative? Justify your choice.

In the view of progressives, what was wrong with American society? What positive solutions did they proposed to address social problems? Be specific.

Activists in the anti-liquor campaigns saw saloons and alcohol as intimately linked with

Theodore Roosevelt is probably most accurately described as a(n)

Lincoln Steffens, in his series of articles entitled The Shame of the Cities

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -the Square Deal

Defend or refute the following statement, "Environmentalism and consumer protection were the two causes that revealed the soul of progressivism."

According to the text, Teddy Roosevelt's most important and enduring achievement may have been

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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Most muckrakers believed that their primary function in the progressive attack on social ills was to

The religious movement that was closely linked to progressivism was

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

​The third-party Progressive Republican presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912

Do you think that Theodore Roosevelt's claim that Taft had abandoned his policies was entirely fair? Why or why not?

Progressives believed that "the cure for the ills of democracy was more democracy." How did progressive reforms attempt to bring more democracy to American society and government? In what areas were their reforms most successful? In what areas did they largely fail to succeed?

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Consumers League

Theodore Roosevelt is sometimes called the "first modern president." Interpret this phrase, and explain how it fits Roosevelt's conduct of the office.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Lillian Wald

Would you label Theodore Roosevelt a radical, liberal, moderate, or conservative? Justify your choice.

In the view of progressives, what was wrong with American society? What positive solutions did they proposed to address social problems? Be specific.

Activists in the anti-liquor campaigns saw saloons and alcohol as intimately linked with

Theodore Roosevelt is probably most accurately described as a(n)

Lincoln Steffens, in his series of articles entitled The Shame of the Cities

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -the Square Deal

Defend or refute the following statement, "Environmentalism and consumer protection were the two causes that revealed the soul of progressivism."

According to the text, Teddy Roosevelt's most important and enduring achievement may have been

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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The third-party Progressive Republican presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912