Question 1

Which legislation came first? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Clayton Antitrust Act 
B) Federal Reserve Act 
C) ​Hepburn Act 
D) ​Sherman Antitrust Act 
A) Clayton Antitrust Act 
B) Federal Reserve Act 
C) ​Hepburn Act 
D) ​Sherman Antitrust Act D

Question 2

The Hepburn Act increased government's control over the country's railroads.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

What did the Newlands Reclamation Act establish in the West? ​

Accepted Answer

A) a system of irrigation reservoirs 
B) a system of reservation lands 
C) ​new interconnected rail lines 
D) ​guidelines for mining operations 
A) a system of irrigation reservoirs 
B) a system of reservation lands 
C) ​new interconnected rail lines 
D) ​guidelines for mining operations A

Question 4

What legislation enforced Prohibition? ​

Accepted Answer

A) the Hepburn Act 
B) the Mann Act 
C) ​the Twenty-First Amendment 
D) ​the Volstead Act 
E) ​the Webb-Kenyon Act 
A) the Hepburn Act 
B) the Mann Act 
C) ​the Twenty-First Amendment 
D) ​the Volstead Act 
E) ​the Webb-Kenyon Act

Question 5

Woodrow Wilson won the Democratic Party's 1912 presidential nomination on the very first ballot.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which government agency was established in 1914 to oversee business practices? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Federal Trade Commission 
B) Federal Reserve System 
C) ​Interstate Commerce Commission 
D) ​Keating-Owen Committee 
A) Federal Trade Commission 
B) Federal Reserve System 
C) ​Interstate Commerce Commission 
D) ​Keating-Owen Committee

Question 7

Regulations related to which of the following stemmed at least in part from Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel,The Jungle? ​

Accepted Answer

A) food safety 
B) child labor 
C) ​workplace safety 
D) ​civil rights 
A) food safety 
B) child labor 
C) ​workplace safety 
D) ​civil rights

Question 8

What was the first state to adopt prohibition? ​

Accepted Answer

A) New Jersey 
B) Oregon 
C) ​Florida 
D) ​Georgia 
E) ​Oklahoma 
A) New Jersey 
B) Oregon 
C) ​Florida 
D) ​Georgia 
E) ​Oklahoma

Question 9

​What was the purpose of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?

Accepted Answer

A) to replace the central bank with regional banks 
B) to reduce the power of the Federal Reserve Board 
C) ​to facilitate trade between the United States and its neighbors 
D) ​to provide a means for controlling the currency and money supply 
A) to replace the central bank with regional banks 
B) to reduce the power of the Federal Reserve Board 
C) ​to facilitate trade between the United States and its neighbors 
D) ​to provide a means for controlling the currency and money supply

Question 10

The Department of Justice brought a lawsuit to break up the Northern Securities Company resulting from mergers in what industry? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Steel 
B) Railroads 
C) ​Oil 
D) ​Banking 
A) Steel 
B) Railroads 
C) ​Oil 
D) ​Banking

Question 11

The Payne-Aldrich Tariff called for lowering duties on ​

Accepted Answer

A) lumber and cattle hides. 
B) cotton and wool. 
C) ​grains. 
D) ​tobacco. 
A) lumber and cattle hides. 
B) cotton and wool. 
C) ​grains. 
D) ​tobacco.

Question 12

What was the label applied to investigative reporters who sought to expose government corruption and social ills? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Muckrakers 
B) Yellow journalists 
C) ​Sensationalists 
D) ​Rationalists 
A) Muckrakers 
B) Yellow journalists 
C) ​Sensationalists 
D) ​Rationalists

Question 13

Which changes took place in the U.S.family in the early 1900s? ​

Accepted Answer

A) States revoked laws making homosexuality illegal. 
B) Divorce was easier to obtain and more common. 
C) ​The average size of the family increased. 
D) ​Some states legalized abortion. 
A) States revoked laws making homosexuality illegal. 
B) Divorce was easier to obtain and more common. 
C) ​The average size of the family increased. 
D) ​Some states legalized abortion.

Question 14

In 1912,Theodore Roosevelt ran as the presidential candidate of the Bull Moose Party,which was officially known as the ​

Accepted Answer

A) Socialist Party. 
B) American Party. 
C) ​Progressive Party. 
D) ​Know-Nothing Party. 
E) ​People's Party. 
A) Socialist Party. 
B) American Party. 
C) ​Progressive Party. 
D) ​Know-Nothing Party. 
E) ​People's Party.

Question 15

What did Woodrow Wilson call his 1912 campaign platform that was based on promoting competition and enforcing antitrust laws? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Gilded Deal 
B) New Freedom 
C) ​New Nationalism 
D) ​Square Deal 
A) Gilded Deal 
B) New Freedom 
C) ​New Nationalism 
D) ​Square Deal

Question 16

What was the focus of the Sixteenth Amendment? ​

Accepted Answer

A) It provided for separate but equal public facilities. 
B) It allowed an income tax. 
C) ​It guaranteed women the right to vote in federal elections. 
D) ​It provided for the direct election of senators. 
E) ​It established Prohibition. 
A) It provided for separate but equal public facilities. 
B) It allowed an income tax. 
C) ​It guaranteed women the right to vote in federal elections. 
D) ​It provided for the direct election of senators. 
E) ​It established Prohibition.

Question 17

Ida Wells Barnett concentrated her reform efforts on which of the following? ​

Accepted Answer

A) temperance 
B) lynching 
C) ​tenement housing 
D) ​child labor 
E) ​sanitation 
A) temperance 
B) lynching 
C) ​tenement housing 
D) ​child labor 
E) ​sanitation

Question 18

Which of the following statements regarding the 1912 election accurately reflects the perspective of the Democratic Party? ​

Accepted Answer

A) It looked to exploit the split in the Republican Party. 
B) It considered William Jennings Bryan a viable candidate because of his previous campaign experience. 
C) ​It considered Woodrow Wilson as a possible candidate because he had captured the governorship of New York. 
D) ​It seriously considered offering Theodore Roosevelt the vice-presidential nomination. 
A) It looked to exploit the split in the Republican Party. 
B) It considered William Jennings Bryan a viable candidate because of his previous campaign experience. 
C) ​It considered Woodrow Wilson as a possible candidate because he had captured the governorship of New York. 
D) ​It seriously considered offering Theodore Roosevelt the vice-presidential nomination.

Question 19

The NAACP was founded in 1909 to end segregation and guarantee voting rights for blacks.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Birth of a Nation,a popular 1915 film by D.W.Griffith,glorified ​

Accepted Answer

A) the Industrial Workers of the World 
B) the Ku Klux Klan 
C) ​the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
D) ​the Wilson Administration 
A) the Industrial Workers of the World 
B) the Ku Klux Klan 
C) ​the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
D) ​the Wilson Administration

Exam 16: The Reform Impulse: the Progressive Era, 1895-1920

Which legislation came first? ​

The Hepburn Act increased government's control over the country's railroads.​

What did the Newlands Reclamation Act establish in the West? ​

What legislation enforced Prohibition? ​

Woodrow Wilson won the Democratic Party's 1912 presidential nomination on the very first ballot.​

Which government agency was established in 1914 to oversee business practices? ​

Regulations related to which of the following stemmed at least in part from Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel,The Jungle? ​

What was the first state to adopt prohibition? ​

​What was the purpose of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?

The Department of Justice brought a lawsuit to break up the Northern Securities Company resulting from mergers in what industry? ​

The Payne-Aldrich Tariff called for lowering duties on ​

What was the label applied to investigative reporters who sought to expose government corruption and social ills? ​

Which changes took place in the U.S.family in the early 1900s? ​

In 1912,Theodore Roosevelt ran as the presidential candidate of the Bull Moose Party,which was officially known as the ​

What did Woodrow Wilson call his 1912 campaign platform that was based on promoting competition and enforcing antitrust laws? ​

What was the focus of the Sixteenth Amendment? ​

Ida Wells Barnett concentrated her reform efforts on which of the following? ​

Which of the following statements regarding the 1912 election accurately reflects the perspective of the Democratic Party? ​

The NAACP was founded in 1909 to end segregation and guarantee voting rights for blacks.​

The Birth of a Nation,a popular 1915 film by D.W.Griffith,glorified ​

The Atlantic World and the Dawn of Exploration, 1492-1535

Contact, colonization, and Exchange in the Atlantic World, 1492-1600

Colonizing North America, 1565-1763

Dissolving the Political Bands, 1763-1776

The American Revolution, 1776-1789

Forging a New Nation, 1790-1828

The Market Revolution and Social Reform, 1800-1860

The Peculiar Institution: the Old South and Slavery, 1800-1860

Democracy and Popular Politics, 1828-1848

Manifest Destiny and Western Expansion, 1820-1860

The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861

A House Divided: Civil War, 1861-1865

Bitter Aftermath: Reconstruction and Redemption, 1863-1896

Projecting Power, widening Borders: the Politics of Westward Expansion, 1865-1914

Change and Resistance: Industrialization, urbanization, and Farm Protest, 1865-1910

America and Global Conflict: World War I, 1914-1920

The Rise of American Mass Culture, 1920-1929

A Nation in Crisis: the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

World War Ii at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945

Affluence and Anxiety: Cold War America, 1945-1960

Revolution and Crisis, 1960-1974

A Conservative Resurgence, 1975-1992

America in a Global Context, 1989-Present

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Which legislation came first?

The Hepburn Act increased government's control over the country's railroads.

What did the Newlands Reclamation Act establish in the West?

What legislation enforced Prohibition?

Woodrow Wilson won the Democratic Party's 1912 presidential nomination on the very first ballot.

Which government agency was established in 1914 to oversee business practices?

Regulations related to which of the following stemmed at least in part from Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel,The Jungle?

What was the first state to adopt prohibition?

What was the purpose of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?

The Department of Justice brought a lawsuit to break up the Northern Securities Company resulting from mergers in what industry?

The Payne-Aldrich Tariff called for lowering duties on

What was the label applied to investigative reporters who sought to expose government corruption and social ills?

Which changes took place in the U.S.family in the early 1900s?

In 1912,Theodore Roosevelt ran as the presidential candidate of the Bull Moose Party,which was officially known as the

What did Woodrow Wilson call his 1912 campaign platform that was based on promoting competition and enforcing antitrust laws?

What was the focus of the Sixteenth Amendment?

Ida Wells Barnett concentrated her reform efforts on which of the following?

Which of the following statements regarding the 1912 election accurately reflects the perspective of the Democratic Party?

The NAACP was founded in 1909 to end segregation and guarantee voting rights for blacks.

The Birth of a Nation,a popular 1915 film by D.W.Griffith,glorified