Question 1

Margaret Sanger is best known for advocating which of the following? ​

Accepted Answer

A) abstinence from alcohol 
B) birth control 
C) ​equal rights for African Americans 
D) ​municipal reform 
A) abstinence from alcohol 
B) birth control 
C) ​equal rights for African Americans 
D) ​municipal reform

Question 2

Which statement regarding the new Progressive Party led by Theodore Roosevelt in the early 1900s is false? ​

Accepted Answer

A) It welcomed African Americans into its fold. 
B) It advocated a protective tariff. 
C) ​It proposed a commission to supervise the trusts. 
D) ​It supported women's suffrage. 
A) It welcomed African Americans into its fold. 
B) It advocated a protective tariff. 
C) ​It proposed a commission to supervise the trusts. 
D) ​It supported women's suffrage.

Question 3

What retailer founded in 1893 built a solid reputation among rural Americans to whom it sold a wide range of mail-order goods via an annual catalog? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Macys 
B) Sears,Roebuck and Company 
C) ​J.C.Penney 
D) ​WalMart 
A) Macys 
B) Sears,Roebuck and Company 
C) ​J.C.Penney 
D) ​WalMart

Question 4

Who was Theodore Roosevelt's hand-picked successor for the presidency? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Gifford Pinchot 
B) Warren G.Harding 
C) ​Henry Stimson 
D) ​William Jennings Bryan 
E) ​William Howard Taft 
A) Gifford Pinchot 
B) Warren G.Harding 
C) ​Henry Stimson 
D) ​William Jennings Bryan 
E) ​William Howard Taft

Question 5

What organization advocated a socialist agenda that would culminate in the end of capitalism? ​

Accepted Answer

A) American Federation of Labor 
B) Industrial Workers of the World 
C) ​National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
D) ​Women's Trade Union League 
A) American Federation of Labor 
B) Industrial Workers of the World 
C) ​National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
D) ​Women's Trade Union League

Question 6

The 1896 Supreme Court case Plessy v.Ferguson declared which of the following practices legal?

Accepted Answer

A) Polygamy 
B) Segregation 
C) ​Prohibition 
D) ​Compulsory education 
E) ​Interracial marriage 
A) Polygamy 
B) Segregation 
C) ​Prohibition 
D) ​Compulsory education 
E) ​Interracial marriage

Question 7

​The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire spurred reform efforts in industry.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The Great Migration refers to the movement of African Americans to ​

Accepted Answer

A) Midwestern farms 
B) the Pacific Coast 
C) ​Canada 
D) ​Northern cities 
A) Midwestern farms 
B) the Pacific Coast 
C) ​Canada 
D) ​Northern cities

Question 9

What Wisconsin politician was the leading symbol of state reform during the Progressive Era? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Robert M.LaFollette 
B) D.W.Griffith 
C) ​Woodrow Wilson 
D) ​Theodore Roosevelt 
E) ​William Jennings Bryan 
A) Robert M.LaFollette 
B) D.W.Griffith 
C) ​Woodrow Wilson 
D) ​Theodore Roosevelt 
E) ​William Jennings Bryan

Margaret Sanger is best known for advocating which of the following?

Which statement regarding the new Progressive Party led by Theodore Roosevelt in the early 1900s is false?

What retailer founded in 1893 built a solid reputation among rural Americans to whom it sold a wide range of mail-order goods via an annual catalog?

Who was Theodore Roosevelt's hand-picked successor for the presidency?

What organization advocated a socialist agenda that would culminate in the end of capitalism?

The 1896 Supreme Court case Plessy v.Ferguson declared which of the following practices legal?

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire spurred reform efforts in industry.

The Great Migration refers to the movement of African Americans to

What Wisconsin politician was the leading symbol of state reform during the Progressive Era?

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

Colonizing North America, 1565-1763

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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

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

Margaret Sanger is best known for advocating which of the following? ​

Which statement regarding the new Progressive Party led by Theodore Roosevelt in the early 1900s is false? ​

What retailer founded in 1893 built a solid reputation among rural Americans to whom it sold a wide range of mail-order goods via an annual catalog? ​

Who was Theodore Roosevelt's hand-picked successor for the presidency? ​

What organization advocated a socialist agenda that would culminate in the end of capitalism? ​

The 1896 Supreme Court case Plessy v.Ferguson declared which of the following practices legal?

​The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire spurred reform efforts in industry.

The Great Migration refers to the movement of African Americans to ​

What Wisconsin politician was the leading symbol of state reform during the Progressive Era? ​

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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Margaret Sanger is best known for advocating which of the following?

Which statement regarding the new Progressive Party led by Theodore Roosevelt in the early 1900s is false?

What retailer founded in 1893 built a solid reputation among rural Americans to whom it sold a wide range of mail-order goods via an annual catalog?

Who was Theodore Roosevelt's hand-picked successor for the presidency?

What organization advocated a socialist agenda that would culminate in the end of capitalism?

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire spurred reform efforts in industry.

The Great Migration refers to the movement of African Americans to

What Wisconsin politician was the leading symbol of state reform during the Progressive Era?