Question 1

The ____________________ strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission's powers to review railroad rates.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ____________________ strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission's...

Question 2

Theodore Roosevelt became President

Accepted Answer

A) after being elected on the Progressive Party ticket. 
B) when President McKinley was shot. 
C) as a result of a disputed election. 
D) with a majority of the electoral vote but a minority of the popular vote. 
E) through a Supreme Court decision. 
A) after being elected on the Progressive Party ticket. 
B) when President McKinley was shot. 
C) as a result of a disputed election. 
D) with a majority of the electoral vote but a minority of the popular vote. 
E) through a Supreme Court decision.

Question 3

The two U.S.presidents most associated with the progressive movement were ____________________ and ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Roosevelt,

Question 4

The Progressive Era achieved fame in part because far-reaching political and social reform was achieved at all levels of government throughout the United States.Describe the circumstances that led to this "reform fever" and the basic premises underlying the Progressive impulse.Be sure to discuss reforms at each level of government.What,in your opinion,was the most significant reform? Why?

Accepted Answer

Essay should address several key points:

Question 5

All of the following contributed to the 1912 split in the Republican party except

Accepted Answer

A) Progressive dissatisfaction with the Payne-Aldrich tariff. 
B) controversy over efforts to limit the power of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
C) old guard opposition to Taft's conservation policy. 
D) conservative manipulation of the nominating convention in favor of Taft. 
E) Gifford Pinchot's opposition to the Taft administration. 
A) Progressive dissatisfaction with the Payne-Aldrich tariff. 
B) controversy over efforts to limit the power of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
C) old guard opposition to Taft's conservation policy. 
D) conservative manipulation of the nominating convention in favor of Taft. 
E) Gifford Pinchot's opposition to the Taft administration.

Question 6

The ____________________ allowed voters to remove elected official from office if they betrayed the public trust.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ____________________ allowed voters to remove elected...

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Australian ballot

Accepted Answer

secret ballot printed by the g

Question 8

Which of the following statements best describes the central tenets of Theodore Roosevelt's "New Nationalism"?

Accepted Answer

A) renewed commitment to deregulate free-market capitalism 
B) regulation of business and industries by private industry councils 
C) strengthening of the federal government for the purpose of monitoring business and industry 
D) a return to a premarket rural economy government 
E) ownership of the major means of production. 
A) renewed commitment to deregulate free-market capitalism 
B) regulation of business and industries by private industry councils 
C) strengthening of the federal government for the purpose of monitoring business and industry 
D) a return to a premarket rural economy government 
E) ownership of the major means of production.

Question 9

Woodrow Wilson identified with the Bryan wing of the Democratic Party.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Nowhere did the progressives' campaign for social reform flourish as it did in ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Nowhere did the progressives' campaign for social...

Question 11

Theodore Roosevelt chose to run for president in 1912 because

Accepted Answer

A) he was afraid Wilson could defeat Taft. 
B) he felt he was young enough to run one more time. 
C) he had left incredibly unpopular and wanted to reestablish his reputation and legacy. 
D) he was dissatisfied with Taft. 
E) he had the full endorsement of the Republican Party. 
A) he was afraid Wilson could defeat Taft. 
B) he felt he was young enough to run one more time. 
C) he had left incredibly unpopular and wanted to reestablish his reputation and legacy. 
D) he was dissatisfied with Taft. 
E) he had the full endorsement of the Republican Party.

Question 12

Which of the following pairs of muckrakers and issues is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

A) Lincoln Steffens-political corruption 
B) Ida Tarbell-shady business practices 
C) George Kibbe Turner-prostitution 
D) Upton Sinclair-meat packing 
E) Jane Addams-sharecropping 
A) Lincoln Steffens-political corruption 
B) Ida Tarbell-shady business practices 
C) George Kibbe Turner-prostitution 
D) Upton Sinclair-meat packing 
E) Jane Addams-sharecropping

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-conservationists

Accepted Answer

members of the environmental m

Question 14

____________________ were journalists who exposed major social problems in American society.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ were journalists who exposed major social...

Question 15

After his first term,President Theodore Roosevelt won the support of working-class Americans because they believed he was willing to use the federal government to arbitrate labor disputes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Clearly,President Wilson moved from his slogan New Freedom to Roosevelt's ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Clearly,President Wilson moved from his slogan New...

Question 17

Muckraking was

Accepted Answer

A) a term coined by Jane Addams that referred to the kinds of jobs immigrants were forced to take. 
B) a banking scandal precipitated by J.P Morgan. 
C) the term describing writers who sold sensational fiction stories to the media to generate public outrage. 
D) an insulting term used to describe politicians. 
E) a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt. 
A) a term coined by Jane Addams that referred to the kinds of jobs immigrants were forced to take. 
B) a banking scandal precipitated by J.P Morgan. 
C) the term describing writers who sold sensational fiction stories to the media to generate public outrage. 
D) an insulting term used to describe politicians. 
E) a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt.

Question 18

The NAACP was an organization composed entirely of northern blacks whose goals included desegregation and elimination of voting restrictions for blacks throughout the nation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Progressive Party nominated Roosevelt for president and ____________________ for vice president.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Progressive Party nominated Roosevelt for president...

Question 20

William Howard Taft was a

Accepted Answer

A) corrupt,incompetent professional politician. 
B) strong preservationist in regard to the national forests. 
C) cautious and conservative leader whose specialty was constitutional law. 
D) dynamic,aggressive personality who loved public confrontations. 
E) Democrat. 
A) corrupt,incompetent professional politician. 
B) strong preservationist in regard to the national forests. 
C) cautious and conservative leader whose specialty was constitutional law. 
D) dynamic,aggressive personality who loved public confrontations. 
E) Democrat.

Exam 21: Progressivism

The ____________________ strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission's powers to review railroad rates.

Theodore Roosevelt became President

The two U.S.presidents most associated with the progressive movement were ____________________ and ____________________.

All of the following contributed to the 1912 split in the Republican party except

The ____________________ allowed voters to remove elected official from office if they betrayed the public trust.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Australian ballot

Which of the following statements best describes the central tenets of Theodore Roosevelt's "New Nationalism"?

Woodrow Wilson identified with the Bryan wing of the Democratic Party.

Nowhere did the progressives' campaign for social reform flourish as it did in ____________________.

Theodore Roosevelt chose to run for president in 1912 because

Which of the following pairs of muckrakers and issues is incorrect?

IDENTIFICATIONS -conservationists

____________________ were journalists who exposed major social problems in American society.

After his first term,President Theodore Roosevelt won the support of working-class Americans because they believed he was willing to use the federal government to arbitrate labor disputes.

Clearly,President Wilson moved from his slogan New Freedom to Roosevelt's ____________________.

Muckraking was

The NAACP was an organization composed entirely of northern blacks whose goals included desegregation and elimination of voting restrictions for blacks throughout the nation.

The Progressive Party nominated Roosevelt for president and ____________________ for vice president.

William Howard Taft was a

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