Question 1

Explain the significance of Hull House to both local and national political culture.Discuss the ways in which women's involvement in Hull House was important.

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Hull House was the first of more than fo

Question 2

The Progressive Era president who managed to pass a tariff-reduction bill was ____________________.

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The answer of The Progressive Era president who managed to...

Question 3

Theodore Roosevelt unveiled his New Nationalism at ____________________.

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The answer of Theodore Roosevelt unveiled his New Nationalism at...

Question 4

Debate among the presidential candidates in 1912 focused on

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A) women's suffrage. 
B) foreign policy. 
C) civil rights. 
D) the trusts. 
E) the railroads. 
A) women's suffrage. 
B) foreign policy. 
C) civil rights. 
D) the trusts. 
E) the railroads.

Question 5

In Detroit,Mayor Hazen Pingree led unsuccessful fights to control the city's gas,telephone,and trolley companies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The leading spokesperson for the disabled was

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A) Julia Lathrop. 
B) Helen Keller 
C) Edith Abbott. 
D) Sophonistra Breckinridge. 
E) Florence Kelley. 
A) Julia Lathrop. 
B) Helen Keller 
C) Edith Abbott. 
D) Sophonistra Breckinridge. 
E) Florence Kelley.

Question 7

Municipal political reform such as the city commission plan in Galveston was

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A) inspired by civic-minded businessmen who wanted government to be modeled after the private sector. 
B) insignificant compared to national political reform. 
C) the main purpose of "machine" politics. 
D) an eastern movement. 
E) inspired by European immigrants. 
A) inspired by civic-minded businessmen who wanted government to be modeled after the private sector. 
B) insignificant compared to national political reform. 
C) the main purpose of "machine" politics. 
D) an eastern movement. 
E) inspired by European immigrants.

Question 8

Suffragists of the Progressive Era maintained that women were fundamentally equal to men.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Socialists came in several varieties: German working-class immigrants,Jewish immigrants,disgruntled farmers and western miners.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Demands that blacks be restored their voting rights and that segregation be abolished were two of the main tenets of participants in the ____________________ movement.

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The answer of Demands that blacks be restored their voting...

Question 11

By 1910,the social reformer who founded the settlement house movement,____________________ was one of the most famous women in the United States.

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The answer of By 1910,the social reformer who founded the...

Question 12

The first American settlement house was

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A) founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889,in Chicago. 
B) Toynbee Hall. 
C) founded by prominent Chicago businessman Charles Hull. 
D) founded by muckraker Ida Tarbell. 
E) founded in Washington,D.C.by the federal government. 
A) founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889,in Chicago. 
B) Toynbee Hall. 
C) founded by prominent Chicago businessman Charles Hull. 
D) founded by muckraker Ida Tarbell. 
E) founded in Washington,D.C.by the federal government.

Question 13

Jane Addams approved of political machines.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The problems associated with corrupt voting practices,such as bribing voters with food and drink,was solved partially by the introduction of the ____________________.

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secret/Australian ba

Question 15

Which of the following was not a political reform designed to weaken the power of party bosses in national politics?

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A) the introduction of the direct primary the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment 
B) granting female suffrage 
C) the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment 
D) mandating the direct election of senators 
E) the introduction of the initiative and the referendum the recall 
A) the introduction of the direct primary the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment 
B) granting female suffrage 
C) the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment 
D) mandating the direct election of senators 
E) the introduction of the initiative and the referendum the recall

Question 16

____________________ believed that African Americans who educated themselves would be accepted as equals by white Americans.

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The answer of ____________________ believed that African Americans who educated...

Question 17

After Wilson's and Roosevelt's tenures in office,which of the following statements could not be said to be true?

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A) The federal government gained more power. 
B) The tariff was eliminated. 
C) A federal banking system was established. 
D) The role of the president was redefined and strengthened. 
E) A new commitment to conservation had emerged. 
A) The federal government gained more power. 
B) The tariff was eliminated. 
C) A federal banking system was established. 
D) The role of the president was redefined and strengthened. 
E) A new commitment to conservation had emerged.

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Northern Securities Company

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railroad monopoly that control

Question 19

Richard Ballinger,Secretary of Interior under President Taft,angered progressives by

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A) opposing the women's suffrage amendment. 
B) supporting high protective tariffs. 
C) opening public land for private commercial use. 
D) opposing legislation to regulate the food and meat packing industry. 
E) opposing the income tax amendment. 
A) opposing the women's suffrage amendment. 
B) supporting high protective tariffs. 
C) opening public land for private commercial use. 
D) opposing legislation to regulate the food and meat packing industry. 
E) opposing the income tax amendment.

Question 20

____________________ was a former major league baseball player who became the most theatrical evangelical preacher of his day.

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The answer of ____________________ was a former major league baseball...

Exam 21: Progressivism

Explain the significance of Hull House to both local and national political culture.Discuss the ways in which women's involvement in Hull House was important.

The Progressive Era president who managed to pass a tariff-reduction bill was ____________________.

Theodore Roosevelt unveiled his New Nationalism at ____________________.

Debate among the presidential candidates in 1912 focused on

In Detroit,Mayor Hazen Pingree led unsuccessful fights to control the city's gas,telephone,and trolley companies.

The leading spokesperson for the disabled was

Municipal political reform such as the city commission plan in Galveston was

Suffragists of the Progressive Era maintained that women were fundamentally equal to men.

Socialists came in several varieties: German working-class immigrants,Jewish immigrants,disgruntled farmers and western miners.

Demands that blacks be restored their voting rights and that segregation be abolished were two of the main tenets of participants in the ____________________ movement.

By 1910,the social reformer who founded the settlement house movement,____________________ was one of the most famous women in the United States.

The first American settlement house was

Jane Addams approved of political machines.

The problems associated with corrupt voting practices,such as bribing voters with food and drink,was solved partially by the introduction of the ____________________.

Which of the following was not a political reform designed to weaken the power of party bosses in national politics?

____________________ believed that African Americans who educated themselves would be accepted as equals by white Americans.

After Wilson's and Roosevelt's tenures in office,which of the following statements could not be said to be true?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Northern Securities Company

Richard Ballinger,Secretary of Interior under President Taft,angered progressives by

____________________ was a former major league baseball player who became the most theatrical evangelical preacher of his day.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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