Question 1

Progress toward racial equality was sluggish.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Bull Moosers

Accepted Answer

name given to Theodore Rooseve

Question 3

W.E.B.Du Bois

Accepted Answer

A) opposed Booker T.Washington's accommodationist philosophy with regard to race relations. 
B) encouraged the African American community to compromise with white racists. 
C) opposed the organization of the NAACP. 
D) called for segregation of the races. 
E) supported black nationalism. 
A) opposed Booker T.Washington's accommodationist philosophy with regard to race relations. 
B) encouraged the African American community to compromise with white racists. 
C) opposed the organization of the NAACP. 
D) called for segregation of the races. 
E) supported black nationalism.

Question 4

As a result of Florence Kelley's investigations,Illinois

Accepted Answer

A) cleaned up the meat packing plants. 
B) taxed the production and sale of alcoholic beverages. 
C) established free legal clinics for needy people. 
D) closed down Hull House. 
E) outlawed child labor and established the eight-hour day for women workers. 
A) cleaned up the meat packing plants. 
B) taxed the production and sale of alcoholic beverages. 
C) established free legal clinics for needy people. 
D) closed down Hull House. 
E) outlawed child labor and established the eight-hour day for women workers.

Question 5

Which of the following was not an aspect of Progressive Era municipal reform?

Accepted Answer

A) a city manager plan 
B) a city commissioner plan 
C) public utilities 
D) a balanced budget 
E) elimination of corruption 
A) a city manager plan 
B) a city commissioner plan 
C) public utilities 
D) a balanced budget 
E) elimination of corruption

Question 6

The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Accepted Answer

A) gave women the vote. 
B) gave blacks the vote. 
C) gave the government the power to impose an income tax. 
D) prohibited alcoholic beverages. 
E) provided for the popular election of Senators. 
A) gave women the vote. 
B) gave blacks the vote. 
C) gave the government the power to impose an income tax. 
D) prohibited alcoholic beverages. 
E) provided for the popular election of Senators.

Question 7

Before running for president,Woodrow Wilson was governor of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Before running for president,Woodrow Wilson was governor...

Question 8

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Hull House

Accepted Answer

the first settlement house in the United

Question 9

The Federal Reserve Act

Accepted Answer

A) broke up powerful private financial institutions that were too powerful. 
B) was a more powerful and centralized authority than a national bank would have been. 
C) prohibited interlocking directories. 
D) provided for government ownership of national banks. 
E) was more in keeping with Roosevelt's concept of New Nationalism than with the promises of Wilson's New Freedom. 
A) broke up powerful private financial institutions that were too powerful. 
B) was a more powerful and centralized authority than a national bank would have been. 
C) prohibited interlocking directories. 
D) provided for government ownership of national banks. 
E) was more in keeping with Roosevelt's concept of New Nationalism than with the promises of Wilson's New Freedom.

Question 10

Theodore Roosevelt became known as a "trust-buster" because he directed the Justice Department to prosecute

Accepted Answer

A) Standard Oil. 
B) Northern Securities Company. 
C) Hormel Meatpackers. 
D) American Telegraph and Telephone. 
E) American Tobacco Company. 
A) Standard Oil. 
B) Northern Securities Company. 
C) Hormel Meatpackers. 
D) American Telegraph and Telephone. 
E) American Tobacco Company.

Question 11

Popular magazines like McClure's appealed to the buying public by publishing sensational stories exposing the ills of American society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Theodore Roosevelt's concern for the environment is best described as preservationist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

As President,Woodrow Wilson

Accepted Answer

A) responded to pleas from the NAACP to use the federal government's power to stop lynching. 
B) opposed the efforts of white southerners in his cabinet to segregate government departments. 
C) sent federal troops to break up the Pullman strike. 
D) used government's power aggressively to aid worker and farmer organizations. 
E) failed to support legislation that would have given labor and farmer organizations immunity from antitrust prosecution. 
A) responded to pleas from the NAACP to use the federal government's power to stop lynching. 
B) opposed the efforts of white southerners in his cabinet to segregate government departments. 
C) sent federal troops to break up the Pullman strike. 
D) used government's power aggressively to aid worker and farmer organizations. 
E) failed to support legislation that would have given labor and farmer organizations immunity from antitrust prosecution.

Question 14

The Australian ballot predated the Progressive Era.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Settlement houses

Accepted Answer

A) were boarding houses in which middle-class women lived together before marriage. 
B) were government-sponsored homes for the poor. 
C) provided a myriad of social services to neighborhood dwellers. 
D) served primarily as social clubs. 
E) were built by politicians to gain the votes of immigrants. 
A) were boarding houses in which middle-class women lived together before marriage. 
B) were government-sponsored homes for the poor. 
C) provided a myriad of social services to neighborhood dwellers. 
D) served primarily as social clubs. 
E) were built by politicians to gain the votes of immigrants.

Question 16

All of the following are true of newspapers in this time except

Accepted Answer

A) the number of newspapers produced went up. 
B) the newspapers attracted more talented men and women to write for them. 
C) journalists gained more wealth and prestige. 
D) publishers were more receptive to stories that would appeal to wider audiences. 
E) newspapers increasingly focused on political issues and avoided major social issues. 
A) the number of newspapers produced went up. 
B) the newspapers attracted more talented men and women to write for them. 
C) journalists gained more wealth and prestige. 
D) publishers were more receptive to stories that would appeal to wider audiences. 
E) newspapers increasingly focused on political issues and avoided major social issues.

Question 17

The NAACP

Accepted Answer

A) was created and controlled entirely by black activists. 
B) advocated violence as a means of ending discrimination. 
C) initiated lawsuits challenging segregation and voting discrimination. 
D) continued the policy of accommodation established by Booker T.Washington. 
E) no longer exists. 
A) was created and controlled entirely by black activists. 
B) advocated violence as a means of ending discrimination. 
C) initiated lawsuits challenging segregation and voting discrimination. 
D) continued the policy of accommodation established by Booker T.Washington. 
E) no longer exists.

Question 18

Woodrow Wilson was all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) the first southerner elected president since the Civil War. 
B) a professional educator with a Ph.D.in political science. 
C) a deeply religious progressive who believed in peaceful,orderly reform. 
D) a Democrat 
E) a firm believer in racial equality. 
A) the first southerner elected president since the Civil War. 
B) a professional educator with a Ph.D.in political science. 
C) a deeply religious progressive who believed in peaceful,orderly reform. 
D) a Democrat 
E) a firm believer in racial equality.

Question 19

The city commission form of local government was first used in the aftermath of a destructive tidal wave in Galveston,Texas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Many suffragists in the South and West opposed the franchise for Americans of color.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 21: Progressivism

Progress toward racial equality was sluggish.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Bull Moosers

W.E.B.Du Bois

As a result of Florence Kelley's investigations,Illinois

Which of the following was not an aspect of Progressive Era municipal reform?

The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Before running for president,Woodrow Wilson was governor of ____________________.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Hull House

The Federal Reserve Act

Theodore Roosevelt became known as a "trust-buster" because he directed the Justice Department to prosecute

Popular magazines like McClure's appealed to the buying public by publishing sensational stories exposing the ills of American society.

Theodore Roosevelt's concern for the environment is best described as preservationist.

As President,Woodrow Wilson

The Australian ballot predated the Progressive Era.

Settlement houses

All of the following are true of newspapers in this time except

The NAACP

Woodrow Wilson was all of the following except

The city commission form of local government was first used in the aftermath of a destructive tidal wave in Galveston,Texas.

Many suffragists in the South and West opposed the franchise for Americans of color.

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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