Question 1

Booker T. Washington was the most prominent black leader in the early twentieth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

WCTU:

Accepted Answer

A)  was the first radio station in America 
B)  stood for Women's Christian Temperance Union 
C)  was the radio station Roosevelt made famous while president 
D)  stood for Western Colorado Teamsters Union 
E)  was the abbreviation of Western Connecticut University, where Wilson got his start as a professor 
A)  was the first radio station in America 
B)  stood for Women's Christian Temperance Union 
C)  was the radio station Roosevelt made famous while president 
D)  stood for Western Colorado Teamsters Union 
E)  was the abbreviation of Western Connecticut University, where Wilson got his start as a professor

Question 3

Progressives generally believed government should not interfere with big business.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

During his first term as president, Wilson did all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  refuse to support a federal amendment for women's suffrage 
B)  allow the spread of racist practices in the federal government 
C)  withhold support for federal child-labor legislation 
D)  fail to reorganize the banking system 
E)  oppose a bill for low-interest loans to farmers 
A)  refuse to support a federal amendment for women's suffrage 
B)  allow the spread of racist practices in the federal government 
C)  withhold support for federal child-labor legislation 
D)  fail to reorganize the banking system 
E)  oppose a bill for low-interest loans to farmers

Question 5

In the area of conservation, Theodore Roosevelt:

Accepted Answer

A)  believed strongly that natural resources should be preserved, but felt that this was a matter for state, not federal, action 
B)  angered many conservationists by his appointment of Gifford Pinchot, a businessman with no experience in conservation, as head of the Division of Forestry 
C)  used the Forest Reserve Act to withdraw over 170 million acres of timberland from logging 
D)  vetoed a bill authorizing a National Conservation Commission 
E)  angered western hunters by closing much of the western public lands 
A)  believed strongly that natural resources should be preserved, but felt that this was a matter for state, not federal, action 
B)  angered many conservationists by his appointment of Gifford Pinchot, a businessman with no experience in conservation, as head of the Division of Forestry 
C)  used the Forest Reserve Act to withdraw over 170 million acres of timberland from logging 
D)  vetoed a bill authorizing a National Conservation Commission 
E)  angered western hunters by closing much of the western public lands

Booker T. Washington was the most prominent black leader in the early twentieth century.

WCTU:

Progressives generally believed government should not interfere with big business.

During his first term as president, Wilson did all of the following EXCEPT:

In the area of conservation, Theodore Roosevelt:

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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Exam 21: The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

Booker T. Washington was the most prominent black leader in the early twentieth century.

WCTU:

Progressives generally believed government should not interfere with big business.

During his first term as president, Wilson did all of the following EXCEPT:

In the area of conservation, Theodore Roosevelt:

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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