Question 1

Which of the following describes both the reform movements in the 1880s and the 1890s and those between 1900 and 1920?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were focused mostly on agrarian and labor issues. 
B)  The reform movements in neither period had any long-term results. 
C)  The reform movements in both periods resulted from religious revival. 
D)  Women played an integral part in the reform movements of both periods. 
A)  They were focused mostly on agrarian and labor issues. 
B)  The reform movements in neither period had any long-term results. 
C)  The reform movements in both periods resulted from religious revival. 
D)  Women played an integral part in the reform movements of both periods.

Question 2

What factors explain the limitations of progressive reform during this period?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Limitati

Question 3

Mugwumps were reformers who

Accepted Answer

A)  supported welfare reform. 
B)  advocated legislation to protect working men. 
C)  supported smaller government. 
D)  opposed the Australian-style secret ballot. 
A)  supported welfare reform. 
B)  advocated legislation to protect working men. 
C)  supported smaller government. 
D)  opposed the Australian-style secret ballot.

Question 4

The prominent political movements between the end of Reconstruction and World War I ignored which of the following goals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Limiting the power of big business 
B)  Ameliorating poverty 
C)  Promoting social justice 
D)  Bringing full equality to blacks 
A)  Limiting the power of big business 
B)  Ameliorating poverty 
C)  Promoting social justice 
D)  Bringing full equality to blacks

Question 5

What was the outcome of the 1912 presidential election?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wilson won with a minority of the popular vote because Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote. 
B)  Wilson won a bare majority of the popular vote but an overwhelming majority of the electoral vote. 
C)  Socialist Party candidate Debs captured 20 percent of the popular vote and carried several western states. 
D)  Roosevelt's popular appeal faded by election day,enabling Wilson to beat Taft with a solid majority. 
A)  Wilson won with a minority of the popular vote because Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote. 
B)  Wilson won a bare majority of the popular vote but an overwhelming majority of the electoral vote. 
C)  Socialist Party candidate Debs captured 20 percent of the popular vote and carried several western states. 
D)  Roosevelt's popular appeal faded by election day,enabling Wilson to beat Taft with a solid majority.

Question 6

Answer the following  questions :
-Lodge Bill

Accepted Answer

A) An 1883 law establishing a nonpartisan Civil Service Commission to fill federal jobs by examination.The act dealt a major blow to the "spoils system" and sought to ensure that government positions were filled by trained,professional employees. 
B) Landmark 1890 act that forbade anticompetitive business activities,requiring the federal government to investigate trusts and any companies operating in violation of the act. 
C) Also known as the Federal Elections Bill of 1890,a bill proposing that whenever 100 citizens in any district appealed for intervention,a bipartisan federal board could investigate and seat the rightful winner.The defeat of the bill was a blow to those seeking to defend African American voting rights and to ensure full participation in politics. 
D) An 1892 statement by the Populists calling for stronger government to protect ordinary Americans. 
E) A policy of loosening the money supply by expanding federal coinage to include silver as well as gold.Advocates of the policy thought it would encourage borrowing and stimulate industry,but the defeat of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan ended the this movement and gave Republicans power to retain the gold standard.
F)An 1898 Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to impose poll taxes and literacy tests.By 1908,every southern state had adopted such measures.
G)A 1905 Supreme Court ruling that New York State could not limit bakers' workday to ten hours because that violated bakers' rights to make contracts.
H)A 1906 antitrust law that empowered the federal Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad shipment rates wherever they believed that railroads were unfairly colluding to set prices.
I)A 1911 Supreme Court decision that directed the breakup of the Standard Oil Company into smaller companies,because its overwhelming market dominance and monopoly power violated antitrust laws.
J)A 1902 law,supported by President Theodore Roosevelt,that allowed the federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands.
K)A policy promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette of Wisconsin for greater government intervention in the economy,with reliance on experts,particularly progressive economists,for policy recommendations.
L)A reform organization that worked (unsuccessfully)to win a federal law banning child labor.The organization hired photographer Lewis Hine to record brutal conditions in mines and mills where thousands of children worked.
M)A 1908 Supreme Court case that upheld an Oregon law limiting women's workday to ten hours,based on the need to protect women's health for motherhood.Muller complicated the earlier decision in Lochner v.New York,laying out grounds on which states could intervene to protect workers.It divided women's rights activists,however,because some saw its provisions as discriminatory.
N)A term used by Harvard-educated sociologist W.E.B.Du Bois for the top 10 percent of educated African Americans,whom he called on to develop new strategies to advocate for civil rights.
O)An organization founded in 1910 by leading African American reformers and white allies as a vehicle for advocating equal rights for African Americans,especially through the courts.
P)An umbrella union and radical political group founded in 1905,dedicated to organizing unskilled workers to oppose capitalism.Nicknamed the Wobblies,it advocated direct action by workers,including sabotage and general strikes.
Q)In a 1910 speech,Theodore Roosevelt called for the practice of an ideology that promoted government intervention to enhance public welfare,including a federal child labor law,more recognition of labor rights,a national minimum wage for women,women's suffrage,and curbs on the power of federal courts to stop reform.
R)Act establishing the central bank system of the United States,created in 1913.This system helps set the money supply level,thus influencing the rate of growth of the U.S.economy,and seeks to ensure the stability of the U.S.monetary system.
S)A 1914 law that strengthened federal definitions of "monopoly" and gave more power to the Justice Department to pursue antitrust cases;it also specified that labor unions could not generally be prosecuted for "restraint of trade," ensuring that antitrust laws would apply to corporations rather than unions. 
A) An 1883 law establishing a nonpartisan Civil Service Commission to fill federal jobs by examination.The act dealt a major blow to the "spoils system" and sought to ensure that government positions were filled by trained,professional employees. 
B) Landmark 1890 act that forbade anticompetitive business activities,requiring the federal government to investigate trusts and any companies operating in violation of the act. 
C) Also known as the Federal Elections Bill of 1890,a bill proposing that whenever 100 citizens in any district appealed for intervention,a bipartisan federal board could investigate and seat the rightful winner.The defeat of the bill was a blow to those seeking to defend African American voting rights and to ensure full participation in politics. 
D) An 1892 statement by the Populists calling for stronger government to protect ordinary Americans. 
E) A policy of loosening the money supply by expanding federal coinage to include silver as well as gold.Advocates of the policy thought it would encourage borrowing and stimulate industry,but the defeat of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan ended the this movement and gave Republicans power to retain the gold standard.
F)An 1898 Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to impose poll taxes and literacy tests.By 1908,every southern state had adopted such measures.
G)A 1905 Supreme Court ruling that New York State could not limit bakers' workday to ten hours because that violated bakers' rights to make contracts.
H)A 1906 antitrust law that empowered the federal Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad shipment rates wherever they believed that railroads were unfairly colluding to set prices.
I)A 1911 Supreme Court decision that directed the breakup of the Standard Oil Company into smaller companies,because its overwhelming market dominance and monopoly power violated antitrust laws.
J)A 1902 law,supported by President Theodore Roosevelt,that allowed the federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands.
K)A policy promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette of Wisconsin for greater government intervention in the economy,with reliance on experts,particularly progressive economists,for policy recommendations.
L)A reform organization that worked (unsuccessfully)to win a federal law banning child labor.The organization hired photographer Lewis Hine to record brutal conditions in mines and mills where thousands of children worked.
M)A 1908 Supreme Court case that upheld an Oregon law limiting women's workday to ten hours,based on the need to protect women's health for motherhood.Muller complicated the earlier decision in Lochner v.New York,laying out grounds on which states could intervene to protect workers.It divided women's rights activists,however,because some saw its provisions as discriminatory.
N)A term used by Harvard-educated sociologist W.E.B.Du Bois for the top 10 percent of educated African Americans,whom he called on to develop new strategies to advocate for civil rights.
O)An organization founded in 1910 by leading African American reformers and white allies as a vehicle for advocating equal rights for African Americans,especially through the courts.
P)An umbrella union and radical political group founded in 1905,dedicated to organizing unskilled workers to oppose capitalism.Nicknamed the Wobblies,it advocated direct action by workers,including sabotage and general strikes.
Q)In a 1910 speech,Theodore Roosevelt called for the practice of an ideology that promoted government intervention to enhance public welfare,including a federal child labor law,more recognition of labor rights,a national minimum wage for women,women's suffrage,and curbs on the power of federal courts to stop reform.
R)Act establishing the central bank system of the United States,created in 1913.This system helps set the money supply level,thus influencing the rate of growth of the U.S.economy,and seeks to ensure the stability of the U.S.monetary system.
S)A 1914 law that strengthened federal definitions of "monopoly" and gave more power to the Justice Department to pursue antitrust cases;it also specified that labor unions could not generally be prosecuted for "restraint of trade," ensuring that antitrust laws would apply to corporations rather than unions.

Question 7

In the early 1900s,the Industrial Workers of the World were committed to achieving

Accepted Answer

A)  government regulation of trusts. 
B)  wage and hour concessions for workers. 
C)  a new society run by and for workers. 
D)  support for the American Federation of Labor. 
A)  government regulation of trusts. 
B)  wage and hour concessions for workers. 
C)  a new society run by and for workers. 
D)  support for the American Federation of Labor.

Question 8

Answer the following  questions :
-New Nationalism

Accepted Answer

A) An 1883 law establishing a nonpartisan Civil Service Commission to fill federal jobs by examination.The act dealt a major blow to the "spoils system" and sought to ensure that government positions were filled by trained,professional employees. 
B) Landmark 1890 act that forbade anticompetitive business activities,requiring the federal government to investigate trusts and any companies operating in violation of the act. 
C) Also known as the Federal Elections Bill of 1890,a bill proposing that whenever 100 citizens in any district appealed for intervention,a bipartisan federal board could investigate and seat the rightful winner.The defeat of the bill was a blow to those seeking to defend African American voting rights and to ensure full participation in politics. 
D) An 1892 statement by the Populists calling for stronger government to protect ordinary Americans. 
E) A policy of loosening the money supply by expanding federal coinage to include silver as well as gold.Advocates of the policy thought it would encourage borrowing and stimulate industry,but the defeat of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan ended the this movement and gave Republicans power to retain the gold standard.
F)An 1898 Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to impose poll taxes and literacy tests.By 1908,every southern state had adopted such measures.
G)A 1905 Supreme Court ruling that New York State could not limit bakers' workday to ten hours because that violated bakers' rights to make contracts.
H)A 1906 antitrust law that empowered the federal Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad shipment rates wherever they believed that railroads were unfairly colluding to set prices.
I)A 1911 Supreme Court decision that directed the breakup of the Standard Oil Company into smaller companies,because its overwhelming market dominance and monopoly power violated antitrust laws.
J)A 1902 law,supported by President Theodore Roosevelt,that allowed the federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands.
K)A policy promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette of Wisconsin for greater government intervention in the economy,with reliance on experts,particularly progressive economists,for policy recommendations.
L)A reform organization that worked (unsuccessfully)to win a federal law banning child labor.The organization hired photographer Lewis Hine to record brutal conditions in mines and mills where thousands of children worked.
M)A 1908 Supreme Court case that upheld an Oregon law limiting women's workday to ten hours,based on the need to protect women's health for motherhood.Muller complicated the earlier decision in Lochner v.New York,laying out grounds on which states could intervene to protect workers.It divided women's rights activists,however,because some saw its provisions as discriminatory.
N)A term used by Harvard-educated sociologist W.E.B.Du Bois for the top 10 percent of educated African Americans,whom he called on to develop new strategies to advocate for civil rights.
O)An organization founded in 1910 by leading African American reformers and white allies as a vehicle for advocating equal rights for African Americans,especially through the courts.
P)An umbrella union and radical political group founded in 1905,dedicated to organizing unskilled workers to oppose capitalism.Nicknamed the Wobblies,it advocated direct action by workers,including sabotage and general strikes.
Q)In a 1910 speech,Theodore Roosevelt called for the practice of an ideology that promoted government intervention to enhance public welfare,including a federal child labor law,more recognition of labor rights,a national minimum wage for women,women's suffrage,and curbs on the power of federal courts to stop reform.
R)Act establishing the central bank system of the United States,created in 1913.This system helps set the money supply level,thus influencing the rate of growth of the U.S.economy,and seeks to ensure the stability of the U.S.monetary system.
S)A 1914 law that strengthened federal definitions of "monopoly" and gave more power to the Justice Department to pursue antitrust cases;it also specified that labor unions could not generally be prosecuted for "restraint of trade," ensuring that antitrust laws would apply to corporations rather than unions. 
A) An 1883 law establishing a nonpartisan Civil Service Commission to fill federal jobs by examination.The act dealt a major blow to the "spoils system" and sought to ensure that government positions were filled by trained,professional employees. 
B) Landmark 1890 act that forbade anticompetitive business activities,requiring the federal government to investigate trusts and any companies operating in violation of the act. 
C) Also known as the Federal Elections Bill of 1890,a bill proposing that whenever 100 citizens in any district appealed for intervention,a bipartisan federal board could investigate and seat the rightful winner.The defeat of the bill was a blow to those seeking to defend African American voting rights and to ensure full participation in politics. 
D) An 1892 statement by the Populists calling for stronger government to protect ordinary Americans. 
E) A policy of loosening the money supply by expanding federal coinage to include silver as well as gold.Advocates of the policy thought it would encourage borrowing and stimulate industry,but the defeat of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan ended the this movement and gave Republicans power to retain the gold standard.
F)An 1898 Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to impose poll taxes and literacy tests.By 1908,every southern state had adopted such measures.
G)A 1905 Supreme Court ruling that New York State could not limit bakers' workday to ten hours because that violated bakers' rights to make contracts.
H)A 1906 antitrust law that empowered the federal Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad shipment rates wherever they believed that railroads were unfairly colluding to set prices.
I)A 1911 Supreme Court decision that directed the breakup of the Standard Oil Company into smaller companies,because its overwhelming market dominance and monopoly power violated antitrust laws.
J)A 1902 law,supported by President Theodore Roosevelt,that allowed the federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands.
K)A policy promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette of Wisconsin for greater government intervention in the economy,with reliance on experts,particularly progressive economists,for policy recommendations.
L)A reform organization that worked (unsuccessfully)to win a federal law banning child labor.The organization hired photographer Lewis Hine to record brutal conditions in mines and mills where thousands of children worked.
M)A 1908 Supreme Court case that upheld an Oregon law limiting women's workday to ten hours,based on the need to protect women's health for motherhood.Muller complicated the earlier decision in Lochner v.New York,laying out grounds on which states could intervene to protect workers.It divided women's rights activists,however,because some saw its provisions as discriminatory.
N)A term used by Harvard-educated sociologist W.E.B.Du Bois for the top 10 percent of educated African Americans,whom he called on to develop new strategies to advocate for civil rights.
O)An organization founded in 1910 by leading African American reformers and white allies as a vehicle for advocating equal rights for African Americans,especially through the courts.
P)An umbrella union and radical political group founded in 1905,dedicated to organizing unskilled workers to oppose capitalism.Nicknamed the Wobblies,it advocated direct action by workers,including sabotage and general strikes.
Q)In a 1910 speech,Theodore Roosevelt called for the practice of an ideology that promoted government intervention to enhance public welfare,including a federal child labor law,more recognition of labor rights,a national minimum wage for women,women's suffrage,and curbs on the power of federal courts to stop reform.
R)Act establishing the central bank system of the United States,created in 1913.This system helps set the money supply level,thus influencing the rate of growth of the U.S.economy,and seeks to ensure the stability of the U.S.monetary system.
S)A 1914 law that strengthened federal definitions of "monopoly" and gave more power to the Justice Department to pursue antitrust cases;it also specified that labor unions could not generally be prosecuted for "restraint of trade," ensuring that antitrust laws would apply to corporations rather than unions.

Question 9

Answer the following  questions :
-Sherman Antitrust Act

Accepted Answer

A) An 1883 law establishing a nonpartisan Civil Service Commission to fill federal jobs by examination.The act dealt a major blow to the "spoils system" and sought to ensure that government positions were filled by trained,professional employees. 
B) Landmark 1890 act that forbade anticompetitive business activities,requiring the federal government to investigate trusts and any companies operating in violation of the act. 
C) Also known as the Federal Elections Bill of 1890,a bill proposing that whenever 100 citizens in any district appealed for intervention,a bipartisan federal board could investigate and seat the rightful winner.The defeat of the bill was a blow to those seeking to defend African American voting rights and to ensure full participation in politics. 
D) An 1892 statement by the Populists calling for stronger government to protect ordinary Americans. 
E) A policy of loosening the money supply by expanding federal coinage to include silver as well as gold.Advocates of the policy thought it would encourage borrowing and stimulate industry,but the defeat of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan ended the this movement and gave Republicans power to retain the gold standard.
F)An 1898 Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to impose poll taxes and literacy tests.By 1908,every southern state had adopted such measures.
G)A 1905 Supreme Court ruling that New York State could not limit bakers' workday to ten hours because that violated bakers' rights to make contracts.
H)A 1906 antitrust law that empowered the federal Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad shipment rates wherever they believed that railroads were unfairly colluding to set prices.
I)A 1911 Supreme Court decision that directed the breakup of the Standard Oil Company into smaller companies,because its overwhelming market dominance and monopoly power violated antitrust laws.
J)A 1902 law,supported by President Theodore Roosevelt,that allowed the federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands.
K)A policy promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette of Wisconsin for greater government intervention in the economy,with reliance on experts,particularly progressive economists,for policy recommendations.
L)A reform organization that worked (unsuccessfully)to win a federal law banning child labor.The organization hired photographer Lewis Hine to record brutal conditions in mines and mills where thousands of children worked.
M)A 1908 Supreme Court case that upheld an Oregon law limiting women's workday to ten hours,based on the need to protect women's health for motherhood.Muller complicated the earlier decision in Lochner v.New York,laying out grounds on which states could intervene to protect workers.It divided women's rights activists,however,because some saw its provisions as discriminatory.
N)A term used by Harvard-educated sociologist W.E.B.Du Bois for the top 10 percent of educated African Americans,whom he called on to develop new strategies to advocate for civil rights.
O)An organization founded in 1910 by leading African American reformers and white allies as a vehicle for advocating equal rights for African Americans,especially through the courts.
P)An umbrella union and radical political group founded in 1905,dedicated to organizing unskilled workers to oppose capitalism.Nicknamed the Wobblies,it advocated direct action by workers,including sabotage and general strikes.
Q)In a 1910 speech,Theodore Roosevelt called for the practice of an ideology that promoted government intervention to enhance public welfare,including a federal child labor law,more recognition of labor rights,a national minimum wage for women,women's suffrage,and curbs on the power of federal courts to stop reform.
R)Act establishing the central bank system of the United States,created in 1913.This system helps set the money supply level,thus influencing the rate of growth of the U.S.economy,and seeks to ensure the stability of the U.S.monetary system.
S)A 1914 law that strengthened federal definitions of "monopoly" and gave more power to the Justice Department to pursue antitrust cases;it also specified that labor unions could not generally be prosecuted for "restraint of trade," ensuring that antitrust laws would apply to corporations rather than unions. 
A) An 1883 law establishing a nonpartisan Civil Service Commission to fill federal jobs by examination.The act dealt a major blow to the "spoils system" and sought to ensure that government positions were filled by trained,professional employees. 
B) Landmark 1890 act that forbade anticompetitive business activities,requiring the federal government to investigate trusts and any companies operating in violation of the act. 
C) Also known as the Federal Elections Bill of 1890,a bill proposing that whenever 100 citizens in any district appealed for intervention,a bipartisan federal board could investigate and seat the rightful winner.The defeat of the bill was a blow to those seeking to defend African American voting rights and to ensure full participation in politics. 
D) An 1892 statement by the Populists calling for stronger government to protect ordinary Americans. 
E) A policy of loosening the money supply by expanding federal coinage to include silver as well as gold.Advocates of the policy thought it would encourage borrowing and stimulate industry,but the defeat of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan ended the this movement and gave Republicans power to retain the gold standard.
F)An 1898 Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to impose poll taxes and literacy tests.By 1908,every southern state had adopted such measures.
G)A 1905 Supreme Court ruling that New York State could not limit bakers' workday to ten hours because that violated bakers' rights to make contracts.
H)A 1906 antitrust law that empowered the federal Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad shipment rates wherever they believed that railroads were unfairly colluding to set prices.
I)A 1911 Supreme Court decision that directed the breakup of the Standard Oil Company into smaller companies,because its overwhelming market dominance and monopoly power violated antitrust laws.
J)A 1902 law,supported by President Theodore Roosevelt,that allowed the federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands.
K)A policy promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette of Wisconsin for greater government intervention in the economy,with reliance on experts,particularly progressive economists,for policy recommendations.
L)A reform organization that worked (unsuccessfully)to win a federal law banning child labor.The organization hired photographer Lewis Hine to record brutal conditions in mines and mills where thousands of children worked.
M)A 1908 Supreme Court case that upheld an Oregon law limiting women's workday to ten hours,based on the need to protect women's health for motherhood.Muller complicated the earlier decision in Lochner v.New York,laying out grounds on which states could intervene to protect workers.It divided women's rights activists,however,because some saw its provisions as discriminatory.
N)A term used by Harvard-educated sociologist W.E.B.Du Bois for the top 10 percent of educated African Americans,whom he called on to develop new strategies to advocate for civil rights.
O)An organization founded in 1910 by leading African American reformers and white allies as a vehicle for advocating equal rights for African Americans,especially through the courts.
P)An umbrella union and radical political group founded in 1905,dedicated to organizing unskilled workers to oppose capitalism.Nicknamed the Wobblies,it advocated direct action by workers,including sabotage and general strikes.
Q)In a 1910 speech,Theodore Roosevelt called for the practice of an ideology that promoted government intervention to enhance public welfare,including a federal child labor law,more recognition of labor rights,a national minimum wage for women,women's suffrage,and curbs on the power of federal courts to stop reform.
R)Act establishing the central bank system of the United States,created in 1913.This system helps set the money supply level,thus influencing the rate of growth of the U.S.economy,and seeks to ensure the stability of the U.S.monetary system.
S)A 1914 law that strengthened federal definitions of "monopoly" and gave more power to the Justice Department to pursue antitrust cases;it also specified that labor unions could not generally be prosecuted for "restraint of trade," ensuring that antitrust laws would apply to corporations rather than unions.

Question 10

Which of the following progressive reforms amended the Sherman Act to prevent trusts from curbing competition?

Accepted Answer

A)  Federal Reserve Act 
B)  Clayton Antitrust Act 
C)  Newlands Reclamation Act 
D)  Pendleton Act 
A)  Federal Reserve Act 
B)  Clayton Antitrust Act 
C)  Newlands Reclamation Act 
D)  Pendleton Act

Question 11

In which of the following ways did American politics change during the mid-1890s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Southern blacks regained some access to voting and political rights. 
B)  Democrats became almost the only political party in the South for decades. 
C)  Democrats dominated national politics for the next forty years. 
D)  Populists gained a tremendous influence over northern workers. 
A)  Southern blacks regained some access to voting and political rights. 
B)  Democrats became almost the only political party in the South for decades. 
C)  Democrats dominated national politics for the next forty years. 
D)  Populists gained a tremendous influence over northern workers.

Question 12

Answer the following  questions :
-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Accepted Answer

A) An 1883 law establishing a nonpartisan Civil Service Commission to fill federal jobs by examination.The act dealt a major blow to the "spoils system" and sought to ensure that government positions were filled by trained,professional employees. 
B) Landmark 1890 act that forbade anticompetitive business activities,requiring the federal government to investigate trusts and any companies operating in violation of the act. 
C) Also known as the Federal Elections Bill of 1890,a bill proposing that whenever 100 citizens in any district appealed for intervention,a bipartisan federal board could investigate and seat the rightful winner.The defeat of the bill was a blow to those seeking to defend African American voting rights and to ensure full participation in politics. 
D) An 1892 statement by the Populists calling for stronger government to protect ordinary Americans. 
E) A policy of loosening the money supply by expanding federal coinage to include silver as well as gold.Advocates of the policy thought it would encourage borrowing and stimulate industry,but the defeat of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan ended the this movement and gave Republicans power to retain the gold standard.
F)An 1898 Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to impose poll taxes and literacy tests.By 1908,every southern state had adopted such measures.
G)A 1905 Supreme Court ruling that New York State could not limit bakers' workday to ten hours because that violated bakers' rights to make contracts.
H)A 1906 antitrust law that empowered the federal Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad shipment rates wherever they believed that railroads were unfairly colluding to set prices.
I)A 1911 Supreme Court decision that directed the breakup of the Standard Oil Company into smaller companies,because its overwhelming market dominance and monopoly power violated antitrust laws.
J)A 1902 law,supported by President Theodore Roosevelt,that allowed the federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands.
K)A policy promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette of Wisconsin for greater government intervention in the economy,with reliance on experts,particularly progressive economists,for policy recommendations.
L)A reform organization that worked (unsuccessfully)to win a federal law banning child labor.The organization hired photographer Lewis Hine to record brutal conditions in mines and mills where thousands of children worked.
M)A 1908 Supreme Court case that upheld an Oregon law limiting women's workday to ten hours,based on the need to protect women's health for motherhood.Muller complicated the earlier decision in Lochner v.New York,laying out grounds on which states could intervene to protect workers.It divided women's rights activists,however,because some saw its provisions as discriminatory.
N)A term used by Harvard-educated sociologist W.E.B.Du Bois for the top 10 percent of educated African Americans,whom he called on to develop new strategies to advocate for civil rights.
O)An organization founded in 1910 by leading African American reformers and white allies as a vehicle for advocating equal rights for African Americans,especially through the courts.
P)An umbrella union and radical political group founded in 1905,dedicated to organizing unskilled workers to oppose capitalism.Nicknamed the Wobblies,it advocated direct action by workers,including sabotage and general strikes.
Q)In a 1910 speech,Theodore Roosevelt called for the practice of an ideology that promoted government intervention to enhance public welfare,including a federal child labor law,more recognition of labor rights,a national minimum wage for women,women's suffrage,and curbs on the power of federal courts to stop reform.
R)Act establishing the central bank system of the United States,created in 1913.This system helps set the money supply level,thus influencing the rate of growth of the U.S.economy,and seeks to ensure the stability of the U.S.monetary system.
S)A 1914 law that strengthened federal definitions of "monopoly" and gave more power to the Justice Department to pursue antitrust cases;it also specified that labor unions could not generally be prosecuted for "restraint of trade," ensuring that antitrust laws would apply to corporations rather than unions. 
A) An 1883 law establishing a nonpartisan Civil Service Commission to fill federal jobs by examination.The act dealt a major blow to the "spoils system" and sought to ensure that government positions were filled by trained,professional employees. 
B) Landmark 1890 act that forbade anticompetitive business activities,requiring the federal government to investigate trusts and any companies operating in violation of the act. 
C) Also known as the Federal Elections Bill of 1890,a bill proposing that whenever 100 citizens in any district appealed for intervention,a bipartisan federal board could investigate and seat the rightful winner.The defeat of the bill was a blow to those seeking to defend African American voting rights and to ensure full participation in politics. 
D) An 1892 statement by the Populists calling for stronger government to protect ordinary Americans. 
E) A policy of loosening the money supply by expanding federal coinage to include silver as well as gold.Advocates of the policy thought it would encourage borrowing and stimulate industry,but the defeat of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan ended the this movement and gave Republicans power to retain the gold standard.
F)An 1898 Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to impose poll taxes and literacy tests.By 1908,every southern state had adopted such measures.
G)A 1905 Supreme Court ruling that New York State could not limit bakers' workday to ten hours because that violated bakers' rights to make contracts.
H)A 1906 antitrust law that empowered the federal Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad shipment rates wherever they believed that railroads were unfairly colluding to set prices.
I)A 1911 Supreme Court decision that directed the breakup of the Standard Oil Company into smaller companies,because its overwhelming market dominance and monopoly power violated antitrust laws.
J)A 1902 law,supported by President Theodore Roosevelt,that allowed the federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands.
K)A policy promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette of Wisconsin for greater government intervention in the economy,with reliance on experts,particularly progressive economists,for policy recommendations.
L)A reform organization that worked (unsuccessfully)to win a federal law banning child labor.The organization hired photographer Lewis Hine to record brutal conditions in mines and mills where thousands of children worked.
M)A 1908 Supreme Court case that upheld an Oregon law limiting women's workday to ten hours,based on the need to protect women's health for motherhood.Muller complicated the earlier decision in Lochner v.New York,laying out grounds on which states could intervene to protect workers.It divided women's rights activists,however,because some saw its provisions as discriminatory.
N)A term used by Harvard-educated sociologist W.E.B.Du Bois for the top 10 percent of educated African Americans,whom he called on to develop new strategies to advocate for civil rights.
O)An organization founded in 1910 by leading African American reformers and white allies as a vehicle for advocating equal rights for African Americans,especially through the courts.
P)An umbrella union and radical political group founded in 1905,dedicated to organizing unskilled workers to oppose capitalism.Nicknamed the Wobblies,it advocated direct action by workers,including sabotage and general strikes.
Q)In a 1910 speech,Theodore Roosevelt called for the practice of an ideology that promoted government intervention to enhance public welfare,including a federal child labor law,more recognition of labor rights,a national minimum wage for women,women's suffrage,and curbs on the power of federal courts to stop reform.
R)Act establishing the central bank system of the United States,created in 1913.This system helps set the money supply level,thus influencing the rate of growth of the U.S.economy,and seeks to ensure the stability of the U.S.monetary system.
S)A 1914 law that strengthened federal definitions of "monopoly" and gave more power to the Justice Department to pursue antitrust cases;it also specified that labor unions could not generally be prosecuted for "restraint of trade," ensuring that antitrust laws would apply to corporations rather than unions.

Question 13

Who stepped in to aid the federal government when the U.S.Treasury's gold supplies dwindled badly in 1895?

Accepted Answer

A)  Theodore Roosevelt 
B)  Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie 
C)  J.P.Morgan and a syndicate of bankers 
D)  The British monarchy 
A)  Theodore Roosevelt 
B)  Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie 
C)  J.P.Morgan and a syndicate of bankers 
D)  The British monarchy

Question 14

What role did the federal courts play in the political transformations of the 1890s?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Maintain

Question 15

What were the legacies of the progressive movement? What factors account for its failures and its successes?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Summary

Question 16

Answer the following  questions :
-Omaha Platform

Accepted Answer

A) An 1883 law establishing a nonpartisan Civil Service Commission to fill federal jobs by examination.The act dealt a major blow to the "spoils system" and sought to ensure that government positions were filled by trained,professional employees. 
B) Landmark 1890 act that forbade anticompetitive business activities,requiring the federal government to investigate trusts and any companies operating in violation of the act. 
C) Also known as the Federal Elections Bill of 1890,a bill proposing that whenever 100 citizens in any district appealed for intervention,a bipartisan federal board could investigate and seat the rightful winner.The defeat of the bill was a blow to those seeking to defend African American voting rights and to ensure full participation in politics. 
D) An 1892 statement by the Populists calling for stronger government to protect ordinary Americans. 
E) A policy of loosening the money supply by expanding federal coinage to include silver as well as gold.Advocates of the policy thought it would encourage borrowing and stimulate industry,but the defeat of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan ended the this movement and gave Republicans power to retain the gold standard.
F)An 1898 Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to impose poll taxes and literacy tests.By 1908,every southern state had adopted such measures.
G)A 1905 Supreme Court ruling that New York State could not limit bakers' workday to ten hours because that violated bakers' rights to make contracts.
H)A 1906 antitrust law that empowered the federal Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad shipment rates wherever they believed that railroads were unfairly colluding to set prices.
I)A 1911 Supreme Court decision that directed the breakup of the Standard Oil Company into smaller companies,because its overwhelming market dominance and monopoly power violated antitrust laws.
J)A 1902 law,supported by President Theodore Roosevelt,that allowed the federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands.
K)A policy promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette of Wisconsin for greater government intervention in the economy,with reliance on experts,particularly progressive economists,for policy recommendations.
L)A reform organization that worked (unsuccessfully)to win a federal law banning child labor.The organization hired photographer Lewis Hine to record brutal conditions in mines and mills where thousands of children worked.
M)A 1908 Supreme Court case that upheld an Oregon law limiting women's workday to ten hours,based on the need to protect women's health for motherhood.Muller complicated the earlier decision in Lochner v.New York,laying out grounds on which states could intervene to protect workers.It divided women's rights activists,however,because some saw its provisions as discriminatory.
N)A term used by Harvard-educated sociologist W.E.B.Du Bois for the top 10 percent of educated African Americans,whom he called on to develop new strategies to advocate for civil rights.
O)An organization founded in 1910 by leading African American reformers and white allies as a vehicle for advocating equal rights for African Americans,especially through the courts.
P)An umbrella union and radical political group founded in 1905,dedicated to organizing unskilled workers to oppose capitalism.Nicknamed the Wobblies,it advocated direct action by workers,including sabotage and general strikes.
Q)In a 1910 speech,Theodore Roosevelt called for the practice of an ideology that promoted government intervention to enhance public welfare,including a federal child labor law,more recognition of labor rights,a national minimum wage for women,women's suffrage,and curbs on the power of federal courts to stop reform.
R)Act establishing the central bank system of the United States,created in 1913.This system helps set the money supply level,thus influencing the rate of growth of the U.S.economy,and seeks to ensure the stability of the U.S.monetary system.
S)A 1914 law that strengthened federal definitions of "monopoly" and gave more power to the Justice Department to pursue antitrust cases;it also specified that labor unions could not generally be prosecuted for "restraint of trade," ensuring that antitrust laws would apply to corporations rather than unions. 
A) An 1883 law establishing a nonpartisan Civil Service Commission to fill federal jobs by examination.The act dealt a major blow to the "spoils system" and sought to ensure that government positions were filled by trained,professional employees. 
B) Landmark 1890 act that forbade anticompetitive business activities,requiring the federal government to investigate trusts and any companies operating in violation of the act. 
C) Also known as the Federal Elections Bill of 1890,a bill proposing that whenever 100 citizens in any district appealed for intervention,a bipartisan federal board could investigate and seat the rightful winner.The defeat of the bill was a blow to those seeking to defend African American voting rights and to ensure full participation in politics. 
D) An 1892 statement by the Populists calling for stronger government to protect ordinary Americans. 
E) A policy of loosening the money supply by expanding federal coinage to include silver as well as gold.Advocates of the policy thought it would encourage borrowing and stimulate industry,but the defeat of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan ended the this movement and gave Republicans power to retain the gold standard.
F)An 1898 Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to impose poll taxes and literacy tests.By 1908,every southern state had adopted such measures.
G)A 1905 Supreme Court ruling that New York State could not limit bakers' workday to ten hours because that violated bakers' rights to make contracts.
H)A 1906 antitrust law that empowered the federal Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad shipment rates wherever they believed that railroads were unfairly colluding to set prices.
I)A 1911 Supreme Court decision that directed the breakup of the Standard Oil Company into smaller companies,because its overwhelming market dominance and monopoly power violated antitrust laws.
J)A 1902 law,supported by President Theodore Roosevelt,that allowed the federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands.
K)A policy promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette of Wisconsin for greater government intervention in the economy,with reliance on experts,particularly progressive economists,for policy recommendations.
L)A reform organization that worked (unsuccessfully)to win a federal law banning child labor.The organization hired photographer Lewis Hine to record brutal conditions in mines and mills where thousands of children worked.
M)A 1908 Supreme Court case that upheld an Oregon law limiting women's workday to ten hours,based on the need to protect women's health for motherhood.Muller complicated the earlier decision in Lochner v.New York,laying out grounds on which states could intervene to protect workers.It divided women's rights activists,however,because some saw its provisions as discriminatory.
N)A term used by Harvard-educated sociologist W.E.B.Du Bois for the top 10 percent of educated African Americans,whom he called on to develop new strategies to advocate for civil rights.
O)An organization founded in 1910 by leading African American reformers and white allies as a vehicle for advocating equal rights for African Americans,especially through the courts.
P)An umbrella union and radical political group founded in 1905,dedicated to organizing unskilled workers to oppose capitalism.Nicknamed the Wobblies,it advocated direct action by workers,including sabotage and general strikes.
Q)In a 1910 speech,Theodore Roosevelt called for the practice of an ideology that promoted government intervention to enhance public welfare,including a federal child labor law,more recognition of labor rights,a national minimum wage for women,women's suffrage,and curbs on the power of federal courts to stop reform.
R)Act establishing the central bank system of the United States,created in 1913.This system helps set the money supply level,thus influencing the rate of growth of the U.S.economy,and seeks to ensure the stability of the U.S.monetary system.
S)A 1914 law that strengthened federal definitions of "monopoly" and gave more power to the Justice Department to pursue antitrust cases;it also specified that labor unions could not generally be prosecuted for "restraint of trade," ensuring that antitrust laws would apply to corporations rather than unions.

Question 17

Answer the following  questions :
-Clayton Antitrust Act

Accepted Answer

A) An 1883 law establishing a nonpartisan Civil Service Commission to fill federal jobs by examination.The act dealt a major blow to the "spoils system" and sought to ensure that government positions were filled by trained,professional employees. 
B) Landmark 1890 act that forbade anticompetitive business activities,requiring the federal government to investigate trusts and any companies operating in violation of the act. 
C) Also known as the Federal Elections Bill of 1890,a bill proposing that whenever 100 citizens in any district appealed for intervention,a bipartisan federal board could investigate and seat the rightful winner.The defeat of the bill was a blow to those seeking to defend African American voting rights and to ensure full participation in politics. 
D) An 1892 statement by the Populists calling for stronger government to protect ordinary Americans. 
E) A policy of loosening the money supply by expanding federal coinage to include silver as well as gold.Advocates of the policy thought it would encourage borrowing and stimulate industry,but the defeat of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan ended the this movement and gave Republicans power to retain the gold standard.
F)An 1898 Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to impose poll taxes and literacy tests.By 1908,every southern state had adopted such measures.
G)A 1905 Supreme Court ruling that New York State could not limit bakers' workday to ten hours because that violated bakers' rights to make contracts.
H)A 1906 antitrust law that empowered the federal Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad shipment rates wherever they believed that railroads were unfairly colluding to set prices.
I)A 1911 Supreme Court decision that directed the breakup of the Standard Oil Company into smaller companies,because its overwhelming market dominance and monopoly power violated antitrust laws.
J)A 1902 law,supported by President Theodore Roosevelt,that allowed the federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands.
K)A policy promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette of Wisconsin for greater government intervention in the economy,with reliance on experts,particularly progressive economists,for policy recommendations.
L)A reform organization that worked (unsuccessfully)to win a federal law banning child labor.The organization hired photographer Lewis Hine to record brutal conditions in mines and mills where thousands of children worked.
M)A 1908 Supreme Court case that upheld an Oregon law limiting women's workday to ten hours,based on the need to protect women's health for motherhood.Muller complicated the earlier decision in Lochner v.New York,laying out grounds on which states could intervene to protect workers.It divided women's rights activists,however,because some saw its provisions as discriminatory.
N)A term used by Harvard-educated sociologist W.E.B.Du Bois for the top 10 percent of educated African Americans,whom he called on to develop new strategies to advocate for civil rights.
O)An organization founded in 1910 by leading African American reformers and white allies as a vehicle for advocating equal rights for African Americans,especially through the courts.
P)An umbrella union and radical political group founded in 1905,dedicated to organizing unskilled workers to oppose capitalism.Nicknamed the Wobblies,it advocated direct action by workers,including sabotage and general strikes.
Q)In a 1910 speech,Theodore Roosevelt called for the practice of an ideology that promoted government intervention to enhance public welfare,including a federal child labor law,more recognition of labor rights,a national minimum wage for women,women's suffrage,and curbs on the power of federal courts to stop reform.
R)Act establishing the central bank system of the United States,created in 1913.This system helps set the money supply level,thus influencing the rate of growth of the U.S.economy,and seeks to ensure the stability of the U.S.monetary system.
S)A 1914 law that strengthened federal definitions of "monopoly" and gave more power to the Justice Department to pursue antitrust cases;it also specified that labor unions could not generally be prosecuted for "restraint of trade," ensuring that antitrust laws would apply to corporations rather than unions. 
A) An 1883 law establishing a nonpartisan Civil Service Commission to fill federal jobs by examination.The act dealt a major blow to the "spoils system" and sought to ensure that government positions were filled by trained,professional employees. 
B) Landmark 1890 act that forbade anticompetitive business activities,requiring the federal government to investigate trusts and any companies operating in violation of the act. 
C) Also known as the Federal Elections Bill of 1890,a bill proposing that whenever 100 citizens in any district appealed for intervention,a bipartisan federal board could investigate and seat the rightful winner.The defeat of the bill was a blow to those seeking to defend African American voting rights and to ensure full participation in politics. 
D) An 1892 statement by the Populists calling for stronger government to protect ordinary Americans. 
E) A policy of loosening the money supply by expanding federal coinage to include silver as well as gold.Advocates of the policy thought it would encourage borrowing and stimulate industry,but the defeat of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan ended the this movement and gave Republicans power to retain the gold standard.
F)An 1898 Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to impose poll taxes and literacy tests.By 1908,every southern state had adopted such measures.
G)A 1905 Supreme Court ruling that New York State could not limit bakers' workday to ten hours because that violated bakers' rights to make contracts.
H)A 1906 antitrust law that empowered the federal Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad shipment rates wherever they believed that railroads were unfairly colluding to set prices.
I)A 1911 Supreme Court decision that directed the breakup of the Standard Oil Company into smaller companies,because its overwhelming market dominance and monopoly power violated antitrust laws.
J)A 1902 law,supported by President Theodore Roosevelt,that allowed the federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands.
K)A policy promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette of Wisconsin for greater government intervention in the economy,with reliance on experts,particularly progressive economists,for policy recommendations.
L)A reform organization that worked (unsuccessfully)to win a federal law banning child labor.The organization hired photographer Lewis Hine to record brutal conditions in mines and mills where thousands of children worked.
M)A 1908 Supreme Court case that upheld an Oregon law limiting women's workday to ten hours,based on the need to protect women's health for motherhood.Muller complicated the earlier decision in Lochner v.New York,laying out grounds on which states could intervene to protect workers.It divided women's rights activists,however,because some saw its provisions as discriminatory.
N)A term used by Harvard-educated sociologist W.E.B.Du Bois for the top 10 percent of educated African Americans,whom he called on to develop new strategies to advocate for civil rights.
O)An organization founded in 1910 by leading African American reformers and white allies as a vehicle for advocating equal rights for African Americans,especially through the courts.
P)An umbrella union and radical political group founded in 1905,dedicated to organizing unskilled workers to oppose capitalism.Nicknamed the Wobblies,it advocated direct action by workers,including sabotage and general strikes.
Q)In a 1910 speech,Theodore Roosevelt called for the practice of an ideology that promoted government intervention to enhance public welfare,including a federal child labor law,more recognition of labor rights,a national minimum wage for women,women's suffrage,and curbs on the power of federal courts to stop reform.
R)Act establishing the central bank system of the United States,created in 1913.This system helps set the money supply level,thus influencing the rate of growth of the U.S.economy,and seeks to ensure the stability of the U.S.monetary system.
S)A 1914 law that strengthened federal definitions of "monopoly" and gave more power to the Justice Department to pursue antitrust cases;it also specified that labor unions could not generally be prosecuted for "restraint of trade," ensuring that antitrust laws would apply to corporations rather than unions.

Question 18

How did southern Democrats and northern politicians seek to restrict the right to vote in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? What was the impact of measures,both in the South and elsewhere,to restrict the vote?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Southern

Question 19

Which president advocated measures to protect black voting rights in the South after the end of Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  James Garfield 
B)  Benjamin Harrison 
C)  Grover Cleveland 
D)  William McKinley 
A)  James Garfield 
B)  Benjamin Harrison 
C)  Grover Cleveland 
D)  William McKinley

Question 20

Answer the following  questions :
-Newlands Reclamation Act

Accepted Answer

A) An 1883 law establishing a nonpartisan Civil Service Commission to fill federal jobs by examination.The act dealt a major blow to the "spoils system" and sought to ensure that government positions were filled by trained,professional employees. 
B) Landmark 1890 act that forbade anticompetitive business activities,requiring the federal government to investigate trusts and any companies operating in violation of the act. 
C) Also known as the Federal Elections Bill of 1890,a bill proposing that whenever 100 citizens in any district appealed for intervention,a bipartisan federal board could investigate and seat the rightful winner.The defeat of the bill was a blow to those seeking to defend African American voting rights and to ensure full participation in politics. 
D) An 1892 statement by the Populists calling for stronger government to protect ordinary Americans. 
E) A policy of loosening the money supply by expanding federal coinage to include silver as well as gold.Advocates of the policy thought it would encourage borrowing and stimulate industry,but the defeat of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan ended the this movement and gave Republicans power to retain the gold standard.
F)An 1898 Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to impose poll taxes and literacy tests.By 1908,every southern state had adopted such measures.
G)A 1905 Supreme Court ruling that New York State could not limit bakers' workday to ten hours because that violated bakers' rights to make contracts.
H)A 1906 antitrust law that empowered the federal Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad shipment rates wherever they believed that railroads were unfairly colluding to set prices.
I)A 1911 Supreme Court decision that directed the breakup of the Standard Oil Company into smaller companies,because its overwhelming market dominance and monopoly power violated antitrust laws.
J)A 1902 law,supported by President Theodore Roosevelt,that allowed the federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands.
K)A policy promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette of Wisconsin for greater government intervention in the economy,with reliance on experts,particularly progressive economists,for policy recommendations.
L)A reform organization that worked (unsuccessfully)to win a federal law banning child labor.The organization hired photographer Lewis Hine to record brutal conditions in mines and mills where thousands of children worked.
M)A 1908 Supreme Court case that upheld an Oregon law limiting women's workday to ten hours,based on the need to protect women's health for motherhood.Muller complicated the earlier decision in Lochner v.New York,laying out grounds on which states could intervene to protect workers.It divided women's rights activists,however,because some saw its provisions as discriminatory.
N)A term used by Harvard-educated sociologist W.E.B.Du Bois for the top 10 percent of educated African Americans,whom he called on to develop new strategies to advocate for civil rights.
O)An organization founded in 1910 by leading African American reformers and white allies as a vehicle for advocating equal rights for African Americans,especially through the courts.
P)An umbrella union and radical political group founded in 1905,dedicated to organizing unskilled workers to oppose capitalism.Nicknamed the Wobblies,it advocated direct action by workers,including sabotage and general strikes.
Q)In a 1910 speech,Theodore Roosevelt called for the practice of an ideology that promoted government intervention to enhance public welfare,including a federal child labor law,more recognition of labor rights,a national minimum wage for women,women's suffrage,and curbs on the power of federal courts to stop reform.
R)Act establishing the central bank system of the United States,created in 1913.This system helps set the money supply level,thus influencing the rate of growth of the U.S.economy,and seeks to ensure the stability of the U.S.monetary system.
S)A 1914 law that strengthened federal definitions of "monopoly" and gave more power to the Justice Department to pursue antitrust cases;it also specified that labor unions could not generally be prosecuted for "restraint of trade," ensuring that antitrust laws would apply to corporations rather than unions. 
A) An 1883 law establishing a nonpartisan Civil Service Commission to fill federal jobs by examination.The act dealt a major blow to the "spoils system" and sought to ensure that government positions were filled by trained,professional employees. 
B) Landmark 1890 act that forbade anticompetitive business activities,requiring the federal government to investigate trusts and any companies operating in violation of the act. 
C) Also known as the Federal Elections Bill of 1890,a bill proposing that whenever 100 citizens in any district appealed for intervention,a bipartisan federal board could investigate and seat the rightful winner.The defeat of the bill was a blow to those seeking to defend African American voting rights and to ensure full participation in politics. 
D) An 1892 statement by the Populists calling for stronger government to protect ordinary Americans. 
E) A policy of loosening the money supply by expanding federal coinage to include silver as well as gold.Advocates of the policy thought it would encourage borrowing and stimulate industry,but the defeat of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan ended the this movement and gave Republicans power to retain the gold standard.
F)An 1898 Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to impose poll taxes and literacy tests.By 1908,every southern state had adopted such measures.
G)A 1905 Supreme Court ruling that New York State could not limit bakers' workday to ten hours because that violated bakers' rights to make contracts.
H)A 1906 antitrust law that empowered the federal Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad shipment rates wherever they believed that railroads were unfairly colluding to set prices.
I)A 1911 Supreme Court decision that directed the breakup of the Standard Oil Company into smaller companies,because its overwhelming market dominance and monopoly power violated antitrust laws.
J)A 1902 law,supported by President Theodore Roosevelt,that allowed the federal government to sell public lands to raise money for irrigation projects that expanded agriculture on arid lands.
K)A policy promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette of Wisconsin for greater government intervention in the economy,with reliance on experts,particularly progressive economists,for policy recommendations.
L)A reform organization that worked (unsuccessfully)to win a federal law banning child labor.The organization hired photographer Lewis Hine to record brutal conditions in mines and mills where thousands of children worked.
M)A 1908 Supreme Court case that upheld an Oregon law limiting women's workday to ten hours,based on the need to protect women's health for motherhood.Muller complicated the earlier decision in Lochner v.New York,laying out grounds on which states could intervene to protect workers.It divided women's rights activists,however,because some saw its provisions as discriminatory.
N)A term used by Harvard-educated sociologist W.E.B.Du Bois for the top 10 percent of educated African Americans,whom he called on to develop new strategies to advocate for civil rights.
O)An organization founded in 1910 by leading African American reformers and white allies as a vehicle for advocating equal rights for African Americans,especially through the courts.
P)An umbrella union and radical political group founded in 1905,dedicated to organizing unskilled workers to oppose capitalism.Nicknamed the Wobblies,it advocated direct action by workers,including sabotage and general strikes.
Q)In a 1910 speech,Theodore Roosevelt called for the practice of an ideology that promoted government intervention to enhance public welfare,including a federal child labor law,more recognition of labor rights,a national minimum wage for women,women's suffrage,and curbs on the power of federal courts to stop reform.
R)Act establishing the central bank system of the United States,created in 1913.This system helps set the money supply level,thus influencing the rate of growth of the U.S.economy,and seeks to ensure the stability of the U.S.monetary system.
S)A 1914 law that strengthened federal definitions of "monopoly" and gave more power to the Justice Department to pursue antitrust cases;it also specified that labor unions could not generally be prosecuted for "restraint of trade," ensuring that antitrust laws would apply to corporations rather than unions.

Exam 19: Whose Government Politics, Populists, and Progressives, 1880-1917

Which of the following describes both the reform movements in the 1880s and the 1890s and those between 1900 and 1920?

What factors explain the limitations of progressive reform during this period?

Mugwumps were reformers who

The prominent political movements between the end of Reconstruction and World War I ignored which of the following goals?

What was the outcome of the 1912 presidential election?

Answer the following questions : -Lodge Bill

In the early 1900s,the Industrial Workers of the World were committed to achieving

Answer the following questions : -New Nationalism

Answer the following questions : -Sherman Antitrust Act

Which of the following progressive reforms amended the Sherman Act to prevent trusts from curbing competition?

In which of the following ways did American politics change during the mid-1890s?

Answer the following questions : -National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Who stepped in to aid the federal government when the U.S.Treasury's gold supplies dwindled badly in 1895?

What role did the federal courts play in the political transformations of the 1890s?

What were the legacies of the progressive movement? What factors account for its failures and its successes?

Answer the following questions : -Omaha Platform

Answer the following questions : -Clayton Antitrust Act

How did southern Democrats and northern politicians seek to restrict the right to vote in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? What was the impact of measures,both in the South and elsewhere,to restrict the vote?

Which president advocated measures to protect black voting rights in the South after the end of Reconstruction?

Answer the following questions : -Newlands Reclamation Act

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The British Atlantic World, 1607-1750

Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720-1763

The Problem of Empire, 1754-1776

Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789

Hammering Out a Federal Republic, 1787-1820

Economic Transformations, 1800-1848

A Democratic Revolution, 1800-1848

Religion, Reform, and Culture, 1820-1848

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Bloody Ground: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Conquering a Continent, 1860-1890

Industrial America: Corporations and Conflicts, 1877-1910

Making Modern American Culture, 1880-1917

Civilizations Inferno: the Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities, 1880-1917

An Emerging World Power, 1890-1918

Unsettled Prosperity: From War to Depression, 1919-1932

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The World at War, 1937-1945

Cold War America, 1945-1963

Triumph of the Middle Class, 1945-1963

Walking Into Freedom Land: the Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1973

Uncivil Wars:liberal Crisis and Conservative Rebirth, 1961-1972

The Search for Order in an Era of Limits, 1973-1980

Conservative America in the Ascent, 1980-1991

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