Question 1

Which of the following was President Cleveland's greatest public relations failure during his presidency?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sentencing Jacob Coxey to death 
B)  Supporting the strikers in the Pullman strike 
C)  Conducting secret negotiations with J.P.Morgan to replenish American gold 
D)  Going off the gold standard 
A)  Sentencing Jacob Coxey to death 
B)  Supporting the strikers in the Pullman strike 
C)  Conducting secret negotiations with J.P.Morgan to replenish American gold 
D)  Going off the gold standard

Question 2

Answer the following  questions :
-National Child Labor Committee

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 3

What was the outcome of the Supreme Court's decision in the 1911 Standard Oil case?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Standard Oil trust remained in place for several more decades. 
B)  The monopoly was broken up into several competing companies. 
C)  The longstanding "rule of reason" was declared unconstitutional. 
D)  The Sherman Antitrust Act was declared unconstitutional. 
A)  The Standard Oil trust remained in place for several more decades. 
B)  The monopoly was broken up into several competing companies. 
C)  The longstanding "rule of reason" was declared unconstitutional. 
D)  The Sherman Antitrust Act was declared unconstitutional.

Question 4

Answer the following  questions :
-Muller v.Oregon

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 5

What grassroots reform movements emerged during the period from 1880 to 1912? What were their goals,and how successfully did they realize them?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Grassroo

Question 6

Who was Jacob Coxey? What was the significance of his "army" and their march to Washington in 1894?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Jacob Co

Question 7

For this question,refer to the following excerpt. There is no question which of the great parties represents the house of Have and which the house of Want....Democrat[s] are cramped for want of funds....On the other hand there is practically "no end of money" at the disposal of the McKinley committees....
As for the banks,the great railroad companies and insurance companies,who,even in ordinary times find it to their interest to help financially one,and frequently both,sides ... ,their purse strings are unloosed more freely than ever before,but only in one direction.
The danger to a republican form of government of a money interest in politics is so clear that it needs not to be dwelt upon....The steady tendency of American legislation,national and state,has not merely been to create great special interests,but in the very effort to control them for the benefit of the public,to concern them directly in politics.
Henry George on money in politics,Wheeling Register,September 19,1896
The excerpt quoted above would be most useful to historians analyzing the

Accepted Answer

A)  emergence of an industrial culture in the United States. 
B)  ties between Gilded Age politics and big business. 
C)  provision of services by urban political machines in exchange for political support. 
D)  relationship between citizens and the national government. 
A)  emergence of an industrial culture in the United States. 
B)  ties between Gilded Age politics and big business. 
C)  provision of services by urban political machines in exchange for political support. 
D)  relationship between citizens and the national government.

Question 8

What is the relationship between progressive reform and the struggle for racial equality?

Accepted Answer

Most white progressives were r

Question 9

Which segment of the American population drove the creation and success of the People's Party in the early 1890s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Urban workers 
B)  Farmers 
C)  Middle-class managers 
D)  Immigrants 
A)  Urban workers 
B)  Farmers 
C)  Middle-class managers 
D)  Immigrants

Question 10

Which of the following was promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette (1901-1905)as the Wisconsin Idea?

Accepted Answer

A)  Greater government intervention in the economy 
B)  Smaller government with less intervention in the economy 
C)  Expanded voting rights for all men and women 
D)  Government subsidies to encourage the growth of corporations 
A)  Greater government intervention in the economy 
B)  Smaller government with less intervention in the economy 
C)  Expanded voting rights for all men and women 
D)  Government subsidies to encourage the growth of corporations

Question 11

What factors accounted for Wilson's victory in 1912? How did the reforms achieved under Wilson differ from those passed during Theodore Roosevelt's presidency?

Accepted Answer

The division of former Republicans betwe

Question 12

For this question,refer to the following excerpt. There is no question which of the great parties represents the house of Have and which the house of Want....Democrat[s] are cramped for want of funds....On the other hand there is practically "no end of money" at the disposal of the McKinley committees....
As for the banks,the great railroad companies and insurance companies,who,even in ordinary times find it to their interest to help financially one,and frequently both,sides ... ,their purse strings are unloosed more freely than ever before,but only in one direction.
The danger to a republican form of government of a money interest in politics is so clear that it needs not to be dwelt upon....The steady tendency of American legislation,national and state,has not merely been to create great special interests,but in the very effort to control them for the benefit of the public,to concern them directly in politics.
Henry George on money in politics,Wheeling Register,September 19,1896
The events described in the excerpt above contributed most directly to debates over

Accepted Answer

A)  the role of the government in economic development. 
B)  challenges to capitalism and alternate,utopian visions of society. 
C)  major overhauls of the capitalist system. 
D)  corruption in government,especially as it related to big business. 
A)  the role of the government in economic development. 
B)  challenges to capitalism and alternate,utopian visions of society. 
C)  major overhauls of the capitalist system. 
D)  corruption in government,especially as it related to big business.

Question 13

What prevented Theodore Roosevelt from achieving the Republican presidential nomination in 1912?

Accepted Answer

A)  Taft had superior fundraising ability and,by outspending Roosevelt,he prevailed. 
B)  Taft proved to be more popular with grassroots Republican voters in most of the state primaries. 
C)  Taft controlled the party caucuses,whose leaders chose the candidate at the national convention. 
D)  Pro-Taft party officials bribed enough convention delegates to deny Roosevelt the nomination. 
A)  Taft had superior fundraising ability and,by outspending Roosevelt,he prevailed. 
B)  Taft proved to be more popular with grassroots Republican voters in most of the state primaries. 
C)  Taft controlled the party caucuses,whose leaders chose the candidate at the national convention. 
D)  Pro-Taft party officials bribed enough convention delegates to deny Roosevelt the nomination.

Question 14

Between 1876 and 1892,Americans could be described as

Accepted Answer

A)  highly partisan and politically active. 
B)  apathetic about politics. 
C)  independent-minded voters. 
D)  reluctant to join parties. 
A)  highly partisan and politically active. 
B)  apathetic about politics. 
C)  independent-minded voters. 
D)  reluctant to join parties.

Question 15

Which of the following statements characterizes President Theodore Roosevelt's approach to the nation's natural resources?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was a preservationist who opposed the exploitation of natural resources. 
B)  An ardent outdoorsman,he became a convert to conservation after he left office. 
C)  He called for the repeal of the Forest Reserve Act of 1891. 
D)  He was a conservationist who tried to balance commercial and public interests. 
A)  He was a preservationist who opposed the exploitation of natural resources. 
B)  An ardent outdoorsman,he became a convert to conservation after he left office. 
C)  He called for the repeal of the Forest Reserve Act of 1891. 
D)  He was a conservationist who tried to balance commercial and public interests.

Question 16

How did the federal government respond when jobless men marched on Washington in 1894?

Accepted Answer

A)  President Cleveland listened to them sympathetically. 
B)  Congress passed a measure to provide temporary relief to the unemployed. 
C)  Their leader Jacob Coxey was arrested and their demands were not met. 
D)  The president appointed a commission to study their grievances. 
A)  President Cleveland listened to them sympathetically. 
B)  Congress passed a measure to provide temporary relief to the unemployed. 
C)  Their leader Jacob Coxey was arrested and their demands were not met. 
D)  The president appointed a commission to study their grievances.

Question 17

Why was McKinley's campaign in the 1896 presidential election superior to Bryan's?

Accepted Answer

A)  McKinley traveled extensively to be seen and heard by the public and Bryan did not. 
B)  McKinley raised and spent a great deal of money donated by corporations. 
C)  McKinley gave more speeches throughout the nation. 
D)  Bryan spoke rationally,while McKinley spoke passionately and appealed to voters' emotions. 
A)  McKinley traveled extensively to be seen and heard by the public and Bryan did not. 
B)  McKinley raised and spent a great deal of money donated by corporations. 
C)  McKinley gave more speeches throughout the nation. 
D)  Bryan spoke rationally,while McKinley spoke passionately and appealed to voters' emotions.

Question 18

Which of the following was a result of the laws passed to disenfranchise blacks across the South in the 1890s and early 1900s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Republican Party was able to regain near parity with the Democrats once it no longer pursued black southern voters. 
B)  Voter turnout decreased only slightly after disenfranchisement. 
C)  Racial violence became less prevalent because whites no longer felt threatened. 
D)  Segregation laws barring blacks from public and private places such as hotels,parks,and public drinking fountains were passed. 
A)  The Republican Party was able to regain near parity with the Democrats once it no longer pursued black southern voters. 
B)  Voter turnout decreased only slightly after disenfranchisement. 
C)  Racial violence became less prevalent because whites no longer felt threatened. 
D)  Segregation laws barring blacks from public and private places such as hotels,parks,and public drinking fountains were passed.

Question 19

The national political stalemate of the 1880s and early 1890s originated in part because of

Accepted Answer

A)  the incredible population growth resulting from immigration. 
B)  northerners' tenacious commitment to Reconstruction. 
C)  labor unions' and trusts' large political donations. 
D)  the passing of the southern Confederate generation. 
A)  the incredible population growth resulting from immigration. 
B)  northerners' tenacious commitment to Reconstruction. 
C)  labor unions' and trusts' large political donations. 
D)  the passing of the southern Confederate generation.

Question 20

Answer the following  questions :
-Lochner v.New York

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 was President Cleveland's greatest public relations failure during his presidency?

Answer the following questions : -National Child Labor Committee

What was the outcome of the Supreme Court's decision in the 1911 Standard Oil case?

Answer the following questions : -Muller v.Oregon

What grassroots reform movements emerged during the period from 1880 to 1912? What were their goals,and how successfully did they realize them?

Who was Jacob Coxey? What was the significance of his "army" and their march to Washington in 1894?

What is the relationship between progressive reform and the struggle for racial equality?

Which segment of the American population drove the creation and success of the People's Party in the early 1890s?

Which of the following was promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette (1901-1905)as the Wisconsin Idea?

What factors accounted for Wilson's victory in 1912? How did the reforms achieved under Wilson differ from those passed during Theodore Roosevelt's presidency?

What prevented Theodore Roosevelt from achieving the Republican presidential nomination in 1912?

Between 1876 and 1892,Americans could be described as

Which of the following statements characterizes President Theodore Roosevelt's approach to the nation's natural resources?

How did the federal government respond when jobless men marched on Washington in 1894?

Why was McKinley's campaign in the 1896 presidential election superior to Bryan's?

Which of the following was a result of the laws passed to disenfranchise blacks across the South in the 1890s and early 1900s?

The national political stalemate of the 1880s and early 1890s originated in part because of

Answer the following questions : -Lochner v.New York

Colliding Worlds, 1491-1600

American Experiments, 1521-1700

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

Imperial Ambitions, 1820-1848

Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1844-1860

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

Managing the Great Depression, Forging the New Deal, 1929-1938

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

Confronting Global and National Dilemmas, 1989 to the Present

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