Chapter 28 Test 12.30.15

Question 1

The political roots of the progressive movement lay in the

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the Greenback Labor Party and the Populists

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Lincoln Steffens, in his series of articles entitled “The Shame of the Cities,”

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unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government

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Female progressives often justified their reformist political activities on the basis of

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their being essentially an extension of women’s traditional roles as wives and mothers

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The muckrakers signified much about the nature of the progressive reform movement because they

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counted on drastic political change to fight social wrongs

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The leading progressive organization advocating proibition of liquor was

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the Women’s Christian Temperance Union

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Most muckrakers believed that their primary function in the progresive attack on social ills was

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make the public aware of social problems

Question 7

Match each early twentith-century muckraker below with the target of his or her expose.

A. David G. Phillips 1. the United States Senate
B. Ida Tarbell 2. the Standard Oil Company
C. Lincoln Steffens 3. city governments
D. Ray Stannard Baker 4. the condition of blacks

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A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4

Question 8

All of the following were prime goals of earnest progressives EXCEPT

a. abolishing special workplace protections for women.
b. the direct election of senators.
c. ending prostitution and “white slavery.”
d. prohibition.

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abolishing special workplace protections for women.

Question 9

To regain the power that the people had lost to the interests,” progresives advocated all of the following EXCEPT

a. recall.
b. referendum.
c. socialism.
d. initiative.

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c. socialism.

Question 10

Match each late nineteenth-century critic below with the target of his citicism.

A. Thorstein Veblen 1. “bloated trusts”
B. Jack London 2. slum conditions
C. Jacob Riis 3. “conspiuous consumption”
D. Henry Demarest Lloyd 4. destruction of nature

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A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1

Question 11

The “real heart” of the progressive movement was the effort by reformers to

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use the government as an agency of human welfare

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Political progressivism

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emerged in both major parties, in all regions, at all levels of government

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Progressivism

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was closely tied to the feminist movement and women’s causes

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According to progressives, the cure for all American democracy’s ill was

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more democracy

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Progressive reformers were mainly men and women from the

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middle class

Question 16

As part of his reform program, Teddy Roosevelt advocated all of the following EXCEPT

a. conservation of natural resources.
b. control of labor.
c. consumer protection.
d. control of corporations.

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b. control of labor.

Question 17

The progressive movement was instrumental in getting the Seventeenth Amendment added to the Constitution, which provided for ____________________________.

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the direct election of senators

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Progresive reform at the level of city government seemed to indicate that the progressives’ highest priority was

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governmental efficiency

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Teddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines by

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threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops

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The public outcry after the horrible Triangle Shirtwaist fire led many states to pass

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restrictions on female employment in the clothing industry

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The progressive-inspired city-manager system of government

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was designed to remove politics from municipal administration

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Which of the following was NOT among the issues addressed by women in the progressive movement?

a. preventing child labor in factories and sweatshops
b. insuring that food products were healthy and safe
c. creating pensions for mothers with dependent children.
d. ending special regulations governing women in the workplace

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d. ending special regulations governing women in the workplace

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The case of Lochner v. New York represented a setback for progressives and labor advocates becaue the Supreme Court in its ruling

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declared a law limiting work to ten hours a day unconstitutional

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One unusual and significant characteristic of the anthracite coal strike in 1902 was that

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the national government did not automatically side with the owners in the dispute

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While president, Theodore Roosevelt chose to label his reform poroposals as the

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Square Deal

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Teddy Roosevelt believed that trusts

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were here to stay with their efficient means of production

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Hepburn Act

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With this act the Interstate Commerce Commission was expanded and given much greater power. It was also given the power to dictate and nullify railroad rates in 1906

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In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court upheld the principle promoted b progressive like Florence Kelley and Louis Brandis that

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female workers required special rules and protection on the job

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The real purpose of Teddy Roosevelt’s assault on trusts was to

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prove that government, not private business, ruled the country

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The Elkins and Hepburn Acts dealt with the subject of

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railroad regulation

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The setlement house and women’s club movements were crucial centers for female progressive activity because they

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introduced many middle-class women to a broader array of urban social problems and civic concerns

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The Supreme Court’s “rule of reason” in antitrust law was handed down in a case involving

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Standard Oil

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President Taft’s foreign policy was dubbed

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dollar diplomacy

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While president, Theodore Roosevelt

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greatly increased the power and prestige of the presidency

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The Panic of 1907 stimulated reform in __________________ policy.

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banking

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According to the text, Teddy Roosevelt’s most enduring achievement may have been

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his effort supporting the environment

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Teddy Roosevelt weakened himself politically after his election in 1904 when he

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announced that he would not be a candidate for a third term as president

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Of the following legislation aimed at resource conservation, the only one associated with Roosevelt’s presidency was the

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Newlands Act

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Teddy Roosevelt decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because

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William Howard Taft had seemed to discard Roosevelt’s policies

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As president, William Howard Taft

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was wedded more to the status quo than to progresive change

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When Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, he intended his book to focus attention on the

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plight of workers in the stockyards and the meat-packing industry

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Theodore Roosevelt is probably most accurately described as

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a middle-of-the-road reformer

Question 43

During his presidency, Teddy Roosevelt did all of the following EXCEPT

a. aid the cuse of the environment.
b. expand presidential power.
c. tame capitalism.
d. provide an international perspective.

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c. tame capitalism.

Question 44

President Roosevelt believed that the federal government should adopt a policy of ____________ trusts.

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regulating

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Passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act was especially facilitated by the publication of

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Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle

Question 46

The idea of “multiple-use resource management” included all of the following practices EXCEPT

a. damming of rivers.
b. sustained-yield logging.
c. recreation.
d. summer stock grazing.

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a. damming of rivers.