Chapter 9 (The Americans) 2014

Question 1

Reform movement that sought to return control of the government to the people

Answer 1

Progressivism

Question 2

president of the United States who was a former president of Princeton University and governor of New Jersey

Answer 2

Woodrow Wilson

Question 3

an advocate for improving the lives of women and of children

Answer 3

Florence Kelley

Question 4

muckraking journalist who exposed the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry

Answer 4

Upton Sinclair

Question 5

the movement to protect America’s natural resources

Answer 5

conservation

Question 6

the term used to describe the progressive reforms of President Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 6

Square Deal

Question 7

watchdog agency given the power to stop unfair business practices

Answer 7

Federal Trade Commission

Question 8

president whose actions split the Republican party after he angered both progressives and conservationists

Answer 8

William H. Taft

Question 9

a plan that reformed how American banks were organized

Answer 9

Federal Reserve system

Question 10

a leader of the woman suffrage movement

Answer 10

Susan B. Anthony

Question 11

The progressive movement regarded all o;f the following as worthy goals except
a. protecting social welfare
b. promoting business monopolies
c, creating economic reform
d. fostering efficiency in the workplace

Answer 11

b. promoting business welfare

Question 12

Muckrakers were

a. politicians
b. conservationists
c. suffragists
d. journalists

Answer 12

d. journalist

Question 13

A bill that originates form the people rather than legislators is known as

a. a recall
b. an initiative
c. a referendum
d. an amendment

Answer 13

b. an initiative

Question 14

In the mid-1800s, the majority of women who held jobs worked as

a. servants
b. teachers
c. clerks
d. telephone operators

Answer 14

a. servants

Question 15

All of the following were actively involved in securing the right to vote for women EXCEPT

a. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
b. Susan B. Anthony
c. Florence Kelley
s. Carrie Chapman Catt

Answer 15

c. Florence Kelley

Question 16

In “The Jungle”, Upton Sinclair exposed

a. dangers faced by coal miners
b. corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company
c. unsanitary conditions in the meat- packing industry
d. illegal deals between special interests and the government

Answer 16

c. Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry

Question 17

The first person to use the presidency as a “bully pulpit” was

a. William H. Taft
b. Theodore Roosevelt
c. Woodrow wilson
d. William McKinley

Answer 17

b. Theodore Roosevelt

Question 18

The law that required truthful labels was the

a. Pure Food and Drug Act
b. Meat Inspection Act
c. Sherman Antitrust Act
d. Interstate Commerce Act

Answer 18

a. Pure Food and Drug Act

Question 19

The primary goal of the NAACP was
a. voting rights for women
b. better working conditions
c, regulation of the banking industry
d. equality among the reces

Answer 19

d. equality among the races

Question 20

In the election of 1912, the candidate considered least pleasing to reformers was

a. Eugene V Debs
b. Theodore
c. William H. Taft
d. Woodrow Wilson

Answer 20

c. William H. Taft

Question 21

Which of the following was NOT a result of the introduction of the assembly line?

a. higher worker turnover
b. reduced hours of the workday
c. decreased productivity
d. higher wages

Answer 21

c. decreased productivity

Question 22

Who gained the most from the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment

a. party bosses
b. ordinary citizens
c. state legislators
d. industrial leaders

Answer 22

b. ordinary citizens

Question 23

Which of the following best states the primary goal of prohibitionists?

a. to eliminate the sale of alcohol to minors
b. to eliminate the use of alcohol in society
c. to reduce accidents in the workplace
d. to reduce the availability of alcohol to minors

Answer 23

b. to eliminate the use of alcohol in society

Question 24

Why were early progressive attempts to enact federal bans on child labor unsuccessful?

a. The bans had little public support
b. Labor Unions fought the legislation
c. Factory owners simply ignored the laws
d. The Supreme Court ruled such bans unconstitutional

Answer 24

d. The Supreme Court ruled such bans unconstitutional

Question 25

Which strategy was NOT employed by women suffragists to obtain their goal a. They called for female workers to strike b. They advocated a constitutional amendment c. They tested the Fourteenth Amendment in court d. They convinced state legislatures to grant women the right to vote

Answer 25

a. They called for female workers to strike

Question 26

Which statement best characterizes Roosevelt's positions on trust. a. Some trusts were harmful to the public interest b. All trusts should be busted c. Trusts were of benefit to the public interest d. Trusts were legal and could not be abolished

Answer 26

a. Some trusts were harmful to the public interest

Question 27

Which statement best characterizes the position of Gifford Pinchot toward land conservation a. Unrestricted development was acceptable b. a multi-use land program was possible c. Further privatization should be prohibited d. Conservation should not interfere with industrial expansion

Answer 27

b. A multi-use land program was possible

Question 28

Which of the following actions led to the defeat of Taft in 1912? a. his overuse of the bully pulpit b. to failure to continue the trustbusting of Roosevelt c. his refusal to sign the Payne-Aldrich Tariff d. his failure to unify the Republican Party

Answer 28

d. his failure to unify the Republican Party

Question 29

What was the primary motivation for passage of the Sixteenth Amendment? a. to curb the power of corporations b. to replace revenue lost by enacting lower tariffs c. to reduce the gap between rich and poor d. to create a war chest to pay for future wars

Answer 29

b. to replace revenue lost by enacting lower tariffs

Question 30

What effect did WWI have on the suffragist movement a. It delayed action as attention turned to the war effort b. It had little effect c. It caused a split within the NAWSA c. It hastened passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment

Answer 30

d. It hastened passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment