Question 1

What were the significant divisions within the progressive movement? What impact did these divisions have on the movement?

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Question 2

The Supreme Court, in two rulings related to the 1916 Keating-Owen Act,

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A)   demonstrated its support for President Wilson's political agenda.
B)   validated an expansion of congressional authority.
C)   struck down reform legislation.
D)   displayed support for using federal authority to create social change.
E)   illustrated how quickly Justice Louis Brandeis had changed the Court.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

The leader of the National Woman's Party, ________, did not think that the Nineteenth Amendment would be sufficient to protect women.

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Question 4

Theodore Roosevelt did not run for another term as president in 1908 because

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A)   the Constitution prevented him from doing so.
B)   he had lost much of his public popularity.
C)   in 1904 he had promised not to run again.
D)   he was denied the nomination of his party.
E)   he felt he had accomplished everything he wanted to do as president.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

"Big Bill" Haywood of the ________ called for the abolition of the "wage slave" system.

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Industrial...

Question 6

During the progressive era, clubs for African American women

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A)   differed sharply from white women's clubs in their structure.
B)   often took anti-lynching and anti-segregation positions.
C)   existed in large numbers despite the racial inclusiveness of white-founded women's clubs.
D)   tried to ignore overtly racial issues such as segregation.
E)   did not exist.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 7

The Federal Trade Commission Act

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A)   defined the standard for "unfair trade practices."
B)   helped businesses increase their trade markets.
C)   failed to give the government new powers to investigate corporate behavior.
D)   encouraged industries to write basic "codes" governing prices, hours, and wages across the board.
E)   created an agency to determine whether business practices were acceptable to the government.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 8

The presidential candidate who was the victim of an assassination attempt in 1912 was ________.

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Question 9

The temperance crusade

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A)   first began to take shape during the progressive era.
B)   was supported by business employers.
C)   sought to curb prostitution.
D)   found its greatest support among immigrants.
E)   was wholeheartedly supported by urban political machines.F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 10

During the progressive era, significant voting rights for women were first won in

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A)   the mid-Atlantic states.
B)   the South.
C)   New England.
D)   the Midwest.
E)   the Far West.F) D) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 11

The ________ Tariff made progressives resentful of President Taft's passivity in challenging the congressional Old Guard.

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Question 12

During his first three years in office, President Theodore Roosevelt was less concerned with reform than he was with not upsetting the conservative wing of his party.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Progressive reformers tried to strengthen the power of the mayor over the city council.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Analyze and assess the presidential election results of 1912.

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The presidential election of 1912 was a ...

Question 15

As president, William Howard Taft

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A)   angered many conservatives with his activism.
B)   generally pleased progressives.
C)   managed to match Roosevelt's personal dynamism.
D)   angered many conservatives with his activism, but generally pleased progressives.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 16

The major reform of the American banking system passed by Wilson was the ________.

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Question 17

Progressives tended to believe that the doctrine of Social Darwinism was the correct starting point for creating a better world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In 1904, Ida Tarbell published a highly critical study on

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A)   the Carnegie Steel Company.
B)   child industrial labor.
C)   urban "boss rule."
D)   the Standard Oil trust.
E)   Congress.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

What was Theodore Roosevelt's conception of the presidency, and how did his actions conform to that conception?

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Theodore Roosevelt's conception of the p...

Question 20

In his political program known as the "New Freedom," Woodrow Wilson believed trusts

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A)   needed to be tightly regulated by the federal government.
B)   should be destroyed.
C)   should exist only if they benefited the middle class.
D)   should have the right to expand.
E)   should exist only if they recognized labor's right to organize.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

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During the progressive era, clubs for African American women

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The leader of the National Woman's Party, ________, did not think that the Nineteenth Amendment would be sufficient to protect women.

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Analyze and assess the presidential election results of 1912.

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The Federal Trade Commission Act

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What was Theodore Roosevelt's conception of the presidency, and how did his actions conform to that conception?

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Progressives tended to believe that the doctrine of Social Darwinism was the correct starting point for creating a better world.

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Progressive reformers tried to strengthen the power of the mayor over the city council.

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The major reform of the American banking system passed by Wilson was the ________.

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The Supreme Court, in two rulings related to the 1916 Keating-Owen Act,

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"Big Bill" Haywood of the ________ called for the abolition of the "wage slave" system.

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Theodore Roosevelt did not run for another term as president in 1908 because

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The presidential candidate who was the victim of an assassination attempt in 1912 was ________.

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