Question 1

By the fall of 1914, President Woodrow Wilson

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A)   decided to expand his progressive reform efforts.
B)   concluded he could not achieve meaningful reform of the economy.
C)   believed his reform program had largely been accomplished.
D)   had succeeded in breaking up most business trusts.
E)   had created the mechanisms for a vigorous legal pursuit of monopoly.F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 2

During the early twentieth century, the Industrial Workers of the World

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A)   advocated a single union for all workers.
B)   was dominated by anarchists.
C)   emphasized education for the working class.
D)   rejected the economic principles of both capitalism and Marxism.
E)   was a more violent organization than the public recognized at the time.F) None of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 3

During the progressive era, the acknowledged leader of American socialism was

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A)   Lincoln Steffens.
B)   William Haywood.
C)   Florence Kelley.
D)   Eugene V. Debs.
E)   A. Mitchell Palmer.F) B) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 4

What major progressive reforms were enacted by the federal government between 1912 and 1915?

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Question 5

New York's major political machine, ________, eventually helped advance progressive reform.

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Question 6

What social factors motivated progressivism to develop as a reform movement when it did?

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The development of progressivism as a re...

Question 7

The secret ballot enhanced the power of the two-party system over the average voter.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

World War I hurt the socialist movement in the United States

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A)   because the war generated anti-radical feelings in the country.
B)   because the Socialist Party supported Germany.
C)   because the Socialist Party had dynamited key railroad lines to prevent troop movement.
D)   both because the war generated anti-radical feelings in the country, and because the Socialist Party supported Germany.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 9

Why was William Howard Taft an unpopular president? Why did Roosevelt challenge him in 1912?

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Question 10

By the beginning of World War I, the nativist tide in America had peaked and was falling.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Why were western states often on the leading edge of political reform and women's voting rights?

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Western states in the United States were...

Question 12

Woodrow Wilson helped create the Federal Reserve system as part of his effort to end trusts.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What were the similarities and differences between Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson as progressive presidents?

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Question 14

The temperance movement was strengthened by World War I.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism called for the elevation of "the public welfare" over the rights of property.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What were the differences between a progressive and a radical reformer from 1890 to 1920?

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During the late 19th and early 20th cent...

Question 17

The temperance movement between 1914 and 1919

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A)   gained momentum as a result of World War I.
B)   was opposed by most conservative Christians.
C)   saw the Women's Christian Temperance Union peak at 125,000 members.
D)   resulted in the unanimous passage by states of the Eighteenth Amendment.
E)   gained the support of most Catholic immigrants.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 18

Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens could both be called muckrakers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

During the progressive era, important vehicles for social reform included

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A)   the American Federation of Labor.
B)   New York's Tammany Hall.
C)   the Triangle Shirtwaist Company.
D)   both New York's Tammany Hall and the Triangle Shirtwaist Company.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

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