Question 1

One particularly influential muckraker was Ida Tarbell, whose book exposed several political scandals.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The doors were locked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company on the day of the fire because the owner wanted to prevent possible thefts and unwanted employee breaks.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Progressive era was a period of explosive growth. Which of the following fueled this process?

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A)   decline in population
B)   decline in consumption
C)   expansion of the consumer market
D)   ban on immigration
E)   women's activistsF) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

What made Eugene Debs a successful leader?

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A)   He unified a diverse group of people for the socialist cause.
B)   He was able to stay out of jail during strikes.
C)   He wooed industrialists and gained sizeable donations.
D)   The Socialist Party's numbers surpassed the total number of socialists in Europe.
E)   He unified American socialists and capitalists.F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

Artists captured the transformation of urban landscapes in the Progressive era through which of the following?

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A)   photographs of suburbs
B)   paintings of containers in ports
C)   photographs of electric lights and skyscrapers
D)   the Hudson River school
E)   paintings of backyard lifeF) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

In practice, laws providing for mothers' pensions tended to benefit

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A)   single mothers.
B)   black women.
C)   white widows.
D)   mothers from the middle classes.
E)   activists.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

How did Louis Brandeis characterize labor unions?

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A)   Unions should be abolished.
B)   Unions represented freedom for workers.
C)   The organizing of workers took away their individual freedom.
D)   He saw unions as a positive first step toward a communist society.
E)   Unions should give workers the chance to air grievances, but should not make any managerial decisions.F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 8

Henry Ford paid good wages to attract skilled laborers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following statements about urban Progressives is true?

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A)   They worked to shrink the size of government.
B)   They sought to establish private ownership of gasworks and waterworks.
C)   They cut taxes to increase revenue for schools and parks.
D)   They sought to improve public transportation.
E)   They worked with political machines.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

The Ludlow Massacre

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A)   was a confrontation between Plains Indians and the U.S. Army.
B)   occurred in California.
C)   was led by the AFL.
D)   happened during a strike against Rockefeller-owned companies.
E)   took place in the company housing.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 11

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-conservationism

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Question 12

The Progressive era's birth-control movement was characterized by

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A)   public lectures on sexual freedom and contraception by activists such as Emma Goldman.
B)   free distributions of condoms to working girls
C)   the distribution of birth-control devices by Margaret Sanger.
D)   a belief in a woman's right to an active sexual life, but only in conjunction with childbearing.
E)   a legal campaign for the legalization of abortion.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 13

Like the abolitionist movement before it, the labor movement, in the name of freedom, demanded the right to assemble, organize, and spread its views.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following statements about Jane Addams and Hull House is true?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hull House and other settlement houses provided shelter for the "new woman."
B)   Addams built kindergartens for black children.
C)   Hull House was modeled on a settlement house in New Orleans.
D)   Addams established employment bureaus and health clinics.
E)   Addams believed that immigrant women primarily needed union protection.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 15

Labor agents

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A)   negotiated on behalf of immigrants for fair labor contracts.
B)   recruited Chinese, Mexican, and Italian immigrants to work in Angel Island's fruit and vegetable fields.
C)   provided American employers with workers who signed long-term labor contracts.
D)   were seen as champions of free labor.
E)   focused on short-term labor contracts.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 16

Which of the following was a female progressive reformer?

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A)   Gloria Steinem
B)   Bella Abzug
C)   Alice Paul
D)   Jane Goodall
E)   Charlotte Perkins GilmanF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 17

What organization challenged the sexual norms of the early twentieth century?

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A)   Women's Christian Temperance Union
B)   Heterodoxy
C)   National American Woman Suffrage Association
D)   General Federation of Women's Clubs
E)   American Federation of LaborF) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 18

What did Robert M. La Follette and Walter Lippmann emphasize in regard to Progressive government?

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A)   They wanted to increase direct participation of the populace.
B)   The government should do no regulating of corporations.
C)   Impartial experts such as college professors needed to play a role.
D)   America should become a socialist country.
E)   The experience of city bosses was key to making governmental decisions.F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 19

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Progressive Party

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Question 20

Progressive-era immigration was part of a larger process of worldwide migration set in motion by which of the following forces?

Accepted Answer

A)   the annexation of the Philippines
B)   industrial contraction
C)   the decline of modern agriculture
D)   massive droughts in rural southern and eastern Europe and parts of Asia
E)   political turmoilF) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Exam 18: The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Artists captured the transformation of urban landscapes in the Progressive era through which of the following?

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The doors were locked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company on the day of the fire because the owner wanted to prevent possible thefts and unwanted employee breaks.

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Progressive-era immigration was part of a larger process of worldwide migration set in motion by which of the following forces?

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What organization challenged the sexual norms of the early twentieth century?

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Labor agents

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Which of the following statements about Jane Addams and Hull House is true?

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Like the abolitionist movement before it, the labor movement, in the name of freedom, demanded the right to assemble, organize, and spread its views.

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Progressive Party

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Which of the following statements about urban Progressives is true?

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One particularly influential muckraker was Ida Tarbell, whose book exposed several political scandals.

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Which of the following was a female progressive reformer?

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What made Eugene Debs a successful leader?

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The Progressive era's birth-control movement was characterized by

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In practice, laws providing for mothers' pensions tended to benefit

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How did Louis Brandeis characterize labor unions?

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The Ludlow Massacre

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The Progressive era was a period of explosive growth. Which of the following fueled this process?

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -conservationism

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Henry Ford paid good wages to attract skilled laborers.

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