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Explain the strengths and weaknesses and the successes and failures of the Progressive movement.

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Discuss the similarities and differences between the ideology and goals of Progressive reformers and the ideology and goals of American socialists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Write an essay in which you defend the following statement: "As president, Woodrow Wilson had to blend New Freedom ideals with New Nationalism precepts, and in so doing he set the direction of federal economic policy for much of the twentieth century."

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Woodrow Wilson's presidency was a pivota...

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What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Harriott Stanton Blatch?
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-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

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Harriott Stanton Blatch was a prominent ...

Question 5

Compare and contrast Wilson's ideals as expressed in the New Freedom philosophy with the actual legislative achievements of his first administration from 1913 to 1917.

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Wilson's New Freedom philosophy was base...

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What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Richard T. Ely?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

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Richard T. Ely was an American economist...

Question 7

Which of the following is true of the National Association of Colored Women?

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A)   This organization agitated for women's suffrage.
B)   This organization compiled and published statistics on lynchings in the southern states.
C)   This organization worked to establish nurseries, kindergartens, and retirement homes.
D)   This organization lobbied Congress for the enactment of welfare legislation to help impoverished African Americans.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 8

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Robert F. Wagner and Edward F. Dunne?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

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Robert F. Wagner and Edward F. Dunne wer...

Question 9

Organizations such as the American Bar Association, the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and the National Consumers League had the effect of

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A)   introducing charismatic personalities to political campaigns.
B)   making politics more fragmented and issue-focused than in previous eras.
C)   stifling debate on major urban issues.
D)   increasing the loyalty of the electorate to political parties.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

Which of the following is true of the Underwood Tariff?

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A)   By allowing an independent commission to determine tariff rates, it removed the tariff issue from politics.
B)   By raising tariff rates to record levels, it prevented American industry from being destroyed by inexpensive foreign imports.
C)   By reducing or eliminating tariff rates, it encouraged imports of cheaper foreign materials and manufactured goods.
D)   By eliminating all tariffs, it indicated that America would join with the other industrialized nations in accepting the principle of free trade.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Although Hoke Smith and Hiram Johnson established records as reform-minded progressive governors, they

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A)   had secretly come to terms with political bosses in their respective states.
B)   did not concern themselves with the issue of industrial working conditions.
C)   frequently accepted payoffs from large corporate interests.
D)   supported discrimination against racial minorities.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Margaret Sanger's work aroused opposition among men and women who

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A)   believed that birth control threatened the family and morality.
B)   were frightened by her radical feminist message.
C)   were angry because she placed all responsibility for contraception on women.
D)   were offended by her call for legalized abortion.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Booker T. Washington?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

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Booker T. Washington was an influential ...

Question 14

The most decisive factor in winning the vote for women was the

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A)   participation of women as laborers and volunteers on the home front during the First World War.
B)   active picketing and marching of the National Woman's Party.
C)   propaganda campaigns of the National American Women Suffrage Association.
D)   commitment of the Democratic party leadership in the 1916 election to women's suffrage.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 15

Which of the following is true of W. E. B. Du Bois?

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A)   He believed that the "Talented Tenth" within the African American community should lead in the pursuit of racial equality.
B)   He agreed with the ideas expressed by Booker T. Washington in Washington's speech to the Atlanta Exposition.
C)   He advanced the idea that African Americans should arm themselves so that they could adequately defend themselves in a racist society.
D)   He believed that the problems experienced by African Americans could best be solved by the founding of vocational schools throughout the nation.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

The central banking system established by the Federal Reserve Act of 1913

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A)   made direct loans to businesspersons for plant expansions and investment spending.
B)   insured private bank accounts against loss.
C)   could control the amount of money in circulation by adjusting the discount rate.
D)   tied the money supply to the supply of gold in the United States Treasury.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Senator Robert La Follette wanted to do which of the following?

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A)   Nationalize the railroad industry
B)   Return America to its agrarian and rural past
C)   Drive corporations out of politics
D)   Break all large corporations into small, competitive unitsE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 18

Which of the following was in part responsible for the growth in the number of colleges in the late nineteenth century?

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A)   The abandonment of the elective system
B)   The adoption of a core curriculum
C)   The use of federal funds from the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890
D)   The reduction of curricula offeringsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Reform-minded business executives like Alexander Cassatt generally

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A)   supported cooperative factories that were managed but not owned by rank-and-file factory workers.
B)   supported some government regulation in order to protect their own interests from more radical political elements.
C)   had begun seriously to question the capitalist system.
D)   supported a more equitable distribution of wealth and capital in the United States.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Federal Trade Commission?
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-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

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