All of the following dealt with the protection of social welfare EXCEPT:

The passage of the 17th Amendment

In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed

Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry

The term “trust-busting” refers to:

Government actions to break up monopolies and restore competition

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

To eliminate the use of alcohol in society

Two areas where Roosevelt’s progressivism made substantial headway were

Consumer and conservation legislation

Which statement best characterizes Theodore Roosevelt’s position on trusts?

Some trusts were harmful to the public interest

The influence of the Progressive Movement at the turn of the twentieth century was due to?

Government becoming more responsive to social issues

Which of the following actions led to the defeat of Taft in 1912?

His failure to unify the Republican Party

What was the main goal of most muckraking journalists?

Exposing socioeconomic problems in need of govt attention

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The Progressive Movement

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1
All of the following dealt with the protection of social welfare EXCEPT:
Creation of settlement houses
Formation of the YMCA
The attempt to reduce child labor
The passage of the 17th Amendment
2
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote in national elections?
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
15th Amendment
17th Amendment
3
In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry
Dangers faced by working children
The corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company
Illegal deals involving the U.S. Forest Bureau
4
The term “trust-busting” refers to:
Government actions to break up monopolies and restore competition
Efforts by labor unions to establish trust funds for workers
Creating financial trusts to support public infrastructure projects
Building trust among various racial and ethnic groups
5
The first president to use a "bully pulpit" was
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
William H. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
6
All of the following were actively involved in securing the right to vote for women except
Florence Kelley
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Carrie Chapman Catt
7
Which of the following would be the best example of moral reform?
Prohibition
Scientific management
Cleaning up the meat-packing industry
YMCA construction of libraries
8
Which of the following best states the primary goal of prohibitionists?
To eliminate the sale of alcohol to minors
To reduce accidents in the workplace
To reduce the availability of alcohol to minors
To eliminate the use of alcohol in society
9
Younger suffragists that formed the National Women's Party pushed for all of the following EXCEPT?
The "state-by-state" campaign
Breaking from NAWSA due to their stalling tactics
A constitutional amendment allowing women nation-wide suffrage
The use of radical methods such as hunger strikes and picketing
10
The Progressive Movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals except
Promoting business monopolies
Protecting social welfare
Fostering efficiency in the workplace
Creating economic reform
11
Two areas where Roosevelt’s progressivism made substantial headway were
Immigration and racial legislation
Consumer and conservation legislation
Stock market and securities legislation
Agricultural and mining legislation
12
The MAIN goal of the NAACP was
Better working conditions
Regulation of the banking industry
Voting rights for women
Equality among the races
13
Which of the following people was not considered to be a muckraker?
Ida Tarbell
Jacob Riis
Samuel Gompers
Upton Sinclair
14
The Progressive Movement
Offered little to the growing women’s movement
Focused more on rights of African-Americans than women
Supported better treatment of women but not women’s suffrage
Was closely tied to the feminist movement and women’s causes
15
A bill that originates from the people rather than legislators is called
A referendum
An amendment
A recall
An initiative
16
Settlement houses were founded in the late 1800’s by
Industrial workers
Social reformers
New immigrants
Political machines
17
Ida Tarbell wrote about which of the following?
Horrible conditions in New York City slums
Horrible conditions for workers in the meatpacking industry in Chicago
Lynching in the South
Standard Oil
18
Among the following issues, which received the LEAST attention from Progressive policymakers?
Racial equality
Antitrust reforms
Fair labor practices
Food and drug purity
19
Which statement best characterizes Theodore Roosevelt’s position on trusts?
All trusts should be busted
Trusts were legal and could not be abolished
Some trusts were harmful to the public interest
Trusts were of benefit to the public interest
20
The law that required truthful labels was the
Pure Food and Drug Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Meat Inspection Act
Interstate Commerce Act
21
Who gained most from the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment?
Ordinary citizens
Party bosses
Industrial leaders
State legislators
22
The influence of the Progressive Movement at the turn of the twentieth century was due to?
Government becoming more responsive to social issues
The acceptance of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution
Politicians taking a more laissez-faire approach
A move to expand U.S. influence beyond the nation’s borders
23
Which of the following actions led to the defeat of Taft in 1912?
His refusal to sign the Payne-Aldrich Tariff
His overuse of the bully pulpit
His failure to unify the Republican Party
His failure to continue the trust-busting of Roosevelt
24
Muckrakers were
Suffragists
Politicians
Journalists
Conservationists
25
What was the main goal of most muckraking journalists?
To increase public awareness of America’s great potential
Fame through the creation of articles of high interest
Exposing socioeconomic problems in need of govt attention
Ending corrupt relationships between govt and big business

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