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Module 5 Progressivism
Module 5 Progressivism
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Philosophy of accepting w/o challenge the realities of racism & discrimination including Jim Crow laws
nativism
eugenics
accomodation
melting pot
2
Teddy Roosevelt believed in resource management
False
True
3
Which was
NOT
a Goal of the American Socialist Party
shorter hours for workers
private ownership of utilities
suffrage for women
higher wages for workers
4
How were American businesses protected from foreign competition before Wilson?
low tariffs
no tariffs
high tariffs
subsidized advertising
5
What federal regulatory agency was created to stop unfair trading practices among companies?
Federal Trade Commission(FTC)
Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)
Federal Aviation Administration(FAA)
Federal Communications Commission(FCC)
6
Why did President Wilson hold regular press conferences?
To put himself in a difficult situation
make him more powerful in shaping legislation
to make the nation safe for entreprenuers
to punish the political machines
7
Industrial Workers of the World
sought support of conservatives
organized skilled workers
organized unskilled workers
wanted to restrict immigration
8
Dejure segregation occurred in the South while defacto segregation was in the North
False
True
9
recommended that Congress restrict immigration
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
NAACP(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Dillingham Commission
Industrial Workers of the World(IWW)
10
Name the political party that T.Roosevelt created
Populist Party
Democratic Party
Bull Moose Party
Federalist Party
11
Reduced tariff on imported goods(goods from another country)
Sherman Antitrust Act
Underwood Tariff
Clayton Antitrust Act
Federal Reserve System
12
Split the Republican Party
Election of 1812
Panic of 1907
Federal Trade Commission
Election of 1912
13
Shot President McKinley
Ponce de Leon
Leon Lett
Leon Spinks
Leon Czolgosz
14
What was the purpose of the Federal Trade Commission?
stop unfair business and trading practices
keep prices high
back up nation's monetary supply
to keep tariffs low
15
Debt peonage and segregation of the Chinese occurred in the West
True
False
16
The discredited, unscientific and racially biased effort to improve the human race by controlling reproduction
progressivism
resource management
eugenics
education
17
why did nativists want less immigration?
bc they wanted to reduce the labor pool
bc they preferred to live with Native Americans
bc they believed foreign culture was destroying America
bc they believed foreign culture was superior
18
Which of the following is
NOT
an example of a regulatory commission?
F.A.A.(Federal Aviation Administration)
F.T.C.(Federal Trade Commission)
N.B.A. (National Basketball Association)
F.D.A.(Food & Drug Administration)
19
Woodrow Wilson's platform was called the
New Frontier
New Freedom
New Nationalism
New and Improved
20
Woodrow Wilson felt that trusts should be
lied to
dismantled
accomodated
encouraged
21
What amendment did Women use to argue their case for suffrage?
15th
13th
16th
14th
22
Founded the
Niagara Movement
?
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver
WEB DuBois
Scott Joplin
23
Demanded
equality by getting the vote, ending segregation and challenging white domination
Booker T. Washington
most progressives
Woodrow Wilson
W.E.B.DuBois
24
Booker T. Washington
wanted African Americans to acquire labor skills &
W.E.B. DuBois
pushed for liberal arts education
False
True
25
President Taft was arguably more progressive than President Roosevelt on some issues
False
True
26
those who favored native born individuals over foreign born ones
segregationists
progressives
socialists
nativists
27
the Clayton Antitrust Act
prohibited a corporation form acquiring stock of another to create a trust
made strikes legal
made boycotts legal
all of the above
28
Wobblies were the nickname of what group?
members of the IWW(Industrial Workers of the World)
an inebriated individual
weeble wobbles
member of the WWF (World Wrestling Federation)
29
Woodrow Wilson was against a federal anti-lynching law
False
True
30
advocated labor negotiations with owners
socialists
progressives
Industrial Workers of the World
American Federation of Labor
31
Woodrow Wilson implemented which reforms during his administration?
signed law designed to maintain a stable economy(Federal Reserve Act)
signed laws that legalized strikes and boycotts (Clayton Antitrust Act)
all of the above
supported ratification of the 16th Amendment which created a new income tax
32
Which was
NOT
an accomplishment of T.Roosevelt?
asst secretary of navy
Harvard grad
machine boss
war hero
33
Which of the following are regulatory commissions?
all those listed
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal Communications Commission(FCC)
Food & Drug Administration(FDA)
34
In 1917 Congress passed a law refusing entry to immigrants who
could afford it
had communicable diseases/couldn't pass health exam
couldn't pass a literacy test
were from Mexico
35
How was William Howard Taft's administration different than that of Teddy Roosevelt?
Taft was less successful in breaking apart trusts than Roosevelt
Taft favored little government involvement in big business
Taft failed to arouse public opinion and was unable to unify the party
Taft moved quickly and decisively on reform and regulation
36
How did most African American farmers in the era hope to achieve independence?
by directly challenging white domination
by winning the vote
by ending segregation
through economic gains
37
Why was JP Morgan's company considered a monopoly?
because it did well
because it was extremely profitable
combined stock of many RR's to dominate the industry in US
because it had plenty of competition
38
What was a goal of the socialists like Debs?
higher wages for workers
suffrage for women
shorter hours for workers
all of the above
39
The decision to recruit professors(experts) to help write laws and provide advice for government reforms was led by
Upton Sinclair
Jane Addams
Frederick Taylor
Governor Robert LaFollete of Wisconsin
40
Why did Labor Unions want less immigration?
less people = more labor = higher wages
more people = more labor= lower wages
less people = less labor = lower wages
more people = more wages = less labor
41
Ironically, the courts in the U.S. generally used the Sherman Antitrust Act...
to negotiate with business owners
to crack down on unions
to negotiate with union leaders
to break up business monopolies
42
Believed in the philosophy of accomodation
W.E.B.DuBois
Jim Crow
Booker T.Washington
Muhammed Ali
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sought to address problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, monopolies, and political corruption
Progressives
Nativists
none of these
Conservatives
44
This led to the creation of the Federal Reserve System in 1913(via the Federal Reserve Act)
Panic of 1907
San Francisco earthquake of 1906
Chicago fire of 1871
Muller v. Oregon case (1908)
45
Who was the socialist candidate for president in the election of 1912?
William H. Taft
Eugene Debs
Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
46
Progressive reformers were alarmed by the spread of slums, poverty, and the exploitation of labor.
True
False
47
Who owned the Northern Securities Company?
Sheldon Adelson
JP Morgan
JP Diamond
Warren Buffet
48
What was the purpose of the Federal Trade Commission?
increase the tariff on imported goods
stop unfair trading practices
make sure banks have enough money in reserve
keep prices high
49
What
was
and still
is
the dominant religion in the US today?
Catholicism
Judaism
Islam
Protestantism