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US History, Progressive Reformers
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1
TR would file an anti-trust suit against a corporation if
if they were corrupt or unfair
all of the above
Rockefeller owned it
they were too large
2
Which is true about the 1910 midterm election?
TR ran for president
TR and Taft were still on friendly terms
Democrats gained seats in Congress
Republicans gained seats in Congress
3
How did most progressives feel about a federal income tax?
They supported it because it would fund government programs
They fought against it because it taxed the working class
They did not have an opinion about it
They preferred local taxes
4
Which of the following was NOT a Taft success?
steered a popular tariff law through Congress
creation of the department of Labor
Filed many7 anti-trust suits
extended environmental protection
5
Which Direct Democracy reform prevents voter intimidation?
Secret Ballot
Recall
Referendum
Recall
6
Which of the following was NOT accomplished with the Clayton anti-trust act?
It outlawed undercutting in order to destroy competition
It clearly defined what constituted an illegal monopoly
It outlawed buying out competitors' stock
It gave the president full authority to break up monopolies
7
One important outcome of Wilson's handling of the 1916 railroad workers' threatened strike was
the workers were 100% victorious
The strike was a failure
Congress reduced their hours without reducing their pay
8
Which organization fought against racial discrimination through the court system?
WCTU
AFl
NAACP
National Urban League
9
Which of the following is NOT true about the IWW?
They were hated and feared by capitolists
They unionized unskilled workers
They refused to unionize women
Big Bill Haywood led it
10
Taft lost support of many Progressives when he botched a
Labor law
Tariff law
conservation law
child labor law
11
Which Direct Democracy Reform allows voters to choose the political party's candidate?
Initiative
Referendum
Direct Primary
Recall
12
Many Progressives emerged from which of these groups?
Spanish-American War veterens
the middle class
Southern freedmen
the nuveau-riche
13
Which city mayor reformed the police department, bailed debtors from jail, and reformed taxes?
Lincoln Steffens
Tom Johnson
Woodrow Wilson
Sam Jones`
14
Teddy Roosevelt was a
Conservative
Progressive
Conservationist
Trustbuster
15
Wilson broke protocol and personally addressed Congress in order to get them to
Pass the Federal Reserve Act
Reduce the tariff
Abolish child labor
Appoint new Justices
16
What did many Progressives think new immigrants should do?
play more baseball
Isolate themselves by creating separate communities
Stop coming to America
Abandon their native customs and join the "melting pot"
17
Which Progressive lobbied states to create laws against child labor and protect working woman?
Teddy Roosevelt
Sam "Golden Rule" Jones
Jacob Riis
Florence Kelley
18
Ray Stannard Baker was one of few Progressives who was concerned about which of the following?
Lynchings
education
monopolies
Political corruption
19
Who was a Christian leader that promoted the church's responsibility to address poverty?
Woodrow Wilson
John D. Rockefeller
Walter Rauschenbush
Louis Brandis
20
Which issue was addressed in Upton Sinclaire's
The Jungle
?
Exploitation of workers
Rockefeller's unethical business practices
Jim Crow laws and lynchings
Unsanitary food production
21
Which Progressive photographer created
How the Other Half Lives?
Jacob Riis
Upton Sinclaire
Ida Tarbell
Lewis Hine
22
Which muckraker exposed political corruption in
Tweed Days in St. Lious
?
Upton Sinclair
John Spargo
Lincoln Steffens
Ida Tarbell
23
TR called his philosophy of finding a fair balance between the interests of labor and capitol-
Fair Deal
New Deal
Square Deal
Raw Deal
24
Progressive reformers focused their efforts on making improvements to which part of the U.S.?
The West
Rural areas
Urban areas
all parts of America equally
25
The Triangle Shirtwaist fire exposed the need for
Shorter hours
Better wages
the elimination of child labor
safety codes
26
What 1887 law was continuing to cause social and economic damage to Native Americans?
Grandfather clauses
The Dawes Act
The 15th Amendment
the 18th Amendment
27
Unions have the most power over wages and workplace conditions when they have this agreement:
Closed shop
Open shop
Strike
Union shop
28
Billy Sunday wanted people to
Stop drinking booze
give women the right to vote
stop watching dirty movies
Pay their worker better
29
Which economic philosophy would be most agreeable with the Progressive spirit?
Henry George's Social Gospel
Marxism
Social Darwinism
Andrew Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth
30
Which Roosevelt act used money land sales to be used for irrigation or fixing damaged land?
National Park Service
Elkins Act
Newland Reclamation Act
Hepburn Act
31
In the 1912 presidential election, which party split its votes between TR and Taft?
Democratic
Progressive
Republican
Socialist
32
Which is the best summary of Booker T. Washington position?
legal rights first, then educational opportunity comes later
promote equality through sports
Emphasize education over legal rights
Encourage A-A's to emigrate to a better country
33
Who ran against McKinley in the 1900 election?
W.J. Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Mark Hanna
T. Roosevelt
34
One important reason Wilson wanted bank reform was
The country was running out of cash
the farmers wanted it
bank failures were common
the Progressives wanted it
35
Who "aimed for their hearts but hit their stomachs instead"?
Lincoln Steffens
John Spargo
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
36
Which Progressive directly attacked America's practices of racial discrimination?
Lawrence Veiller
W.E.B. Du Bois
Jim Thorpe
Booker T. Washington
37
Which Progressive president thought Muckrakers should write something positive once in a while?
W. Wilson
T. Roosevelt
W.H. Taft
W. McKinley
38
Which muckraking expose' did Lincoln Steffens write?
History of the Standard Oil Trust
The Jungle
Bitter Cry of the Children
Shame of the Cities
39
Taft didn't like
spandex
jogging
small bathtubs
The limelight
40
Which union, led by Samuel Gompers, focused on helping skilled workers?
NFL
NAACP
IWW
AFL