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