12-12-11
What cause was the focus of Susan
B. Anthony’s activism?
A. Immigration
B. Labor
C. Public education
D. Women’s suffrage
JUSTIFICATION: Susan B Anthony
lead a women’s suffrage movement
aimed at attacking the 14th
Amendment
12-13-11
What themes were common in the writings of
muckrakers and authors such as Upton Sinclair?
A. The immorality and greed in U.S. businesses and
the corruption in government
B. The disadvantages of a growing consumer culture
and the benefits of living in a communal society
C. The problems created by unrestricted immigration
and the economic disparity between rural and urban
residents
D. The increasing number of socialists in labor unions
and the threat they posed to U.S. society
JUSTIFICATION: muckrakers were involved in
bringing attention important investigations of how the
people were being taken advantage of
12-14-11
What was the main purpose of President Theodore
Roosevelt’s Square Deal?
A. To increase the budgets of the four military
branches
B. To coordinate the efforts of federal and state
governments to improve the distribution of wealth
C. To promote policies beneficial to U.S. society as a
whole, not just certain sectors
D. To ensure all citizens enjoyed their constitutional
rights
JUSTIFICATION: Progressivism will see government
take action to improve/fair the lives of the people in
the face of big business
12-15-11
The Progressive movement was most responsible for
which development?
A. Politicians becoming more laissez-faire about
economic issues
B. Government becoming more responsive to social
issues
C. A growing interest in expanding U.S. influence
beyond its borders
D. The application of Charles Darwin’s theory of
evolution to human society
: Progressive politics was active in improving wages,
living conditions, cleanliness, fairness, and the overall
life of USA citizens
12-16-11
What belief guided President Theodore
Roosevelt’s efforts as a trustbuster?
A. The government needed to protect
women and children in the workplace.
B. City governments were incapable of
fighting corruption.
C. Labor unions posed a serious threat
to the country’s economic stability.
D. Business monopolies were hurting
the public interest.
JUSTIFICATION: Roosevelt takes
dozens of corporations to court in trying
to create competition
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 Chart – American Imperialism
 Terms 1-10
 Main Ideas 1-9
 Cr. Thinking 2
 Pg 369 1-2
Which action by President Taft showed he was
more progressive than his critics were willing to
admit?
A. His firing of Gifford Pinchot to end the
Ballinger−Pinchot controversy
B. His sending of U.S. troops to Nicaragua to
protect U.S. citizens
C. His ordering an antitrust suit to be filed against
U.S. Steel
D. His signing into law the protectionist
Payne−Aldrich Tariff Act
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