Unit 10 Review Game—The Progressive Era
1. As one progressive explained, the “real heart” of the
progressive movement was to
[A] to promote economic and social equality.
[B] reinstate the policy of laissez-faire.
[C] use the government as an agency of human welfare.
[D] preserve world peace.
[E] ensure the Jeffersonian style of government.
3. In regards to women, Progressivism
[A] reflected the views of working-class women.
[B] supported many reforms advocated by feminists.
[C] offered little to the ever-growing women’s movement.
[D] mirrored the women’s reform movements in Europe.
[E] supported only the demand for woman suffrage.
4. What is a “muckraker”?
[A] a monopolist.
[B] an investigative journalist.
[C] a politician who fought to end corruption.
[D] a poor factory worker.
[E] someone who advocated for the abolition of alcohol.
13. The progressive movement was instrumental in getting both
the 17th and 18th amendments added to the Constitution.
The 17th called for __, and the 18th called for __.
[A] prohibition, woman suffrage
[B] woman suffrage, income taxes
[C] woman suffrage, direct election of senators
[D] income taxes, direct election of senators
[E] direct election of senators, prohibition
14. The settlement house and women’s club movements were
crucial centers of female progressive activity because they
[A] provided literary and philosophical perspectives on social
questions.
[B] introduced many middle-class women to a broader array of
urban social problems and civic concerns.
[C] became the launching pads for women seeking political
office.
[D] helped slum children learn to read Dante and Shakespeare.
[E] broke down the idea that women had special concerns as
wives and mothers.
5. Lincoln Steffens, in his book “The Shame of the Cities,”
[A] laid bare the practices of the stock market.
[B] unmasked the corruption of political machines.
[C] attacked the United States Senate.
[D] exposed the deplorable condition of blacks in urban areas.
[E] uncovered deplorable facts of prostitution.
17. The most horrific example of the exploitation of workers
during the Progressive era was the
[A] Pullman Palace Car strike.
[B] Ludlow Massacre.
[C] Triangle Shirtwaist fire.
[D] meatpacking conditions in Chicago.
[E] anthracite coal miners.
7. Most muckrakers believed that their primary function in the
progressive attack on social ills was to
[A] devise solutions to society’s problems.
[B] formulate a consistent philosophy of social reform.
[C] explain the causes of social ills.
[D] link up with movements for social justice.
[E] make the public aware of social problems.
19. The progressive-inspired city-manager system of
government
[A] was started to remove corruption from city administration.
[B] made giant strides under the leadership of Hiram Johnson.
[C] was developed in Wisconsin.
[D] opened urban politics to new immigrants.
[E] brought democracy to urban dwellers.
9. Progressive reformers were mainly men and women from the
[A] lower class
[B] small towns.
[C] upper class.
[D] new wave of immigrants.
[E] middle class.
21. While president, Theodore Roosevelt chose to label his
reform proposals as the
[A] Square Deal.
[B] New Deal.
[C] Fair Deal.
[D] Big Stick.
[E] Big Deal.
10. Political progressivism
[A] emerged in both parties and at all levels of government.
[B] was mainly a Republican reform movement.
[C] began in Wisconsin.
[D] died out shortly after Teddy Roosevelt left the presidency.
[E] was more a minority movement than a majority mood.
12. progressives advocated all of the following except
[A] initiative.
[B] recall.
[C] direct election of U.S. senators.
[D] referendum.
[E] socialism.
22. As a part of his reform program, Teddy Roosevelt advocated
all of the following except
[A] conservation of natural resources.
[B] railroad regulation.
[C] control of corporations.
[D] consumer protection.
[E] control of labor.
23. Teddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite
coal mines by
[A] helping the mine owners to import strike-breakers.
[B] threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal
troops.
[C] using the military to force the miners back to work.
[D] passing legislation making the miners’ union illegal.
[E] appealing to mine owners’ and workers’ sense of the public
interest.
24. One unusual and significant characteristic of the anthracite coal
strike in 1902 was that
[A] the owners quickly agreed to negotiate with labor
representatives in order to settle their differences peacefully.
[B] it generated widespread middle-class support.
[C] for a time the mines were seized by the national government
and operated by federal troops.
[D] the national government did not automatically side with the
business owners in the dispute.
[E] the coal miners’ union was officially recognized as the legal
bargaining agent of the miners.
25. The Hepburn Act dealt with the subject of
[A] conservation of natural resources.
[B] regulation of municipal utilities.
[C] the purity of food and drugs.
[D] women’s working conditions.
[E] railroad regulation.
26. Teddy Roosevelt believed that trusts
[A] were here to stay with their efficient means of production.
[B] should be balanced by strong labor unions.
[C] were too powerful to be regulated.
[D] were greedy for power and wealth.
[E] could be destroyed without damaging the economy.
27. The real purpose of TR’s assault on trusts was to
[A] end vertical and horizontal integration.
[B] prove that the government, not big business, ran the country.
[C] inspire confidence in small business owners.
[D] establish himself as a bigger “trustbuster” than Taft.
[E] end all monopolies.
28. President Roosevelt believed that the federal government
should adopt a policy of __ trusts.
[A] dissolving
[B] collusion with
[C] ignoring
[D] monitoring
[E] regulating
29. When Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, he intended his book to
focus attention on the
[A] plight of workers in the meat-packing industry.
[B] deplorable conditions in the drug industry.
[C] unhealthy effects of beef consumption.
[D] corruption in the United States Senate.
[E] unsanitary conditions that existed in the meat-packing industry.
31. Teddy Roosevelt weakened himself politically after his
election in 1904 when he
[A] refused to do anything in response to the “Roosevelt Panic.”
[B] announced that he would not be a candidate for a third term
as president.
[C] got into a quarrel with his popular secretary of war, Taft.
[D] began to reduce his trust-busting activity.
[E] supported the Federal Reserve Act.
33. While president, Theodore Roosevelt
[A] was a poor judge of public opinion.
[B] held rigidly to ideological principles.
[C] showed no skill and little interest in working with Congress.
[D] greatly increased the power and prestige of the presidency.
[E] was surprisingly unpopular with the public.
34. During his presidency, Teddy Roosevelt did all of the
following except
[A] use the Sherman Antitrust Act to regulate monopolies.
[B] expand presidential power.
[C] create the Federal Reserve and first national income tax.
[D] develop an environmental conservation plan.
[E] shape the progressive movement at the national level.
35. As president, William Howard Taft
[A] was not a progressive-minded president.
[B] held together the diverse wings of the Republican party.
[C] thought the presidency was a “bully pulpit”.
[D] tended to side with conservative Republicans rather than
progressives .
[E] effectively carried on the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt.
37. The Supreme Court used the “restraint-of-trade” clause of
the Sherman Antitrust Act for the first time to break up
[A] General Electric.
[B]. Standard Oil
[C] Armour Meat-Packing.
[D] United States Steel.
[E] Northern Securities.
38. TR decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because
[A] Senator Robert La Follette encouraged him to do so.
[B] the Democratic party was split.
[C] he was drafted by the Republican party.
[D] Taft decided not to run for a second term.
[E] Taft had seemed to discard Roosevelt’s policies.
39. Before he was elected president in 1912, Woodrow Wilson
had been a
[A] Progressive Republican.
[B] university president.
[C] Presbyterian minister.
[D] successful businessman.
[E] United States Senator.
40. As governor of New Jersey, Wilson established a record as a
[A] mild conservative.
[B] passionate reformer.
[C] man who would work with the party bosses.
[D] moderate liberal.
[E] reactionary.
41. In 1912, Wilson’s Democratic platform was called:
[A] New Freedom.
[B] New Deal.
[C] Square Deal.
[D] Big Stick Diplomacy.
[E] New Nationalism.
56. The Sixteenth Amendment provided for
[A] prohibition.
[B] abolition of child labor.
[C] woman suffrage.
[D] a personal income tax.
[E] direct election of senators.
42. When Jane Addams placed Teddy Roosevelt’s name in
nomination for the presidency in 1912, it
[A] demonstrated his concern for international peace.
[B] showed that Roosevelt had lost touch with public opinion.
[C] demonstrated that Republicans supported woman suffrage.
[D] symbolized the rising political status of women.
[E] ensured Roosevelt’s defeat by William Howard Taft.
58. The Federal Reserve Act gave the gov’t the authority to
[A] print paper currency.
[B] increase the amount of money in circulation.
[C] close weak banks.
[D] govern federal banks without public control.
[E] raise protective tariffs.
43. Teddy Roosevelt’s New Nationalism
[A] favored capitalist markets without regulation.
[B] supported a broad program of social welfare.
[C] pinned its economic faith on competition.
[D] favored state rather than federal government activism.
[E] opposed consolidation of labor unions.
44. Woodrow Wilson’s New Freedom
[A] opposed fragmentation of big industrial combines.
[B] opposed banking and tariff reform.
[C] advocated social-welfare programs.
[D] favored small enterprise and entrepreneurship.
[E] supported minimum-wage laws.
45. The 1912 presidential election was notable because
[A] the Democratic party had split.
[B] the Socialists were a serious third party.
[C] it was the first time women had the right to vote.
[D] it gave the voters a choice of political and economic
philosophies.
[E] personalities were the only issue of the campaign.
46. According to the text, the runaway philosophical winner in the
1912 election was
[A] conservatism.
[B] progressivism.
[C] capitalism.
[D] feminism.
[E] socialism.
55. When Congress passed the Underwood Tariff Bill in 1913, it
intended the legislation to
[A] raise tariff rates.
[B] aid American farmers.
[C] lower tariff rates.
[D] eliminate tariffs as a source of revenue.
[E] essentially maintain the existing tariff schedule.
59. The Clayton Anti-Trust Act
[A] legalized strikes and ended government use of injunctions.
[B] included farmers as possible monopolists.
[C] hurt unions more than any other group in America.
[D] regulated railroads.
[E] was used against small businesses rather than monopolies.
60. Because of the benefits that it gave to workers, Samuel
Gompers (of the AFL) called the __ “labor’s Magna Carta.”
[A] Clayton Anti-Trust Act
[B] Workmen’s Compensation Act
[C] Federal Reserve Act
[D] Underwood Tariff Act
[E] Sixteenth Amendment
62. Woodrow Wilson showed the limits of his progressivism by
[A] vetoing the Federal Farm Loan Act.
[B] opposing workingmen’s compensation.
[C] refusing to appoint the Jewish Louis D. Brandeis to the
Federal Trade Commission.
[D] accelerating the segregation of blacks in the federal
bureaucracy.
[E] opposing the entry of women into politics.
Unit 10 Review Game—The Progressive Era—Answer Key
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