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while progressivism has many meanings it tended to be based in the central assumption

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that american society was capable of improvement

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the term "mukrackers" referred to

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journalists

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in 1904, ida tarbell published a highly critical study on

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the standard oil company

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at the turn of the 20th century, the leaders fo the settlement house movement

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directed their attention at improving urban living conditions

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the settlement house movement of the early 20th century helped spawn the profession of

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social work

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in regards to organizing the professions during the Progressive Era

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by 1916, all states haad established professional bar associations

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in regards to women and the profession during the progressive era

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social work was generally thought to be an appropriate career for women

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during the progressive era, the "new woman" was a product of

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a lower birth rate, the movement towork outside the home, increased schooling for children, higher levels of education (all of the above)

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in regards to divorse in the united states during the progressive era, by 1916

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more than then percent of all marriages ended in divorce

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during the progressive era, clubs for african-american women

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lobbied for congressional anti-lynching legislation

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during the progressive era, supporters of woman sufferage argued that female voters

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deserved the vote because of their unique traits as women

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in the years prior to the passage of the nineteeth amendment

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a large majority of states had given some voting rights to women, many states had given full voting rights to women, new york michigan illinois and california all granted women the right to vote, ( all the above)

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prior to the adoption of the secret ballot, voter ballots were printed and distributed by

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the political parties

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during the progressive era, opponets of political reform generally included many members of all the following except

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the urban middle class

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the initiative and referendum were progressive era political reforms designed to weaken the power of the

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state legislature

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as governor of wisconsin, the progressive reformer Robert La Follette heped win approval for

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the direct primary, initatice and, referendum

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durring the progressive era, political "intrest groups"

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rose to replace the declining power centers of the parties

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in the aftermath of the 1911 triangle shirtwaist fire in new york city

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strict regulations were imposed on factory owners

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all of the following were progressive reformers form western states except

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Alfred E. Smith

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during the progressive era, W.E.B. Du Bois asserted all the following except

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the principal tool for gaining civil rights was to elect blacks to public office

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the temperance crusade

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was supported by most business employers

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between 1914 and 1919, the temperance movement

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gained momentum as a result of world war one

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in the early 20th century, the theories of eugenics

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supported the restriction of immigration by nationality

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during the progressive era, the acknowledged leader of american socialism was

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Eugene Debs

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durring the early 20th century, the industrial workers of the world

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advocated a single union for all workers

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herbert croly argued in his 1909 book, "the promise of american life" that

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government should distinguish between "good trusts"and "bad trusts"

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in regards to his political ideology, Theodore Roosevelt was

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in many respects, decidedly conservative

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during thedore roosevelt's first three years as president,

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he desired to win for government power to investigate corporate activities

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in the election of 1904, theodore roosevelt

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easily won his party nomination and the general election

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upton sinclair's 1906 novel, the jungle, encouraged the federal government to regulate the

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meatpacking industry

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as an enviromental consevationist, president theodore roosevelt

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added extensive areas of land to the national forest system

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the sierra club was founded by

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john muir

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the panic of 1907 was caused by

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none of these answers is correct

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in the election of 1908, william howard taft

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was hand picked by theodore roosevelt to succed him

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the payne-aldrich tariff of 1909

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resulted in president william h. taft losing favor with progressives

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in 1910, in Osawatomic, Kansas, theodore roosevelt announced a set of political principles that called for

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greater activism by the federal government

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in the presidential campaigne of 1912,

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theodore roosevelt ultimately ran on a third-party ticket

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in the 1912 presidential election results

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woodrow wilson won only a plurality of the popular vote

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as president, woodrow wilison

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more tightly consolidated executive power than had theodore roosevelt

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in 1913 underwood-simmons tariff

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was intended to weaken the power of business trusts

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in 1913, a major reform fo american banking was achieved with the passage of the

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Federal reserve act

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the federal trade commisson act

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created and agency to determine whether business practices were acceptable to the government

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in 1914, president woodrow wilson

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none of these answers is correct

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the 1916 keting-owen act was the first federal law regulating

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child labor

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