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The Triangle Shirtwaist fire

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brought in its wake much-needed safety legislation

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The word "progressivism" came into common use around 1910:

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as a way of describing a loosely defined political movement.

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The progressive movement drew its strength from:

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middle-class reformers

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Newspaper and magazine writers who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life, fueling the Progressive movement, were known as:

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muckrackers

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All of the following people were "muckrackers" EXCEPT:

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Samuel Gompers

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The writer whose work encouraged the passage of the Meat Inspection Act was:

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Upton Sinclair

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During the Progressive era:

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new immigration from southern and eastern Europe reached its peak.

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Which was the Ellis Island of the West?

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Angel Island

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In the early twentieth century, Angel Island in San Francisco Bay became known as the "Ellis Island of the West" and served as the main entry point for immigrants from:

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Japan

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Asian and Mexican Immigrant in the early twentieth century:

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clustered in the West as agricultural workers.

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Which institution became a pillar of stability for the immigrants as they settled into the communities in American cities?

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Church

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Vaudeville is a:

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form of live entertainment.

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Nickelodeons:

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were motion-picture theaters with a five-cent admission charge.

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The program that sought to streamline production and boost profits by systematically controlling costs and work practices was called:

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Scientific management

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Why did workers experience the introduction of scientific management as a loss of freedom?

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Skilled workers under scientific management had to obey very detailed instructions

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Progressive governor of Wisconsin, Robert La Follette, instituted all of the following reforms EXCEPT:

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promising lower taxes and less government interference.

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All of the following measures expand democracy during the Progressive era EXCEPT:

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literacy tests and residency requirements

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Electoral reform during the Progressive era:

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actually limited many Americans' right to vote.

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Jane Addams:

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advocate for the working poor

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A cause not widely championd by Progressives was

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civil rights for blacks

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After 1900, the campaign for women's suffrage:

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Included both middle and working class women

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The progressive presidents were:

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Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.

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As a progressive president, Theodore Roosevelt:

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supported the conservation movement

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The Sixteenth Amendment:

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authorized Congress to implement a graduated income tax.

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Who was NOT a candidate in the 1912 presidential election?

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William Jennings Bryan

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In 1912, New Freedom:

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was Woodrow Wilson's campaign pledge that government should renew economic competition with less government intervention.

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The New Nationalism and New Freedom differed on the issue of:

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regulating versus trust-busting

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the originator of the Wisconsin Idea of efficient government was:

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Robert M. La follette

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In the progressive period:

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many groups- blacks, the poor, the unorganized- had little influence

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The Muckrakers saw their primary objective as:

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exposing social problems to the public

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Progressives supported all of the following as measures to democratize government except:

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the poll tax.

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Scientific management

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Frederick Taylor

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birth-control movement

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Margaret Sanger

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Industrial Workers of the World

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Bill Haywood

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Supreme Court Justice

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Louis Brandeis

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Hull House

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Jane Addams

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United Mine Workers

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John Mitchell

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Moving assembly line

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henry ford

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Wisconsin Progressive

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Robert La Follette

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Socialist leader

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Eugene Debs

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Square Deal

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Women and Economics

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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Sierra Club

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John Muir

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