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The Triangle Shirtwaist fire:

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brought in its wake increased union organizing among New York City garment workers and much-needed safety legislation

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The Progressive movement drew its strength from:

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middle-class reformers

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The painters who were part of the Ashcan school focused their art on:

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city life

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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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muckrakers

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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 immigrants in the early twentieth century:

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clustered in the West as agricultural workers

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Birds of passage were:

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immigrants who planned on returning to their homeland

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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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All of the following statements about mass consumption in the early twentieth century are true EXCEPT:

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southerners fully participated in the mass-consumption society

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman claimed that the road to women's freedom lay through:

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the workplace

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The term "Fordism":

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describes an economic system based on mass production and mass consumption

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The new concepts of a "living wage" and the "American standard of living":

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allowed for criticism of the inequalities of wealth and power

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A worker who crossed a picket line during a strike was called a:

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scab

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Which person was a Supreme Court Justice and a Progressive reformer who advocated for the labor movement?

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Louis Brandeis

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By 1912, the Socialist Party:

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had elected scores of local officials

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The Industrial Workers of the World:

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advocated a worker's revolution

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The 1912 strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts:

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is also known as the Bread and Roses strike

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The Ludlow Massacre was a tragic confrontation between:

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Colorado mine workers and militia

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Margaret Sanger was a:

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birth control advocate

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Founder of the Society of American Indians, Carlos Montezuma:

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demanded that American Indians be left alone in order to be independent

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Which of the following social groups was NOT heavily involved in the Progressive movement?

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big-city machine politicians

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

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using political bosses to staff his administration

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All of the following statements about Jane Addams and Hull House are true EXCEPT:

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Addams believed that reformers needed to aid the poor from afar

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A cause not widely championed by Progressives was:

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civil rights for blacks

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In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court:

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argued that women were too weak to work long hours

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The Progressive presidents were:

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Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson

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President Theodore Roosevelt:

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helped striking coal miners to negotiate a favorable settlement with their employers

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To create national parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier, the federal government:

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removed Indians who hunted and fished on these lands

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The Sixteenth Amendment:

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authorized Congress to implement a graduated income tax

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The main difference between New Nationalism (Roosevelt) and New Freedom (Wilson) was over:

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regulating versus trust-busting

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What did Calvin Coolidge believe was the chief business of the American people?

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business

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The backbone of economic growth during the 1920s was the increased consumption of:

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automobiles

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The Equal Rights Amendment:

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proposed to eliminate all legal distinctions based on sex

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Which presidency was plagued with scandals?

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Warren Harding

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In Schenck v United States, the Supreme Court:

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argued that bans on dangerous speech were constitutional

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All of the statements about Prohibition during the 1920s are true EXCEPT:

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Religious fundamentalists opposed Prohibition on the grounds that it violated freedom

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All of the following statements about the 1924 Immigration Act are true EXCEPT:

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the 1924 Immigration Act sought to ensure that more immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe than from northern and western Europe

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The Harlem Renaissance:

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included writers and powers such as Langston Hughes and Claude McKay

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In 1928, Herbert Hoover:

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won the presidency, primarily because of his sterling reputation and the general, apparent prosperity of the nation

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The Great Depression was caused by all of the following factors EXCEPT:

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a land speculation bubble in Florida

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Between 1898 and 1934, the United States intervened militarily numerous times in Caribbean countries:

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in order to protect the economic interests of American banks and investors

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Theodore Roosevelt's taking of the Panama Canal Zone is an example of:

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his belief that civilized nations had an obligation to establish order in an unruly world

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The Roosevelt Corollary:

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claimed the right of the United States to act as a police power in the Western Hemisphere

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Dollar Diplomacy:

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was used by William Howard Taft instead of military intervention

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Woodrow Wilson's moral imperialism in Latin America produced:

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more military interventions than any other president before or since

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World War I:

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was rooted in European contests over colonial possessions

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As war broke out in Europe, Americans:

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were deeply divided

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In the presidential election of 1916, Woodrow Wilson:

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used the campaign slogan "He kept us out of war"

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The Zimmerman Telegram:

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outlined German plan for an attack on the United States by Mexico

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On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war:

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against Germany, "to make the world safe for democracy"

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The Fourteen Points attempted to:

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provide a peace agenda to create a new democratic world order

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Most Progressives saw World War I as a golden opportunity because:

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they hoped to disseminate Progressive values around the globe

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During World War I, federal powers:

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expanded greatly

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The Industrial Workers of the World and most of the Socialist Party:

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opposed the war

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Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress:

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did not support U.S. entry into World War I

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The Nineteenth Amendment:

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barred states from using sex as a qualification for voting

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The Eighteenth Amendment:

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prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages

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Which act restricted the freedom of speech by authorizing the arrest of anyone whose statements might impede military success?

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the Espionage Act

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When Eugene Debs was sentenced under the Espionage Act, what did he tell the justice?

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that Americans in the past who spoke out against colonialism, slavery, or the Mexican war were not indicted or charged with treason

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Eugenics is:

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the study of supposed mental characteristics of different races

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Americanization:

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refers to the process of assimilation

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The Gentlemen's Agreement:

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restricted Japanese immigration

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Birth of a Nation was a film that:

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portrayed the Civil War and Reconstruction, exalting the KKK

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During his presidency, Woodrow Wilson

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premiered the movie Birth of a Nation at the White House

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African-Americans migrated north during the Great Migration for all of the following reasons EXCEPTS:

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the prospect of owning their own homes

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Who led a black separatist movement?

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Marcus Garvey

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In response to the Russian Revolution that led to the creation of the communist soviets, the United States:

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pursued a policy of anticommunism that would remain at the center of American foreign policy during the twentieth centry

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Which phrase accurately describes the scene in Paris upon Woodrow Wilson's arrival?

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huge, enthusiastic crowds

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The Treaty of Versailles:

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required Germany to pay over $33 billion in reparations

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The Treaty of Versailles:

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was never ratified by the United States Senate

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Senators opposing America's participation in the League of Nations:

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argued that it would threaten to deprive the country of its freedom of action

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The trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti:

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demonstrated how the Red Scare extended into the 1920s

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During the 1920s, American multinational corporations:

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extended their reach throughout the world

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All of the statements about Henry Ford's "Fordlandia" are true except:

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Fordlandia was a success

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During the 1920s, consumer goods:

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were frequently purchased on credit

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In the 1920s, movies, radios, and phonographs:

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helped create and spread a new celebrity culture

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During the 1920s:

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an estimated 40 percent of the population remained in poverty

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