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While progressivism has many meanings, it tended in this period to be based on the central assumption that

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American society was capable of improvement

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At the turn of the twentieth century, progressive activists

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believed in the importance of social cohesion

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The term "muckrakers" 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 trust

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At the turn of the twentieth century, the leaders of the settlement house movement

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directed their attention to improving urban living conditions

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The settlement house movement of the early twentieth century helped spawn the profession of

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social work

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Regarding 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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A distinctive characteristic of women in professional work during the progressive era was that

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women did not dominate any single profession

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

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increased schooling for children; the movement to work outside the home; higher levels of education; a lower birth rate; (all these answers are correct)

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During the progressive era, clubs for African American women

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often took anti-lynching and anti-segregation positions

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During the Progressive Era, some supporters of woman suffrage 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 Nineteenth Amendment,

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a majority of states gave some voting rights to women, including New York, Michigan, Illinois, and Cali; a large majority of states gave some voting rights to women; Mew York, Michigan, Illinois, and Cali all granted women the right to vote; many states gave full voting rights to women; (all these answers are correct)

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Many progressives believed that the first target of reform should be

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municipal governments

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The recall and the direct primary were progressive-era political reforms designed to weaken

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political parties

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

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state legislatures

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As governor of Wisconsin, the progressive reformer Robert La Follette helped win approval for

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the direct primary, initiative, and referendum

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During the progressive era, political "interest groups"

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rose to replace the declining power centers of the parties

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During the progressive era, important vehicles for social reform included

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New York's Tammany Hall

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In the afternoon 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 from western states EXCEPT

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Alfred E. Smith

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The temperance crusade

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was supported by business employers

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The Women's Christian Temperance Union

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was, at one time, the largest women's organization in American history

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During the progressive era, W.E.B. Du Bois asserted all of the following EXCEPT that

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seeking legal challenges to civil injustice through white-dominated courts was a pointless exercise

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The temperance movement between 1914 and 1919

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gained momentum as a result of WWI

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During the progressive era, the acknowledged leader of American socialism was

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Eugene V. Debs

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During the early twentieth century, the Industrial Workers of the World

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advocated a single union for all workers

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WWI hurt the socialist movement in the US

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because the war generated anti-radical feelings in the country

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All of the following were passed during Theodore Roosevelt's administration EXCEPT the

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Interstate Commerce Act

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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 environmental conservationist, President Theodore Roosevelt

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added extensive areas of land to the national forest system

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The first director of the National Forest Service was

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Gifford Pinchot

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The Sierra Club was founded by

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John Muir

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As president, William Howard Taft

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general pleased progressives; angered many conservatives with his activism; managed to match Roosevelt's personal dynamism; angered many conservatives with his activism, but generally pleased progressives; (none of these answers are correct)

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During President Woodrow Wilson's first term, Colonel Edward House

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was one of Wilson's closest advisors

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The Federal Reserve Act

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created a new type of paper currency

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The Federal Trade Commission Act

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

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The 1916 Keating-Owen Act was the first federal law regulating

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child labor

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The Supreme Court, in two rulings related to the 1916 Keating-Owen Act,

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struck down reform legislation

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