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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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