APUSH Chapter 28 Mult Choice and T/F
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The progressive movement believed that social and economic problems should be solved at the community level without involvement by the federal government.
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False. The progressive movement believed that social and economic problems should be solved at the federal level.
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Muckraking journalists, social-gospel ministers, and women reformers all aroused Americans' concern about economic and social problems.
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True
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The leading Progressive reformers were primarily immigrants and urban industrial workers.
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False. The leading Progressive reformers were primarily middle-class Americans.
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Progressivism first gained strength at the city and state levels before it became a national movement.
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True
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Many female progressives saw the task of improving life in factories and slums as an extension of their traditional roles as wives and mothers.
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True
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President Roosevelt ended the anthracite coal strike by threatening to use federal troops to break the miners' union.
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False. President Roosevelt ended the anthracite coal strike by threatening to use federal troops to operate the mines.
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Roosevelt promoted strong federal legislation to regulate the railroads and other major industries.
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True
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Roosevelt believed that all monopolistic corporate trusts should be broken up and competition restored among smaller businesses.
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False. Roosevelt believed that only bad monopolistic corporate trusts should be broken up.
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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle was intended to arouse consumers' concern about unsanitary practices in the meat industry.
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False. Upton Sinclair's The Jungle was intended to arouse consumers' concern about wage slavery and corruption.
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Conservation policies like land reclamation and forest preservation were probably Theodore Roosevelt's most popular and enduring presidential achievements.
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True
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Defenders of nature became divided between fervent "preservationists" who wanted to stop all human intrusions and more moderate "conservationists" who advocated "wise use."
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True
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Wall Street businesspeople blamed the president's policies for the "Roosevelt panic" of 1907.
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True.
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Roosevelt effectively used the power of his presidency and the federal government to tame unrestricted capitalism while not really assaulting basic business interests.
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True
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Taft's "dollar diplomacy" resulted in greater American business investment in the Chinese railroad industry.
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False. Taft's "dollar diplomacy" tried and failed at greater American business investment in the Chinese railroad industry.
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Progressives became angry at Taft because he began to form alliances with Democrats and socialists.
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False. Progressives became angry at Taft because he began to form alliances with "old guard" Republicans.
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The Ballinger-Pinchot conservation controversy pushed Taft into alliance with the Republican "Old Guard" against the pro-Roosevelt progressives.
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True.
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President Taft used his control of the Republican party machinery to deny Roosevelt the nomination in 1912.
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True.
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The primary emphasis of the progressive movement was
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c. strengthening government as an instrument of social betterment.
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Prominent among those who aroused progressive movement by stirring the public's sense of concern were
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a. socialists, social gospelers, women, and muckraking journalists.
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Which of the following was not among the targets of muckraking exposés?
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c. The U.S. Army and Navy
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Most progressives were
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c. urban middle-class people
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Among the political reforms sought by the progressives were
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d. initiative and referendum, direct election of senators, and women's suffrage.
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The states where progressivism first gained influence were
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b. Wisconsin, Oregon, and California.
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Progressive suffered a setback in the case of Lochner v. New York when the Supreme Court ruled that
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a. New York's law establishing a ten-hour day for bakery workers was unconstitutional.
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The Supreme Court case of Muller v. Oregon was seen as a victory for both progressivism and women's rights because
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a. it upheld the constitutionality of laws granting special protection to women in the workplace.
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Roosevelt ended the Pennsylvanian anthracite coal strike by
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c. forcing mediation by threatening to seize the coal mines and operate them with federal troops.
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The Roosevelt-backed Elkins Act and Hepburn Act were aimed at
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b. more effective regulation of the railroad industry.
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The controversy over the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park revealed
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a. a philosophical disagreement between wilderness "preservationists" like John Muir and more moderate "conservationists" like Gifford Pinchot.
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Two areas where Roosevelt's progressivism made substantial headway were
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d. consumer and conservation legislation.
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Roosevelt was blamed for the "Panic of 1907" because of
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a. his "boat-rocking tactics" had allegedly unsettled industry.
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As a result of his successful campaign in 1908, William Howard Taft was expected to
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a. continue and extend Roosevelt's progressive policies.
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Progressive Republicans grew disillusioned with Taft primarily over the issues of
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c. trust-busting, tariffs and conservation.
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Roosevelt finally decided to break with the Republicans and form a third party because
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c. Taft used his control of the Republican convention to deny Roosevelt the nomination.
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