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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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During the Progressive era:

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commercial farming grew

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

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muckrakers

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All of the following people were "muckrakers" 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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Progressive-era immigration was part of a larger process of worldwide migration set in motion by all of the following forces EXCEPT:

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the annexation of the Philippines

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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 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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Most new immigrants who arrived during the early years of the twentieth century:

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lived in close-knit communities

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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 entertainment.

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. Nickelodeons:

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

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During the Progressive era:

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growing numbers of native-born white women worked in offices

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

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the workplace

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The term "Fordism":

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describes as 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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The program that sought to streamline production & boost profits by systematically controlling costs & 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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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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In the early twentieth century, the Socialist Party advocated for all of the following EXCEPT:

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national health insurance

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. By 1912, the Socialist Party:

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had elected scores of local officials

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Eugene V. Debs was:

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a Socialist candidate for president.

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Which statement about the American Federation of Labor in the early twentieth century is FALSE?

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The AFL proposed an overthrow of the capitalist system.

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The Industrial Workers of the World:

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advocated a workers' revolution

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Which statement about the textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1912 is FALSE?

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The strikers asked the American Federation of Labor for assistance

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What brought about a new wave of sympathy for the plight of women in the garment industry in Lawrence, Massachusetts?

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The appearance of malnourished children evacuated from Lawrence shocked the public.

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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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The battle for free speech among workers in the early twentieth century:

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was led by the Industrial Workers of the World

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. Feminism:

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sought to attack the tradition roles of sexual behavior of women.

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Margaret Sanger was a:

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birth-control advocate.

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What Progressive-era issue became a crossroads where the paths of labor radicals, cultural modernists, & feminists intersected?

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birth control

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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

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Progressive reformers?

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Progressives pursued radical alternatives to capitalism

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All of the following statements about Urban Progressives are true EXCEPT:

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They worked with political machines

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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 measures expanded 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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actually limited many Americans' right to vote.

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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 black.

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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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Maternalist reform:

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was supported by both feminists and more traditional women

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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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Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson.

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Who used the Sherman Antitrust Act to dissolve J. P. Morgan's Northern Securities Company?

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Theodore Roosevelt

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As a Progressive president, Theodore Roosevelt:

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supported the conservation movement

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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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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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A frank acceptance of the benefits of bigness, coupled with the intervention of government to counteract its abuses, best describes the philosophy behind:

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New Nationalism

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As a Progressive president, Woodrow Wilson:

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signed into law the Keating-Owen Act

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