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As one progressive explained, the "real heart" of the progressive movement was to

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use the government as an agency of human welfare.

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The 1912 presidential election was notable because

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it gave the voters a choice of political and economic philosophies.

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The basic contrast between the two progressive candidates, Roosevelt and Wilson, was that

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Roosevelt wanted the federal government to regulate the economy and promote social welfare, while Wilson wanted to restore economic competition and social equality.

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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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it upheld the constitutionality of laws granting special protection to women in the workplace.

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According to the text, the runaway philosophical winner in the 1912 election was

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progressivism.

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During World War I, the government's treatment of labor could be best described as

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fair.

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Woodrow Wilson's attitude toward the masses can best be described as

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faith in them if they were properly educated.

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The two key goals pursued by progressives were to curb the threats posed by __________ on the one hand and __________ on the other.

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trusts, socialists

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The American economy benefited greatly from supplying goods to the Allies.

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Allies

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Because of the benefits that it conferred on labor, Samuel Gompers called the __________ "labor's Magna Charta."

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Clayton Anti-Trust Act

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In 1913, Woodrow Wilson broke with a custom dating back to Jefferson's day when he

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personally delivered his presidential address to Congress.

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Evidence of radical activity in the United States immediately after World War I include each of the following EXCEPT:

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An assassination attempt on Wilson's Vice President, Thomas Marshall

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As a part of his reform program, Teddy Roosevelt advocated all of the following except

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control of labor.

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When Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, he intended his book to focus attention on the

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plight of workers in the stockyards and meat-packing industry.

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From 1914 to 1916, trade between the United States and Britain

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pulled the American economy out of a recession.

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According to the text, Teddy Roosevelt's most enduring, tangible achievement may have been

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his efforts supporting the environment.

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The progressive-inspired city-manager system of government

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was designed to remove politics from municipal administration.

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After the Lusitania, Arabic, and Sussex sinkings, Wilson successfully pressured the German government to

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cease from sinking neutral merchant and passenger ships without warning.

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Match each early-twentieth-century muckraker below with the target of his or her exposé. David G. Phillips Ida Tarbell Ray Stannard Baker Lincoln Steffens United States Senate City governments Standard Oil Company The condition of blacks

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David G. Phillips A. United States Senate Ida Tarbell B. Standard Oil Company Lincoln Steffens C. City governments Ray Stannard Baker D. The condition of blacks

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In the Zimmerman Note, Germany counted on anti-U.S. sentiment based upon:

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Mexico's response to America at the time of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

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During World War I, the federal government did each of the following to mobilize the nation for war EXCEPT:

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Hold a special draft for women between the ages of 18-30

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Wilson consistently refused to send American troops to intervene in the Caribbean.

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False

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After the Treaty of Versailles had been signed, Woodrow Wilson

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was condemned by both disillusioned liberals and frustrated imperialists.

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When Jane Addams placed Teddy Roosevelt's name in nomination for the presidency in 1912, it

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symbolized the rising political status of women.

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Match each civilian administrator below with the World War I mobilization agency that he directed. George Creel Herbert Hoover William Howard Taft Bernard Baruch Committee on Public Information Food Administration War Industries Board National War Labor Board

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George Creel B. Committee on Public Information Herbert Hoover C. Food Administration Bernard Baruch A. War Industries Board William Howard Taft D. National War Labor Board

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President Wilson viewed America's entry into World War I as an opportunity for the United States to

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shape a new international order based on the ideals of democracy.

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Those who protested conscription during World War I did so because

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they disliked the idea of compelling a person to serve.

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The change in American immigration law in the 1920's:

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Established a quota system that limited immigration from southern and eastern Europe.

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Roosevelt finally decided to break with the Republicans and form a political party because

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Taft used his control of the Republican convention to deny Roosevelt the nomination.

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Teddy Roosevelt believed that trusts

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were here to stay with their efficient means of production.

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The first significant engagement of American troops in a European battle in American history came in the spring of 1918 at

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Chateau-Thierry.

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Most of the money raised to finance World War I came from

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loans.

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Wilson blundered when choosing the American peace delegation by failing to

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include any Republicans in the delegation.

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General Pershing's expedition into Mexico was an attempt to bring the pro-American faction of the Mexican revolutionaries to power.

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False

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Among the political reforms sought by the progressives were

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initiative and referendum, direct election of senators, and women's suffrage.

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Woodrow Wilson's administration refused to extend formal diplomatic recognition to the government in Mexico headed by

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Victoriano Huerta.

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General Pershing's expedition into Mexico was an attempt to bring the pro-American faction of the Mexican revolutionaries to power

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False

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When Woodrow Wilson became president in 1912, the most serious shortcoming in the country's financial structure was that the

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currency was inelastic.

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In the United States, the most controversial aspect of the Treaty of Versailles was

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Article X.

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The first Jew to sit on the United States Supreme Court, appointed by Woodrow Wilson, was

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Louis D. Brandeis.

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Progressive reformers were mainly men and women from the

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middle class.

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The United States used all of the following methods to support the war effort EXCEPT

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establishing government control of wages and prices

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Of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, the one that he hoped would provide a system of collective security was the

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League of Nations.

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During his presidency, Teddy Roosevelt did all of the following except

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tame capitalism.

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How did muckrakers signify the ideological nature of the progressive reform movement?

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They trusted that media exposures of political corruption and economic exploitation could reform capitalism rather than overthrow it.

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Woodrow Wilson's early efforts to conduct a nonimperialistic foreign policy were first undermined when he

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sent American marines to Haiti.

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Woodrow Wilson's early efforts to conduct a nonimperialistic foreign policy were first undermined when he

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sent American marines to Haiti.

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Most muckrakers believed that their primary function in the progressive attack on social ills was to

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make the public aware of social problems.

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As World War I began in Europe, the alliance system placed Germany and Austria-Hungary in the __________, while Russia and France were in the __________.

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Central Powers, Allies

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The Federal Reserve Act gave the government the authority to

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increase the amount of money in circulation.

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Which of the following represented President Wilson's first direct use of American military forces in revolutionary Mexico?

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Seizing the Mexican port of Veracruz to prevent German delivery of arms to President Huerta

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Teddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines by

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threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops.

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President Woodrow Wilson persuaded the American people to enter World War I by pledging to make the war "a war to end all wars" and to make the world safe for democracy.

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pledging to make the war "a war to end all wars" and to make the world safe for democracy.

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What dangerous contingency did Germany attach to its Sussex pledge not to attack unarmed neutral shipping during the years of the war?

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the United States would have to persuade the Allies to end their blockade of Germany, or unrestricted submarine warfare would resume

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Those who protested conscription during World War I did so because

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they disliked the idea of compelling a person to serve.

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All of the following were targets of criticism by progressive social critics during the progressive era EXCEPT

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efforts to assimilate and educate recent immigrants

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The case of Lochner v. New York represented a setback for progressives and labor advocates because the Supreme Court in its ruling

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declared a law limiting work to ten hours a day unconstitutional.

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During his presidency, Teddy Roosevelt did all of the following except

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tame capitalism.

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Passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act was facilitated by the publication of

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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.

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Woodrow Wilson's attitude toward the masses can best be described as

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faith in them if they were properly educated.

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Woodrow Wilson's attitude toward the masses can best be described as

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faith in them if they were properly educated.

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President Woodrow Wilson's political philosophy included all of the following EXCEPT

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scorn for the ability of peoples in other countries to govern themselves

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While president, Theodore Roosevelt chose to label his reform proposals as the

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Square Deal.

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What presidential action illustrated the limits of Woodrow Wilson's progressivism?

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Accelerating the segregation of blacks in the federal bureaucracy

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Congress passed the Underwood Tariff because

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President Wilson aroused public opinion to support its passage.

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What shortcoming in the U.S. economy did the panic of 1907 reveal?

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the need for substantial reform of the U.S. banking and currency policies

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President Theodore Roosevelt branded reporters who tried to uncover injustice as "muckrakers" because

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he was annoyed by their excessive zeal.

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Passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act was facilitated by the publication of

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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.

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Woodrow Wilson's "solemn referendum" in 1920 concerned

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his attempt to use the presidential election as a public vote on the Treaty of Versailles.

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Lincoln Steffens, in his series of articles entitled "The Shame of the Cities,"

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unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government.

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What political goal were Republican isolationists able to achieve with the election in 1920 of Warren Harding?

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The death sentence for the League of Nations

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With the onset of World War I, the United States

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conducted an immense amount of trade with the Allies.

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The major weakness of the League of Nations was that it

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did not include the United States.

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When Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, he intended his book to focus attention on the

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plight of workers in the stockyards and meat-packing industry.

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The idea of "multiple-use resource management" included all of the following practices except

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damming of rivers.

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What was the actual purpose of Teddy Roosevelt's assault on bad trusts?

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to prove that the federal government, not private business governed the United States

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Senate opponents of the League of Nations as proposed in the Treaty of Versailles argued that it

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robbed Congress of its war-declaring powers.

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German submarines began sinking unarmed and unresisting merchant and passenger ships without warning

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in retaliation for the British naval blockade of Germany.

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As a result of their work supporting the war effort, women

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finally received the right to vote.

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Which term best characterizes Woodrow Wilson's fundamental overall approach to American foreign policy?

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Moralistic

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Woodrow Wilson's approach to American foreign policy earned the label of __________ diplomacy. moral

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moral

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When Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, he intended his book to focus attention on the

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plight of workers in the stockyards and meat-packing industry.

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President Wilson insisted that he would hold __________ to "strict accountability" for __________.

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Germany, the loss of American ships and lives to submarine warfare

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Which of the following best describes America's preparedness for entry into World War I?

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-

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In 1912, Woodrow Wilson ran for the presidency on a Democratic platform that included all of the following except a call for

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dollar diplomacy.

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President Wilson broke diplomatic relations with Germany when

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Germany announced that it would wage unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic.

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To regain the power that the people had lost to the "interests," progressives advocated all of the following except

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socialism.

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Which of the following best charactertizes the attitude of the large majority of Americans toward the outbreak of World War I in 1914?

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Most American earnestly hoped to remain neutral and stay out of the war

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Most of the money raised to finance World War I came from

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loans.

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The Supreme Court ruling in the business and labor case of Lochner v. New York did NOT represent a

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legal victory for the efforts of progressives and labor advocates to institute maximum-hour laws for workers

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Woodrow Wilson's approach to American foreign policy earned the label of __________ diplomacy.

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moral

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The 1919 steel strike resulted in

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a grievous setback crippling the union movement for a decade.

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The Sixteenth Amendment provided for

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a personal income tax.

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From 1914 to 1916, trade between the United States and Britain

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pulled the American economy out of a recession.

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What laws or regulations did the Triangle Shirtwaist fire prompt states to pass?

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Anti sweatshop laws and workers' compensation laws for job injuries

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In the United States, the most controversial aspect of the Treaty of Versailles was

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Article X.

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The main contributions to the Allied victory in World War I included all of the following EXCEPT

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battlefield victories

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which of the following provided the critical political momentum for women achieving the constitutional right to vote in the United Sates:

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the labor contributions and political support of working women for the war effort

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Congress passed the Underwood Tariff because

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President Wilson aroused public opinion to support its passage

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President Roosevelt believed that the federal government should adopt a policy of __________ trusts.

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regulating

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The United States used all of the following methods to support the war effort except

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using government power extensively to regulate the economy.

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The United States' main contributions to the Allied victory in World War I included all of the following except

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battlefield victories.

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The Sixteenth Amendment provided for

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a personal income tax.

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What was a fundamental belief of the multiple-use conservationists?

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the environment could be effectively protected and managed without shutting if off from human use

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The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 accomplished all of the following EXCEPT

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providing long-term legal protection for unions to engage in organizing, collective bargaining and strike activities

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During World I, civil liberties in America were

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denied to many, especially those suspected of disloyalty.

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President Taft's foreign policy was dubbed

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dollar diplomacy.

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Which of the following did NOT represent one of the Wilson's Fourteen Points, upon which he based American foreign policy in World War I?

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An international guarantee of religious freedom

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The Federal Reserve Act gave the government the authority to

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increase the amount of money in circulation.

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President Taft's foreign policy was dubbed

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dollar diplomacy.

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As World War I began in Europe, the alliance system placed Germany and Austria-Hungary in the __________, while Russia and France were in the __________.

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Central Powers, Allies

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In 1912, Woodrow Wilson ran for the presidency on a Democratic platform that included all of the following except a call for

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dollar diplomacy.

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According to progressives, the cure for American democracy's ills was

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more democracy.

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The idea of "multiple-use resource management" included all of the following practices except

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damming of rivers.

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In an effort to make economic mobilization more efficient during World War I, the federal government took over and operated

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the railroads.

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The Germans were eventually demoralized by

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the United States' troop reserves.

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The movement of tens of thousands of Southern blacks north during WWI resulted in

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racial violence in the North.

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In 1912, Woodrow Wilson ran for the presidency on a Democratic platform that included support for all of the following EXCEPT

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dollar diplomacy

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As a condition of ending World War I, Woodrow Wilson demanded that

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the German Kaiser be forced from power.

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What critical authority was given to the Federal Reserve Board by the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 to permit quasi-public management of the banking currency system?

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the power to issue paper money and increase or decrease the amount of money in circulation by altering interest rates

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In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court upheld the principle promoted by progressives like Florence Kelley and Louis Brandeis that

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female workers required special rules and protection on the job.

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