Whalen Chapter 23 – Flashcards
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Reformers who called for use of the Australian ballot succeeded in getting...
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the right of voters to have privacy in the voting process
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Which of the following arguments was broadly articulated by women reformers to support the women's suffrage movement in the Progressive Era? a) women had special experiences to bring to public life b) women would oppose immigration restriction c) women's clubs would no longer be needed d) women would oppose the temperance movement
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a) women had special experiences to bring to public life
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The Nineteenth Amendment...
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gave women the right to vote
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Which of the following is NOT an example of a political reform made during the Progressive Era? a) the referendum b) the initiative c) nominating conventions d) the recall
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c) nominating conventions
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Use of the initiative allowed reformers to...
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proposed legislation directly to the electorate
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The accomplishments of Mayor Samuel "Golden Rule" Johnson in Toledo, Ohio, included...
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defeating the two established parties and passing many social reforms
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Changes in the strategy of suffragettes in the early 1900s included...
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adopting activist tactics such as rallies and political lobbying
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As governor, Robert LaFollette successfully passed all of the following reforms EXCEPT: a) the nation's first state income tax b) worker's compensation c) popular voting in primaries d) women's suffrage at the state level
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d) women's suffrage at the state level
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Alice Paul helped achieve success for women's suffrage by using the strategy of...
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going through the process of creating a Constitutional amendment
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The Seventeenth Amendment...
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provided the direct popular election of US Senators
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Reformers who focused on ending child labor faced resistance from big business and...
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some poor parents who needed the extra income
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Many progressive reformers supported prohibition legislation because...
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they believed alcohol was a cause of poverty and many other social problems
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The major focus of the Niagara Movement was to...
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achieve civil liberties for all African-Americans
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In general, American reformers that addressed awful working and living conditions were...
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far less effective than social reforms passed in western Europe
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Though Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois both believed in improving conditions for African-Americans, in what way did their views differ?
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They both fought for social equality, but only DuBois fought for economic equality as well
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In the early 1900s, the involvement of white reformers in the black struggle for equality...
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was limited to small numbers of progressive activists
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All of the following statements about Margaret Sanger are true EXCEPT: a) she was indicted for distributing reformist literature b) she was viewed as controversial by fundamentalists c) women failed to follow-up on the cause she championed d) she fled to Europe to avoid legal pressure from authorities
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a) she was indicted for distributing reformist literature
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Jan Addam's Hull House was established primarily to...
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create educational programs to aid poor immigrants
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Most settlement houses were staffed by...
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middle-class women
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Reforms in rural areas during the 1900s achieved all of the following aims EXCEPT: a) improving roads and communication in remote regions b) managing to stop rural people from being drawn to urbanization trends c) increasing the numbers of agricultural colleges in the South d) creating more consolidated school districts in rural areas
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b) managing to stop rural people from being drawn to urbanization trends
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The immigrants known as new immigrants included all of the following groups EXCEPT: a) Poles b) Italians c) Russian Jews d) Irish Protestants
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d) Irish Protestants
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Which of the following statements about women in the early 1900s is NOT true? a) more women than before were working outside the home b) women's clubs were becoming seedbeds of many reform movements c) women began to organize their own labor unions d) fewer working women were choosing to get married
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d) fewer working women were choosing to get married
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All of the following groups or people opposed progressive social reform EXCEPT: a) Protestant fundamentalists b) John D. Rockefeller c) supporters of the Social Gospel Movement d) Billy Sunday
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c) supporters of the Social Gospel Movement
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Leaders of the Social Gospel Movement sought to...
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introduce religious ethnics to industrial relations
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After the depression of the mid-1890s, a majority of Americans began to...
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stay away from the polls in national election
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A peak of anti-union violence occurred when...
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John D. Rockefeller ordered that striking miners, and their families, be shot and burned
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The main goal of the muckrakers was to...
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raise the public's awareness of social problems
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Proponents of the Social Gospel believed all of the following ideas EXCEPT: a) promoting the role of Christianity in addressing social problems b) empathizing with the plight of the working poor c) advocating a wider tolerance of different religious faiths d) emphasizing a literal interpretation of the Old Testament
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d) emphasizing a literal interpretation of the Old Testament
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Most American socialists did NOT advocate...
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a worldwide revolution by the working class
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The International Workers of the World differed from the A.F.L. by...
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organizing all types of workers from a wide variety of ethnic groups
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The progressive movement was driven by...
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a general belief that moderate reforms were needed to help end social disorder
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An accomplishment of the Women's Trade Union League was that it...
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united working-class and middle-class women
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All of the following are true about working conditions in the early 1900s EXCEPT: a) America consistently led the world in industrial accidents and deaths on the job b) wages were so low that most industrial workers made less than a living wage c) industrialists refused to resort to the subdivision of labor d) workers were plagued by unsanitary, dangerous working conditions
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c) industrialists refused to resort to the subdivision of labor
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One effect of socialist ideals being openly expressed was...
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the move of progressives toward moderate reforms
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The Feminist Alliance formed in response to the...
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firing of female New York teachers when they married
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Public outrage against unsafe working conditions peaked when...
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young female workers died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire
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Which work of literature was NOT authored by a muckraker? a) the Jungle b) the Octopus c) "The Shame of the Cities" d) Christianity and the Social Crisis
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d) Christianity and the Social Crisis
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Americans of "Old Stock" sometimes disliked new immigrants because...
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they viewed predominantly Catholic and Jewish immigrants as threats to social stability
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Frederick Taylor's scientific management emphasized all of the following ideas EXCEPT: a) providing more autonomy for the factory laborer b) assigning simple, repetitive tasks to workers c) speeding up the production process d) increasing the mechanization of factories
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a) providing more autonomy for the factory laborer
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The writing of the muckrakers exposed corruption in all of the following areas EXCEPT: a) child labor b) meat packing c) patent medicine d) cigarette manufacturing
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d) cigarette manufacturing
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William Howard Taft's support for the Sixteenth Amendment opened a period when...
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the federal government expanded its activities and responsibilities
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William Howard Taft lost his support of the progressive Republicans because of his...
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support of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff
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Why were Mark Twain and other critics wary of Theodore Roosevelt's presidential style?
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They felt he was far too flamboyant and ambitious
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Both the Elkins Act and the Hepburn Act increased the government's ability to...
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regulate unfair business practices by railroads
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Which of the following policies of Theodore Roosevelt was continued by William Howard Taft?
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The continued attempts to break up monopolies and trusts
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When mine owners refused to meet with coal workers at the White House, Roosevelt...
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made it clear that he would not use his influence to break the union
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Major focuses of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency included all of the following EXCEPT: a) conservation of natural resources b) seeing the president as a mediator between labor and management c) suing "bad trusts" that he viewed as guilty of misconduct d) using subsidies to bolster the failing Standard Oil Company
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d) using subsidies to bolster the failing Standard Oil Company
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A major difference between Theodore Roosevelt and the presidents of the Gilded Era was...
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Roosevelt was much more aggressive in his use of presidential powers
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Roosevelt's accomplishments as president included all of the following EXCEPT: a) setting aside public forest lands and oil reserves b) taking over after William McKinley's death and then being elected c) getting laws passed that aimed at consumer protection in food and drugs d) promoting an amendment to establish an income tax
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d) promoting an amendment to establish an income tax
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During the presidency of William Howard Taft...
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the Republican Party split into two factions
