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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:
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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:
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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 fractions.
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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?
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woman 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?
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nominating conventions
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Use of the initiative allowed reformers to
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proposed legislation directly to 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:
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woman's suffrage at 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 for the direct popular election of US senators.
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The immigrants known as "new immigrants" included all of the following groups EXCPET:
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Irish Protestants
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Which of the following statements about women in the early 1900s is not true?
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fewer working women were choosing to get married
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All of the following groups or people opposed progressive social reform EXCEPT:
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supporters of the Social Gospel Movement
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Leaders of the Social Gospel movement sought to
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combine religion with laissez-faire philosophies.
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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 elections.
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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 he following ideas EXCEPT:
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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 the working conditions in the early 1900s EXCEPT:
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industrialists refused to resort 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 literate was NOT authored by a muckraker ?
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Christianity and Social Crisis
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Americans of "Old Stock" sometimes disliked new immigrants becuase
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they viewed predominantly Catholic and Jewish immigrants as threats to social stability.
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Fredrick Taylor's scientific management emphasized all of the following ideas EXCEPT:
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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:
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cigarette manufacturing
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Reformers who focused on ending child labor faced resistance from big business and
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the American Federation of Labor.
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Many progressive reformers supported prohibition becuase
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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-Americas
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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 on DuBois fought for economic equalit 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 Margret Sanger are true EXCEPT:
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she was indicted for distributing reformist literature
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Jan Addams'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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Reformers in rural areas during the 1900s achieved all of the following aims EXCEPT:
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managing to stop rural people from being drawn to urbanization trends.
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