Question 1

The new middle class of the turn of the century placed a high value on moral values,but not on formal education.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

President Roosevelt's handpicked successor was ________.

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The answer of President Roosevelt's handpicked successor was ________....

Question 3

In the 1912 presidential election results,

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A)   President William H. Taft came in last of the four major candidates.
B)   Theodore Roosevelt won the popular vote but lost the electoral college.
C)   Eugene Debs offered his electoral votes to Theodore Roosevelt.
D)   Theodore Roosevelt finished third in the popular vote.
E)   Woodrow Wilson won only a plurality of the popular vote.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 4

Thorstein Veblen argued that

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A)   only the wealthy leisure class had adequate time and money to help the needy.
B)   modern societies should rely on a handful of experts to govern the economy.
C)   true social reform would only occur if the nation's wealth were redistributed.
D)   the leaders of corporations were the natural choice to create social reform.
E)   the philanthropy of industrial tycoons had subverted the natural workings of society.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

During Theodore Roosevelt's first three years as president,

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A)   he was a champion of labor unions.
B)   he made the breaking-up of business combinations his highest priority.
C)   he desired to win for government the power to investigate corporate activities.
D)   his primary accomplishment was to reform the meatpacking industry.
E)   he deeply antagonized the conservative Old Guard wing of his party.F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

The political popularity of the Socialist Party peaked shortly after the end of World War I.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

By 1911,the Women's Christian ________ Union had 245,000 members and had become the single largest women's organization in American history to that point.

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The answer of By 1911,the Women's Christian ________ Union had...

Question 8

The urban political machine was a good source of jobs for newer immigrants.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The urban political machine Tammany Hall grew increasingly interested in progressive reform during the progressive era.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What social attitudes in America worked for and against the concept of women having the right to vote?

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Question 11

In his political program known as the "New Freedom," Woodrow Wilson believed trusts

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A)   needed to be tightly regulated by the federal government.
B)   should be destroyed.
C)   should exist only if they benefited the middle class.
D)   should have the right to expand.
E)   should exist only if they recognized labor's right to organize.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

The first director of the National Forest Service was

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A)   Gifford Pinchot.
B)   William Howard Taft.
C)   John Muir.
D)   Richard Ballinger.
E)   Louis Glavis.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 13

In 1902,President Roosevelt intervened in a strike involving the ________ industry.

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The answer of In 1902,President Roosevelt intervened in a strike...

Question 14

During the progressive era,clubs for African American women

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A)   differed sharply from white women's clubs in their structure.
B)   often took anti-lynching and anti-segregation positions.
C)   existed in large numbers despite the racial inclusiveness of white-founded women's clubs.
D)   tried to ignore overtly racial issues such as segregation.
E)   did not exist.F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 15

Progressive reforms tended to increase voter turnout in presidential elections.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

President Roosevelt moved to ease the Panic of 1907 by agreeing to the purchase of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company by ________.

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The answer of President Roosevelt moved to ease the Panic...

Question 17

Many progressive reformers agreed that the growth of immigration had created social problems in American cities.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The secret ballot enhanced the power of the two-party system over the average voter.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Describe and evaluate the ideas of Booker T.Washington and W.E.B.Du Bois.In your opinion,which of these two men had the better plan,and why?

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Question 20

At the turn of the twentieth century,progressive activists

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A)   believed that organizations stunted individual growth and stifled creativity.
B)   asserted that it was the right of individuals to act as they chose.
C)   held a strong commitment to improving racial justice.
D)   believed in the importance of social cohesion.
E)   believed that people's character was hardwired at birth.F) None of the above
G) A) and C)

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Thorstein Veblen argued that

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President Roosevelt moved to ease the Panic of 1907 by agreeing to the purchase of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company by ________.

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During Theodore Roosevelt's first three years as president,

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Progressive reforms tended to increase voter turnout in presidential elections.

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By 1911,the Women's Christian ________ Union had 245,000 members and had become the single largest women's organization in American history to that point.

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Describe and evaluate the ideas of Booker T.Washington and W.E.B.Du Bois.In your opinion,which of these two men had the better plan,and why?

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