Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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In the mid-1800s,
most women who held jobs worked as a. | teachers | c. | factory workers | b. | servants. | d. | clerks | | | | |
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Why were early
efforts to enact federal bans on child labor unsuccessful? a. | They had little public
support | c. | The Supreme Court ruled them
unconstitutional | b. | Labor unions fought the legislation | d. | Factory owners simply ignored the laws | | | | |
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3.
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Was “kicked
upstairs” but then became an immensely popular president a. | Theodore Roosevelt | c. | Woodrow Wilson | b. | William H. Taft | d. | None of these | | | | |
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4.
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Was accused by his
predecessor of being a fathead with the brain of a guinea pig a. | William H. Taft | c. | Theodore Roosevelt | b. | None of these | d. | Woodrow Wilson | | | | |
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5.
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Was described as a
man who “was born halfway between the Bible and the dictionary and never got away from
either a. | William H.
Taft | c. | Woodrow Wilson | b. | None of these | d. | Theodore Roosevelt | | | | |
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6.
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Demanded
settlement of a major coal strike and confessed to being tempted to throw a mine owner out a White
House window a. | Woodrow
Wilson | c. | None of these | b. | Theodore Roosevelt | d. | William H. Taft | | | | |
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7.
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In 1912, which
candidate was considered a conservative? a. | Woodrow Wilson | c. | Eugene V. Debs | b. | William Howard Taft | d. | Theodore Roosevelt | | | | |
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8.
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Became so enraged
by an African-American critic that he made him and his delegation leave the White
House a. | Woodrow Wilson | c. | Theodore Roosevelt | b. | William H. Taft | d. | None of these | | | | |
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9.
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Actively supported
civil rights for African Americans a. | William H. Taft | c. | Woodrow Wilson | b. | Theodore Roosevelt | d. | None of these | | | | |
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10.
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Served both as
president and as chief justice of the Supreme Court a. | William H. Taft | c. | Woodrow Wilson | b. | None of these | d. | Theodore Roosevelt | | | | |
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Scientific
management was an effort to improve efficiency by a. | raising wages to improve workers’
attitudes | c. | developing interchangeable
parts | b. | making production tasks simpler and
easier | d. | improving the balance among business, government, and the
worker | | | | |
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12.
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Robert
M. La Follette gained fame for being a a. | hard-hitting journalist | c. | supporter of wilderness
preservation. | b. | reform governor | d. | socialist labor leader | | | | |
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In The
Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed a. | dangers faced by working children | c. | the corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil
Company. | b. | illegal deals between special interests and the U.S. Forest
Bureau | d. | unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing
industry | | | | |
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The Seventeenth
Amendment allowed for a. | the prohibition of liquor | c. | the direct election of senators | b. | a federal income tax. | d. | suffrage for women | | | | |
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A new federal
income tax was enacted mainly because a. | the government had lost revenue by enacting lower
tariffs. | c. | newly created federal agencies needed to be
funded. | b. | demands for social welfare had drained the federal
budget | d. | the division between the rich and poor was growing too
wide | | | | |
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Planned a
“New Freedom” from trusts, tariffs, and high finance a. | Woodrow Wilson | c. | None of these | b. | William H. Taft | d. | Theodore Roosevelt | | | | |
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Served only one
term as president a. | Woodrow
Wilson | c. | Theodore Roosevelt | b. | None of these | d. | William H. Taft | | | | |
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Became unpopular
because, despite promises to lower tariffs, he signed a bill that did not accomplish
this a. | Theodore Roosevelt | c. | Woodrow Wilson | b. | William H. Taft | d. | None of these | | | | |
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Promised to do all
he could to correct conditions in the meatpacking industry a. | Woodrow Wilson | c. | None of these | b. | William H. Taft | d. | Theodore Roosevelt | | | | |
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Oversaw banking
reform and the founding of the Federal Reserve System a. | Woodrow Wilson | c. | William H. Taft | b. | Theodore Roosevelt | d. | None of these | | | | |
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Matching
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a. | recall | f. | Florence Kelley | b. | initiative | g. | Robert M. La Follette | c. | prohibition | h. | scientific management | d. | referendum | i. | progressive movement | e. | mucraker | j. | Seventeenth Amendment | | | | |
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21.
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This
is a vote on an initiative
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22.
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This
reform goernor and U.S. Senator from Wisconsin made the railroad industry a major target of the
progressive movement
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23.
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This
is another name for progressivism
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24.
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this
is a term used to describe a journalist who exposed government abuses and big business corruption to
the readers of mass circulation magazines and newspapers
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25.
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Members of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union fought for this cause by
entering saloons, singing, praying and asking saloon-keepers to stop selling alcohol
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26.
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This
is a bill initiated, or launched by citizens
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27.
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This
was one of the inspirations for the creation of assembly lines at the Ford Motor
Company
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28.
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this
allowed for the popular, or direct, election of U.S. Senators
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29.
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this
allows voters to force public officials to face another election before the end of their terms if
enough voters ask for it
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30.
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This
progressive championed the rights of women and children by moving into a settlement house, working as
a Chief Inspector of Factories for Illinois, and helping to win passage of the Illinois Factory
Act
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