Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Social
reform movement in the early 20th century a. | Democracy | c. | progressive movement | b. | Republicanism | d. | National Socialism | | | | |
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Writer
who exposes wrongdoing a. | populist | c. | tabloid journalist | b. | muckraker | d. | new dealer | | | | |
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A vote
on whether to remove a public official from office a. | recall | c. | referendum | b. | impeachment | d. | initiative | | | | |
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Amendment providing for senators to be elected directly
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The
right to vote; a major goal of women reformers a. | prohibition | c. | civil rights | b. | suffrage | d. | registration | | | | |
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Making
the sale or use of alcohol illegal a. | prohibition | c. | California 502 | b. | bootlegging | d. | legalization | | | | |
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President of NAWSA, who led the campaign for woman suffrage during Wilson’s
administration a. | Elizabeth
Stanton | c. | Annie Hall | b. | Carrie Nation | d. | Carrie Chapman Catt | | | | |
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A way
for people to propose laws directly a. | proponent | c. | recall | b. | initiative | d. | referendum | | | | |
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A way
for people to approve changes in laws by a vote a. | amendment | c. | referendum | b. | initiative | d. | recall | | | | |
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10.
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President from 1909 to 1913, successor to Roosevelt a. | William Howard Taft
| c. | William Jennings
Bryan | b. | Woodrow Wilson | d. | Franklin Roosevelt | | | | |
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Well-known teacher of science at Vassar College, one of the new colleges for
women a. | Eleanor
Roosevelt | c. | Maria Mitchell | b. | Sarah Walcott
Anderson | d. | Jane Adams | | | | |
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NAACP
, _____ founded in 1909 to work for racial equality a. | National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People | c. | Urban League | b. | National Association for the Advancement of
Crazy People | d. | National Association for the Administration
Colored People | | | | |
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Using
scientific ideas to make work more efficient a. | technological electronics | c. | Scientology | b. | industrialization | d. | scientific management | | | | |
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Novelist who exposed social problems a. | Anthony Lewis | c. | Upton Sinclair | b. | F.Scott
Fitzgerald | d. | Earnest Hemingway | | | | |
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Nickname for the new Progressive Party, which was formed to support Roosevelt in the
election of 1912 a. | Teddy
Party | c. | Bull Moose Party | b. | Progressive
Party | d. | Libertarian Party | | | | |
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Head
of the U.S. Forest Service under Roosevelt, who believed that it was possible to make use of natural
resources while conserving them a. | Gifford Pinchot | c. | Ansel Adams | b. | La Folleitt | d. | Howard Taft | | | | |
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Law
reforming meatpacking conditions, 1906 a. | Interstate Commerce Act | c. | Meat Inspection Act | b. | meat
prohibition | d. | Chicago Stock Yards
Bill | | | | |
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Social
reformer a. | Herman
Goering | c. | Florence Kelley | b. | Jane Adams | d. | Florence Nightingale | | | | |
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A
federal agency set up in 1914 to investigate businesses to help enforce the laws a. | Federal Trade Commission
| c. | Interstate Commerce
Commission | b. | Intrastate Commerce
Commission | d. | Federal Communications
Commission | | | | |
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Law to
stop the sale of unclean food and drugs, 1906 a. | Meat Inspections Act | c. | Pure Food and Drug Act | b. | Clean Food
Act | d. | Food and Drug Administration
Act | | | | |
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Tariff
Bill meant to lower tariffs on imported goods a. | Interstate Commerce | c. | Payne-Aldrich | b. | Smoot-Haley | d. | Taft-Hartley | | | | |
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Square
Deal - President _____ program of progressive reforms a. | Roosevelt’s | c. | Wilson’s | b. | Taft’s | d. | Truman’s | | | | |
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Novel
by Upton Sinclair describing meatpacking a. | Food at any Price | c. | The Forest of Food | b. | The Jungle | d. | Meatpacking scandal | | | | |
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National banking system begun in 1913 a. | Federal Deposit Insurance
Commission | c. | Federal Reserve System
| b. | National
Mint | d. | Federal Banking
Commission | | | | |
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Law
that weakened monopolies and upheld the rights of unions and farm organizations a. | Interstate Commerce
Act | c. | Federal Communications
Act | b. | Clayton Antitrust
Act | d. | Smoot-Hawley Act | | | | |
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President from 1901 to 1909 a. | Woodrow Wilson | c. | William Howard Taft | b. | Theodore Roosevelt
| d. | William Jennings
Bryan | | | | |
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Amendment to the Constitution giving women the right to vote
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NAWSA
_____; founded in 1890 to help women win the right to vote a. | National American Women Suffering
Activity | c. | National Admitted Women Singles
Association | b. | National Association of Women Social
Activism | d. | National American Woman Suffrage
Association | | | | |
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The
planned management of natural resources a. | Natural Resources Planning and
Management | c. | CCC | b. | Wildlife Fund | d. | conservation | | | | |
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National Association of Colored Women; founded in 1896 to improve living and working
conditions for African-American women
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31.
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Progressive Wisconsin governor and senator a. | Robert M. LaFollette
| c. | Wm. Jennings Bryan | b. | H. Clinton | d. | Howard Dean | | | | |
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Winner
of the 1912 presidential election a. | Teddy Roosevelt | c. | Howard Taft | b. | Woodrow Wilson
| d. | Herbert Hoover | | | | |
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Leader
of the woman suffrage movement, who helped to define the movement’s goals and beliefs and to
lead its actions a. | Susan B. Anthony
| c. | Margaret Sanger | b. | Melissa Stone | d. | Carrie Nation | | | | |
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