Question 1

In 1910,in Osawatomie,Kansas,Theodore Roosevelt announced a set of political principles that called for

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A)   limiting the authority of President William H. Taft.
B)   equal pay for male and female workers who performed the same jobs.
C)   greater activism by the federal government.
D)   a return to the laissez-faire policies of his two administrations.
E)   an end to legal racial discrimination.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

What was Theodore Roosevelt's conception of the presidency,and how did his actions conform to that conception?

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Question 3

Analyze and assess the presidential election results of 1912.

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The presidential election of 1912 was a ...

Question 4

During the early twentieth century,the Industrial Workers of the World

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A)   was dominated by anarchists.
B)   emphasized education for the working class.
C)   rejected the economic principles of both capitalism and Marxism.
D)   advocated a single union for all workers.
E)   was a more violent organization than the public recognized at the time.F) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 5

All of the following were passed during Theodore Roosevelt's administration EXCEPT the

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A)   Hepburn Railroad Regulation Act.
B)   National Reclamation Act.
C)   Interstate Commerce Act.
D)   Meat Inspection Act.
E)   Pure Food and Drug Act.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

In the 1902 strike by the United Mine Workers,President Theodore Roosevelt

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A)   sided with the mine owners.
B)   ordered in federal troops to break the strike.
C)   ordered federal arbitration.
D)   sided with the miners.
E)   ordered in federal troops to keep the peace.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 7

As president,William Howard Taft found himself pleasing the progressives and alienating the conservatives within his own party.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

At the turn of the twentieth century,the leaders of the settlement house movement

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A)   thought assimilation robbed immigrants of the best parts of their culture.
B)   were generally first-generation immigrants who helped second-generation immigrants.
C)   generally expressed moral disapproval of the behavior of immigrants.
D)   directed their attention to improving urban living conditions.
E)   eventually saw their ideas and institutions take hold in England.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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 11

What major progressive reforms were enacted by the federal government between 1912 and 1915?

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Question 12

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,the "Social Gospel" was

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A)   first described by Andrew Carnegie.
B)   a belief that God had chosen the rich to be rich and the poor to be poor.
C)   chiefly concerned with redeeming the nation's cities.
D)   intended to offer spiritual, not material, assistance to the poor.
E)   a reform movement guided by the American Catholic Church.F) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 13

The first director of the National Forest Service was

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

Question 14

Anna Howard Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt were among the most prominent leaders of the anti-suffrage movement.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In 1909,a controversy involving Richard Ballinger and Gifford Pinchot saw

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A)   President William H. Taft fire Ballinger, due to a conflict of interest.
B)   former supporters of Roosevelt rally behind Taft.
C)   President William H. Taft fire Pinchot for insubordination.
D)   progressives come to oppose Pinchot.
E)   conservative Republicans turn against President Taft.F) None of the above
G) All of the above

Question 16

Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens could both be called muckrakers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Unlike Roosevelt,who wanted to destroy the major trusts,Wilson sought to accept their existence but use the federal government to regulate them.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Theodore Roosevelt cooperated with J.P.Morgan during the Panic of 1907 to attempt to stabilize the economy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Describe the ebb and flow of nativism during the first few decades of the twentieth century.How did nativists win support from some of the nation's leading progressives?

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Question 20

In 1904,Ida Tarbell published a highly critical study on

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A)   the Carnegie Steel Company.
B)   urban "boss rule."
C)   Congress.
D)   child industrial labor.
E)   the Standard Oil trust.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

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Anna Howard Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt were among the most prominent leaders of the anti-suffrage movement.

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Analyze and assess the presidential election results of 1912.

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Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens could both be called muckrakers.

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What major progressive reforms were enacted by the federal government between 1912 and 1915?

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

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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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In the 1902 strike by the United Mine Workers,President Theodore Roosevelt

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In 1904,Ida Tarbell published a highly critical study on

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Unlike Roosevelt,who wanted to destroy the major trusts,Wilson sought to accept their existence but use the federal government to regulate them.

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