1. Which one of the following was NOT an activity of Lillian Wald's Henry House?



a. providing health care for immigrants


b. campaigning for school lunches


c. working for conservation


d. encouraging theater, music and dance


E.


Answer: C
2. Progressives wanted various levels of government to



a. solve social problems. 


b. leave people alone.


c. help industrialists.


d. move people to the countryside.


E.


Answer: A
3. City-based machine bosses were often checked by



a. state legislatures. 


b. unhappy constituents.


c. local politicians.


d. city businessmen.


E.


Answer: A
4. The Oregon system's initiative and referendum measures were designed to



a. establish city commissioners.


b. strengthen direct democracy.


c. create a direct primary.


d. entrench political parties.


E.


Answer: B
5. You were MOST likely to be for prohibition if you were



a. a working class Catholic. 


b. a German Lutheran.


c. an urban Jew.


d. a middle class Protestant.


E.


Answer: D
6. The Mann Act was supposed to



a. stop the production of alcohol.


b. clean up city government.


c. crack down on prostitution.


d. censor movies.


E.


Answer: C
7. Between 1901 and 1920, the largest number of immigrants came from



a. Ireland. 


b. Russia and Poland.


c. Italy.


d. France and the Low Countries.


E.


Answer: C
8. The National Association of Manufacturers launched a campaign for



a. open shops. 


b. efficiency drives.


c. secondary boycotts.


d. trade autonomy.


E.


Answer: A
9. Booker T. Washington established the



a. NAACP. 


b. Hampton Institution.


c. National Consumers' League.


d. Tuskegee Institute.


E.


Answer: D
10. Theodore Roosevelt did NOT back the



a. Hepburn Act. 


b. Clayton Antitrust Act.


c. Pure Food and Drug Act.


d. Meat Inspection Act.


E.


Answer: B
11. Which one of the following is NOT true of settlement houses?



a. They were reform communities run by college-educated women.


b. They were in the midst of the neighborhoods they were trying to help.


c. They grew from six in 1891 to 400 houses nationwide by 1910.


d. They were progressives but were often anti-immigrant.


E.


Answer: D
12. Progressives are best described as



a. revolutionaries. 


b. optimists.


c. socialists.


d. conservatives.


E.


Answer: B
13. Lillian Wald was to Henry House as THIS person was to Hull House:



a. Marv Brewster. 


b. Jane Addams.


c. Florence Kelley.


d. Rose Schneiderman.


E.


Answer: B
14. The "Wisconsin Idea" was promoted by Governor Bob LaFollette as a way of



a. strengthening direct democracy with direct primaries and other political reforms.


b. controlling large industries.


c. protecting state forests and watersheds.


d. applying academic scholarship and theory to the needs of people.


E.


Answer: D
15. In Jacob Riis's book, How the Other Half Lives, the "other half" referred to the lives of



a. women. 


b. African Americans.


c. the urban poor.


d. industrial magnates.


E.


Answer: C
16. The most popular form of cheap entertainment became



a. vaudeville. 


b. dancehalls.


c. amusement parks.


d. movies.


E.


Answer: D
17. The International Ladies Garment Workers Union gained strength and merged working class women with middle class reformers as a result of the



a. Ludlow Massacre. 


b. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.


c. "Bread and Roses" strike.


d. "Uprising of the 20,000."


E.


Answer: B
18. Which one of the following has the LEAST association with the other three?



a. Up From Slavery 


b. Niagara movement


c. talented tenth


d. double consciousness


E.


Answer: A
19. Which one of the following is NOT a reason that the election of 1912 was the first modern presidential race?



a. It had the first direct primaries.


b. There was a great deal of interest group activity.


c. The candidates avoided issues and "threw mud" instead.


d. Traditional party loyalties were challenged.


E.


Answer: C
20. The Underwood-Simmons Act of 1913



a. reduced tariffs.


b. restructured the banking and currency system.


c. imposed a graduated income tax.


d. replaced the Sherman Act.


E.


Answer: D
21. Which one of the following describes the CORRECT order of these events?     (1) Margaret Sanger begins writing and speaking on birth control.     (2) Lillian Wald establishes Henry Street Settlement in New York.     (3) Jane Addams founds Hull House in Chicago.     (4) Florence Kelley leads National Consumers' League.



a. 3,2,4,1 


b. 4,3,2,1


c. 2,3,4,1


d. 1,4,3,2


E.


Answer: C
22. The Sixteenth Amendment is ratified in THIS year, bringing in a graduated income tax:



a. 1889. 


b. 1908.


c. 1913.


d. 1916.


E.


Answer: C
23. Which one of the following describes the CORRECT order of these events?     (1) Mueller v. Oregon decision made.     (2) Triangle Shirtwaist Fire occurs.     (3) Bread and Roses strike happens.     (4) Uprising of the 20,000 breaks out.



a. 3,4,1,2 


b. 2,3,4,1


c. 4,2,1,3


d. 1,4,2,3


E.


Answer: D
24. In the 1912 election, Taft carried



a. Utah and Vermont. 


b. Colorado and Maine.


c. California and Rhode Island.


d. Idaho and Delaware.


E.


Answer: A
25. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in



a. 1889. 


b. 1901.


c. 1906.


d. 1909.


E.


Answer: D
26. Margaret Sanger began writing and speaking in favor of birth control in



a. 1900 


b. 1904


c. 1908


d. 1912


E.


Answer: D
27. Which of the following events occurred in 1906?



a. The Ludlow massacre


b. The Bread and Roses strike


c. The Jungle published


d. The U.S. Forest Service created


E.


Answer: C
28. Theodore Roosevelt won what percentage of the popular vote in 1912?



a. 42% 


b. 27%


c. 23%


d. 6%


E.


Answer: B
29. Progressives sought alternatives to social Darwinism.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.
c.
d.
E.


Answer: A
30. Many urban companies saw bribing machine politicians as a simple business expense.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: A
31. The major supporters of structural reforms in urban government came from immigrants and the working class.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: B
32. The Anti-Saloon League had a broad reform program.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: B
33. Movie producers joined with progressives to establish the National Board of Censorship to regulate film content.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: A
34. Native-born workers provided much of the unskilled labor that kept industries running.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: B
35. Working-class women often worked longer hours than their husbands.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: A
36. The Uprising of 20,000 was an important breakthrough in the union drive to organize unskilled workers.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: A
37. Theodore Roosevelt detested the centralization of business and sought to stop it from happening.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: B
38. Progressivism sought to include all Americans in every level of government.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: B
39. The only beneficiaries of settlement houses were the working-class poor.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: B
40. Progressive rhetoric and methods drew on both evangelical religion and the natural and social sciences.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: A
41. Southern progressivism made significant improvements in educational facilities, regulation of corporations, and municipal reform.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: A
42. For wage-earning women, prostitution constituted a reasonable alternative to other kinds of jobs.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: A
43. In Gary, Indiana, the rate of accidents for immigrant and native-born workers was roughly equal.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: B
44. Although the AFL was expanding at the start of the twentieth century, the union had difficulty holding on to the gains it had already made.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: A
45. The Niagara movement counseled accommodation to white society.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: B
46. Taft won the official Republican presidential nomination by defeating Roosevelt in state presidential primaries.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: B
47. By 1912, many ideas that had seemed radical a decade earlier had become mainstream planks in party platforms.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: A
48. Wilson was much more cautious about solving social problems than about regulating business.



a. True


b. False


c.


d.


E.


Answer: A