Question 1

Progressive reformers tried to strengthen the power of the mayor over the city council.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Regarding organizing the professions during the progressive era,

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A)  most professions attempted to expand the ranks of Americans in their fields.
B)  by 1916 all states had established professional bar associations.
C)  the medical field remained largely unorganized.
D)  there was little organized activity in rural America.
E)  state and local governments generally impeded attempts to professionalize.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

The effort to make faith into a tool of social reform was known as the ________.

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Question 4

During the progressive era,the spurious "science" of ________ spread the belief that human inequalities were hereditary.

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Question 5

During the progressive era,doctors,lawyers,and other professionals worked to limit entry into their field to keep out "undesirables."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

W.B.Du Bois was highly critical of Booker T.Washington's philosophy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Theodore Roosevelt began to organize his Progressive Party even before he was denied the Republican presidential nomination in 1912.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Regarding women and the professions during the progressive era,

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A)  almost no women were able to have professional careers.
B)  the majority of professional women were nurses.
C)  social work was generally thought to be an appropriate career for women.
D)  educated black women were barred from all professional opportunities.
E)  women were forced out of nursing as the occupation gained distinction.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

Progressive reforms tended to increase voter turnout in presidential elections.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

As president,Theodore Roosevelt quickly rebelled against the leaders of his party.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Opponents of alcohol let it be known that they opposed more than just alcohol when they founded the Anti-________ League.

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The answer of Opponents of alcohol let it be known...

Question 12

Political reformers correctly regarded the saloon as in league with the urban political machine.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

By the beginning of World War I,the nativist tide in America had peaked and was falling.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Between 1914 and 1919,the temperance movement

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A)  gained momentum as a result of World War I.
B)  was opposed by most conservative Christians.
C)  saw the Women's Christian Temperance Union peak at 125,000 members.
D)  resulted in the unanimous passage by states of the Eighteenth Amendment.
E)  gained the support of most Catholic immigrants.F) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 15

In the 1912 presidential election,the Socialist Party candidate

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A)  received nearly one million votes.
B)  attracted considerable support from urban immigrants.
C)  attracted considerable support from southern and midwestern Protestant farmers.
D)  attracted considerable support from both urban immigrants and southern and midwestern Protestant farmers.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 16

The initiative and referendum were progressive-era political reforms designed to weaken the power of

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A)  the federal government.
B)  political parties.
C)  state governors.
D)  state legislatures.
E)  the courts.F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

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 transformational power of enlightened public opinion.
E)  believed that people's character was hardwired at birth.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 18

Prior to the adoption of the secret ballot,voter ballots were printed and distributed by

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A)  the political parties.
B)  the federal government.
C)  private contractors.
D)  state governments.
E)  philanthropic organizations.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

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

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During the years 1912-1915, the federal ...

Question 20

The Keating-Owen Act marked the first federal law regulating ________.

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Exam 20: The Progressives

Opponents of alcohol let it be known that they opposed more than just alcohol when they founded the Anti-________ League.

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Theodore Roosevelt began to organize his Progressive Party even before he was denied the Republican presidential nomination in 1912.

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Progressive reformers tried to strengthen the power of the mayor over the city council.

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Regarding organizing the professions during the progressive era,

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The effort to make faith into a tool of social reform was known as the ________.

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The initiative and referendum were progressive-era political reforms designed to weaken the power of

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At the turn of the twentieth century,progressive activists

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Progressive reforms tended to increase voter turnout in presidential elections.

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In the 1912 presidential election,the Socialist Party candidate

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During the progressive era,the spurious "science" of ________ spread the belief that human inequalities were hereditary.

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Political reformers correctly regarded the saloon as in league with the urban political machine.

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

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W.B.Du Bois was highly critical of Booker T.Washington's philosophy.

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As president,Theodore Roosevelt quickly rebelled against the leaders of his party.

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By the beginning of World War I,the nativist tide in America had peaked and was falling.

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Regarding women and the professions during the progressive era,

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Between 1914 and 1919,the temperance movement

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