(Points : 1)
Republican
Whig
Democrat
Know-Nothings
2. What did Chester A. Arthur want to prevent by signing the Pendleton Act authorizing the Civil Service Commission?
(Points : 1)
monopolies
using federal jobs as political rewards
avoidance of military service
unsafe working conditions
3. Of the following problems, which was the biggest one that farmers faced in the late 1800s?
(Points : 1)
drought
competition from abroad
crop lien system
high railroad fees
4. Which organization was not formed to relieve farmers' problems?
(Points : 1)
Grange
Colored Alliance
Farm Aid
Farmers' Alliances
5. Which group includes items related to the Populist Party?
(Points : 1)
Group A
Group B
6. What was the main reason that the Populist Party failed?
(Points : 1)
Members could not raise enough money for expenses.
The party did not look forward to economic and industrial expansion.
William Jennings Bryan no longer supported them after he lost the election.
The Republicans took over the party platform after Roosevelt became president.
7. Which was not a goal of the progressive movement?
(Points : 1)
eliminating political and business corruption
making government more transparent
improving farm conditions
reducing social problems
8. Who led the progressive movement in Wisconsin, where he served as governor?
(Points : 1)
Hiram Johnson
Charles Evans Hughes
Robert LaFollette
Thomas Johnson
9. What were some of Theodore Roosevelt's goals for "New Nationalism" during his presidency?
(Points : 1)
conservation and business reform
antitrust legislation and elimination of income taxes
farm protection legislation and referendum initiatives
professional political managers and monopoly reduction
10. Lincoln Steffens, Ida Tarbell, and Upton Sinclair were muckrakers. What did they do?
(Points : 1)
wrote the first gossip columns for urban newspapers
uncovered and reported on political and business corruption
met with political leaders to advise them about corruption behind the scenes
devised a systematic trash collection system for the city of Chicago
11. Which group contains reforms that came about as a result of the progressive movement?
(Points : 1)
Group A
Group B
12. Which president believed in an activist government that was a "steward of the public welfare"?
(Points : 1)
Grover Cleveland
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
13. What did Woodrow Wilson hope to accomplish with his "New Freedom" government?
(Points : 1)
elimination of foreign alliances
equal taxation across the board
effective government responses to social and economic issues
energy conservation to eliminate dependence on foreign governments
14. Who developed the idea of settlement houses to help women achieve goals that were otherwise unachievable?
(Points : 1)
Abigail Adams
Edith Wilson
Jane Addams
Alice Roosevelt
15. What was the result of the investigative journalism that uncovered corruption and scandal in business and government?
(Points : 1)
Newspaper circulation increased but little else happened.
Reporters like Jacob Riis and David Graham Phillips were elected to Congress.
Government investigations and regulatory reforms were implemented.
Urban governments hired reporters to look for corruption.
16. Which was not one of the progressive measures adopted during Teddy Roosevelt's presidency?
(Points : 1)
opening new national parks and forests
forming the Food and Drug Administration
reforming railroad rates
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uncovered and reported on political and business corruption
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