Question 1

In John Muir's view, what benefits could the citizens of urban-industrial America gain from the nation's parks, forests, and wilderness areas? What steps did he believe were necessary to preserve the remaining wilderness areas?

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Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Hepburn Act

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The Hepburn Act is a significant piece o...

Question 3

Where was the American Federation of Labor's main source of strength?

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A)   Factories and mills
B)   Skilled trades
C)   Farm workers
D)   Immigrant blue collar workers
E)   Urban white-collar workersF) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Danbury Hatters case

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Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act

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Question 6

The Eugenics movement led to

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A)   passage of the Mann Act
B)   forced sterilization in many states of criminals, sex offenders and people judged as mentally deficient
C)   belief that all life is valuable
D)   elimination of immigration quotas
E)   segregated workplacesF) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 7

Why did the number of professional organizations, and their membership, increase markedly during the first two decades of the twentieth century?

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A)   The middle class viewed such organizations as the best way to impress the old aristocratic families.
B)   Such organizations provided a sense of professional identity for the white-collar middle class.
C)   Such organizations helped to provide the middle class with an entrée into local political organizations.
D)   Many professions were on the decline and formed organizations to protect themselves.
E)   Until the twentieth century, professional organizations were looked upon as badges of shame or poverty.F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 8

Which of the following is not indicative of Woodrow Wilson's views on race relations in America?

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A)   He displayed at best a patronizing attitude toward blacks.
B)   He praised the movie The Birth of a Nation.
C)   He allowed southerners in his cabinet and in Congress to impose rigid segregation on all levels of the government.
D)   He dined with Booker T. Washington at the White House
E)   None of these choices illustrates his attitudesF) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

Which of the following was an antiprostitution measure that prohibited transporting a woman across state lines for" immoral purposes?"

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A)   Mann-Elkins Act
B)   Mann Act
C)   Hepburn Act
D)   Keating Owen Act
E)   Adamson ActF) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

As progressivism became a national movement, what issues proved most important?

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Question 11

What were the different strands of the American labor movement during the early decades of the twentieth century? How did the goals of various unions differ? What were the most important successes and the most important failures of the labor movement during this period, and why?

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During the early decades of the twentiet...

Question 12

What were the economic, social, and political goals of the progressive municipal reformers? To what extent were they successful?

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The economic, social, and political goal...

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Ballinger-Pinchot controversy

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The Ballinger-Pinchot controversy was a ...

Question 14

Robert La Follette was

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A)   a progressive reformer who established policies that were labeled the "Wisconsin Idea".
B)   the Republican nominee for president in 1916.
C)   the chief justice of the Supreme Court who fought against most progressive legislation.
D)   the architect of Carnegie Hall.
E)   the founder of the new version of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1910s.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Municipal health reform

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Municipal health reform refers to the ef...

Question 16

Which of the following was not a goal of municipal reformers?

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A)   substituting professional city managers for mayors,
B)   city councils that were appointed by mayors rather than chosen in citywide elections
C)   aldermen elected on a ward-by-ward basis
D)   reducing political clout of immigrants
E)   eliminating the old, informal system of patronageF) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 17

What did Booker T. Washington believe was the best way for blacks to improve their status in the United States?

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A)   They should struggle militantly against all forms of racial discrimination in order to gain educational opportunity.
B)   They should form a nationwide council to work for federal laws against lynching.
C)   They should accommodate themselves to segregation and disfranchisement while at the same time working hard and proving their economic value to society.
D)   They should migrate to the cities and open shops and other small businesses.
E)   They should leave the United States and return to their African origins.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Payne-Aldrich Tariff

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The Payne-Aldrich Tariff was a piece of ...

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Robert La Follette

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Robert La Follette, also known as "Fight...

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Election of 1912

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Exam 21: The Progressive Era

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Which of the following was not a goal of municipal reformers?

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What were the economic, social, and political goals of the progressive municipal reformers? To what extent were they successful?

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Where was the American Federation of Labor's main source of strength?

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As progressivism became a national movement, what issues proved most important?

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Which of the following was an antiprostitution measure that prohibited transporting a woman across state lines for" immoral purposes?"

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What did Booker T. Washington believe was the best way for blacks to improve their status in the United States?

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Which of the following is not indicative of Woodrow Wilson's views on race relations in America?

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In John Muir's view, what benefits could the citizens of urban-industrial America gain from the nation's parks, forests, and wilderness areas? What steps did he believe were necessary to preserve the remaining wilderness areas?

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What were the different strands of the American labor movement during the early decades of the twentieth century? How did the goals of various unions differ? What were the most important successes and the most important failures of the labor movement during this period, and why?

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Election of 1912

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