Question 1

What did Woodrow Wilson call his 1912 campaign platform that was based on promoting competition and enforcing antitrust laws? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  Gilded Deal
B)  New Freedom
C)  ​New Nationalism
D)  ​Square DealE) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

The NAACP was founded in 1909 to end segregation and guarantee voting rights for blacks.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In 1912,Theodore Roosevelt ran as the presidential candidate of the Bull Moose Party,which was officially known as the ​

Accepted Answer

A)  Socialist Party.
B)  American Party.
C)  ​Progressive Party.
D)  ​Know-Nothing Party.
E)  ​People's Party.F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 4

Regulations related to which of the following stemmed at least in part from Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel,The Jungle? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  food safety
B)  child labor
C)  ​workplace safety
D)  ​civil rightsE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Which of the following statements regarding the 1912 election accurately reflects the perspective of the Democratic Party? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  It looked to exploit the split in the Republican Party.
B)  It considered William Jennings Bryan a viable candidate because of his previous campaign experience.
C)  ​It considered Woodrow Wilson as a possible candidate because he had captured the governorship of New York.
D)  ​It seriously considered offering Theodore Roosevelt the vice-presidential nomination.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Which legislation came first? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  Clayton Antitrust Act
B)  Federal Reserve Act
C)  ​Hepburn Act
D)  ​Sherman Antitrust Act E) B) and C)
F) B) and D) D

Question 7

What was the first state to adopt prohibition? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  New Jersey
B)  Oregon
C)  ​Florida
D)  ​Georgia
E)  ​OklahomaF) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 8

The Hepburn Act increased government's control over the country's railroads.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 9

What was the label applied to investigative reporters who sought to expose government corruption and social ills? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  Muckrakers
B)  Yellow journalists
C)  ​Sensationalists
D)  ​RationalistsE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 10

What was the focus of the Sixteenth Amendment? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  It provided for separate but equal public facilities.
B)  It allowed an income tax.
C)  ​It guaranteed women the right to vote in federal elections.
D)  ​It provided for the direct election of senators.
E)  ​It established Prohibition.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 11

What legislation enforced Prohibition? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  the Hepburn Act
B)  the Mann Act
C)  ​the Twenty-First Amendment
D)  ​the Volstead Act
E)  ​the Webb-Kenyon ActF) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 12

​What was the purpose of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?

Accepted Answer

A)  to replace the central bank with regional banks
B)  to reduce the power of the Federal Reserve Board
C)  ​to facilitate trade between the United States and its neighbors
D)  ​to provide a means for controlling the currency and money supplyE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 13

The Birth of a Nation,a popular 1915 film by D.W.Griffith,glorified ​

Accepted Answer

A)  the Industrial Workers of the World
B)  the Ku Klux Klan
C)  ​the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
D)  ​the Wilson Administration  E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 14

What did the Newlands Reclamation Act establish in the West? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  a system of irrigation reservoirs 
B)  a system of reservation lands
C)  ​new interconnected rail lines 
D)  ​guidelines for mining operationsE) All of the above
F) A) and B) A

Question 15

Which changes took place in the U.S.family in the early 1900s? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  States revoked laws making homosexuality illegal.
B)  Divorce was easier to obtain and more common.
C)  ​The average size of the family increased.
D)  ​Some states legalized abortion. E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 16

Which government agency was established in 1914 to oversee business practices? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  Federal Trade Commission
B)  Federal Reserve System
C)  ​Interstate Commerce Commission
D)  ​Keating-Owen CommitteeE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 17

The Department of Justice brought a lawsuit to break up the Northern Securities Company resulting from mergers in what industry? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  Steel
B)  Railroads
C)  ​Oil 
D)  ​BankingE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 18

The Payne-Aldrich Tariff called for lowering duties on ​

Accepted Answer

A)  lumber and cattle hides.
B)  cotton and wool.
C)  ​grains.
D)  ​tobacco.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Ida Wells Barnett concentrated her reform efforts on which of the following? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  temperance
B)  lynching
C)  ​tenement housing
D)  ​child labor
E)  ​sanitationF) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 20

Woodrow Wilson won the Democratic Party's 1912 presidential nomination on the very first ballot.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 16: The Reform Impulse: the Progressive Era, 1895-1920

What did Woodrow Wilson call his 1912 campaign platform that was based on promoting competition and enforcing antitrust laws? ​

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The NAACP was founded in 1909 to end segregation and guarantee voting rights for blacks.​

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In 1912,Theodore Roosevelt ran as the presidential candidate of the Bull Moose Party,which was officially known as the ​

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Regulations related to which of the following stemmed at least in part from Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel,The Jungle? ​

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Which of the following statements regarding the 1912 election accurately reflects the perspective of the Democratic Party? ​

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Which legislation came first? ​

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What was the first state to adopt prohibition? ​

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The Hepburn Act increased government's control over the country's railroads.​

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What was the label applied to investigative reporters who sought to expose government corruption and social ills? ​

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What was the focus of the Sixteenth Amendment? ​

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What legislation enforced Prohibition? ​

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​What was the purpose of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?

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The Birth of a Nation,a popular 1915 film by D.W.Griffith,glorified ​

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What did the Newlands Reclamation Act establish in the West? ​

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Which changes took place in the U.S.family in the early 1900s? ​

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Which government agency was established in 1914 to oversee business practices? ​

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The Department of Justice brought a lawsuit to break up the Northern Securities Company resulting from mergers in what industry? ​

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The Payne-Aldrich Tariff called for lowering duties on ​

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Ida Wells Barnett concentrated her reform efforts on which of the following? ​

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Woodrow Wilson won the Democratic Party's 1912 presidential nomination on the very first ballot.​

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What did Woodrow Wilson call his 1912 campaign platform that was based on promoting competition and enforcing antitrust laws?

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The NAACP was founded in 1909 to end segregation and guarantee voting rights for blacks.

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In 1912,Theodore Roosevelt ran as the presidential candidate of the Bull Moose Party,which was officially known as the

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Regulations related to which of the following stemmed at least in part from Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel,The Jungle?

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Which of the following statements regarding the 1912 election accurately reflects the perspective of the Democratic Party?

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The Hepburn Act increased government's control over the country's railroads.

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The Department of Justice brought a lawsuit to break up the Northern Securities Company resulting from mergers in what industry?

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Ida Wells Barnett concentrated her reform efforts on which of the following?

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Woodrow Wilson won the Democratic Party's 1912 presidential nomination on the very first ballot.

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