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Newspaper and magazine writers, who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life, fueling the progressive movement, were known as
a. yellow journalists.
b. trustees.
c. social reformers.
d. muckrakers.
e. freelancers.

Between 1901 and 1914, _____ million immigrants came to the United States.
a. 4
b. 7
c. 10
d. 13
e. 18

Birds of passage were
a. immigrants who planned on returning to their homeland.
b. single women who worked until they got married.
c. strike breakers who were sent in by factory owners.
d. stowaways on passenger ships attempting to immigrate to America.
e. immigrants who visited settlement houses for temporary help.

Who pioneered a program that sought to streamline production and boost profits by systematically controlling costs and work practices?
a. Simon Patten
b. Fredrick Taylor
c. Samuel Gompers
d. J. P. Morgan
e. Hazen Pingree

ABCDE 5.
Settlement houses
a. provided an alternative to marriage for the new woman.
b. built kindergartens for immigrant children.
c. were located in poor neighborhoods.
d. established employment bureaus and health clinics.
e. All of the above

ABCDE 6.
The Sixteenth Amendment
a. called for the direct election of senators.
b. authorized Congress to implement a graduated income tax.
c. granted women the right to vote.
d. prohibited the use and sale of alcohol.
e. instituted the initiative, referendum, and recall.

ABCDE 7.
Who was not a candidate in the 1912 presidential election?
a. Theodore Roosevelt
b. Woodrow Wilson
c. Eugene Debs
d. William Jennings Bryan
e. William Howard Taft

ABCDE 8.
The main difference between New Nationalism and New Freedom was over
a. civil rights for blacks.
b. women�s place in the public sphere.
c. regulating versus trust-busting.
d. the issue of free silver.
e. immigration restrictions versus an open gate.

ABCDE 9.
A frank acceptance of the benefits of bigness, coupled with the intervention of government to counteract its abuses, best describes the philosophy behind
a. socialism.
b. New Freedom.
c. Populism.
d. New Nationalism.
e. New Deal.

ABCDE 10.
The painters who were part of the Ashcan School focused their art on
a. still life.
b. the abstract.
c. war.
d. city life.
e. nudes.

ABCDE 11.
Vaudeville is a
a. form of entertainment.
b. kind of drink immigrants liked.
c. reform group.
d. place in New York.
e. political machine.

ABCDE 12.
A worker who crossed a picket line during a strike was called a
a. dodger.
b. breaker.
c. scum.
d. socialist.
e. scab.

ABCDE 13.
Which Supreme Court justice was a Progressive reformer and advocate of the labor movement?
a. Charles Evans Hughes
b. Joseph McKenna
c. Oliver Wendell Holmes
d. Louis Brandeis
e. Theodore Roosevelt

ABCDE 14.
The Ludlow Massacre was a tragic confrontation between
a. Plains Indians and the U.S. Army.
b. North Carolina textile workers and the police.
c. the IWW and the Massachusetts police.
d. New Orleans dockworkers and militia.
e. Colorado nine workers and militia.

ABCDE 15.
The program that sought to streamline production and boost profits by systematically controlling costs and work practices was called
a. Fordism.
b. vertical integration.
c. free-market practices.
d. scientific management.
e. laissez-faire.

ABCDE 16.
What was the function of the Feminist Alliance?
a. To free women from the constraints of the home
b. To get women the vote
c. To make life easier foe women after marriage
d. To help women find professional employment
e. All of the above

ABCDE 17.
By 1900, there were over _____ settlement houses established in cities throughout the country.
a. 100
b. 200
c. 400
d. 700
e. 1,000

ABCDE 18.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of Progressive reformers?
a. Progressives were mainly urban and middle class.
b. Progressives pursued radical alternatives to capitalism.
c. Progressives implemented several of the reforms advocated earlier by Populists.
d. Progressives were involved in a variety of reforms in the political, economic and social realms.
e. Progressives believed in the spirit of human progress.

ABCDE 19.
Which of the following social groups was not heavily involved in the Progressive movement?
a. Big city machine politicians
b. The urban middle class
c. Women
d. Muckraker journalists
e. White Protestants

ABCDE 20.
Which president helped on behalf of the striking coal miners to negotiate a favorable settlement with the mine owners?
a. William McKinley
b. Theodore Roosevelt
c. William Howard Taft
d. Woodrow Wilson
e. None of the above

ABCDE 21.
The Triangle Shirtwaist fire
a. was the worst fire disaster in U.S. history.
b. brought in its wake increased union organizing among New York City garment workers and much needed safety legislation.
c. destroyed the business, but there were no casualties.
d. occurred during the Uprising of the 20,000.
e. resulted in laws that banned all manufacturing in New York.

ABCDE 22.
The word �Progressivism� came into common use around 1910
a. as a way of describing a broad, loosely defined political movement of individuals and groups.
b. as an antibusiness term.
c. denoting a group that appealed only to women.
d. as another term for Socialism.
e. and represented those who advocated revolution.

ABCDE 23.
During the Progressive era
a. the American population declined.
b. the economy stagnated.
c. commercial farming grew.
d. commercial farming declined.
e. irrigation had not yet been introduced into the American West.

ABCDE 24.
Asian and Mexican immigrants in the early twentieth century
a. clustered in the South as agricultural workers.
b. clustered in the West as agricultural workers.
c. were much more welcome than European immigrants.
d. were prohibited from entering the United States.
e. outnumbered southern and eastern European immigrants.

ABCDE 25.
The term �Fordism�
a. refers to Henry Ford�s invention of the automobile.
b. was used by labor unions, who hailed Ford�s innovative approach.
c. describes an economic system based on limited production of high-end goods.
d. refers to Henry Ford�s effort to organize workers into a union.
e. describes an economic system based on mass production and mass consumption.

ABCDE 26.
Scientific management
a. was a way to ensure industrial freedom.
b. was pioneered by Frederick W. Taylor.
c. was welcomed by skilled workers.
d. was introduced by Samuel Gompers.
e. put worker concerns ahead of profit.

ABCDE 27.
The 1912 strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts,
a. started when workers demanded shorter hours.
b. is also known as the Bread and Roses strike.
c. is also known as the Uprising of the 20,000.
d. received little public attention.
e. was unique in that it involved only children.

ABCDE 28.
The battle for free speech in the early twentieth century
a. was led by the American Federation of Labor.
b. was led by the Industrial Workers of the World.
c. was not an issue of concern to most workers.
d. always won in the courts.
e. was never successful on the local level.

ABCDE 29.
Margaret Sanger was a
a. utopian novelist.
b. U.S. senator.
c. prison-reform advocate.
d. birth-control advocate.
e. labor organizer.

ABCDE 30.
Urban Progressivism
a. was supported by the political machines in most cities.
b. sought to strengthen private control of city services.
c. never raised property taxes.
d. failed in its attempts at reform.
e. was pioneered by mayors such as Hazen Pingree.

ABCDE 31.
Electoral reform during the Progressive era
a. expanded the electorate significantly.
b. had little impact, especially in the cities.
c. enfranchised African-Americans.
d. actually limited many Americans� right to vote.
e. did away with all residency requirements for voting.

ABCDE 32.
Jane Addams
a. was a birth-control advocate.
b. believed in Social Darwinism.
c. founded Hull House in 1889.
d. was an economist.
e. supported anti-immigrant legislation.

ABCDE 33.
After 1900, the campaign for women�s suffrage
a. maintained an increasingly elitist approach.
b. included both middle- and working-class women.
c. stagnated.
d. was most successful in the Northeast.
e. was fought only on the federal level.

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