Deck 20: The Roots of Reform

Question 1

Francis J.Heney believed that the best way to accomplish a permanent solution to municipal corruption was

A)exemplary punishment of the greatest offenders.
B)public exposure of offenders followed by an amnesty.
C)prosecution of politicians but not corporate executives.
D)execution of anyone convicted of "corrupt practices."

Answer 1

exemplary punishment of the greatest offenders.

Question 2

The city boss of San Francisco in the early 20^th century was Francis J.Heney.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Corruption of city officials in early 20^th-century San Francisco included

A)a bribe of $85,000 paid by PG&E.
B)a $200,000 bribe paid by United Railroads of San Francisco.
C)corrupt arrangements involving telephone and water companies.
D)all of the above

Answer 3

all of the above

Question 4

As a result of the San Francisco graft prosecution,several high officials of the Southern Pacific Railroad were sent to state prison.

Question 5

In the state's first direct primary election (1910),

A)Hiram Johnson won the Republican nomination for governor.
B)the Lincoln-Roosevelt League lost control of the Republican party.
C)J.Stitt Wilson of Berkeley won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
D)all of the above

Question 6

Who of the following was sent to prison as a result of the San Francisco graft prosecution?

A)Edward Harriman,president of the Southern Pacific
B)Abraham Ruef
C)Patrick Calhoun,president of the United Railroads
D)all of the above

Question 7

"The Shame of California" was a photograph of

A)Eugene Schmitz receiving a bribe from PG&E officials.
B)a violent demonstration protesting the Democratic state convention in Berkeley in 1910.
C)Southern Pacific executives bribing state officials.
D)a banquet following the Republican state convention in Santa Cruz in 1906.

Question 8

The Union Labor party of San Francisco received major support from local union officials.

Question 9

The coalition of reformers opposed to railroad machine politics in Los Angeles was

A)unable to break the hold of organized crime on city government.
B)opposed to the adoption of the initiative,referendum,and recall.
C)mostly made up of socialists.
D)brought together by Dr.John Randolph Haynes.

Question 10

Fremont Older,the editor of the San Francisco Bulletin,was a political ally of Mayor Eugene E.Schmitz.

Question 11

The greatest damage in the 1906 San Francisco disaster resulted not from the earthquake but from the subsequent fire.

Question 12

At the turn of the century Los Angeles politics were dominated by

A)the Southern Pacific machine.
B)the Union Labor party.
C)Hearst's Los Angeles Examiner.
D)the Democratic party.

Question 13

The first objective of the "Lincoln Republicans" was the

A)abolition of California's "peculiar institution."
B)repatriation of nonwhite immigrants.
C)"emancipation" of the Republican Party from domination by the Southern Pacific Railroad.
D)arrest and conviction of Abraham Ruef of San Francisco.

Question 14

The San Francisco graft prosecution made a major contribution to statewide demands for political reform in California.

Question 15

In the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake and fire,San Franciscans were

A)less tolerant of corruption in city government.
B)unwilling to believe charges of municipal corruption.
C)apathetic to charges of corruption in city government.
D)easily exploited by corrupt city officials.

Question 16

The Lincoln-Roosevelt League was

A)a statewide group of reform Republicans.
B)unable to elect candidates to state office.
C)part of a corrupt statewide alliance formed by Abraham Ruef.
D)a pro-railroad organization formed by the Southern Pacific.

Question 17

The first provision for the recall in any government was adopted by the city of

A)Los Angeles.
B)San Francisco.
C)Sacramento.
D)San Diego.

Question 18

The Good Government League in Los Angeles was strongly supported by the reform-minded Los Angeles Times.

Question 19

In 1906 the Republican reform candidate Theodore A.Bell was elected governor of California.

Question 20

Abraham Ruef was

A)the mayor of San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake.
B)the city boss of San Francisco in the early 20^th century.
C)executed at San Quentin State Prison.
D)the author The Shame of the Cities.

Question 21

The candidate of the Democratic party for governor in 1910 was J.Stitt Wilson.

Question 22

How did the reform coalition successfully challenge the Southern Pacific machine's control of Los Angeles politics?

Question 23

Explain the reasons for Hiram Johnson's rise to the governorship of California.

Question 24

Compare and contrast the reform movements in San Francisco and Los Angeles.How were they similar and in what ways did they differ?

Question 25

Trace the rise of Abraham Ruef to the position of "boss" of San Francisco.What was the nature of city corruption while he controlled city politics?

Question 26

A major reason Hiram Johnson won the 1910 Republican primary was his father's fame as an anti-railroad crusader in the state legislature.

Question 27

Describe the leadership,goals,and results of the San Francisco graft prosecution.