Deck 19: The Progressives Confront Industrial Capitalism

Question 1

An early twentieth-century professional woman committed to solving the social problems of American society was

A) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
B) Frances Kellor.
C) Geraldine Ferraro.
D) Madonna.

Answer 1

Frances Kellor.

Question 2

In general, social justice progressives

A) rejected Dewey's educational concepts.
B) showed little concern for urban housing problems.
C) believed most vice was determined by genetics.
D) stressed the importance of environment in shaping character.

Answer 2

stressed the importance of environment in shaping character.

Question 3

The muckrakers were important in the progressive movement because they

A) subverted the democratic system.
B) generally opposed social reform.
C) defended the American system against criticism.
D) publicized what they believed were the problems in American society.

Answer 3

publicized what they believed were the problems in American society.

Question 4

A leader in the crusade against child labor was

A) Andrew Carnegie.
B) Florence Kelley.
C) Lincoln Steffens.
D) Boss Tweed.

Question 5

In the case of Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court determined that laws limiting the number of hours women could work were constitutional because

A) such laws already applied to men.
B) women should have more time with their children.
C) the Constitution clearly permitted such laws.
D) women were weaker than men.

Question 6

According to John Dewey, American education should

A) train talented students for national leadership.
B) differentiate between native and non-native students.
C) be subject-oriented rather than child-centered.
D) be child-centered rather than subject-oriented.

Question 7

In their crusade to improve the conditions of the poor in America, the social justice progressives

A) encouraged movie-going as a form of entertainment.
B) effectively ended prostitution.
C) generally supported prohibition of alcohol consumption.
D) recognized the necessity of brothels.

Question 8

Progressive-era reformers, in their efforts to aid the working class,

A) generally supported the use of the strike.
B) generally opposed the organization of unions to achieve labor's goals.
C) generally cooperated closely with labor leaders.
D) frequently had little understanding of working-class life.

Question 9

A key figure in applying the principles of scientific management to industrial work was

A) Frederick Taylor.
B) Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
C) Samuel Gompers.
D) Jane Addams.

Question 10

During the progressive era, trade unions in the United States

A) found it increasingly easy to cooperate with management.
B) increased in membership.
C) almost always succeeded in their strike efforts.
D) enjoyed increasing support from decisions of the Supreme Court.

Question 11

The American Federation of Labor

A) was most successful among coal miners, railroad workers, and the building trades.
B) attempted to organize unskilled workers.
C) was generally favored in decisions by the federal courts.
D) embraced socialistic principles.

Question 12

As a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire of 1911,

A) no official action was taken by either the city, state, or federal governments.
B) New York state abolished labor by children under 14 years of age.
C) the federal government passed a law preventing child labor.
D) New York City fined the company's owners a substantial amount of money.

Question 13

In their effort to organize American workers during the progressive era, the International Workers of the World

A) stressed the use of the investigative committee to publicize the problems that workers faced.
B) welcomed all workers, regardless of skill, race, or gender.
C) relied mostly on political solutions that emphasized protective labor legislation.
D) adopted the philosophy of Samuel Gompers.

Question 14

The Industrial Labor Relations Commission, created in 1912,

A) suggested unions be declared illegal.
B) criticized labor for demanding too many reforms.
C) defended workers' right to organize.
D) generally ruled that employers were blameless in industrial accidents.

Question 15

The chief aim of municipal reform during the progressive era was to

A) implement the single tax.
B) encourage immigrants to maintain their ethnic traditions in order to make the city a more interesting place to live.
C) modernize the city to benefit the business and professional classes.
D) achieve social justice.

Question 16

During the progressive era, those who wanted to reform the American city

A) supported essentially the same goals as the social welfare reformers.
B) tried to limit the power of city bosses.
C) generally supported working-class values.
D) generally opposed the commission form of city government.

Question 17

At the state and local levels, progressive reformers usually called for

A) greater direct participation of the voters in the political process.
B) inflationary economic policies.
C) less regulation of railroads to encourage economic development.
D) programs that benefited the working classes.

Question 18

In 1902, the state of Maryland

A) enacted the most advanced safety laws in the nation.
B) restricted women's labor.
C) passed the first workers' compensation act.
D) provided a model government for other states to imitate.

Question 19

In Wisconsin, the progressive reform movement

A) failed to pass any significant regulatory legislation.
B) failed to achieve many of its goals.
C) was led by Woodrow Wilson.
D) was led by Robert La Follette, a model Progressive governor.

Question 20

As a leader during the progressive era, Theodore Roosevelt

A) acted very cautiously and quietly.
B) opposed conservation programs.
C) believed that government regulation of business was undesirable.
D) was the first president to support social reform.

Question 21

In the anthracite strike of 1902, Theodore Roosevelt

A) created public sympathy for the mine owners.
B) saw his role as that of a mediator.
C) supported use of the strike to achieve the workers' goals.
D) showed that he would follow the policies of McKinley.

Question 22

The novelist whose work helped encourage passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act was

A) William Dean Howells.
B) Lincoln Steffens.
C) Eugene Debs.
D) Upton Sinclair.

Question 23

An issue of particular importance to Theodore Roosevelt was

A) civil service reform.
B) woman suffrage.
C) creation of a federal reserve system.
D) the space race.

Question 24

For blacks, the progressive era

A) coincided with the years of greatest segregation in the South.
B) meant strong support from the executive branch.
C) brought a second Reconstruction.
D) brought an end to segregation.

Question 25

President Taft angered many Progressives with his

A) regulation of foods and drugs.
B) curbing Speaker Cannon's powers.
C) policies on tariff and conservation.
D) opposition to municipal reform.

Question 26

All of the following statements are true about the Newlands Act EXCEPT:

A) Roosevelt enthusiastically supported the Act.
B) The Newlands Act set aside proceeds from the sale of public lands to pay for state conservation measures.
C) It helped big farmers the most.
D) It gave land to Native American tribes.

Question 27

All of the following statements are true about Ginford Pinchot EXCEPT:

A) He was considered the most important conservationist in the country.
B) He advocated logging.
C) He advocated fire control.
D) He advocated allocating lands to Indian tribes.

Question 28

How did Roosevelt respond to the Brownsville riot?

A) He lambasted the military for mistreatment of black troops.
B) He ordered the black troops dishonorably discharged.
C) He had white military officers arrested.
D) He ordered the dishonorable discharge of white officers.

Question 29

All of the following statements are true about Jane Addams and her racial response to the progressive movement EXCEPT:

A) She struggled with the racist attitudes of her day.
B) She founded a black settlement house in Chicago.
C) She supported the founding of the NAACP.
D) She adopted black children into her own family.

Question 30

Which of the following was NOT a part of the early development of the NAACP?

A) W.E.B. Du Bois became editor of the organization's journal, The Crisis.
B) Du Bois's Niagara Movement merged with the NAACP in 1910.
C) The organization sought to promote reform from within the political system.
D) Only blacks took part in the organization.

Question 31

What was the platform of the Progressive party?

A) a six-day work week
B) abolition of child labor
C) federal accident and old age insurance
D) All of the above.

Question 32

All of the following statements are true about the life and work of Eugene Debs EXCEPT:

A) He was the most important socialist leader in the United States during the early 1900s.
B) He ran on the Socialist party ticket for president several times.
C) He was a great orator.
D) He supported the capitalist state.

Question 33

The Socialist party

A) stood at its pinnacle in the early 1900s.
B) elected 33 candidates as mayor in the early 1900s.
C) elected two socialists to Congress in the early 1900s.
D) All of the above.

Question 34

Which of the following men did NOT run for president of the United States in 1912?

A) Eugene Debs
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) William Howard Taft
D) Warren G. Harding

Question 35

The Federal Reserve System, created by Congress in 1913, was

A) part of the new welfare state created under the New Deal.
B) the first reorganization of the banking system since the Civil War.
C) a plan to colonize Native Americans in Canada.
D) a system of wildlife conservation parks.

Question 36

Progressivism in the United States during the first two decades of the twentieth century represented a unified approach to the solution of the nation's social problems.

Question 37

Most reformers in the United States during the progressive era considered the environment more important than heredity in forming an individual's character.

Question 38

In cases like Danbury Hatters, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of labor.

Question 39

Using his executive authority, Roosevelt tripled the amount of national land reserved for forests.

Question 40

John Muir helped to found Yellowstone National Park in California in the late 1800s.

Question 41

Like most progressives of that time, President Theodore Roosevelt was a racist.

Question 42

After two terms as president, Roosevelt regretted leaving politics, but would return again as a presidential candidate.

Question 43

Roosevelt formed a new political party in 1910-the Whig party.

Question 44

Like Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson would become increasingly progressive while president.

Question 45

Explain the philosophic basis for the social justice movement during the progressive era in American history.

Question 46

Discuss the major problems of American society that concerned the social justice progressives and explain how they tried to confront these issues.

Question 47

Suppose you were a factory worker during the progressive era in American history. Describe the environment in which you would probably be working.

Question 48

Discuss the attempts to unionize American workers during the progressive era and analyze the problems that unions faced in their attempts to organize the workers.

Question 49

Discuss the characteristics and the primary goals of those who supported municipal reform during the progressive era.

Question 50

Discuss the major issues as well as the more important leaders of reform at the state level during the progressive era.

Question 51

Evaluate Theodore Roosevelt as a progressive reform leader and discuss his handling of major domestic issues during his administration.

Question 52

Discuss the election of 1912, and explain the difference between the New Nationalism and the New Freedom as presented by Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson during that campaign.

Question 53

Discuss Wilson's approach to handling the major domestic issues confronting the United States during his administration and analyze how consistently he adhered to the principles of his New Freedom concept.

Question 54

Discuss the general characteristics of the progressive movement in the United States and indicate how successful you think the movement was in reforming American society.

Question 55

The key philosopher of progressive education during the first decades of the twentieth century was ________.

Question 56

In the ________ case in 1908, the Supreme Court declared that the Sherman Anti-Trust Act could be used against trade unions as well as business monopolies.

Question 57

In 1913, a strike at the Rockefeller-owned Colorado Fuel and Iron Industry resulted in the ________.

Question 58

In 1902, Congress passed the ________ Act.

Question 59

Roosevelt appointed a(n) ________ that inventoried the nation's natural resources.