Question 1

When Booker T. Washington stated in his 1895 "Atlanta Exposition Address" that "the opportunity [for blacks] to earn a dollar in a factory just now is worth infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera house," he believed that race relations would improve if
A) African Americans focused on economic advancement and remained patient
B) African Americans defended themselves with rifles
C) African Americans left the United States
D) white Americans understood the poverty in which many African Americans lived

Accepted Answer

Booker T. Washington's statement emphasizes the importance of economic self-reliance and progress for African Americans as a means to improve race relations, suggesting that patience and focus on economic advancement were key to their progress.

Question 2

What was black journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett referring to when she declared that "a Winchester rifle should have a place of honour in every black home, and it should be used for the protection which the law refuses to give"?
A) resistance to lynch mobs
B) boycotts of white-owned railroads
C) desegregation of public facilities
D) overturning of Jim Crow laws that denied voting rights to blacks

Accepted Answer

Ida B. Wells-Barnett advocated for armed self-defense against lynching and racial violence, emphasizing the importance of African Americans protecting themselves when the law failed to do so.

Question 3

What governmental issue was championed, although for different reasons, by both Progressives and socialists?
A) the federal regulation and inspection of meat
B) the creation of city-run utilities
C) the use of violent strikes by urban workers
D) desegregated facilities for African Americans

Accepted Answer

Both Progressives and socialists supported the creation of city-run utilities to ensure fair pricing and prevent monopolistic practices, although their motivations differed. Progressives aimed for efficiency and public welfare, while socialists sought to reduce capitalist control.

Question 4

-How does this photograph of a carpentering class at the Hampton Institute reflect Booker T. Washington's ideas of how African Americans should achieve success?
A) It fosters an image of African Americans as superior craftsmen.
B) It calms the fears of white supremacists by showing blacks working menial jobs.
C) It shows young men working at a trade school to gain skills necessary for advancement.
D) It shows young men silently demonstrating their fitness to attend a desegregated school.

Accepted Answer

Booker T. Washington advocated for African Americans to gain economic independence and respect through vocational training and education. The photograph of a carpentry class at the Hampton Institute aligns with his belief that learning trades and skills was a path to success and societal advancement for African Americans.

Question 5

The successful passage of the initiative, referendum, and recall by Progressive lawmakers resulted in .
A) the establishment of strong mayors at the municipal level
B) greater civil rights for African Americans
C) enactment of more conservative legislation
D) the reduction of power of corrupt political parties and officials

Accepted Answer

The initiative, referendum, and recall processes were reforms aimed at reducing the power of corrupt political parties and officials by allowing citizens more direct control over legislation and the ability to remove officials from office. These measures were part of the broader Progressive Era reforms intended to increase democratic participation and reduce corruption.

Question 6

What did the Seventeenth Amendment do?
A) It made the distribution and use of alcohol illegal.
B) It provided for the direct popular election of U.S. senators.
C) It limited presidential terms.
D) It gave women the right to vote.

Accepted Answer

The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1913, established the direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote, replacing the previous system in which senators were chosen by state legislatures.

Question 7

What did W. E. B. Du Bois mean by the "Talented Tenth"?
A) those Americans who, like him, attended elite schools such as Harvard
B) those African Americans whose intellect and skills were never discovered or cultivated
C) an elite set of African Americans for whom segregation should not apply
D) an educated elite of African-American professionals and teachers

Accepted Answer

Du Bois believed that an educated elite of African-American professionals and teachers would lead the way for racial uplift and the fight against racial discrimination.

Question 8

-As a result of the Pure Food and Drug Act that required manufacturers of patent medicines to list all ingredients, what ironic element did female Progressives who widely used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, a popular cure-all tonic for women, discover?
A) The compound actually contained 15 percent alcohol.
B) The syrup was made with more sugar than vegetables.
C) The formula essentially was composed of male hormones.
D) The mixture really did restore a person's physical beauty.

Accepted Answer

The Pure Food and Drug Act exposed that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, like many patent medicines of the time, contained a significant amount of alcohol (15 percent), which was ironic given its promotion as a health tonic.

Question 9

As a result of journalist David Graham Phillips's investigative article entitled "The Treason of the Senate," President Theodore Roosevelt began to call such journalists .
A) "mugwumps"
B) the "Talented Tenth"
C) "muckrakers"
D) socialists

Accepted Answer

Phillips's investigative work, along with that of other journalists who exposed corruption and societal issues, led President Theodore Roosevelt to coin the term "muckrakers," drawing from a character in John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" who was more interested in raking muck than looking upwards to heaven.

Question 10

-What do these budgets reveal about lifestyles for urban laborers and professionals in the 1890s?
A) Urban laborers ate healthy foods and had a good diet.
B) Expenses for urban laborers outweighed the income of one male wage earner.
C) Most professional workers lived within the urban center of cities.
D) Living conditions in rental units were similar for urban workers and urban professionals.

Accepted Answer

Expenses for urban laborers often exceeded the income of a single male wage earner, highlighting the economic struggles faced by working-class families in urban areas during the 1890s. This discrepancy between income and expenses forced many families to find additional sources of income or live in substandard conditions.

Quiz 18: Creating a Democratic Paradise: The Progressive Era, 1895-1915

When Booker T. Washington stated in his 1895 "Atlanta Exposition Address" that "the opportunity [for blacks] to earn a dollar in a factory just now is worth infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera house," he believed that race relations would improve if

What was black journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett referring to when she declared that "a Winchester rifle should have a place of honour in every black home, and it should be used for the protection which the law refuses to give"?

What governmental issue was championed, although for different reasons, by both Progressives and socialists?

-How does this photograph of a carpentering class at the Hampton Institute reflect Booker T. Washington's ideas of how African Americans should achieve success?

The successful passage of the initiative, referendum, and recall by Progressive lawmakers resulted in .

What did the Seventeenth Amendment do?

What did W. E. B. Du Bois mean by the "Talented Tenth"?

-As a result of the Pure Food and Drug Act that required manufacturers of patent medicines to list all ingredients, what ironic element did female Progressives who widely used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, a popular cure-all tonic for women, discover?

As a result of journalist David Graham Phillips's investigative article entitled "The Treason of the Senate," President Theodore Roosevelt began to call such journalists .

-What do these budgets reveal about lifestyles for urban laborers and professionals in the 1890s?