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ch 18 19
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- 1By 1912, the Socialist Party:C. had elected scores of local officials.
- 2To create national parks, the federal government:set aside millions of acres from economic development.
- 3A frank acceptance of the benefits of bigness, coupled with the intervention of government to counteract its abuses, best describes the philosophy behind:. New Nationalism.
- 4President Theodore Roosevelt: economy.. distinguished between “good” and “bad” trusts.
- 5“Birds of passage” were:immigrants who planned on returning to their homeland.
- 6All of the following statements about Jane Addams and Hull House are true EXCEPT that: A. Hull House and other settlement houses provided careers for the “new woman.” B. Addams built kindergartens for immigrant children. Incorrect C. Hull House was modeled on a settlement house in London. D. Addams established employment bureaus and health clinics. E. Addams opposed government intervention in regards to workplace safety.E. Addams opposed government intervention in regards to workplace safety.
- 7The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire:B. brought in its wake much-needed safety legislation.
- 8Asian and Mexican immigrants in the early twentieth century:clustered in the West as agricultural workers.
- 9Why did workers experience the introduction of scientific management as a loss of freedom? wages.Skilled workers under scientific management had to obey very detailed instructions.
- 10During the Progressive era:commercial farming grew.
- 11The American Protective League:worked with the Justice Department to identify radicals.
- 12The Fourteen Points attempted to:. provide a peace agenda to create a new world order.
- 13In 1919:there was much unrest and many strikes.
- 14In his piece in The Crisis, W. E. B. Du Bois states that the United States is a shameful land for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:3 A. it lynches. B. it disfranchises its own citizens. Correct C. it under employs its workers. D. it encourages ignorance. E. it insults blacks.C. it under employs its workers.
- 15Which of the following best characterizes the relationship Progressives had with civil liberties up to and during much of World War I?Civil liberties had never been a major concern for Progressives.
- 16Eugenics is:A. the study of the supposed mental characteristics of different races
- 17W. E. B. Du Bois:. founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
- 18All of the following groups supported Prohibition EXCEPT: A. urban reformers wishing to undermine the city machines. B. women reformers who believed men squandered their earnings on alcohol. C. employers who hoped Prohibition would create a more disciplined labor force. D. anti-immigrant Protestants who saw temperance as an American value. Correct E. Catholic priests who wished to curb the abuse of alcohol by parishioners.Catholic priests who wished to curb the abuse of alcohol by parishioners.
- 19Senators opposing America’s participation in the League of Nations:argued that it would threaten to deprive the country of its freedom of action.
- 20The National Women’s Party:was part of a new, more militant generation of college-educated activists.
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