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28 Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Shari Anderson 18 preguntas

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  1. 1All of the following were targets of criticism by progressive social critics during the progressive era, 1890 - 1916, EXCEPT:
    1. Aslum conditions
    2. Bdangerous and exploitative working hours and conditions in factories
    3. Cchild labor
    4. Defforts to assimilate and educate recent immigrants
  2. 2All of the following political, economic, or social reform initiates were connected to the progressive movement EXCEPT:
    1. Awoman suffrage
    2. Ba constitutional amendment to guarantee the popular direct election of U.S. senators
    3. Ca temperance movement aimed at curbing alcohol sales and consumption
    4. Dnationalizing the railroads and utilities in the United States
  3. 3How did the muckrakers signify the ideological nature of the progressive reform movement?
    1. AThey proposed detailed, scientific remedies for social problems
    2. BThey sought to overturn the major features of industrial and financial capitalism
    3. CTheir reform prescriptions were closely allied with those of the Socialist party
    4. DThey trusted that media exposures of political corruption and economic exploitation could reform capitalism rather than overthrow it
  4. 4Which statement most accurately characterizes a key belief of advocates of political progressiveness during this era?
    1. AProgressive political reforms such as the secret ballot, referendum and recall, and limits on political contributions from corporate interests would curb the excesses of industrial and financial capitalism and stave off socialism in the United States
    2. BPolitical reforms had to be instituted initially at the federal government level before they could be successfully implemented in states and municipalities
    3. CProgressive political reforms should first be developed, implemented, and evaluated in northeastern big cities before being tried in Midwestern and western states
    4. DPolitical alliances with socialists and other political radicals should be forged in order to pass these political reforms on the federal, state, and local government levels.
  5. 5Why were the settlement-house and women's club movements considered crucial centers of female progressive activity?
    1. AThey provided literary and philosophical perspectives on social questions
    2. BThey broke down the idea that women had special concerns as wives and mothers
    3. CThey introduced many middle class women to a broader array of urban social problems and civic concerns
    4. DThey became launching pads for women seeking political office
  6. 6What laws or regulations did the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist fire prompt states to pass?
    1. ALaws requiring mandatory fire escapes for all businesses employing more than 10 people
    2. BAnti-sweatshop laws and workers compensation laws for job injuries
    3. CZoning regulations governing where dangerous industrial factories could be located
    4. DLaws guaranteeing unions the right to raise safety concerns
  7. 7The Supreme Court ruling in the business and labor case Lochner v. New York did NOT represent:
    1. Aa legal victory for the efforts of progressives and labor advocates to institute maximum hour laws for worker
    2. Ba legal victory for the efforts of business to use the courts to overturn the political successes of progressives and labor advocates in achieving social reforms
    3. Ca legal departure from the Court's progressive decision in Muller v. Oregon, upholding the constitutionality of state laws mandating special protections and work rules for women workers
    4. Da legal victory for the laissez-faire, conservative wing of the Supreme Court
  8. 8As part of his reform program, President Theodore Roosevelt advocated all of the following EXCEPT:
    1. Afederal regulation of corporations
    2. Bconsumer protection
    3. Cconservation of natural resources
    4. Dfederal regulation of railroad rates and an end to shipping rebates
  9. 9What were the Elkins and Hepburn Acts designed to accomplish?
    1. ARegulation of municipal utilities and the end of private utility companies
    2. BGuaranteeing the purity and safety of food and drugs
    3. CProviding federal protection for natural resources
    4. DEnding corrupt and exploitative practices by the railroad trusts
  10. 10What was the actual purpose of Teddy Roosevelt's assault on bad trusts?
    1. ATo fragment the political power of big business
    2. BTo prove that the federal government, not private business governed the United States
    3. CTo halt the trend toward combination and integration in business in the United States
    4. DTo uphold the legal right of small business to compete fairly with big business in the United States

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