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Progressivism Chapter and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912
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Which of the following was not among the authors and books that strongly influenced the early progressive movement? 1. Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives 2. Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class 3. John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
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Which of the following was not among the authors and books that strongly influenced the early progressive movement?
3. John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
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Prominent among those who aroused the progressive movement by stirring the publics sense of concern were 1. socialists, social gospelers, women, and muckraking journalists. 2. union leaders, machine politicians, immigrant spokespeople, and engineers.
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Prominent among those who aroused the progressive movement by stirring the publics sense of concern were 1. socialists, social gospelers, women, and muckraking journalists. Hint: See pages 657659.
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Muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens set the pattern for many other progressive reporters with his expos of 1. the influence of big business in the United States Senate. 2. the use of illegal drugs in popular patent medicines. 3. corruption in American big cities.
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Muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens set the pattern for many other progressive reporters with his expose of
3. corruption in American big cities. Hint: See page 658.
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Progressives achieved a major political victory in 1913 with the successful passage of the Seventeenth Amendment providing for 1. the prohibition of liquor. 2. womens suffrage. 3. the direct election of senators. 4. a progressive income tax.
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Progressives achieved a major political victory in 1913 with the successful passage of the Seventeenth Amendment providing for
3. the direct election of senators.
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Among the political reforms sought by the progressives were 1. an end to political parties, political conventions, and the Supreme Courts right to judicial review of legislation. 2. an Equal Rights Amendment, federal financing of elections, and restrictions on negative campaigning.
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Among the political reforms sought by the progressives were
4. initiative and referendum, direct election of senators, and womens suffrage. Hint: See pages 659661.
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Many progressives female focused on issues like child labor, education, and urban housing because 1. they felt a strong identification with immigrants. 2. they saw these issues as extensions of womens traditional roles as wives and mothers. 3. their largely small town backgrounds made them
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Many female progressives focused on issues like child labor, education, and urban housing because 2. they saw these issues as extensions of womens traditional roles as wives and mothers. Hint: See pages 661665.
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Theodore Roosevelts Square Deal was based on the essential theory that 1. the federal government should represent the public interest in the growing conflict between big business and labor. 2. that the government should side with workers in demanding higher wages and guarantees against illness or accident.
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Theodore Roosevelts Square Deal was based on the essential theory that 1. the federal government should represent the public interest in the growing conflict between big business and labor. Hint: See page 665.
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Roosevelts basic approach to the monopolistic trusts was that 1. all trusts should be broken up and small business be permitted to flourish. 2. unions and consumer interest groups should be strengthened in order to balance the power of trusts. 3. bad trusts that harmed the public should be broken up but
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Roosevelts basic approach to the monopolistic trusts was that
3. bad trusts that harmed the public should be broken up but good trusts should only be moderately regulated in the public interest.
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Upton Sinclairs primary purpose in writing his novel The Jungle was to arouse Americas concern for 1. the cruel treatment of animals in the meatpacking industry. 2. the poor pay and harsh treatment of industrial workers. 3. the sanitation and safety of the food supply.
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Upton Sinclairs primary purpose in writing his novel The Jungle was to arouse Americas concern for 2. the poor pay and harsh treatment of industrial workers. Hint: See page 667.
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The Democrats won control of Congress in the mid-term election of 1910 largely because of 1. the growing economic recession in the country. 2. the skilled campaigning of William Jennings Bryan and Woodrow Wilson. 3. the growing split between conservatives and progressives
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The Democrats won control of Congress in the mid-term election of 1910 largely because of
3. the growing split between conservatives and progressives in the Republican party.
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