Question 1

Labor agents:

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A)   negotiated on behalf of immigrants for fair labor contracts.
B)   recruited Chinese, Mexican, and Italian immigrants to work in Angel Island's fruit and vegetable fields.
C)   provided American employers with workers who signed long-term labor contracts.
D)   were seen as champions of free labor.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Working women experienced new freedoms in the Progressive era because:

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A)   young immigrant factory workers gained independence from the traditional control of their fathers.
B)   employment opened up to married white women.
C)   wages rose significantly for domestics, factory workers, and office employees.
D)   A and B onlyE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 3

During the Progressive era:

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A)   new immigration from southern and eastern Europe reached its peak.
B)   overall immigration declined dramatically.
C)   Boston was the main point of entry for European immigrants.
D)   the vast majority of immigrants came from Ireland.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

Which of the following statements about the idea of "economic citizenship" in the Progressive era is FALSE?

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A)   It argued that the right to universal economic assistance derived from citizenship itself.
B)   It called for local authorities to dispense charity to the poor.
C)   It ushered in a wave of state workmen's compensation laws by 1913.
D)   It acted as a first wedge to opening broader support for social insurance programs of the future.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Newspaper and magazine writers who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life, fueling the Progressive movement, were known as:

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A)   yellow journalists.
B)   trustees.
C)   social reformers.
D)   muckrakers.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 6

The Bitter Cry of Children (1906) 
John Spargo
Work in the coal breakers is exceedingly hard and dangerous. Crouched over the chutes, the boys sit hour after hour, picking out the pieces of slate and other refuse from the coal as it rushes past to the washers. From the cramped position they have to assume, most of them become more or less deformed and bent-backed like old men. When a boy has been working for some time and begins to get round-shouldered, his fellows say that “He’s got his boy to carry round wherever he goes.”
The coal is hard, and accidents to the hands, such as cut, broken, or crushed fingers, are common among the boys. Sometimes there is a worse accident: a terrified shriek is heard, and a boy is mangled and torn in the machinery, or disappears in the chute to be picked out later smothered and dead. Clouds of dust fill the breakers and are inhaled by the boys, laying the foundations for asthma and miners' consumption. . . .
Boys twelve years of age may be legally employed in the mines of West Virginia, by day or by night, and for as many hours as the employers care to make them toil or their bodies will stand the strain.
-What type of reform came about as the result of accounts like Spargo's?

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A)   guaranteed pensions
B)   universal public education
C)   child labor laws
D)   expanded voting rightsE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 7

Female activists of the Progressive era included:

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A)   Florence Kelley, who mobilized women as consumers to act as a force for social change.
B)   Julia Lathrop, the first woman to head a federal agency (the Children's Bureau) .
C)   Florence Nightingale, who established the Visiting Nurses Corps.
D)   A and BE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 8

Which of the following statements about Jane Addams and Hull House is NOT true?

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A)   Hull House and other settlement houses provided careers for the "new woman."
B)   Addams believed that immigrant women primarily needed union protection.
C)   Hull House was modeled on a settlement house in London.
D)   Addams established employment bureaus and health clinics.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire:

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A)   was the worst fire in U.S. history.
B)   brought in its wake much-needed safety legislation.
C)   destroyed the business, but there were no casualties.
D)   occurred during the Uprising of the 20,000.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 10

The "living wage" and the "American standard of living" were an outgrowth of what?

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A)   A mature consumer economy.
B)   The powerful influence of labor unions.
C)   An increasingly diverse society.
D)   The power of monopolistic corporations.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 11

In the first decade of the twentieth century, American farm communities:

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A)   did not experience the economic growth seen in cities.
B)   had not yet recovered from the effects of falling prices in the previous century.
C)   entered a "golden age" because of rising urban demand for farm goods.
D)   did not benefit from the new mass-consumer society.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 12

By 1912, the Socialist Party:

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A)   appealed only to immigrants.
B)   appealed only to industrial workers.
C)   had elected scores of local officials.
D)   was concentrated in New York City.E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

The writer whose work encouraged the passage of the Meat Inspection Act was:

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A)   Henry George.
B)   Theodore Dreiser.
C)   Upton Sinclair.
D)   Ida Tarbell.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 14

Which of the following contradictions plagued Progressive reformers' ideas on the political process?

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A)   Progressive reformers rejected party labels but were themselves highly partisan politicians.
B)   Progressive reformers took every opportunity to disclose scandals in muckraking magazines, but they also called for a restriction of free speech.
C)   Progressive reformers recorded the votes of nativists but promised more liberal reforms on immigration.
D)   Progressive reformers worked both to expand the electorate and to shrink its size through other measures.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 15

The word "Progressivism" came into common use around 1910:

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A)   as a way of describing a loosely defined political movement.
B)   as an anti-business term.
C)   denoting a group that appealed only to women.
D)   as another term for socialism.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Charlotte Perkins Gilman claimed that the road to woman's freedom lay through:

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A)   higher education.
B)   holding political office.
C)   the workplace.
D)   access to birth control.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 17

The term "Fordism":

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A)   describes an economic system based on mass production and mass consumption.
B)   was used by labor unions, who hailed Ford's innovative approach.
C)   describes an economic system based on limited production of high-end goods.
D)   refers to Henry Ford's effort to organize workers into a union.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 18

John Muir did all of the following EXCEPT:

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A)   lament the intrusions of civilization on the natural environment.
B)   call forests "God's first temples."
C)   attract very few followers with his message about the spirituality of nature.D) B) and C)
E) None of the above

Question 19

What Progressive-era issue became a crossroads where the paths of labor radicals, cultural modernists, and feminists intersected?

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A)   Birth control.
B)   The initiative and referendum.
C)   Women's suffrage.
D)   Unionism.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Why did the Socialist Party gain significant political influence during the Progressive era?

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A)   Popular politicians, such as Theodore Roosevelt, spoke about socialism's merits.
B)   Jewish and other immigrant laborers across the country supported its fight against economic exploitation of workers.
C)   Party leaders promised working-class Irish voters that the party would not supplant machine politics.
D)   Socialist Party candidates promised to run exclusively for state and local offices.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Exam 18: The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Female activists of the Progressive era included:

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The writer whose work encouraged the passage of the Meat Inspection Act was:

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Working women experienced new freedoms in the Progressive era because:

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Why did the Socialist Party gain significant political influence during the Progressive era?

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In the first decade of the twentieth century, American farm communities:

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During the Progressive era:

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What Progressive-era issue became a crossroads where the paths of labor radicals, cultural modernists, and feminists intersected?

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The "living wage" and the "American standard of living" were an outgrowth of what?

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The term "Fordism":

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The Triangle Shirtwaist fire:

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The word "Progressivism" came into common use around 1910:

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John Muir did all of the following EXCEPT:

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By 1912, the Socialist Party:

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Newspaper and magazine writers who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life, fueling the Progressive movement, were known as:

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Labor agents:

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Which of the following statements about the idea of "economic citizenship" in the Progressive era is FALSE?

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Which of the following statements about Jane Addams and Hull House is NOT true?

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman claimed that the road to woman's freedom lay through:

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Which of the following contradictions plagued Progressive reformers' ideas on the political process?

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Exam 18: The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Female activists of the Progressive era included:

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The writer whose work encouraged the passage of the Meat Inspection Act was:

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Working women experienced new freedoms in the Progressive era because:

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Why did the Socialist Party gain significant political influence during the Progressive era?

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In the first decade of the twentieth century, American farm communities:

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What Progressive-era issue became a crossroads where the paths of labor radicals, cultural modernists, and feminists intersected?

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The "living wage" and the "American standard of living" were an outgrowth of what?

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John Muir did all of the following EXCEPT:

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Newspaper and magazine writers who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life, fueling the Progressive movement, were known as:

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Which of the following statements about the idea of "economic citizenship" in the Progressive era is FALSE?

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Which of the following statements about Jane Addams and Hull House is NOT true?

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