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Test Description: This test discusses the progressive era.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is a muckraker?
A
a crime boss able to take advantage of others by rigging government contracts
B
a gossip columnist intent on finding the flaws in presidents
C
a farmer able to raise crops despite the difficulties in obtaining credit
D
an investigative journalist who wanted to uncover the truth about corruption
2) What are Upton Sinclair and Lincoln Steffens known for doing?
A
founding progressive organizations in the late 1800s
B
exposing corruption in business or government
C
forming alliances that helped farmers with their credit problems
D
serving as mayors of Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia
3) Who helped immigrants and others cope with the challenges of life in the city while also lining their own pockets with bribes?
A
political machines
B
The Republican Party
C
President Taft
D
The Democratic Party
4) Which was one of the goals for some advocates of the progressive movement?
A
establishment of a national bank
B
building a settlement on the moon
C
deregulation of businesses
D
conservatism
5) Which president advocated a
A
William Howard Taft
B
Woodrow Wilson
C
William McKinley
D
Teddy Roosevelt
6) Which was one successful reform of the progressive movement?
A
conservation zones within cities
B
direct election of US senators
C
election of mayors instead of hiring city managers
D
elimination of recall elections
7) What was Robert LaFollette's
A
a movement toward religious salvation that involved performing good works
B
a successful professional sports movement at the end of the nineteenth century
C
progressive reform to establish ethical government on a state level
D
business practices that earned excellent returns without corruption
8) Which of the following is one of the positions that would be supported by social Darwinism?
A
Competition for wealth is bad for the economy and should be made illegal.
B
Government should regulate big businesses.
C
Government should take any action necessary to alleviate poverty.
D
Government should not support programs designed to promote social or economic equality.
9) Which of the following would most likely support ideals which included alleviating poverty, regulating big businesses, and enacting worker protection?
A
The Social Gospel
B
nativism
C
naturalism
D
Social Darwinism
10) What progressive organization had a goal of providing food and shelter to the slum-dwelling poor?
A
The Sheldon Steps
B
The Salvation Army
C
The Social Gospel
D
The Booth Believers
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