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Progressive Political Reforms
Test Description: Answer the questions on political reforms.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) This law ended the Spoils System by requiring all candidates for government jobs to pass a Civil Service Exam to be eligible for offices
A
Pendleton Act
B
Morrill Act
C
17th Amendment
D
16th Amendment
2) A change to the Constitution approved by Congress and ratified by the states is called a(n) –
A
Amendment
B
Article
C
Act
D
Transition
3) A local official such as a mayor can be removed from office by –
A
referendum
B
initiative
C
recall
D
direct primary
4) Individuals who believed that the government should take actions to protect citizens, consumers, and workers were called
A
liberals
B
progressives
C
conservatives
D
populists
5) Voters can propose jegislation through which process?
A
initiative
B
direct primary
C
recall
D
referendum
6) The most famous political machine of the late nineteenth century was
A
Tammany Hall
B
the Irish Mafia
C
the Lamar Circle
D
the Fifth Street Gang
7) The most famous of the urban political bosses in the late nineteenth century was
A
Dwight L. Moody
B
Henry George
C
William Tweed
D
Jane Addams
8) Which of the following was NOT a reason urban political machines stayed in power?
A
They understood how to use the political system for their own good
B
They performed social services for the immigrants
C
There was little control over urban life
D
There was little regard for the political system
9) City bosses and urban political machines in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries did which of the following?
A
enabled the urban middle class to participate more effectively in politics
B
discouraged railroad and highway construction to prevent people from moving
C
promoted prohibition
D
provided some welfare for poor immigrants in exchange for political support.
10) The Spoils System was abolished by the:
A
Sherman Act
B
Dawes Act
C
Granger Movement
D
Pendleton Civil Service Act
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