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