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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
16th Amendment
B
17th Amendment
C
Morrill Act
D
Pendleton Act
2) A change to the Constitution approved by Congress and ratified by the states is called a(n) –
A
Act
B
Transition
C
Article
D
Amendment
3) A local official such as a mayor can be removed from office by –
A
direct primary
B
referendum
C
recall
D
initiative
4) Individuals who believed that the government should take actions to protect citizens, consumers, and workers were called
A
progressives
B
populists
C
liberals
D
conservatives
5) Voters can propose jegislation through which process?
A
direct primary
B
recall
C
referendum
D
initiative
6) The most famous political machine of the late nineteenth century was
A
the Irish Mafia
B
Tammany Hall
C
the Fifth Street Gang
D
the Lamar Circle
7) The most famous of the urban political bosses in the late nineteenth century was
A
William Tweed
B
Dwight L. Moody
C
Jane Addams
D
Henry George
8) Which of the following was NOT a reason urban political machines stayed in power?
A
They performed social services for the immigrants
B
There was little control over urban life
C
There was little regard for the political system
D
They understood how to use the political system for their own good
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
promoted prohibition
C
discouraged railroad and highway construction to prevent people from moving
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
Pendleton Civil Service Act
D
Granger Movement
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