US History Chapter 23

Which of the following was established to investigate interstate commerce? Bureau of Corporations National Federation of Settlements U.S. Chamber of Commerce National Association of Manufacturers

Bureau of Corporations

The efforts of the Women's Christian Temperance Union resulted in passage of the __________ Amendment and launched Prohibition. Sixteenth Nineteenth Seventeenth Eighteenth

Eighteenth

Who organized the Socialist Party of America? Eugene V. Debs William James John Dewey Ben Lindsey

Eugene V. Debs

Which of the following acts created a central banking system? Federal Reserve Act Tariff Commission Act Revenue Act Adamson Act

Federal Reserve Act

Which of the following reflects Theodore Roosevelt's initial goal to build a "black-and-tan" southern Republican Party? He remained silent when 12 people died in a race riot in Atlanta. He discharged "without honor" three companies of African American troops. He appointed African Americans to key federal offices in South Carolina and Mississippi. He blamed African American soldiers for the violence that occurred near Brownsville, Texas.

He appointed African Americans to key federal offices in South Carolina and Mississippi.

How did Theodore Roosevelt break the resolve of the companies in the Pennsylvania coal mine dispute? He threatened to have the army seize the mines. He ordered the nationwide slashing of coal prices. He prosecuted them for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. He ordered the banks to freeze the assets of the companies.

He threatened to have the army seize the mines.

Which of the following reflects Theodore Roosevelt's achievements in the field of conservation? Disputes between capital and labor had virtually disappeared. Adulterated, misbranded, and unsanitary food and drugs were banned. By the end of his presidency, there were no longer any trusts. In 1908, there were almost 195 million acres in government preserves.

In 1908, there were almost 195 million acres in government preserves.

The Hepburn Act of 1906 strengthened the power of which organization? National Federation of Settlements Interstate Commerce Commission U.S. Chamber of Commerce National Municipal League

Interstate Commerce Commission

What did the Supreme Court rule in the Northern Securities case in 1904? It ordered the Northern Securities Company to be dissolved because it violated the Clayton Antitrust Act. It placed the Northern Securities Company under the supervision of the Interstate Commerce Commission. It ordered the Northern Securities Company to be dissolved because it violated the Sherman Antitrust Act. It placed the Northern Securities Company under the supervision of the Bureau of Corporations.

It ordered the Northern Securities Company to be dissolved because it violated the Sherman Antitrust Act.

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle paved the way for passage of the __________. Federal Reserve Act Meat Inspection Act of 1906 Underwood Tariff Act Clayton Antitrust Act

Meat Inspection Act of 1906

Which of the following reflects the urban reform movement that took shape at the turn of the twentieth century? U.S. Chamber of Commerce National Federation of Settlements National Municipal League Congressional Union

National Municipal League

Passage of which of the following revealed the divisions within the Republican Party during William Howard Taft's presidency? Mann-Elkins Act Federal Reserve Act Payne-Aldrich Act Adamson Act

Payne-Aldrich Act

Although they represented different political parties, Theodore Roosevelt's and Woodrow Wilson's policies reflected the influence of __________. socialism pragmatism conservatism Progressivism

Progressivism

Which of the following required manufacturers to list certain ingredients on labels? Payne-Aldrich Act Meat Inspection Act Pure Food and Drug Act Beef Trust

Pure Food and Drug Act

A subscriber to the doctrine of pragmatism would agree with which statement? The truth is based on ideas that work out. Divine will directs all human action. Morality is subjective and abstract. Capitalism undermines the public interest.

The truth is based on ideas that work out.

Who promoted a Progressive agenda when he became the president of the United States? William McKinley Hiram W. Johnson Theodore Roosevelt Louis D. Brandeis

Theodore Roosevelt

Whose presidential bid would Jane Addams most likely have supported? Theodore Roosevelt Alton B. Parker Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft

Theodore Roosevelt

Who succeeded Theodore Roosevelt as president in 1908? Eugene V. Debs William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson William Jennings Bryan

William Howard Taft

Which state did Theodore Roosevelt describe as "the laboratory of democracy"? Wisconsin New York California Texas

Wisconsin

The reform programs launched by Robert M. La Follette from 1901 to 1906 came to be known as the __________. New Nationalism Wisconsin Idea New Freedom Federal Reserve Act

Wisconsin Idea

Which of the following people was the most sympathetic to and supportive of labor interests? Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson John D. Rockefeller J. P. Morgan

Woodrow Wilson

Who was the Democratic nominee in the 1912 presidential election? Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson William McKinley William Howard Taft

Woodrow Wilson

What phrase did Theodore Roosevelt use to describe his actions in the 1902 coal miners' strike? "black-and-tan" a "square deal" "lily-white" the "bully pulpit"

a "square deal"

What did the Clayton Antitrust Act do? outlawed labor unions created the Federal Reserve Board allowed lawful strikes imposed a graduated income tax

allowed lawful strikes

What are the modern-day versions of the early twentieth-century trusts? courts universities banks railroads

banks

After the crisis in 2008, which of the following resisted regulation and breakup? the court system big banks the Electoral College school districts

big banks

Progressives promoted reforms that aimed to do which of the following? reduce regulations on businesses break up giant monopolies shrink the federal government reduce taxes on corporations

breaks up giant monopolies

In contrast to the New Nationalism, the New Freedom emphasized __________. business competition economic planning big government federal power

business competition

The Ballinger-Pinchot Affair was centered on what issue? conservation suffrage food safety tariffs

conservation

Which of the following was a central feature of the Progressive agenda? government deregulation direct democracy railroad monopolies corporate interests

direct democracy

Which of the following reflects the lasting legacy of Progressivism? direct primaries weakened presidency racial equality small government

direct primaries

The American Medical Association and the National Education Association reflect what trend in the early twentieth century? movements to promote social justice the decline of professionals in the middle class efforts to regulate entry into the professions the embrace of divine and natural laws

efforts to regulate entry into the professions

What did Progressives think needed to play a more active role in solving society's problems? charities government churches businesses

government

In contrast to Populism, Progressivism __________. had a national reach and mass base rejected evangelical Protestantism respected people's right to privacy expressed pessimism about the future

had a national reach and mass base

What did the Sixteenth Amendment do? gave women the right to vote repealed the ban against alcohol introduced an income tax banned the sale of alcohol

introduced an income tax

In 1900, the majority of people working in the manufacturing sector were concentrated in which part of the United States? southeast northeast southwest northwest

northeast

Which of the following is an example of an interest group that worked outside the party system to achieve its political goals? municipal agencies conservative Republicans professional societies anti-Taft Republicans

professional societies

The Hepburn Act of 1906 strengthened federal control over which industry? textile oil railroad steel

railroad

In contrast to their nineteenth-century predecessors, the women suffragists of the twentieth century couched their arguments for suffrage in terms of women's __________. nature to rebel against authority entitlement to natural rights sensitivity to moral issues ability to manage households

sensitivity to moral issues

Which of the following was a focus of the social-justice movement that emerged in the 1890s? government deregulation self-help programs individual charity tenement-house laws

tenement-house laws

After 1900, there was a marked decline in __________. interest groups media influence voter turnout direct primaries

voter turnout