APUSH Chapter 28 Test Questions

The idea of "multiple-use resource management" included all of the following practices except [A] recreation. [B] sustained-yield logging. [C] watershed protection. [D] damming of rivers. [E] summer stock grazing

d

The muckrakers signified much about the nature of the progressive reform movement because they a) counted on drastic political change to fight social wrongs b) thrived on publicity rather than social change c) believed that the cure for the ills of American democracy lay in less democracy and more government control d) sought not to overthrow capitalism but to cleanse it with democratic controls e) refused to look beyond middle-class concerns

d

The real purpose of Teddy Roosevelt's assault on trusts was to [A] inspire confidence in small business owners. [B] halt the trend toward combination and integration in business. [C] establish himself as a bigger "trustbuster" than William Howard Taft. [D] prove that the government, not private business, ruled the country. [E] fragment big business.

d

Theodore Roosevelt believed that trusts a) could be destroyed without damage to the American economy b) were greedy for power and wealth c) were too powerful to be regulated d) were here to stay with their efficient means of production e) should be balanced by strong labor unions

d

41. During his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt did all of the following except a) expand presidential power b) shape the progressive movement c) aid the cause of the environment d) provide an international perspective e) tame capitalism

e

18. Which of the following was not among the issues addressed by women in the progressive movement? a) ending special regulations governing women in the workplace b) preventing child labor in factories and sweatshops c) insuring that food products were healthy and safe d) attacking tuberculosis and other diseases bred in slum tenements e) creating pensions for mothers with dependent children

a

Progressivism a) supported many reforms advocated by feminists b) offered little to the ever-growing women's movement c) supported only the demand for woman suffrage d) followed examples set by women's reform movements in Europe e) reflected the views of working-class women

a

The progressive-inspired city-manager system of government [A] brought democracy to urban dwellers. [B] was designed to remove politics from municipal administration. [C] made giant strides under the leadership of Hiram Johnson. [D] was developed in Wisconsin. [E] opened urban politics to new immigrants.

b

The Supreme Court's "rule of reason" in restraint-of-trade cases was handed down in a case involving [A] Standard Oil. [B] General Electric. [C] Northern Securities. [D] Armour Meat-Packing. [E] United States Steel.

a

Teddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines by [A] threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops. [B] using the military to force the miners back to work. [C] appealing to mine owners' and workers' sense of the public interest. [D] passing legislation making the miners' union illegal. [E] helping the mine owners to import strike-breakers

a

Teddy Roosevelt weakened himself politically after his election in 1904 when he [A] announced that he would not be a candidate for a third term as president. [B] got into a quarrel with his popular secretary of war, William Taft. [C] supported the Federal Reserve Act. [D] began to reduce his trust-busting activity. [E] refused to do anything in response to the "Roosevelt Panic."

a

Most muckrakers believed that their primary function in the progressive attack on social ills was to [A] make the public aware of social problems. [B] formulate a consistent philosophy of social reform. [C] explain the causes of social ills. [D] link up with movements for social justice. [E] devise solutions to society's problems.

a.

As one progressive explained, the 'real heart' of the progressive movement was to a) preserve world peace b) use the government as an agency of human welfare c) ensure the Jeffersonian style of government d) reinstate the policy of laissez faire e) to promote economic and social equality

b

Match each early-twentieth-century muckraker below with the target of his or her exposé. ___ A. David G. Phillips ___ B. Ida Tarbell ___ C. Lincoln Steffens ___ D. Ray Stannard Baker 1. the United States Senate 2. the Standard Oil Company 3. city governments 4. the condition of blacks [A] A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4 [B] A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 [C] A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3 [D] A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1 [E] A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1

b

Progressives who were among the strongest critics of injustice in early-twentieth-century America, received much of their inspiration from a) the Federalists b) the Greenback Labor party and the Populists c) foreign nations d) progressive theorists, like Jacob Riis e) social Darwinists

b

According to the text, Teddy Roosevelt's most enduring, tangible achievement may have been [A] mediating an end to the Russo-Japanese War. [B] his efforts at consumer protection. [C] his efforts supporting the environment. [D] the Panama Canal.

c

When Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, he intended his book to focus attention on the [A] unsanitary conditions that existed in the meat-packing industry. [B] deplorable conditions in the drug industry. [C] plight of workers in the stockyards and meat-packing industry. [D] unhealthy effects of beef consumption. [E] corruption in the United States Senate.

c

The case of Lochner v. New York represented a setback for progressives and labor advocates because the Supreme Court in its ruling [A] declared unconstitutional a law providing special protection for women workers. [B] ruled that fire and safety regulations were local and not state or federal concerns. [C] declared that prohibiting child labor would require a constitutional amendment. [D] declared a law limiting work to ten hours a day unconstitutional. [E] upheld the constitutionality of a law enabling business to fire labor organizers.

d

President Theodore Roosevelt branded reporters who tried to uncover injustice as 'muckrakers' because a) he saw them as trying to clean up society b) they brought ugly problems to public attention c) of their work in the 'muck' of the slums d) of their coverage of the meat-packing industry e) he was annoyed by their excessive zeal

e

To regain the power that the people had lost to the "interests," progressives advocated all of the following except [A] referendum. [B] recall. [C] initiative. [D] direct election of U.S. senators. [E] socialism.

e

The Elkins and Hepburn acts dealt with the subject of [A] conservation of natural resources. [B] the purity of food and drugs. [C] regulation of municipal utilities. [D] women's working conditions. [E] railroad regulation

e

The progressive movement was instrumental in getting both the Seventeenth and Eighteenth amendments added to the Constitution. The Seventeenth called for__________, and the Eighteenth called for__________. [A] income taxes, direct election of senators [B] woman suffrage, income taxes [C] woman suffrage, direct election of senators [D] prohibition, woman suffrage [E] direct election of senators, prohibition

e

The two key goals pursued by progressives were to curb the threats posed by ________________ on the one hand and __________________ on the other. a) New immigrants; blacks b) feminists; patriarchal males c) the social gospel; the gospel of wealth d) the Old Guard; muckrakers e) trusts; socialists

e