Chapter 18

In the early twentieth century, the Socialist Party advocated for all of the following EXCEPT:

D. national health insurance.

The "living wage" and the "American standard of living" were an outgrowth of what?

A. a mature consumer economy

The word "Progressivism" came into common use around 1910:

A. as a way of describing a loosely defined political movement.

Birds of passage were:

A. immigrants who planned on returning to their homeland.

Progressive-era immigration was part of a larger process of worldwide migration set in motion by all of the following forces EXCEPT:

A. the annexation of the Philippines.

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire:

B. brought in its wake much needed safety legislation.

Why did the Socialist Party gain significant political influence during the Progressive era?

B. jewish and other immigrant laborers across the country supported its fight against economic exploitation of workers.

The battle for free speech among workers in the early twentieth century:

B. was led by the Industrial Workers of the World.

In the first decade of the twentieth century, American farm communities:

C. entered a "golden age" because of rising urban demand for farm goods.

By 1912, the Socialist Party:

C. had elected scores of local officials.

Why did Samuel Gompers seek to forge closer ties with forward-looking corporate leaders?

C. he wanted to stabilize employer-employee relations.

The Progressive movement drew its strength from:

C. middle-class reformers.

How did nickelodeons reflect a mass consumption society in the Progressive era?

C. nickelodeons offered elite theatergoers a highbrow alternative to vaudeville shows.

Which statement about the textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1912 is FALSE?

C. the strikers asked the American Federation of Labor for assistance.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman claimed that the road to woman's freedom lay through:

C. the workplace.

How did mass consumption in the Progressive era result in new consumer freedoms?

D. a and b only

Working women experienced new freedoms in the Progressive era because:

D. a and b only

During the Progressive era:

D. growing numbers of native-born white women worked in offices.

Newspaper and magazine writers who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life, fueling the Progressive movement, were known as:

D. muckrakers.

Why did workers experience the introduction of scientific management as a loss of freedom?

D. skilled workers under scientific management had to obey very detailed instructions.

Why was "the city" the focus of Progressive politics?

D. urban populations experienced the most dramatic growth and the most significant changes.

The Industrial Workers of the World:

E. advocated a workers revolution.

Why did millions of American farm families migrate westward from 1900 to 1910:

E. b and c

The Ludlow Massacre was a tragic confrontation between:

E. colorado mine workers and militia.

The term "Fordism"

E. describes an economic system based on mass production and mass consumption.

Most new immigrants who arrived during the early years of the twentieth century:

E. lived in close-knit communities.

Which statement about the American Federation of Labor in the early twentieth century is FALSE?

E. the AFL proposed an overthrow of the capitalist system.

What brought about a new wave of sympathy for the plight of women in the garment industry in Lawrence, Massachusetts?

E. the appearance of malnourished children who had been evacuated from Lawrence shocked the public.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman argued that economic independence for women did not necessarily mean a change in the home and family relationship.

False

Compared with the American Federation of Labor, the Industrial Workers of the World union was conservative for its day.

False

Henry Ford payed his employees five dollars a day because he wished to avoid strikes at his factory.

False

Louis Brandeis was an enemy of the labor movement and led the Supreme Court in its many pro-business decisions.

False

New sexual attitudes during the Progressive age were limited to the radical bohemia of New Yorks Greenwich Village.

False

The ability to buy consumer goods had nothing to do with the Progressive-era union fight for higher wages.

False

The doors were locked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company on the day of the fire because the manager tragically forgot to unlock them when he arrived in the morning.

False

Artists captured the transformation of urban landscapes in the Progressive era through all of the following EXCEPT:

A. photographs of theaters.

Which of the following statements about mass consumption in the early twentieth century is NOT true?

A. southerners fully participated in the mass consumption society.

Asian and Mexican immigrants in the early twentieth century:

B. clustered in the west as agricultural workers.

The writer whose work encouraged the passage of the Meat Inspection Act was:

C. Upton Sinclair.

Labor agents:

C. provided American employers with workers who signed long-term labor contracts.

Industrial freedom in the Progressive era meant:

D. a and b

By 1914, socialism had made such inroads in popularity that the U.S Congress had a Socialist representative.

True

During the Progressive era, the working woman became a symbol of female emancipation.

True

In 1912, the socialist newspaper "Appeal to Reason" was the largest paper in the country.

True

Like the abolitionist movement before it, the labor movement, in the name of freedom, demanded the right to assemble, organize, and spread its views.

True

Margaret Sanger was sentenced to a month in jail for opening a clinic in Brooklyn that distributed birth control devices to poor immigrant women.

True

One particular influential muckraker was Ida Tarbell, whose book "The History of the Standard Oil Company" appeared in 1904.

True

Progressive-era immigration formed part of a larger process of worldwide migration that was set in motion by industrial expansion and the decline of traditional agriculture.

True

Socialism flourished in cities such as Milwaukee and New York during the first two decades of the twentieth century.

True

During the Progressive era:

A. new immigration from southern and eastern Europe reached its peak.