CHPT 21 BOYD

During the Progressive Era, important vehicles for social reform included

New York's Tammany Hall

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the "Social Gospel" was

an effort to make religious faith a tool of social reform

The term "muckrakers" referred to

journalists

In the 1912 presidential election, the Socialist Party candidate

received nearly one million votes, attracted considerable support from urban immigrants, attracted considerable support from rural farmers. (all are correct)

In regards to the immigrant population in the United States, progressive reformers

supported limiting the number of new arrivals, favored quickly assimilating new arrivals into American society, argued that the growing immigration population had created social problems. (all are correct)

For western states during the Progressive Era, the major target for political reformers was

the federal government

During the Progressive Era, the "new woman" was a product of

a lower birth rate, movement to work outside the home, increased schooling for children (all are correct)

In his 1899 book, A Theory of the Leisure Class, Thorstein Veblen argued that

modern cities should rely on a handful of experts to solve their social problems

In regards to divorce in the United States during the Progressive Era,

more than ten percent of all marriages ended in divorce

During the Progressive Era, W. E. B. Du Bois asserted all the following EXCEPT

the principal tool for gaining civil rights was to elect blacks to public office

During the Progressive Era, significant voting rights for women were first won in

the Far West

In 1904, Ida Tarbell published a highly critical study on

the Standard Oil trust

During the Progressive Era, the acknowledged leader of American socialism was

Eugene V. Debs

All of the following were progressive reformers from western states EXCEPT

Alfred E Smith

In the years prior to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment,

a large majority of states had given some voting rights to women

During the early twentieth century, the Industrial Workers of the World

advocated a single union for all workers.

In regards to organizing the professions during the Progressive Era,

all states had established professional bar associations by WWI

During the Progressive Era, the woman suffrage movement

became the single largest reform movement of the early twentieth century

At the turn of the twentieth century, progressive activists

believed in the transformational power of enlightened public opinion

Alice Paul and the National Women's Party

believed the Nineteenth Amendment would be sufficient to protect women's rights, argued that some discrimination on the basis of sex, such as protective legislation, was worthy, enjoyed the support of all the most important leaders of the suffrage crusade (none are correct)

During the Progressive Era, the power of the political parties

declined as did voter turnout

During the Progressive Era, supporters of woman suffrage argued that female voters

deserved the vote because of their unique traits as women.

At the turn of the twentieth century, the leaders of the settlement house movement

directed their attention at improving urban living conditions

In 1901, one of the first professions to organize on a national level was in the field of

medicine

At the turn of the twentieth century, leaders in the settlement house movement tended to be

female

Between 1914 and 1919, the temperance movement

gained momentum as a result of World War I

During the Progressive Era, the Socialist Party of America

grew stronger

During the Progressive Era, the women's club movement

had a national organization to coordinate club activities

During the Progressive Era, reformers of city government frequently tried to

hire professionally trained business managers or engineers as city-managers

During the Progressive Era, clubs for African-American women

lobbied for congressional anti-lynching legislation.

In regards to race, during the Progressive Era

many southern white reformers viewed racial segregation as being progressive, most white reformers paid little attention to racial issues, and the arguments of Booker T. Washington came under serious challenge. (all answers are correct)

During the Progressive Era, one of the first targets for political reformers was

municipal governments

The recall and direct primary were Progressive Era political reforms designed to weaken

political parties

A major reason progressive political reforms, such as the direct primary, were quickly embraced in the western states was

political parties were weak in this region.

The settlement house movement of the early twentieth century helped spawn the profession of

social work

In regards to women and the professions during the Progressive Era,

social work was generally thought to be an appropriate career for women.

The initiative and referendum were Progressive Era political reforms designed to weaken the power of

state legislatures

In the aftermath of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City,

strict regulations were imposed on factory owners

In the early twentieth century, the theories of eugenics

supported the restriction of immigration by nationality.

While progressivism has many meanings it tended to be based on the central assumption

that American society was capable of improvement

The most distinctive quality of women in professions during the Progressive Era was

that women were concentrated in the "helping" professions

As governor of Wisconsin, the progressive reformer Robert La Follette helped win approval for

the direct primary, initiative, and referendum

Prior to the adoption of the secret ballot, voter ballots were printed and distributed by

the political parties

During the Progressive Era, opponents of political reform generally included many members of all of the following EXCEPT

the urban middle class

World War I hurt the socialist movement in the United States because

the war generated anti-radical feelings in the country.

The term "Boston marriage" refers to

two women who lived together

At the turn of the twentieth century, Lincoln Steffens wrote extensively of the need to reform

urban political organizations

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

was an exclusively black organization, was a competitor organization to the Niagara Movement, tried to defend Booker T. Washington's ideas from W. E. B. Du Bois's attacks (none are correct)

The temperance crusade

was supported by most business employers

The Women's Christian Temperance Union

was, at one time, the largest women's organization in American history

During the Progressive Era, political "interest groups"

were a product of the Progressive Era