AMH2020 Ch. 21 Reading Quiz (TCC)

Which of the following best describes the method used by most progressives to solve the problem of economic power and its abuses?

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The major forces behind the social gospel movement were:

Protestants and Catholics

Among the varied sources of progressivism were populism and the Mugwumps.

True

Contrary to his party's tradition, President Taft called for:

a lower tariff

The Sixteenth Amendment:

authorized Congress to implement a graduated income tax.

Muckrakers:

exposed the problems of industrial and urban life.

Progressives generally believed government should not interfere with big business.

false

In his first term as president, Woodrow Wilson did all of the following EXCEPT:

he failed to reorganize the banking system

The election of 1912 brought about all of the following EXCEPT:

it brought the same man to the White House in nonconsecutive terms

Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom platform:

proposed vigorous anti-trust action to break up corporate concentration

The Federal Reserve Act did all of the following EXCEPT:

shifted the U.S. Treasury back to the gold standard

Progressives supported all of the following as measures to democratize government EXCEPT:

the poll tax

Congress established the Bureau of Corporations:

to monitor the activities of interstate corporations

Theodore Roosevelt took a strong activist approach to the presidency.

true

In the area of conservation, President Theodore Roosevelt:

used the Forest Reserve Act to protect over 170 million acres of forest