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Which was the Ellis Island of the West?

Angel Island

Progressive governor of Wisconsin, Robert La Follette, instituted all of the following reforms EXCEPT:

using political bosses to staff his administration.

Scientific management:

was pioneered by Frederick W. Taylor.

In the early twentieth century, Angel Island in San Francisco Bay became known as the "Ellis Island of the West" and served as the main entry point for immigrants from:

Japan.

Which person was a Supreme Court justice and a Progressive reformer who advocated for the labor movement?

Louis Brandeis

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Progressive reformers?

Progressives pursued radical alternatives to capitalism.

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

The AFL proposed an overthrow of the capitalist system.

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

The strikers asked the American Federation of Labor for assistance.

Who used the Sherman Antitrust Act to dissolve J. P. Morgan's Northern Securities Company?

Theodore Roosevelt

The Progressive presidents were:

Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.

Who was NOT a candidate in the 1912 presidential election?

William Jennings Bryan

The word Progressivism came into common use around 1910 as:

a way of describing a broad, loosely defined political movement of individuals and groups.

Jane Addams:

advocated for the working poor.

The Sixteenth Amendment:

authorized Congress to implement a graduated income tax.

Which of the following social groups was NOT heavily involved in the Progressive movement?

big-city-machine politicians

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire:

brought in its wake increased union organizing among New York City garment workers and much-needed safety legislation.

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

lived in close-knit communities.

The Progressive movement drew its strength from:

middle-class reformers.

During the Progressive era:

new immigration from southern and eastern Europe reached its peak.

The main difference between New Nationalism and New Freedom was over:

regulating versus trust-busting.

To create national parks such as Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier, the federal government:

removed Indians who hunted and fished on these lands.

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

the annexation of the Philippines.

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

the workplace

Nickelodeons:

were motion-picture theaters with a five-cent admission charge.

During the Progressive era:

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