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(Q008) In her influential book, Women and Economics, Charlotte Perkins Gilman reinforced this idea.

(D) Women's freedom lay through the workplace rather than only the domestic scene.

(Q017) The series of mass strikes called the "Uprising of the 20,000" in New York included

(A) immigrant workers who wanted the right to bargain collectively with their employers.

(Q036) The 1914 Ludlow Massacre was

(C) an attack by an armed militia against a tent city of striking workers in Colorado.

(Q030) The Progressive era was a time of

(C) explosive economic growth, rapid population rise, increased industrial production, and a "Golden Age" for agriculture.

(Q051) By 1912, the Socialist Party had dwindled, losing many of their political office posts and lessening ties with radical newspapers and magazines.

false

(Q052) The American Federation of Labor mainly represented unskilled industrial workers.

false

(Q004) Causes of the "new immigration" included

the outbreak of revolutions and warfare outside of the United States.

(Q019) Those who embraced the new "bohemia" included

(A) people who rejected conventional rules and practices.

(Q009) Henry Ford's factory adopted a method of production known as

(A) the moving assembly line.

(Q013) Which of the following is attributed to Louis D. Brandeis?

(B) He felt the foremost social problem in America was the contradiction between political liberty and industrial slavery.

(Q028) The term "Progressive" that came into common use around 1910 describes

(B) a loosely defined political movement of people who hoped to bring about social and political change in American life.

(Q041) Why did the Society of American Indians form in 1911?

(C) It was formed to provide Native Americans with remedies for social injustice.

(Q024) President Theodore Roosevelt's reform program was called the

(D) "Square Deal."

(Q020) A leader in the new feminism, Margaret Sanger

(D) opened a clinic and began distributing contraceptive devices to poor women.

(Q007) Of all the mass consumption activities, this was the most popular form of mass entertainment.

(D) vaudeville

(Q016) Which of the following is attributed to William "Big Bill" Haywood?

accused of instigating murder of former anti-union government

(Q011) During the Progressive era, economic production shifted from capital goods to

consumer products

(Q046) Cities expanded so rapidly that by 1920 for the first time more Americans lived in towns and cities than in rural areas.

true

(Q048) By 1910, more than 40 percent of New York City's population had been born abroad.

true

(Q055) One result of Muller v. Oregon was that women were still considered weak, dependent, and incapable of enjoying the same economic rights as men.

true