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Which of the following women was not a leader of the woman-suffrage movement in the late 19th and/or early 20th centuries?


A) Carrie Chapman Catt
B) Susan B. Anthony
C) Margaret Sanger
D) Alice Paul
E) They all were leaders of the woman-suffrage movement.

F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

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What happened to the white-collar middle class in the United States from 1900 to 1920?


A) It more than doubled in size and grew at over twice the rate than the work force as a whole during the same period.
B) Its size remained about the same, but its influence declined dramatically in proportion to the rest of the population.
C) It disappeared because the changing nature of the American economy required mainly blue-collar workers.
D) Although it was growing dramatically, it was not growing as fast as the work force as a whole.
E) It turned away from national professional organizations and exercised its influence locally.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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Explore the issue of child labor in the early 20th century. How many children worked during this time, and what types of work did they do? What were the negative consequences of their work? How did progressives try to deal with this problem? Were they successful?

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What happened to the 1916 Keating-Owen Act?


A) The president never signed it into law.
B) After the president signed it, it strictly limited the number of children able to work.
C) The Supreme Court ruled it ruled unconstitutional.
D) After it passed, a number of southern states refused to accept its legality.
E) It profoundly changed America's immigration policies.

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Among the political changes that reformers wished to bring to state government during the early years of the twentieth century was


A) giving voters the power to enact laws directly.
B) simplifying the procedure for voting by giving voters preprinted ballots bearing the name of a specific candidate.
C) ensuring the most qualified senators by shifting their election to the state legislatures.
D) having candidates for public office be selected by the party leadership rather than through the more cumbersome and time-consuming process of having all party members vote.
E) allowing two-term incumbents to move to a third term without an election.

F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

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Amusement parks were important to the urban poor because they


A) allowed the urban poor to be treated on the same terms as other economic classes.
B) provided an opportunity for a brief escape from life in the tenements.
C) showed the opportunities provided when you worked hard.
D) enabled female workers to escape from the control of their husbands.
E) provided construction and maintenance jobs for unemployed workers.

F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Jane Addams

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Progressive Movement

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Urban planners and architects such as Daniel Burnham wanted to


A) rebuild the typical American city with stronger materials so that a catastrophe like the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire would never be repeated.
B) reroute the flow of railroad and vehicular traffic at grade level directly through the heart of the city, so that all urban dwellers would see and appreciate such symbols of economic progress.
C) eliminate slums by building low-income housing on previously unused lakefront property.
D) rebuild the urban landscape with grand boulevards, imposing squares, monumental buildings, and extensive recreational facilities, and thereby restore the public's pride in metropolitan America.
E) improve highways leading to the suburbs so that merchants could build grand commercial palaces where the people could shop for all their needs

F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Gifford Pinchot

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Federal Reserve Act

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Which of the following court case is correctly paired with its significance?


A) Northern Securities case: declared the Federal Reserve Bank of the Northwest to be in violation of Interstate Commerce Commission rules.
B) Lochner v. New York : Upholds a state sterilization law.
C) Muller v. Oregon : Struck down a law restricting working hours for female laundry workers.
D) Standard Oil Co. v. U.S. : Orders dissolution of Standard Oil.
E) Buck v. Bell : Overturns law setting maximum working hours for bakery workers.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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To a middle-class reformer around 1910, which of the following statements would reveal the most about the morality of the movies?


A) Movies were typically shown in immigrant-district nickelodeons.
B) One of the first movies to tell a real story was called The Great Train Robbery .
C) Theda Bara was actually Theodosia Goodman, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
D) Movie technology had been developed in the United States.
E) Films were made for commercial profit.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Which of the following statements does not accurately describe Black Americans in the early 20th century?


A) Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois were key black leaders.
B) Lynchings were quite common, with anywhere from 50 to 70 occurring each year.
C) Most Progressives believed that improving Black American rights should be a high priority.
D) Black Americans typically could not vote.
E) William Lloyd Garrison led a campaign against lynchings.

F) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

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How did intellectuals, novelists, and journalists inspire the progressive movement?

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As progressivism became a national movement, what issues proved most important?

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Movies

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Muller v. Oregon , Louis Brandeis

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Federal Trade Commission Act

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Brownsville Incident

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