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The Progressive Era (1900-1917) was marked by:
A. Experts investigating social conditions
B. Local groups grappling with the problems of the new urban-industrial order
C. Workers protesting unsafe and exhausting jobs
D. A and C
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The Progressive Era while never a single movement was:
A. About an excited sense of social responsibilities
B. A spirit of discontent with the status quo
C. About women’s clubs and professional associations
D. A and B
E. None of the above |
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The emerging middle class in America were:
A. White
B. Protestant
C. Native-born
D. All the above
E. None of the above |
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The number of women in white collar jobs during the Progressive Era was limited by:
A. The challenge of urban life
B. The lack of college education
C. The growing divorce rate
D. The rise of the women’s movement
E. A and C |
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| Who were rural, enjoyed limited support and were more radical, populists or progressives? |
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| Who were urban, enjoyed widespread support and were reformers, populists or progressives? |
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| Who were journalists obsessed with dredging up the worst in American life? |
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| What was the practice of applying the theories of evolution to social problems and issues? |
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| What was the control of reproduction to control a plant or animal. Progressives applied this concept to prevent undesirables from polluting the gene pool? |
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| Social evils, such as alcohol consumption was dealt with by Progressives through what movement? It was joined by women and clergy in a war on drinking. |
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Which were reasons for American remaining neutral in WWI until 1917?
a. German violations of neutrality agreements.
b. Cultural ties with England and France
c. Financial considerations
d. Visions of a world remade in American images
e. All the above
f. A and C |
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The American President who “got us into the war” was
a. Theodore Roosevelt
b. William Howard Taft
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. Herbert Hoover
e. William McKinley |
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3. The United States took over the building of the Panama Canal from the _________________ who had previous successes in building the Suez Canal in Egypt.
a. France
b. Switzerland
c. Germany
d. Britain
e. Italy
f. None of the above |
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4. A major hurdle to building the canal was the eradication of what disease which claimed the lives of thousands during the canal building.
a. Dengue Fever
b. Malaria
c. Yellow Fever
d. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
e. None of the above |
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| True or False: Woodrow Wilson was president during the building of the Panama Canal. |
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The United States entered WWI in:
a. 1914
b. 1915
c. 1916
d. 1917
e. 1920 |
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| True or False: The Bolsheviks takeover of Germany in 1917 was a source of major concern in America, raising fears of communist expansion in America. |
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| True or False: The NAACP marched on NYC to protest increased lynching in urban settings. |
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| True or False: While Wilson campaigned for president on the platform of anti-expansionism, once elected he was forced into involvement in Mexico and South America shortly after his inauguration. |
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| True or False: After the sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-boat, Wilson was goaded into joining the war, by President Teddy Roosevelt, who charged him with abject cowardice. |
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The recession of 1920-1922 was caused mainly by:
a. Returning veterans from WWI
b. The election of Calvin Coolidge as president
c. Cancellation of wartime contracts
d. Surge in the stock market
e. A andC |
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| The economy recovery came to all segments of the 1920s economy except which segments? |
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| What special technique did Henry Ford use to mass produce automobiles, making it possible to expand to overseas production? |
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| What prevented exports from growing during the 1920s? |
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| High tariffs against imports. |
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| How did the difference in wages between North and South affect manufacturing during the 1920s? |
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| Cotton Mills went south for cheap labor |
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| Who was president during the Teapot Dome Scandal? |
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| Who was the first marketed president? |
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| What unique program did Marcus Garvey propose with African Americans in the 1920s? |
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| Repatriation of African Americans back to Africa |
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| 9. Who were the defendants in a murder that exhibited the racial tensions with the Italian community? |
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| 10. What trial in 1925 highlighted the religious tensions within the US over the issues of creation and evolution? |
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