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- 1. Multiple ChoicePolitics during the Gilded Age can best be characterized as having beenHelpfulUselessCorrupt
- 2. Multiple ChoiceCity and county politics in the late 1800s were influenced by organizations calledPolitical machinespolitical mobsvoting machines
- 3. Multiple ChoiceAfter winning city elections in 1888, Tammany Hall rewarded its supporters withcashalcoholjobs
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best describes the spoils system?It eased citizens' distrust of corrupt politicians and political practices.It helped many untrained and unqualified workers get government jobs.It marked the conclusion of a cycle of major government reforms.
- 5. Multiple ChoicePoliticians best confronted corruption in Washington during the Gilded Age byrecruiting honest, reform-minded candidates to run for office.passing a law that established a new system for granting federal jobs.prosecuting political leaders whose parties had attempted to bribe voters.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the greatest effect of muckrakers on the Progressive movement?Their writing brought racial discrimination to light, turning the movement’s attention to a neglected issue.Their writing brought a variety of social and economic issues to the public eye, uniting the movement.Their writing angered politicians and business leaders, making the movement’s work more difficult.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceCity planners helped the urban poor during the Progressive era bydesigning safer building codes and opening new public parks.passing laws requiring children to attend school.paving streets and building bridges.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceProgressives fought crime, disease, and poverty byaddressing the economic conditions that were at the root of these problems.getting lawyers to fight legal battles on behalf of those who could not defend themselves.getting muckraking journalists to write about those who were experiencing hardship.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceJohn Dewey’s education reforms sought toteach children to memorize lessons so they could increase their knowledge of mathematics, science, language, and history.push for citizenship, health, and job training to help children meet the demands of American life.give children critical thinking skills and problem-solving skills that would help them in everyday settings.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceGovernor Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin began a program of reforms called the Wisconsin Idea, which set out toincrease the effectiveness of the spoils system and shrink government bureaucracy.decrease the power of political machines and make state government more professional.run the government like a business and employ a commission form of governance
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these reforms allowed voters to overrule a law that the government had proposed or passed?the recallthe referendumthe initiative
- 12. Multiple ChoiceEmployers hired child laborers because childrenhad more energy than adults.worked for less pay than adults.could work longer hours than adults.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceChild labor continued even after the reforms of the 1910s becausepoor families needed the income, however little.the courts established high child wage rates.corruption made government monitoring useless.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat is one of the fundamental differences between capitalism and socialism?Under socialism, the government owns the factories and raw materials.Under socialism, unions are organized by industry rather than skill level.Under capitalism, the government can interfere in the marketplace and set prices.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhy were business leaders opposed to granting women the right to vote?They thought women should be mothers and homemakers, not voters.They thought women voters would support government anti-corruption efforts.They thought women voters would support minimum wage and child labor laws.
- 16. Multiple ChoicePassed in 1919, the Nineteenth Amendmentinstituted a federal income tax.prohibited the sale and use of alcoholic beverages.granted women the right to vote.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceIn its first decade, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) brought attention to racial inequality bypublishing a journal called The Struggle.getting support from the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).using the courts to fight grandfather clauses.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe main reason for the rise in Mexican immigration between 1901 and 1930 was that Mexicanscould occupy areas that once belonged to Mexico.could cross the U.S. border with relative ease.immigrated with their children and extended families.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe Pure Food and Drug Act protected consumers bybanning the sale and transport of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs.requiring expiration dates be printed on all food and drug packaging.prohibiting food and drug companies from monopolizing certain markets.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following did Theodore Roosevelt do to help the conservation movement?He signed a bill requiring manufacturers to limit the use of fossil fuels.He doubled the number of national parks and created wildlife reservations.He suggested that natural history be taught in all public schools.
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWilliam Howard Taft’s reforms angered Progressives because theymoved cautiously against big business.put too much energy into antitrust cases.overstepped a president’s bounds.
- 22. Multiple ChoiceFor what measures did President Woodrow Wilson push soon after taking office?conservation and an equal rights amendmentbig business regulations and a direct income taxbanking reform and tariff revision
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat was William Howard Taft’s main criticism of President Theodore Roosevelt?Roosevelt transferred too much land into government reserves.Roosevelt hurt conservation efforts by leasing public lands to big business.Roosevelt claimed more power for his presidency than the Constitution allowed.
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