Question 1

Which of the following best describes southern lynching around the turn-of-the-century?

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A)  the public torture of a black man
B)  the secret execution of a convicted felon
C)  a rare case of public justice where courts failed
D)  an assassination, usually committed by no more than two peopleE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

American consumption of beer and malt liquor increased between 1880 and 1900 from

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A)  10 million gallons to 60 million.
B)  50 million gallons to 200 million.
C)  590 million gallons to 1.2 billion.
D)  2 billion gallons to 4 billion.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

How did male bystanders respond to the 1913 parade of the National American Women's Suffrage Association under the leadership of Alice Paul?

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A)  They were proud.
B)  They were amused.
C)  They assaulted the women.
D)  they joined in the march.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

The leader of a new generation of suffragists in the 1910s was

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A)  Alice Paul.
B)  Eleanor Roosevelt.
C)  Jane Addams.
D)  Margaret Sanger.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 5

The founder of the Committee of Congestion of Population in New York was

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A)  Frederick C. Howe.
B)  Eleanor Roosevelt.
C)  Florence Kelley.
D)  Al Smith.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

What was Jane Addams' biggest flaw?

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A)  prejudices against African Americans
B)  sexism
C)  class bias
D)  lack of faith in young peopleE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 7

W.E.B. Du Bois helped found the National Association for the advancement of Colored People in 1909 to

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A)  provide black businesses with technical assistance.
B)  give college grants to African-American students.
C)  fight white people.
D)  advanced the cause of civil rights.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 8

How did President Woodrow Wilson push the progressive agenda?

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A)  He expanded the power of the federal government to regulate business.
B)  He introduced deep cuts in government spending to curb the deficit.
C)  He nationalized the nation's major industries such as the coal industry.
D)  He eliminated unnecessary bureaucracy and deregulated the marketplace.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 9

What did "good government" mean for progressives?

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Question 10

By the turn of the 20th century, the country's once expensive forests had been reduced by as much as

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A)  30 percent
B)  50 percent
C)  65 percent
D)  80 percentE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Which of the following was a distinctive feature of American progressives?

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A)  They believed in the power of political parties.
B)  They tended to be more conservative than their European counterparts.
C)  They advocated a government based on the Bible.
D)  They distrusted technology.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 12

Prior to the Sixteenth Amendment, the United States had a tax rate that was

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A)  remarkably high for the industrial world.
B)  comparable to European nations.
C)  one of the lowest in the industrial world.
D)  the lowest in the Americas, but higher than European tax rates.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

The "Bull Moose" Party was made up largely of

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A)  southern Democrats.
B)  western landowners.
C)  progressive Republicans.
D)  the African-American middle class.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

What prompted former president Theodore Roosevelt to run again as a third-party candidate in 1912?

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A)  failures of the Wilson administration
B)  creation of the Federal Reserve system
C)  the looming crisis in Europe
D)  blunders of the Taft administrationE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

The "grandfather clause"

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A)  disfranchised all over 65.
B)  exempted from literacy tests those whose grandfathers had voted before 1867.
C)  restricted voting to those over 65.
D)  disfranchised those whose grandfathers had fought for the Confederacy.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

On what grounds did the Supreme Court of the United States strike down a New York law limiting the hours of bakers in Lochner v. New York?

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A)  right to contract
B)  right of property
C)  equal protection of the laws
D)  due processE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 17

How did courts respond to Southern efforts at disenfranchising African-Americans around the turn-of-the-century?

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A)  State and federal courts upheld disfranchisement despite the blatant violation of civil rights.
B)  They could not respond because no one challenged the legality of disfranchisement.
C)  They upheld disfranchisement laws in state courts, but the Supreme Court declared them unconstitutional.
D)  Local courts struck down disfranchisement laws but were unable to enforce the decision.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 18

How did President Woodrow Wilson respond to the Ludlow massacre?

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A)  He called for the persecution of the National Guard officers in charge.
B)  He declared a nationwide ban on the United Mine Workers.
C)  He transferred the Ludlow mines into federal receivership.
D)  He sent federal troops to restore order and end the strike activities.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

The goal of the Anti-Saloon League was to

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A)  ban German immigration.
B)  protect traditional bars.
C)  ban drinking nationwide.
D)  Prohibit Asian beauty parlors.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Compare and contrast the approaches of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. Who, in your opinion, was more progressive, and why?

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