Question 1

The Federal Reserve Act

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A)  created a new type of paper currency.
B)  helped to reduce loans to private banks.
C)  was designed to push troubled banks out of business.
D)  was regulated by a board whose members were elected by Congress.
E)  created sixteen regional banks.

Question 2

As president,William Howard Taft found himself pleasing the progressives and alienating the conservatives within his own party.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

A major reform of American banking was achieved in 1913 with passage of the

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A)  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
B)  Economy Act.
C)  Federal Securities Act.
D)  Federal Reserve Act.
E)  Currency Act.

Question 4

How were the calls for "order" and "reform" the same? How were they different?

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Question 5

The political popularity of the Socialist Party peaked at the end of World War I.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

President Theodore Roosevelt was not opposed to the principle of economic concentration.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What social factors motivated progressivism to develop as a reform movement when it did?

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Question 8

Was Theodore Roosevelt more a reformer or a conservative?

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Question 9

As governor of Wisconsin,the progressive reformer Robert La Follette helped win approval for

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A)  campaign finance reform.
B)  mandatory health insurance.
C)  a repeal of the income tax.
D)  employee profit sharing in large corporations.
E)  the direct primary,initiative,and referendum.

Question 10

The Sierra Club was founded by

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A)  Gifford Pinchot.
B)  Theodore Roosevelt.
C)  John Muir.
D)  Richard Ballinger.
E)  Louis Glavis.

Question 11

During President Woodrow Wilson's first term,Colonel Edward House

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A)  was secretary of state.
B)  was one of Wilson's closest advisors.
C)  became the locus of opposition to Wilson in the cabinet.
D)  was both secretary of state and one of Wilson's closest advisors.
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 12

During Theodore Roosevelt's first three years as president,

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A)  he was a champion of labor unions.
B)  he made the breaking up of business combinations his highest priority.
C)  he desired to win for government the power to investigate corporate activities.
D)  his primary accomplishment was to reform the meatpacking industry.
E)  he deeply antagonized the conservative Old Guard wing of his party.

Question 13

The Payne-Aldrich Tariff of 1909

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A)  fulfilled a campaign promise President William H.Taft had made to Theodore Roosevelt.
B)  sharply lowered tariffs.
C)  resulted in President William H.Taft losing favor with progressives.
D)  resulted in a sudden decline in the national economy.
E)  was passed only after Taft pressured the congressional Old Guard to support the bill.

Question 14

President Wilson condoned racial segregation in the federal government.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

During the progressive era,supporters of woman suffrage argued that female voters

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A)  would end future political scandals.
B)  would ensure fair elections.
C)  deserved the vote because of their unique traits as women.
D)  were unlikely ever to vote for a woman running for national office.
E)  would help to defeat the growing movement for temperance.

Question 16

During the progressive era,reformers of city government frequently tried to

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A)  require city council members to run by district rather than at-large.
B)  hire professionally trained business managers or engineers as city managers.
C)  make all city government positions appointive.
D)  strengthen the power of city councils at the expense of mayors.
E)  move city elections to presidential years in order to increase turnout.

Question 17

Regarding his political ideology,Theodore Roosevelt was

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A)  a strong isolationist.
B)  in many respects,decidedly conservative.
C)  a champion of government-controlled economy.
D)  an opponent of environmental preservation.
E)  a fervent advocate for the rights of labor.

Question 18

As president,William Howard Taft

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A)  angered many conservatives with his activism.
B)  generally pleased progressives.
C)  managed to match Roosevelt's personal dynamism.
D)  angered many conservatives with his activism,but generally pleased progressives.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 19

In 1916,President Wilson appointed Louis Brandeis,a Jew,to the Supreme Court.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

During the progressive era,important vehicles for social reform included

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A)  the American Federation of Labor.
B)  New York's Tammany Hall.
C)  the Triangle Shirtwaist Company.
D)  both New York's Tammany Hall and the Triangle Shirtwaist Company.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

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