2021 Spring Final Exam Practice Test

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The term muckraker was used during the Progressive Era to describe –

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investigative journalists who exposed societal problems

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Which Progressive Era muckraker’s book led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act?

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Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle

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The creation of initiative, referendum, and recall procedures during the Progressive Era resulted in —

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the expansion of citizens’ direct participation in the democratic process

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A cause of industrialization was the invention of the steam engine; which of the following best describes a long term effect of industrialization? The United States changed from an agricultural society to a manufacturing society.

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The United States changed from an agricultural society to a manufacturing society.

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The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to...

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decrease Chinese immigration

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What happened as a result of the Spanish-American war?

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The United States gained control of Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.

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The United States began to act as an "international police force" as a result of...

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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

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The United States did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles because many Senators believed it would compromise Congress's ability to declare war.

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true

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This was the name of Wilson's progressive agenda for the nation:

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New Freedom

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Why was the Tennessee Valley Authority significant to the Southeast during the Great Depression?

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it gave people jobs doing public work projects