U.S. History II (R) Final Exam

1. Which of the following statements best describes Progressivism?

• a. an attempt to replace private businesses by government ownership of business.
• b. a political movement in reaction to the bombing of the USS Maddox.
• c. an effort to promote greater economic opportunities and political democracy.
• d. a rebellion of workers against Andrew Carnegie.

2. The term “muckrakers” refers to Progressive Era journalists who

• a. seldom criticized corporate and political wrongdoing.
• b. refused to expose social injustice.
• c. filled papers and periodicals with stories of corporate and political wrongdoing.
• d. did little to promote legislative reforms.

3. Type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated stories.

• a. Yellow Journalism
• b. Orange Journalism
• c. Sphere of Influence
• d. Red Jargon

4. What social problem did Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle describe?

• a. the struggles of black Americans
• b. the ruthless business methods of John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil
• c. the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry
• d. the conflict between California farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad

5. Which reform resulted from the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?

• a. a ban on child labor
• b. antitrust legislation
• c. workers’ compensation laws
• d. the spread of settlement houses

6. Which reform did the Nineteenth Amendment enact?

• a. temperance laws
• b. a ban on child labor
• c. women’s suffrage
• d. African American men’s suffrage

7. The efforts of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union eventually led to which change?

• a. suffrage
• b. workplace reform
• c. prohibition
• d. minimum wage

8. What type of powerful corporations did Theodore Roosevelt fully support?

• a. Corporations that were efficient at the expense of worker safety.
• b. Corporations who were monopolies that controlled the railroads.
• c. Corporations that did business fairly.
• d. Corporations who bullied smaller companies.

9. What did President Roosevelt do during the 1902 coal miners’ strike in Pennsylvania?

• a. remained neutral.
• b. prohibited the miners from forming a union.
• c. ordered the National Guard to stop the strike.
• d. threatened to send federal troops to take control of the mines.

10. What new relationship with Hawaii did Congress approve in 1898?

• a. independence
• b. statehood
• c. secession
• d. annexation