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WorksheetsUnit 3 Quiz 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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1.
Progressivism Dealt with all of the following reforms EXCEPT:
a)
limiting big business
b)
improving democracy
c)
strengthening social justice
d)
judicial review
2.
A main purpose of President T. Roosevelt's trust-busting policies was to do what?
a)
reduce corruption in government
b)
save the nation's banks
c)
encourage competition in business
d)
end strikes by labor unions
3.
T. Roosevelt, W. H. Taft, and W. Wilson are all considered progressives because they did what?
a)
Supported the formation of the first trade union
b)
used presidential power to break up strikes
c)
worked to limit the power of big business
d)
formed the first civil rights organizations
4.
Progressive Era Reforms such as the initiative, referendum, and recall attempted to do what?
a)
increase the power of citizens in state and local gov't
b)
reestablish the system of checks and balances
c)
provide low-interest loans to farmers
d)
expand voting rights to native americans
5.
An important political aim of Progressive movement was to...
a)
guarantee gov't jobs for the unemployed
b)
stimulate domocratic reforms such as the initiative and the referendum
c)
create a unicameral national legislature
d)
increase the participation of American Americans in Federal Gov't
6.
Which of of the following individuals could be considered a muckraker?
a)
Thomas Nast
b)
WEB Dubois
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Carrie Fisher
7.
W.E.B. Dubois disagree with Booker T. Washington's:
a)
stress on civil rights
b)
suggestion that economic progress was more important than civil rights
c)
reasons for founding the Tuskegee Institute
d)
attitude toward emancipation of slaves
8.
All of the following reforms were adopted during the Progressive Era EXCEPT:
a)
STRONGER ANTITRUST LAWS
b)
LOWER TARIFF RATES
c)
REGULATION OF THE MEATPACKING INDUSTRY
d)
FEDERAL ANTILYNCHING LAW
9.
A belief shared by Presidents T. Roosevelt, W. Taft, and W. Wilson is that the Federal Gov't should:
a)
allow the free-enterprise system to work without regulation
b)
use its power to regulate unfair business
c)
provide jobs for unemployed workers
d)
support unions in labor management disputes
10.
In what respects were the Populist and Progressive Movements similar?
a)
they were primarily urban based
b)
they wanted to bring about inflation by backing bimetalism
c)
they fought against segregation and other forms of racial discimination
d)
they advocated gov't intervention in economic matters to handle problems arising from industrialization
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