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The Payne-Aldrich Tariff encouraged foreign imports.

A) True
B) False

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Woodrow Wilson was the favorite as the 1912 Democratic convention began.

A) True
B) False

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Gifford Pinchot's approach to national forests called for


A) protecting them from all human interference.
B) allowing private interests complete freedom to develop resources in ways that maximized profits.
C) selling all public lands to private developers.
D) limiting the use of public lands to recreational purposes only.
E) adopting scientific management principles that ensure the best uses and conservation practices for natural resources.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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Under the city manager plan,


A) city commissioners set policy while the executive officer implemented policy.
B) the city manager position was an elected two-year office.
C) poor and minority voters' influence increased.
D) voting fraud and graft were completely eliminated.
E) all of these choices

F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

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Progressives promoted election laws designed to assist non-citizen immigrants with voting.

A) True
B) False

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The progressive reform known as the ____________________ allowed voters to put legislative proposals before the voters in a general election,rather than waiting for state legislatures to act.

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Which of the following statements best illustrates the ideas contained in Woodrow Wilson's commitment to a "New Freedom"?


A) Give the federal government temporary power in order to dismantle trusts.
B) Give the federal government power to regulate the trusts.
C) Transfer ownership of trust companies to the federal government.
D) Give states more power to regulate business and industry within their borders.
E) Adopt a laissez faire approach to business.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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Woodrow Wilson remained true to his New Freedom principles.

A) True
B) False

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Socialism


A) never developed support in the United States.
B) was a European movement that had no relevance to American society and politics.
C) had a substantial and significant impact on Progressivism.
D) attracted only college-educated intellectuals.
E) was eliminated in America before the turn of the century.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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Theodore Roosevelt's environmental policy reflected his belief that


A) national forests and wildlife should be protected from human encroachment.
B) public land and natural resources should be scientifically managed and efficiently developed.
C) cattlemen and lumber companies should have free use of public lands.
D) local and state governments were responsible for regulating natural resources.
E) public lands should be sold to private enterprise.

F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

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Women first began voting in the north.

A) True
B) False

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IDENTIFICATIONS -women's clubs

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attracted hundreds of thousands of membe...

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Discuss the national political struggles between conservative and reform groups within the Republican and Democratic parties during the period 1900 to 1916.

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In response to the 1902 coal miners' strike President Roosevelt


A) dispatched federal troops to restore order and force the miners back to work.
B) insisted that mine owners accept arbitration or face federal troops to seizures of their property.
C) refused to involve the federal government.
D) defied public opinion by siding with the workers.
E) nationalized the coal fields.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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IDENTIFICATIONS -realism

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way of thinking that prized detachment,o...

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The women's suffrage movement regained momentum after Carrie Chapman Catt became president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1915.

A) True
B) False

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The most important socialist publication during the Progressive Era was ____________________.

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____________________ founded the National Woman's Party in 1916.

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Progressive views on voting rights included the belief that


A) the vote that should be granted only to those responsible enough to handle it.
B) blacks were racially and culturally unfit and should be denied the vote.
C) immigrants should become citizens before being allowed to vote.
D) citizenship should be difficult to achieve.
E) all of these choices.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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The Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization made it easier to become a U.S.citizen.

A) True
B) False

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