American History Ch. 9
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- Q1This woman was known as the "mother" of muckrakers in 1904, buying the American magazine to expose corporations that abused the public:Ida TarbellJane AddamsFlorence Kelley30s
- Q2Everything is correct about Woodrow Wilson EXCEPT:Was difficult and hard to controlWas strong-willed, intelligent, and well-educatedFormer President of Princeton University30s
- Q3This Act passed in 1914, strengthened the Anti-Trust Act and spelled out specific activities big business could not do:Department of LaborClayton Anti-Trust ActHepburn Act30s
- Q4All of the following were groups of people the Progressive did not help EXCEPT:Tenant farmersNon-unionized workersWomen30s
- Q5Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of William Howard Taft?Helped create the Federal Reserve SystemRoosevelt's Secretary of WarCould not get along with fellow lawmakers30s
- Q6This Act created in 1906, required RR's to obtain permission from the US government in order to raise rates:Hepburn ActSherman Anti-Trust ActElkins Act30s
- Q7Henry George wanted to make land speculation less profitable by imposing:a single tax on the value of landjail terms for speculatorsnew laws against gambling30s
- Q8All of the following were goals of the Progressive Era EXCEPT:promoting moral freedomcreating equal opportunity for everyonecreating economic reform30s
- Q9The progressive faction of the Republican party protested President Taft's handling of the:Ballinger-Pinchot affairNAACPInterstate Commerce Commission30s
- Q10As a measure to prevent bank failures, President Wilson helped create the:Federal Reserve SystemFederal Trade CommissionFederal Farm Loan Board30s
- Q11In the Progressive Era, municipal reformers were most concerned with:women's suffragegovernment corruptionrural problems30s
- Q12Which belief was held by most Progressives?Housing and health care should remain privatethe government should own American industriesthe government should intervene in unfair business practices30s
- Q13Which of the following was NOT an issue that continued to plague the US in the late 1800s?Government ownership of businessPolitical corruptionUnemployment30s
- Q14Florence Kelley, became a famous reformer of all of the following EXCEPT:child laborwomen gaining the right to voteregulating sweatshop conditions30s
- Q15Some Americans resisted progressive reforms because they disliked:Florence Kelleysweeping economic and political changesgovernment control over their lives30s