Chapter 28 Quiz

1.The real heart of the progressive movement was the effort by reformers to A)preserve world
peace. B)use the government as an agency of human welfare. C)ensure the Jeffersonian style of
government. D)get the government off the backs of the people. E)promote economic and social
equality.
2.Match each late-nineteenth-century social critic below with the target of his criticism.
A. Thorstein Veblen1. bloated trusts B. Jack London 2. slum conditions
C. Jacob Riis3. conspicuous consumption D. Henry Demarest Lloyd4. destruction of nature
A)A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1 B)A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2 C)A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1 D)A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4 E)A-2,
B-1, C-4, D-3
3.Lincoln Steffens, in his series of articles entitled The Shame of the Cities, A)attacked the
United States Senate. B)exposed the deplorable condition of blacks in urban areas. C)laid bare
the practices of the stock market. D)uncovered official collusion in prostitution and white
slavery. E)unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government.
4.Most muckrakers believed that their primary function in the progressive attack on social ills
was to A)formulate a consistent philosophy of social reform. B)explain the causes of social ills.
C)devise solutions to society's problems. D)make the public aware of social problems. E)link up
with movements for social justice.
5.Progressive reformers were mainly men and women from the A)middle class. B)lower class
C)upper class. D)new wave of immigrants. E)small towns.
6.According to progressives, the cure for all of American democracy's ills was A)technical and
scientific expertise. B)a third political party. C)socialism. D)a more conservative government.
E)more democracy.
7.To regain the power that the people had lost to the interests, progressives advocated all of the
following except A)initiative. B)referendum. C)recall. D)socialism. E)direct election of U.S.
senators.
8.The progressive movement was instrumental in getting the Seventeenth amendment added to
the Constitution, which provided for _______________ A)prohibition. B)direct election of
senators. C)woman suffrage. D)the income tax. E)elimination of child labor.
9.In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court upheld the principle promoted by progressives like
Florence Kelley and Louis Brandeis that A)child labor under the age of fourteen should be
prohibited. B)the federal government should regulate occupational safety and health. C)factory
labor should be limited to ten hours a day five days a week. D)female workers should receive
equal pay for equal work. E)female workers required special rules and protection on the job.
10.While president, Theodore Roosevelt chose to label his reform proposals as the A)Fair Deal.
B)Big Deal. C)Big Stick. D)New Deal. E)Square Deal.

11.As a part of his reform program, Teddy Roosevelt advocated all of the following except
A)control of labor. B)control of corporations. C)consumer protection. D)conservation of natural
resources. E)an end to railroad rebates.
12.Teddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines by A)using the
military to force the miners back to work. B)passing legislation making the miners' union illegal.
C)helping the mine owners to import strike-breakers. D)appealing to mine owners' and workers'
sense of the public interest. E)threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal
troops.
13.The Elkins and Hepburn acts dealt with the subject of A)regulation of municipal utilities.
B)the purity of food and drugs. C)conservation of natural resources. D)women's working
conditions. E)railroad regulation.
14.Passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act was especially facilitated by the publication of
A)Theodore Dreiser's The Titan. B)Jack London's Call of the Wild. C)Henry Demarest Lloyd's
Wealth Against Commonwealth. D)Jacob Riis's How the Other Half Lives. E)Upton Sinclair's
The Jungle.
15.According to the text, Teddy Roosevelt's most enduring achievement may have been A)the
Panama Canal. B)his trust busting. C)mediating an end to the Russo-Japanese War. D)his efforts
supporting the environment. E)his efforts at consumer protection.
16.Teddy Roosevelt weakened himself politically after his election in 1904 when he A)got into a
quarrel with his popular secretary of war, William Taft. B)refused to do anything in response to
the Roosevelt Panic. C)supported the Federal Reserve Act. D)began to reduce his trust-busting
activity. E)announced that he would not be a candidate for a third term as president.
17.While president, Theodore Roosevelt A)greatly increased the power and prestige of the
presidency. B)showed no skill and little interest in working with Congress. C)was a poor judge
of public opinion. D)was surprisingly unpopular with the public. E)held rigidly to ideological
principles.
18.During his presidency, Teddy Roosevelt did all of the following except A)expand presidential
power. B)shape the progressive movement. C)aid the cause of the environment. D)provide an
international perspective. E)tame capitalism.
19.President Taft's foreign policy was dubbed A)big-stick diplomacy. B)the Open Door policy.
C)the Good Neighbor policy. D)dollar diplomacy. E)sphere-of-influence diplomacy.
20.Teddy Roosevelt decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because A)William Howard Taft
had seemed to discard Roosevelt's policies. B)Taft decided not to run for a second term. C)he
was drafted by the Republican party. D)Senator Robert La Follette encouraged him to do so.
E)the Democratic party was split.

1.B use the government as an agency of human welfare.

Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 43
2.C A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 45
3.E unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government.
Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 49
4.D make the public aware of social problems.
Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 51
5.A middle class. Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 53
6.E more democracy. Origin: Chapter 28Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 55
7.D socialism. Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 56
8.B direct election of senators.
Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 58
9.E female workers required special rules and protection on the job.
Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 61
10.E Square Deal. Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 66
11.A control of labor.
Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 67
12.E threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops.
Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 68
13.E railroad regulation.
Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 70
14.E Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.
Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 74
15.D his efforts supporting the environment.
Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 77
16.E announced that he would not be a candidate for a third term as president.
Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 79
17.A greatly increased the power and prestige of the presidency.
Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 82
18.E tame capitalism.
Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 83
19.D dollar diplomacy.
Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 85
20.A William Howard Taft had seemed to discard Roosevelt's policies.
Origin: Chapter 28- Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901, 87