LUOA U.S. History Test 6 Study Guide fully solved 2023 rated A+
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LUOA U.S. History Test 6 Study Guide fully solved 2023 rated A+
Though the People's Party dissolved in the late 1890s, their political philosophies still held influence. Which of the following became the most influential Populist goal in the progressive era? - correct answer Limiting corruption in...
LUOA U.S. History Test 6 Study Guide
fully solved 2023 rated A+
Though the People's Party dissolved in the late 1890s, their political philosophies still held influence.
Which of the following became the most influential Populist goal in the progressive era? - correct answer
Limiting corruption in government
The Sixteenth Amendment authorized Congress to enact which of the following measures? - correct
answer A Federal Income tax
The __________ ______________, a settlement house in Chicago founded by Jane Addams and Ellen
Gates Starr, was one of the most famous of many such institutions, which were devoted to improving
living conditions in major cities. - correct answer Hull House
One of the most extreme democratic reforms in the Progressive Era was the popular election of US
_______________, which was established by a constitutional amendment ratified in 1913. - correct
answer Senators
Investigative journalists who exposed corruption and ill treatment of the working poor were known by
which of the following terms? - correct answer Muckrakers
Which of the following best describes the Social Gospel? - correct answer A religious movement
emphasizing the Church's responsibility to help the poor and marginalized
In 1911, Frederick W. Taylor published The Principles of _________________ Management, which
suggested ways to bring greater efficiency to the specific tasks of individual workers in factories. - correct
answer Scientific
Which of the following events inspired new city and state laws regulating working conditions in
factories? - correct answer The Triangle Shirtwaist fire of 1911
,Which of the following terms refers to the period between 1897 and 1903, when many big businesses
came together either formerly or informally? - correct answer The First Great Merger Wave
Which of the following individuals became the Democratic nominee in the Election of 1904? - correct
answer Alton B. Parker
Historians have called which of the following the first "modern President?" - correct answer Theodore
Roosevelt
How did Roosevelt finally resolve the 1902 Coal Strike? - correct answer He threatened to send Federal
troops to run the private mines in the worker's absence.
Which of the following was caused by the Elkins Act of 1903? - correct answer It made it illegal for
railroads to offer special freight prices to certain customers.
Muckrakers were the most influential Progressive voices in which of the following industries? - correct
answer The Food and Drug Industries
In 1916, the Federal government created the National ____________ Service to maintain and preserve
large areas of land throughout the United States. - correct answer Park
Which of the following gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to set maximum freight
rates, a reform long wished for among western farmers? - correct answer The Hepburn Act 1906
William Howard Taft became the first President to also hold which of the following positions in the
Federal government? - correct answer Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Which of the following describes the main division between the Republican and Democrat Party
platforms in the Election of 1908? - correct answer The Democrats wanted a lower tariff.
Taft infuriated Roosevelt and Republican Progressives when he fired which of the following individuals,
who was serving as head of the US Division of Forestry? - correct answer Gifford Pinchot
, Which of the following best describes William Howard Taft's career before he entered politics? - correct
answer Lawyer
Which of the following best describes the political failings of Taft? [Please choose all that apply.] - correct
answer -He was unable to mediate between opposing sides in Congress.
-He was unable to influence others without offending them.
-He fell under the control of Conservative Republicans
William Howard Taft became the first Governor-General of the _______________ in 1900 and later
became Secretary of War under Roosevelt. - correct answer Philippines
Which of the following best describes the reason why Taft won the Republican nomination over
Roosevelt in 1912? - correct answer Taft had more support of mainline Republicans who controlled state
conventions.
Which of the following did Wilson call his Progressive party platform in the Election of 1912? - correct
answer New Freedom
Which of the following issues marked Wilson's first major piece of legislation after he became President?
- correct answer Tariff Reform
Which of the following best describes the main provision of the Nineteenth Amendment? - correct
answer It guaranteed women's right to vote
Which of the following factors did Margaret Sanger believe to be the main cause of poverty? - correct
answer A lack of family planning
The Federal _____________ Act of 1913 established a central banking system in the United States for
the first time since the 1830s. - correct answer Reserve
For which of the following reasons was the Election of 1912 particularly significant? [Choose all that
apply.] - correct answer All of them
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