6 February 2012, 2:33 pm
19. What are Upton Sinclair and Lincoln Steffens known for doing? (Points : 3) forming alliances that helped farmers with their credit problems serving as mayors of Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia founding progressive organizations in the late 1800s exposing corruption in business or government 20. Who investigated and reported John D. Rockefeller's corrupt business practices at Standard Oil? (Points : 3) Evangeline Booth Florence Kelley Ida M. Tarbell May Anderson 21. Which midwestern governor served as a progressive model for other governors by implementing the "Wisconsin Way?" (Points : 3) Robert LaFollette Tommy Thompson Julius Heill Albert G. Porter 22. Which was one reform of the Progressive movement? (Points : 3) elimination of recall elections conservation zones within cities election of mayors instead of hiring city managers direct election of U.S. senators 23. Which proposal would Theodore Roosevelt and his "New Nationalism" oppose? (Points : 3) inheritance and income taxes conservation and national parks less restriction on corporations workers' compensation laws 24. Which was part of Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom" agenda? (Points : 3) the elimination of monopolies the formation of the United Nations the reduction of farm subsidies the implementation of the Food and Drug Act 25. What was Theodore Roosevelt's political party affiliation? (Points : 3) Free Soil Democrat Republican and Progressive Progressive and Whig 26. What was a major reason for the cycle of debt and poverty most sharecroppers experienced despite their hard work? (Points : 3) Sharecroppers had to buy everything from the landowners who charged exorbitant prices. Landowners never made enough money to cover the costs of a sharecropping operation. There was not enough land available for the number of people who wanted to be sharecroppers. Sharecroppers and landowners lacked the equipment and fertilizer to make a profit. 27. Which was not something that promoted segregation and limited the rights of blacks? (Points : 3) crop liens Jim Crow laws poll taxes literacy tests 28. What was significant about the 1896 Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson? (Points : 3) It outlawed segregation since facilities for blacks were not really equal if separate. It determined that blacks could vote as long as they had registered in advance. It approved segregation as long as blacks had "separate but equal" facilities. It determined that a majority vote could exclude blacks from exercising their civil rights. 29. What was one of Booker T. Washington's important achievements? (Points : 3) becoming the first black congressman founding the NAACP founding the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute becoming the first black president of the University of Alabama 30. Which was not an achievement of W.E.B. Du Bois? (Points : 3) first African American to earn a Harvard Ph.D. along with others, helped form the NAACP helped launch the Niagara Movement to end segregation first African American to appear before the Supreme Court 31. Who founded the United Negro Improvement Association that stressed the need for black-owned businesses? (Points : 3) Paul Lawrence Dunbar Marcus Garvey Robert Johnson Tony Brown 32. Which was a philosophy of early women suffrage leaders Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony? (Points : 3) include men in their organization and have them advocate for women's suffrage bar men from membership in their organization and gain immediate women's suffrage gain voting rights at the state level first and then move on to federal rights agree to limit women's employment opportunities in exchange for suffrage 33. What strategy did Carrie Chapman Catt employ to promote women's suffrage? (Points : 3) an emphasis on achieving suffrage in her home state of Iowa first a national demonstration of strength on the Fourth of July a flexible state-by-state strategy a letter writing campaign to every member of Congress from every state... Read More »
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