Chapter 5 Quiz

A  Abolishing Jim Crow practices in federal offices

B  Pursuing antitrust cases

C  Providing significant support to labor in their disputes with big business

D  Selling millions of acres of public lands

E  Accomplishing all of the above

A  Success of third parties in electing presidents

B  Strong influence of agriculture in the American economy

C  Ultimate powerlessness of the average citizen

D  Importance of centralized leadership in challenging the political status quo

E  Ability of organized citizen groups to influence policy and government

A  Republican domination of the US Senate

B  High voter turnouts

C  All of these

D  Political graft

E  Weak presidential power

A  reduce imports from foreign nations

B  give federal government control of corporations

C  eliminate unfair business practices

D  increase the power of local governments

E  reduce the power of the unions

A  Jane Addams and the settlement house movement

B  Mary Elizabeth Lease and Populism

C  Francis Willard and woman suffrage

D  Ida Tarbell and muckraking journalism

E  Alice Paul and the National Woman’s Party

A  Overproduction

B  Lack of availability of land for farming

C  Mechanization

D  Distance from markets

E  Weather conditions

A  The city-manager style of local government

B  The state’s role in woman suffrage

C  Robert LaFollette’s successful reforms as governor of Wisconsin

D  The state set as a center of progressive reform

E  Reliance on expert knowledge as an element of good governance

A  William Howard Taft

B  Benjamin Harrison

C  Grover Cleveland

D  William McKinley

E  James Garfield

A  Labor unions should have government support.

B  The government should own and run all businesses that operate within the 50 states.

C  The government should intervene and eliminate unfair business practices.

D  All agriculture should be monitored and protected by the government.

E  Businesses need to be allowed to operate in response to consumer demands.

A  Promoted conservation of natural resources

B  Sought to balance competing interests to provide everyone a “square deal”

C  Accomplished all of these

D  Enforced federal powers to regulate big business

E  Enhanced the regulatory powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission

A  strengthening the gold standard

B  making labor unions stronger

C  all of these

D  lowering the rate of inflation

E  demanding that railroads lower their rates

A  Political connections

B  Age and gender qualifications

C  Educational achievements

D  The lottery system

E  The merits of the applicant

A  Popularity of art with gilded frames

B  Corruption, greed and the surface appearance of wealth.

C  Improvements in the average American’s standard of living.

D  Use of gold to back America’s money supply.

E  Gold discoveries in California and Nevada.

A  They exemplify the success of third parties in presidential politics.

B  They consisted of disgruntled Americans with a radical agenda.

C  They successfully addressed the growing diversity of America.

D  Their main support came from the growing middle class.

E  They grew out of dissatisfaction with the inability of government to effectively deal with changing conditions in the nation

A  Strong labor unions

B  Graduated income tax

C  Government ownership of railroads

D  Unlimited coinage of silver

E  Restrictions on alien land ownership