Chapter 5 Quiz

A  Abolishing Jim Crow practices in federal offices

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

C  Selling millions of acres of public lands

D  Pursuing antitrust cases

E  Accomplishing all of the above

A  Ultimate powerlessness of the average citizen

B  Importance of centralized leadership in challenging the political status quo

C  Strong influence of agriculture in the American economy

D  Ability of organized citizen groups to influence policy and government

E  Success of third parties in electing presidents

A  Republican domination of the US Senate

B  Political graft

C  Weak presidential power

D  High voter turnouts

E  All of these

A  increase the power of local governments

B  eliminate unfair business practices

C  give federal government control of corporations

D  reduce the power of the unions

E  reduce imports from foreign nations

A  Mary Elizabeth Lease and Populism

B  Ida Tarbell and muckraking journalism

C  Jane Addams and the settlement house movement

D  Francis Willard and woman suffrage

E  Alice Paul and the National Woman’s Party

A  Lack of availability of land for farming

B  Overproduction

C  Distance from markets

D  Weather conditions

E  Mechanization

A  The state set as a center of progressive reform

B  The state’s role in woman suffrage

C  Robert LaFollette’s successful reforms as governor of Wisconsin

D  The city-manager style of local government

E  Reliance on expert knowledge as an element of good governance

A  Grover Cleveland

B  James Garfield

C  William McKinley

D  William Howard Taft

E  Benjamin Harrison

A  The government should intervene and eliminate unfair business practices.

B  Labor unions should have government support.

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

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

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

A  Promoted conservation of natural resources

B  Accomplished all of these

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

D  Enforced federal powers to regulate big business

E  Enhanced the regulatory powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission

A  strengthening the gold standard

B  all of these

C  lowering the rate of inflation

D  demanding that railroads lower their rates

E  making labor unions stronger

A  Age and gender qualifications

B  Educational achievements

C  The merits of the applicant

D  Political connections

E  The lottery system

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

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

C  Corruption, greed and the surface appearance of wealth.

D  Gold discoveries in California and Nevada.

E  Popularity of art with gilded frames

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

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

C  They consisted of disgruntled Americans with a radical agenda.

D  Their main support came from the growing middle class.

E  They successfully addressed the growing diversity of America.

A  Graduated income tax

B  Strong labor unions

C  Restrictions on alien land ownership

D  Government ownership of railroads

E  Unlimited coinage of silver