Chapter 5 Quiz

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

B  Abolishing Jim Crow practices in federal offices

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  Strong influence of agriculture in the American economy

C  Ability of organized citizen groups to influence policy and government

D  Importance of centralized leadership in challenging the political status quo

E  Success of third parties in electing presidents

A  Republican domination of the US Senate

B  All of these

C  High voter turnouts

D  Political graft

E  Weak presidential power

A  reduce the power of the unions

B  give federal government control of corporations

C  increase the power of local governments

D  reduce imports from foreign nations

E  eliminate unfair business practices

A  Ida Tarbell and muckraking journalism

B  Jane Addams and the settlement house movement

C  Mary Elizabeth Lease and Populism

D  Alice Paul and the National Woman’s Party

E  Francis Willard and woman suffrage

A  Lack of availability of land for farming

B  Distance from markets

C  Overproduction

D  Mechanization

E  Weather conditions

A  The city-manager style of local government

B  The state set as a center of progressive reform

C  The state’s role in woman suffrage

D  Robert LaFollette’s successful reforms as governor of Wisconsin

E  Reliance on expert knowledge as an element of good governance

A  James Garfield

B  William McKinley

C  William Howard Taft

D  Benjamin Harrison

E  Grover Cleveland

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

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

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

D  Labor unions should have government support.

E  The government should intervene and eliminate unfair business practices.

A  Accomplished all of these

B  Enhanced the regulatory powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission

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

D  Enforced federal powers to regulate big business

E  Promoted conservation of natural resources

A  making labor unions stronger

B  all of these

C  demanding that railroads lower their rates

D  lowering the rate of inflation

E  strengthening the gold standard

A  Educational achievements

B  Age and gender qualifications

C  Political connections

D  The lottery system

E  The merits of the applicant

A  Gold discoveries in California and Nevada.

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

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

D  Popularity of art with gilded frames

E  Corruption, greed and the surface appearance of wealth.

A  Their main support came from the growing middle class.

B  They consisted of disgruntled Americans with a radical agenda.

C  They successfully addressed the growing diversity of America.

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

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  Unlimited coinage of silver

C  Restrictions on alien land ownership

D  Government ownership of railroads

E  Graduated income tax