Chapter 5 Quiz

A  Selling millions of acres of public lands

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

C  Pursuing antitrust cases

D  Abolishing Jim Crow practices in federal offices

E  Accomplishing all of the above

A  Success of third parties in electing presidents

B  Ultimate powerlessness of the average citizen

C  Importance of centralized leadership in challenging the political status quo

D  Strong influence of agriculture in the American economy

E  Ability of organized citizen groups to influence policy and government

A  Political graft

B  Republican domination of the US Senate

C  All of these

D  High voter turnouts

E  Weak presidential power

A  reduce imports from foreign nations

B  eliminate unfair business practices

C  increase the power of local governments

D  reduce the power of the unions

E  give federal government control of corporations

A  Francis Willard and woman suffrage

B  Jane Addams and the settlement house movement

C  Ida Tarbell and muckraking journalism

D  Mary Elizabeth Lease and Populism

E  Alice Paul and the National Woman’s Party

A  Lack of availability of land for farming

B  Weather conditions

C  Overproduction

D  Mechanization

E  Distance from markets

A  Robert LaFollette’s successful reforms as governor of Wisconsin

B  The state’s role in woman suffrage

C  The state set as a center of progressive reform

D  Reliance on expert knowledge as an element of good governance

E  The city-manager style of local government

A  William McKinley

B  William Howard Taft

C  James Garfield

D  Benjamin Harrison

E  Grover Cleveland

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

B  The government should intervene and eliminate unfair business practices.

C  Labor unions should have government support.

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

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

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

B  Enhanced the regulatory powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission

C  Promoted conservation of natural resources

D  Accomplished all of these

E  Enforced federal powers to regulate big business

A  making labor unions stronger

B  lowering the rate of inflation

C  demanding that railroads lower their rates

D  strengthening the gold standard

E  all of these

A  Educational achievements

B  Political connections

C  The lottery system

D  The merits of the applicant

E  Age and gender qualifications

A  Popularity of art with gilded frames

B  Gold discoveries in California and Nevada.

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

D  Corruption, greed and the surface appearance of wealth.

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

A  They successfully addressed the growing diversity of America.

B  They consisted of disgruntled Americans with a radical agenda.

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

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

E  Their main support came from the growing middle class.

A  Government ownership of railroads

B  Graduated income tax

C  Strong labor unions

D  Unlimited coinage of silver

E  Restrictions on alien land ownership