Chapter 5 Quiz

A  Abolishing Jim Crow practices in federal offices

B  Selling millions of acres of public lands

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

D  Pursuing antitrust cases

E  Accomplishing all of the above

A  Success of third parties in electing presidents

B  Ultimate powerlessness of the average citizen

C  Strong influence of agriculture in the American economy

D  Importance of centralized leadership in challenging the political status quo

E  Ability of organized citizen groups to influence policy and government

A  Weak presidential power

B  All of these

C  Political graft

D  Republican domination of the US Senate

E  High voter turnouts

A  give federal government control of corporations

B  eliminate unfair business practices

C  reduce the power of the unions

D  increase the power of local governments

E  reduce imports from foreign nations

A  Ida Tarbell and muckraking journalism

B  Jane Addams and the settlement house movement

C  Alice Paul and the National Woman’s Party

D  Mary Elizabeth Lease and Populism

E  Francis Willard and woman suffrage

A  Distance from markets

B  Weather conditions

C  Lack of availability of land for farming

D  Overproduction

E  Mechanization

A  Robert LaFollette’s successful reforms as governor of Wisconsin

B  The city-manager style of local government

C  The state’s role in woman suffrage

D  Reliance on expert knowledge as an element of good governance

E  The state set as a center of progressive reform

A  Grover Cleveland

B  William Howard Taft

C  James Garfield

D  William McKinley

E  Benjamin Harrison

A  The government should intervene and eliminate unfair business practices.

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

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

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

E  Labor unions should have government support.

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

B  Accomplished all of these

C  Enforced federal powers to regulate big business

D  Enhanced the regulatory powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission

E  Promoted conservation of natural resources

A  demanding that railroads lower their rates

B  lowering the rate of inflation

C  making labor unions stronger

D  strengthening the gold standard

E  all of these

A  Age and gender qualifications

B  The lottery system

C  The merits of the applicant

D  Political connections

E  Educational achievements

A  Corruption, greed and the surface appearance of wealth.

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

C  Gold discoveries in California and Nevada.

D  Popularity of art with gilded frames

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

A  They consisted of disgruntled Americans with a radical agenda.

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

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

D  Their main support came from the growing middle class.

E  They successfully addressed the growing diversity of America.

A  Government ownership of railroads

B  Graduated income tax

C  Restrictions on alien land ownership

D  Strong labor unions

E  Unlimited coinage of silver