Chapter 5 Quiz

A  Pursuing antitrust cases

B  Abolishing Jim Crow practices in federal offices

C  Selling millions of acres of public lands

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

E  Accomplishing all of the above

A  Ability of organized citizen groups to influence policy and government

B  Ultimate powerlessness of the average citizen

C  Success of third parties in electing presidents

D  Strong influence of agriculture in the American economy

E  Importance of centralized leadership in challenging the political status quo

A  Weak presidential power

B  All of these

C  Political graft

D  High voter turnouts

E  Republican domination of the US Senate

A  give federal government control of corporations

B  eliminate unfair business practices

C  increase the power of local governments

D  reduce the power of the unions

E  reduce imports from foreign nations

A  Alice Paul and the National Woman’s Party

B  Mary Elizabeth Lease and Populism

C  Jane Addams and the settlement house movement

D  Francis Willard and woman suffrage

E  Ida Tarbell and muckraking journalism

A  Mechanization

B  Weather conditions

C  Distance from markets

D  Lack of availability of land for farming

E  Overproduction

A  Reliance on expert knowledge as an element of good governance

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  The city-manager style of local government

A  William Howard Taft

B  William McKinley

C  James Garfield

D  Benjamin Harrison

E  Grover Cleveland

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

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

C  Labor unions should have government support.

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

E  The government should intervene and eliminate unfair business practices.

A  Enhanced the regulatory powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission

B  Enforced federal powers to regulate big business

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

D  Accomplished all of these

E  Promoted conservation of natural resources

A  making labor unions stronger

B  strengthening the gold standard

C  all of these

D  demanding that railroads lower their rates

E  lowering the rate of inflation

A  Age and gender qualifications

B  Political connections

C  The merits of the applicant

D  Educational achievements

E  The lottery system

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

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

C  Their main support came from the growing middle class.

D  They successfully addressed the growing diversity of America.

E  They consisted of disgruntled Americans with a radical agenda.

A  Strong labor unions

B  Unlimited coinage of silver

C  Restrictions on alien land ownership

D  Graduated income tax

E  Government ownership of railroads