Chapter 5 Quiz

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

B  Abolishing Jim Crow practices in federal offices

C  Pursuing antitrust cases

D  Selling millions of acres of public lands

E  Accomplishing all of the above

A  Strong influence of agriculture in the American economy

B  Ultimate powerlessness of the average citizen

C  Ability of organized citizen groups to influence policy and government

D  Success of third parties in electing presidents

E  Importance of centralized leadership in challenging the political status quo

A  Republican domination of the US Senate

B  Political graft

C  High voter turnouts

D  All of these

E  Weak presidential power

A  increase the power of local governments

B  eliminate unfair business practices

C  reduce the power of the unions

D  reduce imports from foreign nations

E  give federal government control of corporations

A  Alice Paul and the National Woman’s Party

B  Jane Addams and the settlement house movement

C  Francis Willard and woman suffrage

D  Mary Elizabeth Lease and Populism

E  Ida Tarbell and muckraking journalism

A  Mechanization

B  Weather conditions

C  Overproduction

D  Lack of availability of land for farming

E  Distance from markets

A  The state set as a center of progressive reform

B  Robert LaFollette’s successful reforms as governor of Wisconsin

C  Reliance on expert knowledge as an element of good governance

D  The state’s role in woman suffrage

E  The city-manager style of local government

A  Grover Cleveland

B  James Garfield

C  William McKinley

D  William Howard Taft

E  Benjamin Harrison

A  Labor unions should have government support.

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

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

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

E  The government should intervene and eliminate unfair business practices.

A  Enforced federal powers to regulate big business

B  Enhanced the regulatory powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission

C  Promoted conservation of natural resources

D  Accomplished all of these

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

A  lowering the rate of inflation

B  strengthening the gold standard

C  making labor unions stronger

D  demanding that railroads lower their rates

E  all of these

A  Political connections

B  Age and gender qualifications

C  The lottery system

D  The merits of the applicant

E  Educational achievements

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

B  Popularity of art with gilded frames

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

D  Corruption, greed and the surface appearance of wealth.

E  Gold discoveries in California and Nevada.

A  Their main support came from the growing middle class.

B  They successfully addressed the growing diversity of America.

C  They consisted of disgruntled Americans with a radical agenda.

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

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

A  Strong labor unions

B  Restrictions on alien land ownership

C  Government ownership of railroads

D  Unlimited coinage of silver

E  Graduated income tax