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  Ability of organized citizen groups to influence policy and government

B  Importance of centralized leadership in challenging the political status quo

C  Success of third parties in electing presidents

D  Ultimate powerlessness of the average citizen

E  Strong influence of agriculture in the American economy

A  Weak presidential power

B  High voter turnouts

C  All of these

D  Republican domination of the US Senate

E  Political graft

A  reduce imports from foreign nations

B  reduce the power of the unions

C  increase the power of local governments

D  give federal government control of corporations

E  eliminate unfair business practices

A  Jane Addams and the settlement house movement

B  Francis Willard and woman suffrage

C  Ida Tarbell and muckraking journalism

D  Mary Elizabeth Lease and Populism

E  Alice Paul and the National Woman’s Party

A  Weather conditions

B  Mechanization

C  Distance from markets

D  Overproduction

E  Lack of availability of land for farming

A  The state set as a center of progressive reform

B  The city-manager style of local government

C  Robert LaFollette’s successful reforms as governor of Wisconsin

D  Reliance on expert knowledge as an element of good governance

E  The state’s role in woman suffrage

A  Benjamin Harrison

B  James Garfield

C  Grover Cleveland

D  William Howard Taft

E  William McKinley

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  The government should intervene and eliminate unfair business practices.

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

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

B  Promoted conservation of natural resources

C  Enhanced the regulatory powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission

D  Accomplished all of these

E  Enforced federal powers to regulate big business

A  all of these

B  strengthening the gold standard

C  demanding that railroads lower their rates

D  lowering the rate of inflation

E  making labor unions stronger

A  The lottery system

B  Political connections

C  Age and gender qualifications

D  The merits of the applicant

E  Educational achievements

A  Gold discoveries in California and Nevada.

B  Popularity of art with gilded frames

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

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

E  Corruption, greed and the surface appearance of wealth.

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

B  They consisted of disgruntled Americans with a radical agenda.

C  They successfully addressed the growing diversity of America.

D  Their main support came from the growing middle class.

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

A  Government ownership of railroads

B  Restrictions on alien land ownership

C  Strong labor unions

D  Graduated income tax

E  Unlimited coinage of silver