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  Ultimate powerlessness of the average citizen

B  Ability of organized citizen groups to influence policy and government

C  Success of third parties in electing presidents

D  Importance of centralized leadership in challenging the political status quo

E  Strong influence of agriculture in the American economy

A  High voter turnouts

B  Republican domination of the US Senate

C  All of these

D  Political graft

E  Weak presidential power

A  give federal government control of corporations

B  eliminate unfair business practices

C  reduce imports from foreign nations

D  increase the power of local governments

E  reduce the power of the unions

A  Francis Willard and woman suffrage

B  Ida Tarbell and muckraking journalism

C  Mary Elizabeth Lease and Populism

D  Alice Paul and the National Woman’s Party

E  Jane Addams and the settlement house movement

A  Distance from markets

B  Mechanization

C  Overproduction

D  Weather conditions

E  Lack of availability of land for farming

A  Reliance on expert knowledge as an element of good governance

B  The state’s role in woman suffrage

C  The city-manager style of local government

D  The state set as a center of progressive reform

E  Robert LaFollette’s successful reforms as governor of Wisconsin

A  William Howard Taft

B  James Garfield

C  Grover Cleveland

D  Benjamin Harrison

E  William McKinley

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

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

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  Accomplished all of these

B  Enhanced the regulatory powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission

C  Promoted conservation of natural resources

D  Enforced federal powers to regulate big business

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

A  all of these

B  demanding that railroads lower their rates

C  making labor unions stronger

D  lowering the rate of inflation

E  strengthening the gold standard

A  The lottery system

B  Age and gender qualifications

C  The merits of the applicant

D  Educational achievements

E  Political connections

A  Popularity of art with gilded frames

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

C  Gold discoveries in California and Nevada.

D  Corruption, greed and the surface appearance of wealth.

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

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 exemplify the success of third parties in presidential politics.

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

A  Graduated income tax

B  Government ownership of railroads

C  Unlimited coinage of silver

D  Strong labor unions

E  Restrictions on alien land ownership