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CFA-MC 25: The Progressive Movement
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A primary goal of the Progressive Movement in the
United States in the early 20th century was to
(1) correct political and economic injustices resulting
from industrialization
(2) maintain the traditional laissez-faire attitude
toward business
(3) encourage big business to become more efficient
through mergers and monopolies
(4) solve the racial tensions that existed in northern
industrial cities
The muckrakers provided a service to the public in the
early 20th century by
(1) advocating a strong military
(2) exposing abuses in business and government
(3) calling for a stronger use of executive power to
strengthen civil rights laws
(4) arousing states to resist federal authority
One effect of monopolies on the United States
economy is that they have tended to
(1) reduce business competition
(2) keep prices low
(3) give consumers a greater choice in purchasing
goods and services
(4) lead to a greater variety in the price for a
particular product or service
The Federal Reserve System was established in 1913
to
(1) develop Federal tax policy
(2) help protect the environment
(3) reduce international trade imbalances
(4) regulate the banking system
Jane Addams, Lillian Wald, and Jacob Riis are best
known as
(1) social reformers
(3) inventors
(2) leaders of industry
(4) congressional leaders
Trustbusting, the suffragettes, and the Pure Food and
Drug Act are associated with the
(1) New Deal
(2) Progressive Era
(3) return to “normalcy”
(4) Great Society
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The graduated income tax was favored by Progressive
reformers because it
(1) fell equally on all persons
(2) was based on the ability to pay
(3) made possible a balanced budget
(4) provided equal benefits for all persons
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Which helped to bring about the enactment of Federal
meat inspection laws in the Progressive Era?
(1) a decline in farm exports
(2) economic demands of the cattlemen
(3) writings of the muckrakers
(4) the unhealthy condition of newly arrived
immigrants
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During the Progressive Era, the muckrakers were most
effective in reaching the public through their
(1) novels and articles in the popular press
(2) leadership roles in powerful corporations
(3) congressional proposals
(4) participation in political campaigns
10 A goal of the Populists and the Progressives was to
(1) repeal Jim Crow laws and achieve racial equality
(2) guarantee labor's right to collective bargaining
(3) reduce the power of big business over the
economy
(4) achieve withdrawal of Federal troops from the
former Confederate States
11 During the late 1800s, a major purpose of pools,
trusts, and holding companies in United States
business practices was to
(1) reduce competition
(2) promote socialist policies
(3) share management skills
(4) lower corporate income taxes
12 The major purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act of
1890 was to
(1) reduce the role of the courts in labor disputes
(2) declare unions illegal
(3) restrict the growth of monopolies
(4) introduce civil service reforms
CFA-MC 25: The Progressive Movement
13 The best evidence that third or minor political parties
have had a significant influence on United States
history is that frequently
(1) minor political parties have succeeded in
dominating most state governments even though
they could not control the Federal Government
(2) the membership of Congress has been so divided
among several political parties that Congress
could take no effective action
(3) many of the proposals of minor parties have been
passed into law
(4) a minor party has replaced one of the two major
parties
14 Progressives favored the direct election of Senators
because the Progressives wanted
(1) political machines to become more powerful
(2) state legislatures to become stronger
(3) political corruption to lessen
(4) the power of Congress to increase
15 In United States history, third political parties have
had the greatest influence on the nation when
(1) they controlled the committees of Congress
(2) they won control of state governments
(3) the major parties adopted their ideas
(4) several such parties formed coalitions to win
national elections
16 The main reason competing corporations often
combine resources is to
(1) create a monopoly over the production and
distribution of goods
(2) avoid unreasonable restraint of trade
(3) reduce the price of goods to benefit consumers
(4) increase personal contacts with employees
17 Consumer protection, women's suffrage, and the
secret ballot are all reforms associated with the
(1) Reconstruction Era
(2) Progressive Movement
(3) New Deal
(4) civil rights movement after World War II
18 Cartoons by Thomas Nast were to urban political
machines as The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was to
(1) railroad monopolies
(2) the meatpacking industry
(3) lumber and logging companies
(4) public utilities
19 With which statement would the muckrakers most
likely have agreed?
(1) Government has a responsibility to protect
corporations from foreign competition.
(2) The results of governmental decision making are
more important than how those results were
achieved.
(3) The media has no business prying into the private
life of a Presidential candidate.
(4) Honesty and ethics in government must be
demanded by the people.
20 Which situation resulted from the laissez-faire
economic policies followed by the Federal
Government between the Civil War and 1900?
(1) Government regulation of prices in the oil and
steel industries benefited consumers.
(2) Employers used their financial gains to improve
wages and working conditions for their
employees.
(3) Trusts and monopolies were created by
entrepreneurs to maintain control of the market.
(4) Lower tariffs stimulated foreign trade and
promoted the sale of United States goods abroad.
21 Jacob Riis' photographs and the Settlement House
movement led by Jane Addams drew attention to the
needs of the
(1) freedmen immediately after the Civil War
(2) farmers in the 1880s and 1890s
(3) urban poor in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries
(4) Japanese and Chinese laborers in the late 1800s
22 Antitrust laws attempted to protect the public against
the activities of big business by
(1) maintaining competition
(2) encouraging government ownership of business
(3) establishing government regulation of wages and
hours
(4) confining business activities to a single state
23 During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the
passage of antitrust legislation and the establishment
of the Federal Trade Commission reflected the United
States desire to
(1) eliminate unfair practices in business
(2) help big business to become more efficient
(3) encourage increased production of goods
(4) stimulate the growth of modern transportation
CFA-MC 25: The Progressive Movement
24 Many of the reforms of the Populist and Progressive
parties were not adopted until after these parties
ceased to exist. Which is the best explanation for this
fact?
(1) The reform ideas were not well thought out or
well organized.
(2) These parties were minority parties and did not
reflect the views of the majority at the time.
(3) Government could not provide the money
necessary to fund these reforms.
(4) Business and industry took strong measures to
improve their practices without government
regulation.
25 In the early 1900s, a common belief held by most
Progressives was that
(1) deficit spending was essential to raise capital
needed for reforms
(2) Federal ownership of industry was necessary to
correct society's problems
(3) a return to weak central government would
encourage business leaders to eliminate abuses
(4) legislation could help solve social and economic
problems
26 The passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the
Meat Inspection Act was the result of the
(1) application of laissez-faire economic policies
(2) efforts made by the Progressive Movement
(3) attempts by industrialists to self-police their
companies
(4) requirements of constitutional amendments
27 The Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) and the Clayton
Antitrust Act (1914) were similar in that both were
designed to
(1) regulate child labor
(2) limit the power of big business
(3) set safety standards in industry
(4) restrict the employment of unskilled immigrants
28 The United States Government economic policy
shifted away from laissez faire in the early 1900's. The
main reason for this shift was the desire to
(1) increase government ownership of major
industries
(2) make the United States more competitive with
foreign countries
(3) coordinate the economy for a war effort
(4) reduce the abuses of big business
CFA-MC 25: The Progressive Movement