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Chapter 19 Summative Quiz

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1. The belief that the truth had to be discovered through experience was known as

populism.

progressivism.

prohibitionism.

pragmatism.

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2. Progressive activists in the early twentieth century were most likely to come from which demographic group?

Wealthy industrialists

Middle-class professionals

Urban working class

Rural poor

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3. The Supreme Court decision in Muller v. Oregon (1908) guaranteed

a ten-hour workday for women.

an end to child labor.

a minimum wage for women workers.

a pension for widows.

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4. In what year were American women granted the vote?

1900

1912

1916

1920

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5. The Muller v. Oregon (1908) decision reflected the belief that

men and women were essentially different.

women faced discrimination in the workplace.

the workday should be no more than eight hours.

child labor was acceptable under certain circumstances.

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6. W. E. B. Du Bois differed from Booker T. Washington in his demand that African Americans have access to

manual arts training.

liberal arts education.

white philanthropy.

economic development.

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7. The composition of the founding membership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) indicated that the group would be committed to

ending segregation.

accepting segregation.

promoting African American self-sufficiency.

Booker T. Washington–style accommodationism.

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8. To change behaviors they considered threatening or unsavory, moral reformers relied on

public education campaigns.

criminalization of once acceptable activities.

social welfare programs.

medical treatment and rehabilitation.

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9. Progressive reformers attempted to control the behavior of young unmarried women by

criminalizing their visits to dancehalls and saloons.

encouraging them to take patent medicines.

denying them the opportunity to attend school.

getting them involved in the suffrage movement.

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10. The shift from district elections to citywide at-large elections reflected

middle-class reformers’ distrust of poor and immigrant voters.

progressives’ desire to build cross-class coalitions.

widespread approval of the city manager model of urban governance.

reform efforts to decrease campaign spending.

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11. In 1906, Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle motivated Americans to

lobby for better conditions for workers in the meatpacking industry.

convert to vegetarianism in large numbers.

demand that the government inspect meat before it was sold to consumers.

sell their tainted meat to Europe.

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12. Which of the following was made possible by the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

African American suffrage

Woman’s suffrage

Federal income tax

Prohibition