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Quiz for Document 19–4: Walter Wyckoff, Among the Revolutionaries, 1898

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Why did the socialist orators who Wyckoff listened to criticize ministers as sycophantic parasites?

They believed American Protestant churches demanded an excessively high tithing from their parishioners.

They believed American clergy were deeply corrupted by their involvement in corporate finance.

They believed the goal of ministers was to prevent the spread of enlightenment among working people.

They believed that American Protestant churches were beginning to seek guidance and assistance from the Roman Catholic Church.

2. How did the workers that Wyckoff met expect revolution to occur?

They believed that Americans’ social consciousness would change over time.

They thought violent overthrow of the state was necessary.

They felt international conflict would expose the weakness of the United States.

They thought massive strikes would awaken workers’ consciousness.

3. What major disagreement existed between the socialists and anarchists that Wyckoff met?

Whether they should participate in a violent revolution

Whether they should form an alliance with bourgeois society

Whether government should have a major role in society

Whether they should be involved in electoral politics