Chapter 211. Reflections on Grassroots Progressivism, Chapter 21

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Correct. The answer is c. The author’s argument in this section of the chapter is that the progressive movement began at the local level, as women and men worked to solve the problems of urban industrialism in their own cities and grew as these reformers exercised increasing influence in state and national politics.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author’s argument in this section of the chapter is that the progressive movement began at the local level, as women and men worked to solve the problems of urban industrialism in their own cities and grew as these reformers exercised increasing influence in state and national politics.

Correct. The answer is b. To demonstrate that grassroots progressive were spurred to action by the social problems that plagued industrial cities, the author describes the example of Jane Addams’s founding of Hull House in 1893, which was established to serve the needs of Chicago’s poor residents.

Incorrect. The answer is b. To demonstrate that grassroots progressive were spurred to action by the social problems that plagued industrial cities, the author describes the example of Jane Addams’s founding of Hull House in 1893, which was established to serve the needs of Chicago’s poor residents.

Correct. The answer is c. To demonstrate that grassroots progressive reformers’ influence grew beyond the local context, the author demonstrates that they played a major role in the creation of the Women’s Trade Union League, a national organization that brought together women workers and middle-class allies and worked to organize women into unions under the auspices of the American Federation of Labor.

Incorrect. The answer is c. To demonstrate that grassroots progressive reformers’ influence grew beyond the local context, the author demonstrates that they played a major role in the creation of the Women’s Trade Union League, a national organization that brought together women workers and middle-class allies and worked to organize women into unions under the auspices of the American Federation of Labor.

Correct. The answer is a. The author argues that women’s increasing role in progressive reform activities fueled the woman suffrage movement at the turn of the twentieth century. Not only did activist women themselves come to support the need for suffrage, but also they swayed public opinion by suggesting that they could be even more effective as reformers if they could vote.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author argues that women’s increasing role in progressive reform activities fueled the woman suffrage movement at the turn of the twentieth century. Not only did activist women themselves come to support the need for suffrage, but also they swayed public opinion by suggesting that they could be even more effective as reformers if they could vote.

Correct. The answer is d. To demonstrate that grassroots progressives quickly succeeded in influencing federal policy, the author uses the example of the Supreme Court’s decision in Muller v. Oregon, which upheld an Oregon law that limited to ten the number of hours women could work in one day. The court made its decision based on sociological evidence that had been assembled by reformers who had been working at the local level for the protection of women workers.

Incorrect. The answer is d. To demonstrate that grassroots progressives quickly succeeded in influencing federal policy, the author uses the example of the Supreme Court’s decision in Muller v. Oregon, which upheld an Oregon law that limited to ten the number of hours women could work in one day. The court made its decision based on sociological evidence that had been assembled by reformers who had been working at the local level for the protection of women workers.

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