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The Women's Christian Temperance Union


A) was,at one time,the largest women's organization in American history.
B) called for an end to saloons,not for a full prohibition on alcoholic beverages.
C) was later replaced by the Anti-Saloon League.
D) was headed by a male president.
E) was founded during the progressive era.

F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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By the fall of 1914,President Woodrow Wilson


A) decided to expand his progressive reform efforts.
B) concluded he could not achieve meaningful reform of the economy.
C) believed his reform program had largely been accomplished.
D) had succeeded in breaking up most business trusts.
E) had created the mechanisms for a vigorous legal pursuit of monopoly.

F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

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Between 1890 and 1920,what were the differences between a progressive and a radical reformer?

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The major reform of the American banking system passed by Wilson was the ________.

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In what ways was Theodore Roosevelt a progressive reformer,consistent with the progressivism of his time?

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The Supreme Court,in two rulings related to the 1916 Keating-Owen Act,


A) demonstrated its support for President Wilson's political agenda.
B) validated an expansion of congressional authority.
C) struck down reform legislation.
D) displayed support for using federal authority to create social change.
E) illustrated how quickly Justice Louis Brandeis had changed the Court.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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World War I hurt the socialist movement in the United States


A) because the war generated anti-radical feelings in the country.
B) because the Socialist Party supported Germany.
C) because the Socialist Party had dynamited key railroad lines to prevent troop movement.
D) both because the war generated anti-radical feelings in the country,and because the Socialist Party supported Germany.
E) All these answers are correct.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

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The 1916 Keating-Owen Act was the first federal law regulating


A) child labor.
B) industrial safety.
C) tenant agriculture.
D) the garment industry.
E) information about contraceptives.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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The recall and direct primary were progressive era political reforms designed to weaken


A) the federal government.
B) political parties.
C) state governors.
D) state legislatures.
E) the courts.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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The "new woman" was less likely to marry and more likely to divorce.

A) True
B) False

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