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Which of the following best explains which Progressive reforms were most successful?

A
The financial reforms were most successful because they removed the high tariffs imposed on imports in the 1800s.
B
The financial reforms were most successful because they established lasting methods to protect free enterprise.
C
The labor reforms were most successful because they established lasting protections for all working Americans.
D
The labor reforms were most successful because they supported the rights of workers to organize in unions.
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How did the role of women during World War I affect the suffragist movement?

A
Many women refused to contribute to the war effort unless they were given the right to vote.
B
Women served as nurses and ambulance drivers during the war, convincing people to support their right to vote.
C
Women did not fight in the war, which turned the public against the suffragist movement.
D
Women took factory jobs in the US during the war, but their work did not impact the suffragist movement.
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An important environmental debate in the United States in 1900 was

A
whether to use wilderness resources.
B
whether to ban factories in cities.
C
whether to drill for oil offshore.
D
whether to use coal.
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Which of the following did Emma Hart Willard accomplish in 1826?

A
She persuaded Oberlin College to admit women.
B
She persuaded the courts to legalize contraception.
C
She organized the Seneca Falls Convention.
D
She founded the first all-girls high school in the US.
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Why did Taft’s opponent in the 1908 presidential race claim that Taft was running two campaigns?

A
Taft campaigned as a progressive Republican in the West and a conservative Republican in the East.
B
Taft planned to continue Roosevelt’s policies and introduce some of Bryant’s policies as president.
C
Taft campaigned as a Republican in some states and as a Democrat in others.
D
Taft encouraged progressive Republicans to join the Democratic Party.
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For which of the following was Homer Plessy arrested?

A
sitting in a "whites only" rail car
B
sitting in a "whites only" movie theater
C
appealing a court decision about segregation
D
attempting to vote in an election
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What was a result of the Progressive Party’s focus on protecting consumers?

A
the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
B
the passage of the Keating-Owen Act of 1912
C
the development of settlement houses
D
the development of the Children’s Bureau
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What was Upton Sinclair’s main purpose in writing The Jungle?

A
to promote the socialist views that he adopted as an adult
B
to explain why journalists had an obligation to tell the truth
C
to arouse public sympathy for slaughterhouse workers
D
to prompt Congress to pass food-safety laws
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Which of the following was a common goal of the Populists and the Progressives during the Progressive Era?

A
giving women the right to vote
B
government regulation of business
C
tax reform
D
establishing settlement houses
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How did Progressives want to reform education during the Progressive Era?

A
by establishing universities in major cities
B
by changing the subjects studied
C
by requiring children to attend school
D
by increasing teachers' education requirements
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In which area did Theodore Roosevelt fail to enact reforms?

A
business
B
food and drugs
C
child labor
D
conservation
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The Plessy v. Ferguson ruling stated that

A
segregation was unconstitutional.
B
the Fourteenth Amendment was unconstitutional.
C
segregation was necessary to preserve public peace.
D
the Separate Car Act was unconstitutional.
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Which of the following is a legacy of Roosevelt’s environmental policies?

A
clean air and water
B
national parks and forests
C
bans on deforestation
D
bans on hunting
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Taft’s passage of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act created a problem for Roosevelt progressives because:

A
it did little to lower taxes.
B
it raised taxes.
C
it was not progressive enough.
D
it did not help business.
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During the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, how did the US government protect businesses?

A
by breaking up a railroad trust
B
by passing the Meat Inspection Act
C
by ending child labor
D
by passing the Newlands Reclamation Act

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