The United States Federal Reserve System was established to A.) provide loans to industrialists B.) end the Great Depressions C.) correct answer D.) provide for a balanced budge L C.) regulate the money supply F

Which action was necessary to change from Indirect to the direct election of US Senators? A.) correct answer B.) passage of a Federal law C.) Supreme Court decision D.) national referendum LF A.) ratification of a Constitutional amendment

An important political aim of the Progressive Movement was to A.) guarantee gov’t jobs for the unemployed B.) correct answer C.) create a unicameral national legislature D.) increase participation of African Americans L B.) stimulate democratic reforms F

A progressive income tax is based on the idea that A.) correct answer B.) all income should be taxed at the same rate C.) all taxpayers should be taxed equal amounts of money D.) taxation should be used to encourage social programs L A.) taxpayers with larger incomes should be taxed at a higher rate F

A main purpose of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Trust-busting policies was to A.) reduce corruption in government B.) save nation’s banks C.) correct answer D.) end strikes by unions L C.) encourage competition in business F

A belief shared by Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson is that the Federal Government should A.) allow the free-enterprise system to work without regulation B.) correct answer C.) provide jobs for unemployed workers D.) support unions in labor management disputes L B.) use its power to regulate unfair business practices F

A common characteristic of third political parties in the United States is that they A.) come to existence only during a period of corruption B.) have dealt mainly with foreign policy isues C.) have frequently forced Congress to decide elections D.) correct answer L D.) tend to focus on one person or issue F

Both the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act were passed in response to the problem of A.) companies refusing to hire minority workers B.) correct answer C.) unsafe working conditions in factories D.) business choosing to hire illegal immigrants L B.) business combinations limiting competition F

Which leader founded a vocational training institution in the late 1800s to improve economic opportunities for African Americans? A.) George Washington Carver B.) Frederick Douglass C.) correct answer D.) W.E.B. DuBois L C.) Booker T. Washington F

Lincoln Steffens and Jane Addams are best known for A.) fighting for temperance and prohibition B.) promoting interests of organized labor C.) leading political movement on behalf of the Populist Party D.) correct answer L D.) attempting to ease the problems of the urban poor F

What was a significant impact of the Progressive movement on American life? A.) increased restrictions on presidential powers B.) decreased influence of the media and public policy C.) reduced gov’t spending for social programs D.) correct answer L D.) increased gov’t regulation of business F

Which long-awaited goal of the women’s rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era? A.) right to own property B.) correct answer C.) equal pay for equal work D.) equal access to employment and education L B.) right to vote F

Which law was passed as a result of muckraking literature? A.) Interstate Commerce Act B.) Federal Reserve Act C.) Sherman Antitrust Act D.) correct answer L D.) Meat Inspection Act F

In 1906, the publication of The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair, led Congress to A.) enact stronger prohibition laws B.) support nat’l conservation movement C.) correct answer D.) legalize strikes and boycotts by labor uinions L C.) establish a system for Meat inspection F

Progressive Era reforms such as the initiative, referendum, and recall attempted to A.) correct answer B.) reestablish check and blances C.) provide low interest loans to farmers D.) expand voting rights to Native Aermicans L A.) increase power of citizens I n state and local gov’t F

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