SJA APUSH Period 7 (Part 1) UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
The Progressive movement drew its strength from:
a. military leaders
b. farmers
c. socialists
d. big business
e. middle-class reformers - CORRECT ANSWER - e. middle-class reformers
Compared to the American Federation of Labor, the Industrial Workers of the World union was
conservative for its day. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
Jane Addams:
a. was a birth-control advocate
b. believed in Social Darwinism
c. was an economist
d. supported anti-immigrant legislation
e. advocated for the working poor - CORRECT ANSWER - e. advocated for the working
poor
The word "Progressivism" came into common use around 1910:
a. as a way of describing a loosely defined political movement
b. as another term for socialism
c. denoting a group that appealed only to women
d. and represented those who advocated revolution
e. as an antibusiness term - CORRECT ANSWER - a. as a way of describing a loosely
defined political movement
,During the Progressive era, the working woman became a symbol of female emancipation. -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
All of the following statements about urban Progressives are true EXCEPT that:
a. they sought to improve public transportation
b. they sought to establish public control of gas and water works
c. they worked with political machines
d. they raised taxes to increase spending on schools and parks
e. they worked to reform the structure of government - CORRECT ANSWER - c. they
worked with political machines
During the Progressive era:
a. social reformers concentrated their efforts on rural areas
b. urban development highlighted social inequalities
c. cities competed with rural areas for government projects
d. cities declined in importance
e. cities attracted only the wealthy - CORRECT ANSWER - b. urban development
highlighted social inequalities
During the Progressive era:
a. most African-American women worked in factories
b. the number of married women working declined
c. growing numbers of native-born white women worked as domestics
d. growing numbers of native-born white women worked in offices
e. most eastern European immigrant women worked as telephone operators - CORRECT
ANSWER - d. growing numbers of native-born white women worked in offices
, Once in office, Woodrow Wilson was a fierce trustbuster, dismantling more than twenty
monopolies. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
All of the following statements about Jane Addams and Hull House are true EXCEPT that:
a. Addams opposed government intervention in regards to workplace safety
b. Addams established employment bureaus and health clinics
c. Addams built kindergartens for immigrant children
d. Hull House was modeled on a settlement house in London
e. Hull House and other settlement houses provided careers for the "new woman." - CORRECT
ANSWER - a. Addams opposed government intervention in regards to workplace safety
Asian and Mexican immigrants in the early twentieth century:
a. were much more welcome than European immigrants
b. clustered in the South as agricultural workers
c. were prohibited from entering the United States
d. clustered in the West as agricultural workers
e. outnumbered southern and eastern European immigrants - CORRECT ANSWER - d.
clustered in the West as agricultural workers
Drawing on the reform programs of the Gilded Age and the example of European legislation,
Progressives sought to reinvigorate the idea of an activist, socially conscious government. -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
A worker who crossed a picket line during a strike was called a:
a. breaker
b. dodger
c. scum
d. socialist
e. scab - CORRECT ANSWER - e. scab
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
The Progressive movement drew its strength from:
a. military leaders
b. farmers
c. socialists
d. big business
e. middle-class reformers - CORRECT ANSWER - e. middle-class reformers
Compared to the American Federation of Labor, the Industrial Workers of the World union was
conservative for its day. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
Jane Addams:
a. was a birth-control advocate
b. believed in Social Darwinism
c. was an economist
d. supported anti-immigrant legislation
e. advocated for the working poor - CORRECT ANSWER - e. advocated for the working
poor
The word "Progressivism" came into common use around 1910:
a. as a way of describing a loosely defined political movement
b. as another term for socialism
c. denoting a group that appealed only to women
d. and represented those who advocated revolution
e. as an antibusiness term - CORRECT ANSWER - a. as a way of describing a loosely
defined political movement
,During the Progressive era, the working woman became a symbol of female emancipation. -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
All of the following statements about urban Progressives are true EXCEPT that:
a. they sought to improve public transportation
b. they sought to establish public control of gas and water works
c. they worked with political machines
d. they raised taxes to increase spending on schools and parks
e. they worked to reform the structure of government - CORRECT ANSWER - c. they
worked with political machines
During the Progressive era:
a. social reformers concentrated their efforts on rural areas
b. urban development highlighted social inequalities
c. cities competed with rural areas for government projects
d. cities declined in importance
e. cities attracted only the wealthy - CORRECT ANSWER - b. urban development
highlighted social inequalities
During the Progressive era:
a. most African-American women worked in factories
b. the number of married women working declined
c. growing numbers of native-born white women worked as domestics
d. growing numbers of native-born white women worked in offices
e. most eastern European immigrant women worked as telephone operators - CORRECT
ANSWER - d. growing numbers of native-born white women worked in offices
, Once in office, Woodrow Wilson was a fierce trustbuster, dismantling more than twenty
monopolies. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
All of the following statements about Jane Addams and Hull House are true EXCEPT that:
a. Addams opposed government intervention in regards to workplace safety
b. Addams established employment bureaus and health clinics
c. Addams built kindergartens for immigrant children
d. Hull House was modeled on a settlement house in London
e. Hull House and other settlement houses provided careers for the "new woman." - CORRECT
ANSWER - a. Addams opposed government intervention in regards to workplace safety
Asian and Mexican immigrants in the early twentieth century:
a. were much more welcome than European immigrants
b. clustered in the South as agricultural workers
c. were prohibited from entering the United States
d. clustered in the West as agricultural workers
e. outnumbered southern and eastern European immigrants - CORRECT ANSWER - d.
clustered in the West as agricultural workers
Drawing on the reform programs of the Gilded Age and the example of European legislation,
Progressives sought to reinvigorate the idea of an activist, socially conscious government. -
CORRECT ANSWER - True
A worker who crossed a picket line during a strike was called a:
a. breaker
b. dodger
c. scum
d. socialist
e. scab - CORRECT ANSWER - e. scab
