TJC US History 1302 Exam 2 What was the response of Woodrow Wilson and his cabinet regarding racial issues? - correct answer They segregated federal employees and largely ignored calls for racial justice from black leaders.Who wrote the book Working People and their Employers and argued that true Christianity was based on the idea that "thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself"? - correct answer Washington Gladden Contrary to his party's tradition, President Taft called for - correct answer a lower tariff.Which of the following best describes the method used by most progressives to solve the problem of economic power and its abuses? - correct answer regulating giant corporations What was the purpose of the Federal Reserve Act? - correct answer to adjust the nation's currency supply and create a national banking system to promote growth and ensure the stability of member banks Who formed the National Women's Party and led a protest in front of Wilson's White House for six months in 1917? - correct answer Alice Paul Which of the following statements characterizes Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom platform? - correct answer It proposed vigorous anti-trust action to break up corporate concentration.What assumption did progressives share? - correct answer Governments must become more active to address the problems created by rapid industrial and urban growth.What did advocates of the social gospel believe? - correct answer Churches needed to help solve the problems created by a rapidly industrializing and urbanizing society.President Taft's domestic policies generated a storm of division - correct answer within the Republican party. 1 / 3
Where was the commission system of city government first adopted? - correct answer Galveston, Texas Ida M. Tarbell is best known for her investigation of - correct answer Standard Oil Trust.What was the first place in the United States to extend equal voting rights to women, underscoring how the larger region to which it belonged was the most supportive of women's rights? - correct answer the Wyoming Territory Who was Eugene V. Debs? - correct answer the Socialist candidate who came out surprisingly strong in the 1912 election What was the significance of the events at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911? - correct answer It took the death of workers as a result of a tragic fire there to result in meaningful government regulation of dangerous workplaces.Which of the following was true of the leaders of the settlement house movement? - correct answer They directed their attention to the problems faced by the working poor and immigrant communities living in cities.Which of the following occurred during Taft's presidency? - correct answer Like Roosevelt, he appointed a conservationist and preserved more public lands in four years than Roosevelt had in nearly eight.As president of the WCTU, Frances Willard lobbied for legislation that would ________ alcohol. - correct answer ban Which of the following statements accurately describes the Sixteenth Amendment? - correct answer It instated a graduated income tax to help slow the concentration of wealth held by the richest Americans, in accordance with progressives' demands.Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the Progressive Era? - correct answer The Progressive Era saw remarkable social activism and political innovation, in part due to the belief that America was experiencing a crisis of democracy because of the urban industrial revolution and the evidence of fraud by elected officials. 2 / 3
What was Theodore Roosevelt's position on the matter of environmental conservation? - correct answer He believed in environmental preservation and, as a result, set aside federal land for conservation purposes created a number of national forests.What was the issue that provoked an open break between Taft and Roosevelt? - correct answer Taft fired Pinchot after he showed opposition to the Taft administrations' opening up protected federal lands to commercial development.Who was Frederick W. Taylor? - correct answer He championed the idea of "scientific management," showing employers how to cut waste and improve productivity.What significance did the election of 1912 have for progressivism? - correct answer It offered voters a choice of four candidates who, despite their differences, believed in the progressive idea that an active government could resolve modern social problems.Of the following, who eventually became chief justice of the Supreme Court? - correct answer William Howard Taft Which of the following figures was considered the greatest champion of the social gospel movement and worked in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York? - correct answer Walter Rauschenbusch Which of the following statements accurately describes the women's suffrage movement during the Progressive Era? - correct answer Suffrage activists varied in their motivations and approaches, such as the range of issues they were willing to raise along with the women's vote.Which of the following statements accurately describes Woodrow Wilson's background? - correct answer He was a professor and college president.What did the muckrakers consider their primary objective? - correct answer exposing social problems to the public
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