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| The Social Gospel Movement encouraged people to: |
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| Follow the Bible's teachings to improve society |
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| Helped poor African Americans to find jobs and meet basic needs |
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| Which of the following called for African Americans to "pull themselves up from their own bootstraps"? |
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| The Farmers' Alliance did which of the following? |
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| Established postal banks to provide farmers with low-interest loans |
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| Farmers opposed the gold standard because they claimed it would: |
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| cause prices of their crops to decline |
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| The primary goal of the NAACP was: |
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| Equality amoung the races |
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| Which statement best characterizes Roosevelt's position on trusts: |
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| some trusts were harmful to the public interest |
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| Which statement best characterizes the position of Gifford Pinchot toward land conservation? |
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| There should be a mix of development and conservation |
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| during Woodrow Wilson's administration, the federal government attempted to counteract the negative influence of big business by: |
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| Which of the following best characterizes the muckrackers of the early twentieth century? |
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| they were leading critics of corruption in America |
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| The creation of the Federal Reserve System in 1913 did which of the following? |
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| regulated the supply of money and interest rates |
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| Which of the following explains why the coal strike of 1902 is considered a turning point in the history of labor-management disputes? |
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| the president acted as arbitrator in the strike |
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| most progressives believed the nation needed |
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| political and economic reform |
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| progressives favored the city manager system of government because it: |
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| permitted the initiative and referendum |
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| The Hepburn Act and the Elkins Act were passed in order to strengthen the: |
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| Interstate Commerce Comission |
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| Progressives became disappointed with president Taft becuase he supported: |
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| the Payne-Aldrich Tarriff Act |
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| In the election of 1912, which candidate promised a "new freedom"? |
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| which of the following is NOT true about the Clayton Act? |
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| Which of the following is generally considered a sucess of the Prgressive Movement? |
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| Passage of laws that gave citizens more control over their government |
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| provided many ideas that would later be made into laws |
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| woman who thought women's lives would be easier if they had less children; advertised birth control |
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| the first woman to win a Nobel Prize |
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| Many farmers were very unhappy at the end of the 19th century. Write a paragraph, including as many reasons as you can why prices for farm good kept declining when the price for other goods did not. |
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Overproduction
law of supply and demand
Morril Land Act (agricultural colleges founded)
agricultural colleges taught farmers how to get the most out of their land
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Horatio Algerism (they failed because they weren't trying hard enough)
Social Darwinism (they were at the bottom of the pyramid because they were inferior) |
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| raised money for the presidential candidate William McKinley |
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| thought of the Wisconsin Ideal |
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| Roosevelt's plan to help the poor, not the rich and make sure the poor weren't taken advantage of by the rich |
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| white collar middle-class from both parties who wanted to use govt and new technology to solve govt problems |
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| provided for the direct election of senators |
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| prohibited the manufacturing, selling, and consuming of alcohol |
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| gave women the right to vote |
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| person who would talk to senators and other leaders in the lobby to try and get them to support their group |
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