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Woodrow Wilson's adoption of a social reform agenda after the 1914 congressional elections reflected


A) a change of heart about the appropriate scope of government intervention.
B) anxiety about his ability to get reelected in 1916.
C) newfound admiration for the approach of Theodore Roosevelt.
D) disenchantment with the values of business leaders.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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The Muller v. Oregon (1908) decision reflected the belief that


A) men and women were essentially different.
B) women faced discrimination in the workplace.
C) the workday should be no more than eight hours.
D) child labor was acceptable under certain circumstances.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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While many white middle-class women supported women's suffrage, they also


A) opposed suffrage for African Americans, Jews, or Catholic immigrants.
B) advocated for the voting age of eighteen.
C) questioned men's fitness for suffrage.
D) demanded the abolition of the electoral college.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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To change behaviors they considered threatening or unsavory, moral reformers relied on


A) public education campaigns.
B) criminalization of once acceptable activities.
C) social welfare programs.
D) medical treatment and rehabilitation.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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What additional argument did advocates for prohibition introduce during the war?


A) Alcoholism had been the cause of the war.
B) American soldiers were drinking too heavily.
C) Americans should show how sobriety made better soldiers.
D) Prohibition was going to save crucial raw materials for the war effort.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Progressive reforms focused on preventing


A) economic stratification and class conflict.
B) further mass immigration from Europe.
C) further urban and industrial expansion.
D) women's involvement in politics.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Progressive reformers attempted to control the behavior of young unmarried women by


A) criminalizing their visits to dance halls and saloons.
B) encouraging them to take patent medicines.
C) denying them the opportunity to attend school.
D) getting them involved in the suffrage movement.

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Who was the longtime leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union?


A) Frances Willard
B) Jane Addams
C) Mary White Ovington
D) Emma Goldman

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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In what year were American women granted the vote?


A) 1900
B) 1912
C) 1916
D) 1920

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following Progressive politicians achieved his greatest success in an office other than that of mayor?


A) Tom L. Johnson
B) Samuel "Golden Rule" Jones
C) Hazen Pingree
D) Robert M. La Follette

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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