Chapter 21 Quiz

Which of the following is NOT considered a Progressive President?

• Warren G. Harding
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William Howard Taft
• Woodrow Wilson

Which of the following best characterizes the Progressives?

• the desire to make changes to address economic and social problems
• using military might to influence international events
• market forces are better at addressing social problems than is the government
• the role of the rich is to use their wealth to improve society

The majority of Progressive thinkers and leaders came from

• the urban middle class
• the agrarian west
• the upper class businessmen
• the Democratic Party

Journalists, or muckrakers, of the Progressive movement were known for

• sensational and investigative stories

• supporting big business

• objective news reporting

• putting the truth before profit

Progressive reforms included all of the following EXCEPT

• protecting laissez fair policies
• expanding democracy
• moral reforms 
• women's suffrage

Theodore Roosevelt is known for all of the following EXCEPT

• creating Social Security
• busting up monopolistic trusts
• regulating the railroads
• conservation of forests

Compared to Roosevelt, Taft was

• more conservative
• slimmer
• radical
• more militaristic

The political party that was more radical than the Progressives was the

• Socialist Party
• Republican Party
• Democratic Party
• Bull Moose Party

Woodrow Wilson experienced legislative success in all of the following EXCEPT

• government provided health care
• business regulation
• banking reform
• tariff reduction

Rockefellor's Standard Oil Company was considered a monopoly. Which of the following muckrakers is credited with taken down the company due to their investigative journalism:

• William James

• Ida Tarbell

• Jacob Riis

• Lincoln Steffens