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Question 35-39 refer to the excerpt below. “The conscience of the people, in a t...
Oct 7, 2023
Question 35-39 refer to the excerpt below. “The conscience of the people, in a time of grave national problems, has called into being a new party, born of the nation’s sense of justice. We of the Progressive party here dedicate ourselves to the fulfillment of the duty laid upon us by our fathers to maintain the government of the people, by the people and for the people whose foundations they laid. We hold with Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln that the people are the masters of their Constitution, to fulfill its purposes and to safeguard it from those who, by perversion of its intent, would convert it into an instrument of injustice. In accordance with the needs of each generation the people must use their sovereign powers to establish and maintain equal opportunity and industrial justice, to secure which this Government was founded and without which no republic can endure.
“This country belongs to the people who inhabit it. Its resources, its business, its institutions and its laws should be utilized, maintained or altered in whatever manner will best promote the general interest. It is time to set the public welfare in the first place.”
Progressive Party Platform, 1912
35. Of the following policies, which was NOT a main objective of American Progressives?
(A) Passage of the Pure Food and Water Act
(B) Creation of national forests and protected wildlife reserves
(C) Initiation of antitrust lawsuits against various corporate monopolies
(D) Intervention in the affairs of Central American governments
36. “Muckraking” author Jacob A. Riis’s
of the following quotes from the excerpt above?
(A) “the duty laid upon us by our fathers” (B) “masters of their Constitution”
(C) “an instrument of injustice”
(D) “without which no republic can endure”
37. Which of the following regulatory laws was passed as a result of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle ?
(A) The Clayton Antitrust act
(B) The Hepburn Act
(C) The Sherman Antitrust Act
(D) The Pure Food and Drug Act
38. In harmony with the sentiments of the excerpt above, which of the following best characterizes the “Square Deal” of Theodore Roosevelt?
(A) Conservation, trust-busting, consumer protection
(B) Protective tariffs, centralized banking, conservation
(C) Equal opportunity, women’s suffrage, laissez-faire economics
(D) Laissez-faire economics, support of labor unions, conservation
39. Would the Underwood-Simmons Tariff of 1913 be generally endorsed by Progressives of
that era?
(A) Yes, because they were largely supporters of Teddy Roosevelt’s “Square Deal”
(B) Yes, because most Democrats advocated lower duties
(C) No, because they were largely supporters of Teddy Roosevelt’s “New
Nationalism”
(D) No, because they were largely opponents of Woodrow Wilson
35.
D
Key Concept
KC-7.1.II: The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States, from the 1890s to the 1920s. The main objectives of the Progressive movement were addressing problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption.
Explanation
The Progressive movement was primarily focused on domestic issues and reforms. While they did advocate for the passage of the Pure Food and Water Act (A), the creation of national forests and protected wildlife reserves (B), and the initiation of antitrust lawsuits against various corporate monopolies (C), they did not generally advocate for intervention in the affairs of Central American governments (D).
36. This question seems to be incomplete. Please provide the complete question.
37. D
Key Concept
KC-7.1.II: The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States, from the 1890s to the 1920s. The main objectives of the Progressive movement were addressing problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption.
Explanation
Upton Sinclair's novel, The Jungle, exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry, leading to public outcry and the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act (D).
38. A
Key Concept
KC-7.1.II: The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States, from the 1890s to the 1920s. The main objectives of the Progressive movement were addressing problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption.
Explanation
Theodore Roosevelt's "Square Deal" was characterized by conservation of natural resources, control of corporations (trust-busting), and consumer protection (A).
39. B
Key Concept
KC-7.1.II: The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States, from the 1890s to the 1920s. The main objectives of the Progressive movement were addressing problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption.
Explanation
The Underwood-Simmons Tariff of 1913, which lowered tariff rates, would likely have been endorsed by Progressives of that era because most Democrats advocated lower duties (B).
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