Assignment:
Q1. Progressives believe four of the following statements. Which statement is incorrect
- Each person's welfare is dependent on the welfare of society as a whole.
- Social Darwinism is necessary in understanding the source of social problems.
- the transformational power of enlightened public opinion
- growth and progress should not occur recklessly as they had in the late nineteenth century
- society is capable of improvement.
Q2. Factory regulation, woman suffrage, old-age pensions and progressive taxation are policies of what international reform movement?
- The Settlement House movement
- The Salvation Army
- Social Democracy
- Social Darwinism
- Muckraking
Q3. One of the strongest elements of progressive thought stressed that ignorance, poverty, and even criminality resulted mainly from
- The workings of divine providence.
- The effects of an undesirable environment.
- Inborn moral or genetic failings.
- The lack of standardized education.
- A person's "fitness" for survival.
Q4. Jane Addams's Hull House was established for the purpose of
- Treating the insane.
- Giving out scientific farming information.
- Aiding the urban poor, especially immigrants.
- Rehabilitating drug addicts.
Q5. The professional roles available to women in the early twentieth century were
- The settlement houses and social work.
- Were quite similar to those available to men.
- Widely expanded into virtually every field of work.
- Most often those involving "helping" or "domestic" activities considered "suitable" for women.
Q6. Which of the following arguments ended up being the most persuasive in supporting the right of woman to vote (suffrage)?
- Natural rights entitlled women to the same rights as men.
- Women need to be involved so that pensions to widowed or abandoned mothers would be passed by congress.
- Women need to protected against all discrimination based on gender.
- Women have special experience as mothers and wives that will improve public life.
Q7. W.E.B. DuBois would agree with all EXCEPT:
- Booker T. Washington encouraged white efforts to impose segregation
- Talented blacks should aspire to a full university education.
- Blacks should fight for civil rights, not wait for them to be granted.
- The need to work for immediate self-improvement rather than social change.
Q8. In his political program known as the "Square Deal", Theodore Roosevelt included all EXCEPT:
- Stock market regulations.
- Dangerous or ineffective medicines should be restricted.
- Eight hour work days.
- Railroads needed to be regulated.
- Recognition of miner unions
Q9. During the early twentieth century, the Industrial Workers of the World (the IWW also called the Wobblies),
- Was a nativist organization.
- Was strongly against the idea of direct action.
- Supported only skilled workers.
- Advocated for a single union for all workers.
Q10. Regarding the immigrant population in the United States, Progressive reformers
- Argued that the growing immigration population had created social problems.
- Favored quickly assimilating new arrivals into American society.
- All these answers are correct.
- Supported limiting the number of new arrivals.