The Wisconsin governor and progressive leader who helped give his state's voters the right of recall and referendum was
Robert La Follette
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Elvis Presley, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Charlie Parker are associated with which 1950s phenomenon
cultural rebellion
100
Which president presided over the largest expansion of federal powers between the Civil War and the Great Depression
Woodrow Wilson
100
The first action Roosevelt took to help the crisis was to
declare a bank holiday that allowed only sound banks to reopen
200
Which case overturned Plessy v Ferguson
Brown v Board of Education
200
The first federal law ever passed to regulate trusts was the
Sherman Antitrust ACt
200
True or False, tension over communism abroad fostered a period of domestic repression and fear at home
True
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What social movement did Muller v Oregon have to do with
Women's rights
200
What was Sputnik
First satellite launched into space, launched by Soviets, created "space race"
300
The Supreme Court's 1908 decision in Muller v. Oregon upheld a law
limiting the workday for women to ten hours
300
Mugwumps were reformers who
supported smaller government
300
One of the most rapidly growing job categories in America during the 1950s was
white collar managers
300
During the late 1800s which state took the lead in educational reform
Massachusetts
300
What was the Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West, but also much social conflict
400
The 20th amendment
decreased the presidential lame-duck period by two months
400
In what way did American politcs change during the mid-1800s
A Blacks were formally disenfranchised in the South
B the era of close party competition came to an end
C Democrats became virtually the only political party in the South for decades
D REpublicans dominated national politics for the next forty years
E All of the above
E
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Which of the following is NOT associated with 1950s lifestyle
A The baby boom
B Renewed emphasis on religion
C Rock n roll
D Women's liberation
D Women's liberation
400
The Niagara Movement had to do with
African American rights
400
What happened when Coxey's Army marched on Washington in 1894
their leader was arrested and their demands were not met
500
What did the AAA (Agricultural Act) do
provided federal subsidies to farmers who cut farm production
500
What was Modern Republicanism
A party philosophy that emphasized moderating rather than dismantling the New Deal state
500
All the following characterized the Beats in the 1950s lifestyle EXCEPT
A spontaneity
B political activism
C sexual adenturism
D drug use
E spirituality
B
500
Theodore Roosevelt's strategic thinking about US foreign policy was shpaed, in part, by his
belief in the duty of the civilized countires of the world to subdue backward peoples
500
Who won the presidential election of 1912 and why
Woodrow Wilson because Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote