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The Bull Moose Party was actually a segment split from the Republican Party. |
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One legacy of the administration of Theodore Roosevelt is the conservation of many of America's valuable wilderness areas. |
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The Pure Food and Drug Act was intended to deal with dangerous patent medicines and the unhealthy practices of the meatpacking industry. |
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A lack of proper sanitation contributed to the spread of diseases in urban tenements. |
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Muckrakers were instrumental in publicizing the extent of corruption, exploitation, and misery that was present in American society near the turn of the century. |
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One of the aims of the progressive movement was to eliminate corrupt politicians and unfair practices from government. |
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Ending alcoholism was the target of the temperance societies. |
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The possibility for Americans to read books and magazines increased during the progressive era. |
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Free education at public secondary schools became widespread during the progressive era. |
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| Who exposed the evils of the meatpacking industry? |
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| Who developed the theory of evolution in his book Origin of Species? |
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| What is the name for the twelve district banks and their controlling organization that serve as bankers' banks? |
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| List the three progressive presidents. |
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Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson |
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| What term denotes journalists who exposed society's ills, incuding political corruption, personal misconduct by public officials, and poor working conditions? |
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| What name describes people who say that we cannot know whether there is a God? |
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| Who was the black scientists whose research with peanuts, sweet potatoes, and other produce helped to diversify farming in the South? |
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| Who was the former slave that founded a school for blacks in Alabama? |
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| What famous school for blacks was founded in Alabama? |
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| What is the term for a wealthy person who donates large sums of money to charitable causes? |
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| What term means the movement of people from rural areas to cities? |
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| What movement attempting to make life in American better through reform occurred at the turn of the century? |
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| Who won the presidential nomination of the Republican Party in 1912? |
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| Theodore Roosevelt's hand-picked successor was... |
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| A prime example of corruption in city government was the activity of... |
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| Boss Tweed in New York City |
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| Progressives who looked for help in solving the problems of society generally turned to... |
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All of the following were notable trends in religion in America around the turn of the century except
-a growth of interdenomination religious organizations
-a decline in the popularity of the social gospel
-the rise of religious liberalism and agnosticism
-a growth of mainline denominations, new denominations, and cults. |
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| a decline in the popularity of the social gospel |
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| Tuskegee Institute was founded by... |
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