Author Question: The Wisconsin Idea was promoted by Governor Robert LaFollette as a way of: A) controlling large ... (Read 74 times)

biggirl4568 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Muckrakers were:

A) corrupt political bosses in big city machines.
B) pessimists who did not accept the progressive idea of reform.
C) women who wanted more radical advancements than suffrage reform.
D) writers who exposed details of social and political evils.

Question 2

Not only was it a bestseller, but Upton Sinclair's The Jungle helped further passage of the:

A) Clayton Anti-Trust Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act.
B) Mann Act and the National Board of Censorship Act.
C) National Municipal Act and Hepburn Act.
D) Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.

Question 3

Lincoln Steffens's study of widespread graft in McClure's was called The Shame of the:

A) Railroads.
B) Cities.
C) Senate.
D) Churches.

Question 4

In Jacob Riis's book, How the Other Half Lives, he drew attention to city-dwellers' plight by the use of:

A) interviews with the poor.
B) photography.
C) scientific statistical analysis.
D) exaggerated and inflammatory rhetoric.

Question 5

The Wisconsin Idea was promoted by Governor Robert LaFollette as a way of:

A) controlling large industries.
B) protecting state forests and watersheds.
C) applying academic scholarship and theory to human needs.
D) strengthening direct democracy.