Author Question: In his message to Congress in 1901, Teddy Roosevelt believed that the American people thought what ... (Read 59 times)

fagboi · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Ignatius Donnelly, in his book Caesar's Column, chronicled a fictional group of Americans who escaped their repressive lives and started a new community based around the ideals of all of the following groups EXCEPT

A) Greenback Party.
B) United Methodist Church.
C) Knights of Labor.
D) Farmer's Alliance.

Question 2

Edward Bellamy's book Looking Backward

A) presented the very first comprehensive history of the United States.
B) advocated for a bill that created the cabinet-level Environmental Protection Agency.
C) exposed numerous examples of political corruption over the last 50 years.
D) described a perfect society where notions of class and class warfare had vanished.

Question 3

Author Henry George was inspired by what event that led him to write Progress and Poverty?

A) the 1880 census, which revealed rampant poverty in America
B) the election of Benjamin Harrison to the presidency
C) the railway strike of 1877
D) the stock market collapse of 1886

Question 4

Which of the following forces did NOT bring about great change in the Gilded Age that ultimately led reformers to work to change society?

A) immigration
B) transportation
C) urbanization
D) rapid industrialization

Question 5

In his message to Congress in 1901, Teddy Roosevelt believed that the American people thought what entities were in their certain features and tendencies hurtful to the general welfare of the nation?

A) corporations
B) laborers
C) politicians
D) farmers