Question 1
Through such devices as the initiative, the referendum, and the recall, progressive reformers hoped to
a. reduce the power of government.
b. use the common-sense ideas of ordinary working people to solve the problems of urban America.
c. create a government whose response to the will of the people was completely spontaneous.
d. replace the favoritism of the boss system with rational, accountable management chosen by responsiblevoters.
Question 2
Among the problems Italy had in the postwar period were all of the following EXCEPT
a. a rapid change of governments.
b. a sharp contrast between north and south.
c. a tremendous influx of immigrant labor.
d. a sluggish economic recovery in the north.
e. the power of the Mafia in Sicily.