1 .		Early-twentieth-century progressives are notable for mounting the first organized challenge to the fundamental principles of American capitalism. [Hint]  True  False
2 .		The origins of the progressives are tied to the late nineteenth-century effort of populists and others to regulate and control big business. [Hint]  True  False
3 .		The most important economic development around the beginning of the twentieth century was the unionization of labor in basic industries like oil, steel, and railroad construction. [Hint]  True  False
4 .		Progressive reformers tended to believe that social evils like poverty and human exploitation were due to faulty institutions. [Hint]  True  False
5 .		Sigmund Freud's ideas led many progressives to abandon traditional standards of "puritan" morality and to recommend sex education and use of birth-control devices. [Hint]  True  False
6 .		One hallmark of progressive reformers was their dedication to a basic reorganization of American society. [Hint]  True  False
7 .		The strongest opposition to a women's suffrage amendment came from the western states. [Hint]  True  False
8 .		In their "purity argument," women's suffragists argued that women's moral superiority to men would help clean up American politics if women were given the right to vote. [Hint]  True  False
9 .		Theodore Roosevelt believed that the best way to deal with giant corporations was to use the Sherman Antitrust Act to break up trusts and restore free competition. [Hint]  True  False
10 .		President Taft's major problem as president was his distaste for physical exertion and his political incompetence on behalf of progressive policies. [Hint]  True  False
11 .		In 1914, the Federal Reserve Act took the United States off the gold standard. [Hint]  True  False
12 .		Once he became president, Woodrow Wilson proved so inept at dealing with Congress that he failed to get it to pass any significant portion of the progressive legislation he wanted. [Hint]  True  False
13 .		The 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act prohibited both price discrimination and interlocking directorates as ways of controlling competition. [Hint]  True  False
14 .		In his first term as president, Woodrow Wilson waged a courageous but ultimately unsuccessful battle against racial discrimination in federal employment. [Hint]  True  False
15 .		Progressives generally tended to be firm defenders of civil rights and equal opportunities for blacks. [Hint]  True  False