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1
In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, immigrants
A)competed heavily with African-Americans for farm and other field work in rural America.
B)were warmly welcomed, especially after the outbreak of World War I.
C)escaped prejudice and racism, which was mostly experienced by African-Americans.
D)contributed to urbanization and the dramatic increase in the number of city dwellers.
2
Which of the following was a direct result of Frederick Winslow Taylor's "scientific" system of management?
A)decrease in office jobs for women
B)increase in workers' wages
C)increase in managements' power to decide the conditions of labor
D)decrease in worker dissatisfaction
3
Which of the following statements about American workers' response to the industrial workplace is not true?
A)Workers fought against industrialization itself.
B)Workers formed unions to fight against new scientific management techniques.
C)Workers fought against the way in which the industrial workplace was organized.
D)Workers' battles against the industrial order cost many workers their jobs.
4
The populist movement
A)opposed the way industry was organized and the effects of scientific management on workers.
B)sought to address the labor problems without fundamentally challenging corporate power over production.
C)aimed to protect the power of ownership through government regulation and stabilization of the economy.
D)opposed industrialism itself.
5
John Dewey believed that
A)children should be seen and not heard in the classroom.
B)democracy had no place in the classroom.
C)schools should equip students to solve social problems themselves.
D)curiosity was not inherently a part of children's nature.
6
According to John Dewey, progressive education
A)was new and different from traditional education.
B)resulted from and contributed to social progress in general.
C)was marked by an arrangement in which activities grew out of students' interests and past experiences and evolved into new experiences and interests.
D)involved the relationship between two ideas: authority and submission.
7
Charles W. Eliot believed that _______ was a good way to address the issues underlying labor unrest in the country.
A)child-centered education
B)vocational education
C)unionism
D)socialism
8
According to progressive educators, the term "equal educational opportunity" meant that
A)all students regardless of race would receive an "equal" education.
B)all students regardless of class would be educated equally and therefore would be allowed to prove what they were capable of.
C)all students would have an "equal opportunity" provided to them through the provision of education utilizing the same methods and materials.
D)all students would have an "equal opportunity" to receive an education appropriate to them and their life work.
9
Which of the following is a way progressive educators justified their advocacy of differentiated curriculum and vocational tracks?
A)mass IQ testing
B)promotion of social stability
C)preparation for one's particular place in society
D)All the answers are correct.
10
Which of the following is a way that the "new" liberals modified classical liberalism during the progressive era?
A)New liberals had faith that the common man could arrive at reasonable ideas in the free marketplace of public debate.
B)New liberals believed that human rationality of the scientific type was necessary in order to ensure progress.
C)New liberals grounded their concept of virtue in the absolute truth of religious teachings.
D)All the answers are correct.





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