Unit 2B: Test Answers

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Why didn’t the reforms made after President Garfield’s assassination completely reduce corruption nationwide?

The reforms applied only to state governments.

The reforms applied only to the federal government.

The reforms applied only to city governments.

The reforms applied only to city and state governments.

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Which of the following best illustrates a direct consequence of the social gospel movement?

Hundreds of settlement houses opened across the United States.

Social Darwinists began encouraging people not to help less-fortunate people.

The Salvation Army offered different kinds of services to less-fortunate people.

Protestant Christians formed groups that opposed drinking alcohol.

Who received benefits from settlement houses in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

young women from wealthy families

immigrants who had recently come to America

reformers like Jacob Riis and Lincoln Steffens

members of the middle-class people who needed a place to live

Which statement demonstrates a correct comparison between Marxism and socialism, and democracy and capitalism?

Marxism and socialism never received any support in the United States, unlike democracy and capitalism.

Marxism and socialism were as equally respected as democracy and capitalism in the United States.

Marxism and socialism called for public control of production, while democracy and capitalism called for private control of production.

Marxism and capitalism supported free market forces, while democracy and capitalism favored government control.

How did muckrakers influence the Progressive movement at the turn of the century?

by running for political office

by bringing important social issues to light

by supporting the rights of big business owners

by writing reformist social policies

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