1) Which statement correctly describes Progressivism?

a)  It placed absolute priority on individual freedom.
b)  Joined with agrarian and social reformers, it worked to effect good government, improve rural life, regulate big business, and purify social institutions.
c)  It spawned rapid social and economic change—all within the Progressive party label.
d)  The Texas brand of Progressivism resembled Radical Reconstruction as an indigenous movement and Populism

Hint:  page 279-280

2) The most productive Progressive reform governor of Texas was:

a)  Oscar Colquitt
b)  Thomas M. Campbell
c)  James Hogg
d)  Joseph W. Bailey

Hint:  pages 283-85

3) Baileyism is best defined as:

a)  collusion between political representation and business interests
b)  antitrust suits that constituted a major element of progressivism
c)  attempted election fraud
d)  to be found in violation of state antimonopoly law

Hint:  pages 282-83

4) All of the following were pro-labor measures obtained during the Progressive era EXCEPT:

a)  outlawing of blacklists
b)  outlawing of company scrip
c)  exempting labor unions from antitrust legislation
d)  restricting usurious interest rates

Hint: pages 281-82

5) All of the following were Progressive reforms EXCEPT:

a) initiative, referendum and recall
b) a state insurance program to protect deposits in the newly authorized state banking system
c) the poll tax
d) availability of higher education and specialized teacher training

Hint:  pages 281, 285-289

6) Which statement about the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s is TRUE? 

a) The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was exactly the same organization as that of the 1860s and 1870s.
b) Members of the Klan opposed radicals, Catholics, Jews, blacks, and Mexicans but were rather progressive in allowing women to wear short skirts and slacks while endorsing the consumption of “demon rum.”
c) The organization showed enormous ability to enlist the new urban middle class.
d) The core strength of the Klan in Texas was in San Antonio and South Texas

Hint:  pages 310, 312-13

7) Texans played significant roles in this president’s administration.

a) William Howard Taft
b) Theodore Roosevelt
c) Woodrow Wilson
d) Franklin D. Roosevelt

Hint:  page 299

8) Of all of the national wartime agencies in the state, which was the most visible?

a) Council of National Defense
b)  Federal Food Administration
c)  The American Red Cross
d)  “The West Point of the Air”

Hint:  page 301

9) Which of the following governors was NOT a business progressive?

a) Dan Moody
b) James Hogg
c) Pat Neff
d) William P. Hobby

Hint:  pages 306-307, 312

10) All of the following were established or enacted during the Progressive era of reform EXCEPT:

a) Texas Bureau of Public Roads
b) Texas Prison Board
c) Robertson Insurance Act
d) State Department of Forestry

Hint:  pages 284, 291-296