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 resulted in more direct democracy EXCEPT:

a) initiative, referendum and recall
b) direct election of U. S. senators
c) the poll tax
d) primary elections

Hint:  pages 281, 285

6) Which statement about Miriam Ferguson is TRUE? 

a) Miriam Ferguson’s 1925-1927 administration was controlled by the Ku Klux Klan.
b. Miriam Ferguson was a supporter of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association and prohibition.
c. Miriam Ferguson was not a committed reformer but did stand up to the Klan by endorsing the antimask proposal..

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 299-300

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, 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 285, 292-95