For many progressives who believed that urban party rule was particularly damaging, their first target of reform was
A. the federal bureaucracy.
B. municipal governments.
C. the judicial system.
D. state governments.
E. Congress.
Answer: B
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A) the leadership of career politicians B) the giving of speeches to the electorate C) the prevalence of party politics D) the reservations of the elite E) the participation of the masses
When Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, he intended his book to focus attention on the
a. unsanitary conditions that existed in the meat-packing industry. b. plight of workers in the stockyards and meat-packing industry. c. corruption in the United States Senate. d. deplorable conditions in the drug industry. e. unhealthy effects of beef consumption.
The Hoover administration addressed the economic situation of American farmers with the
A. Agricultural Marketing Act. B. Soil Conservation Act. C. Agricultural Adjustment Act. D. Rural Electrification Administration. E. Farm Security Administration.
Unlike many others, Karl Marx believed that revolution in Russia might come about through
a. an uprising by the urban proletariat. b. a non-violent take over by the bourgeois. c. peacefully through the ballot box. d. through the communal traditions of the peasant villages. e. victory in World War I.