首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
" Progress" was the watchword(口号) of the first two decades of the 20th Century. World-wide attempts to deal with rapid industria
" Progress" was the watchword(口号) of the first two decades of the 20th Century. World-wide attempts to deal with rapid industria
admin
2010-07-06
41
问题
" Progress" was the watchword(口号) of the first two decades of the 20th Century. World-wide attempts to deal with rapid industrial growth brought changes in technology, ideas, and political and social institutions that were to shape the century.
Advances in communication: the telegraph, radio, motion pictures, sped knowledge of events throughout cities and rural areas. Airplanes and automobiles widened the geographic boundaries of people’s lives. In December 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully flew the first powered heavier-than-air vehicle. In 1908 Henry Ford introduced his Model-T, a mass-produced automobile available at the affordable price of $ 850. In 1920, KDKA broadcast the first radio reporting of presidential election results.
The Progressives who held political control in the US throughout the period worked to increase democratic participation in the government and other institutions. Through their social reform movements, they attempted to improve people’s lives by advocating prohibition of alcoholic beverages, the regulation of working conditions, and the improvement of living conditions. The booming cities were populated by immigrants who saw America as the land of opportunity. Immigration to the US reached its peak in 1907 with 12, 000 arrivals a day, but would continue to be an issue for Americans until the end of the century. Prohibition, legalized by the 18th Amendment in 1919, would challenge law enforcement officials into 1930s.
Both Republican and Democratic parties pursued a progressive agenda from 1900 through 1920. Republicans Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft pressed for democratic reforms in local, state and national government, restrictions on business monopolies, and advocated social and economic benefits for American citizens. Democrat Woodrow Wilson advocated reforms in banking, tariffs, trusts and labor and sought the development of democracy internationally.
Government and business became more democratic. Big business was a negative and positive force for change; industry’s treatment of workers created the pressure for labor reform; municipal governments modeled their management structures on business organizations. President Theodore Roosevelt led a campaign to" bust the trusts". On May 15,1911, the Supreme Court dissolved the monopoly of the Standard Oil Company.
The people became more directly involved with government. The passage of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution in 1913 provided/’or the popular election of Senators. Women lobbied for and won a voice in government with the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution on August 8,1920.
Which of the following was not included as a purpose of social reform movements?
选项
A、Regulation of working conditions.
B、Prohibition of alcoholic beverages.
C、Large immigrations to the US.
D、Improvement of living conditions.
答案
C
解析
根据文中“Through heir social...of living conditions,”可知除了C “进入美国的大量移民”,其余3项“对工作条件的规定”、“对酗酒的限制”、“提高生活水平”均属于社会变革的目的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/HuDd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
HowdoesAusubelfeelaboutthescientificprogressmadeeveryday?Providingtechnicalsolutionstoclimatechangemightbeea
Duetohistoricalreasons,peopleintheCzechRepubliclacked________.IvoJupa’sjobusedtofocusoncollectingdonationsfr
Whyisthereformofpubliceducationunlikelytohappen?
Payandproductivity,itisgenerallyassumed,shouldberelated.Buttherelationshipseemstoweaken【C1】________peoplegetold
Payandproductivity,itisgenerallyassumed,shouldberelated.Buttherelationshipseemstoweaken【C1】________peoplegetold
HowhavetheoncereasonablypricedholidaysinEuropebecometoAmericans?HowarepartofthedollarsthatChinaaccumulates
HowhavetheoncereasonablypricedholidaysinEuropebecometoAmericans?EconomistBivenssaystheBushadministrationtalks
Howlongisitsincethefirstnewspaperwasprinted?
Queusearelong.Lifeisshort.Sowhywastetimewaitingwhenyoucanpaysomeonetodoitforyou?InWashingtonD.C.—acit
随机试题
下列关于继发性血小板减少性紫癜,正确的是
会计核算软件的会计数据输入可以采用()等几种形式。
根据下面材料,回答问题。对于大众来说,科学无处不在,它完全可以成为社会流行文化的一部分,享受科学文化知识就像看书、读报、听音乐、看电影一样。近日,由中国科协主办的“典赞.2016科普中国”活动揭晓了2016年度十大“科学”流言终结榜,同
形成初步印象的正确操作是()。
张老师经历了重大的家庭变故,此压力属于()。
党对公安工作绝对领导的必要性包括()。
()。
一、注意事项1.申论考试是对应考者阅读理解能力、综合分析能力、提出和解决问题能力、文字表达能力的测试。2.仔细阅读给定资料,按照后面提出的“申论要求”作答。二、给定资料1.2008年5月12日,四川汶川发生8.0级地震,举国上下全力抗震救灾
十进制数100转换成二进制数是()。
PASSAGETHREEWhattypeofliteraturedoesthispassagebelongto?
最新回复
(
0
)