HIST 405 Final Exam Questions and Answers 2026 (20pages)

1. Question : Settlement houses made a notable contribution to Progressive Era reform primarily by: Student Answer: overcoming the obstacles that urban political machines used to prevent immigrants from becoming citizens and voting. offering unemployed immigrants a job and child support payments. lobbying municipal authorities for better city services in slum neighborhoods. encouraging immigrants to strengthen their native cultural roots and to resist the "Americanizing" influence of the public schools. Question 2 . Question : William James was: Student Answer: a leader of the influential school of progressive economic thought known as institutionalism. the father of pragmatism, a Philosophical school in which ideas were judged by their consequences and served to guide practical action. a student of the foremost philosopher of progressivism, John Dewey. famous for declaring that the progressive cause "is based on the eternal principles of righteousness". Question 3 . Question : Jane Addams was one of the founders of Student Answer: the National Consumers' League.