Comparison in Period 7 Practice Test

Secondary source excerpt (Period 7 comparison, 1890-1945): When comparing Progressive reform to the New Deal, historians often cite different approaches to labor. Progressive reforms sometimes improved working conditions and limited child labor but frequently stopped short of endorsing collective bargaining nationwide. The New Deal, especially through the Wagner Act (1935), more explicitly protected union organizing and collective bargaining. Which statement best reflects this comparison?

Secondary-source excerpt (1890–1945): Historians often compare how WWI and WWII mobilization reshaped the economy. WWI saw agencies like the War Industries Board coordinate production and the federal government promote Liberty Bonds and food/fuel conservation, but demobilization was relatively rapid. WWII featured deeper “total war” mobilization, with the War Production Board, massive deficit spending, and sustained conversion of industry that helped end the Great Depression. Which comparison is most accurate?