17.4 Quiz

T or F: In the 1912 presidential election, Theodore Roosevelt ran as the candidate of the New Nationalism Party

F: Progressive Party

T or F: The Pure Food and Drug Act required federal inspection of meat-processing plants

F: meat inspection Act

Under President William Howard Taft, the federal government

brought lawsuits against many corporations

Theodore Roosevelt supported powerful corporations that

did business fairly

The concept of "rational use" suggested that

forest be preserved for public use

The National Reclamation Act directly affected the management of which natural resource

water

T or F: President Theodore Roosevelt promoted a program called the square deal to protect the interests of small business owners and the poor

T

T or F: The Hepburn Act gave the government the authority to set and limit shipping cost

T

T or F: The work of naturalist John Muir led Congress to establish Yosemite National Park in 1890

T

T or F: Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States when William McKinley was assassinated

T