American History 6.2-3

Theodore Roosevelt supported the republican nomination from William Howard Taft in the 1908 election after Taft has served as his

Secretary of war

Woodrow Wilson became the first President since John Adams to

appear before Congress

The most conspicuous limit to progressivism came in its failure to address economic reform issues.

false

Woodrow Wilson entered politics as a firm conservative.

false

Woodrow Wilson wanted the Federal Trade Commission to break up big business.

false

One provision of the Clayton Antirust Act banned

price discrimination

In the election of 1912, Woodrow Wilson called his program the New Freedom.

true

The Keating-Owen Act was passed in order to regulate

Child labor

In what area did Taft's contributions equal or surpass Roosevelt's.

Conservation

To restore public confidence in the banking system, Wilson supported the establishment of a

Federal Reserve System

In the coal strike of 1902, the United Mine Workers agreed to accept________________a settlement negotiated by an outside party, but the mine owners refused.

Arbitration

Theodore Roosevelt warned William Howard Taft that tariff reform would

Divide the Republican party

Taft set up the Bureau of Mines to monitor the activities of mining companies, protect waterpower sites from private development and _________________________

Expand the natural forests

Progressives were pleased with William Howard Taft for pushing through the Payne-Aldrich Tariff

False

By intervening in the labor dispute surrounding the coal strike of 1902, Roosevelt had taken the first step toward establishing the federal government as an honest broker between powerful groups in society.

True

By the end of the Progressive Era, Americans expected the government, particularly the federal government, to play a more active role in regulating the economy and solving social problems.

True

In international affairs, Theodore Roosevelt was a Social Darwinist.

True

Theodore Roosevelt believed that most trusts benefited the economy and breaking them up would do more harm than good.

True

William Howard Taft brought many more antitrust cases during his term than Theodore Roosevelt did during his presidency.

True

What law reduced the average tariff on imported goods to about 30 percent of the value of the goods?

Underwood Tariff Act