Unit 5
Of the four presidential candidates in 1912, the one most likely to advocate government ownership of big business was:
Eugene Debs.
William H. Taft achieved the most significant tariff reduction of any progressive president.
False
Woodrow Wilson was elected president in 1908.
False
During the 1908 presidential race:
President Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the "big stick" against big business.
During the coal strike:
President Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the "big stick" against big business.
The originator of the "Wisconsin idea" of efficient government was:
Robert M. La Follette.
The title of the novel that described the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry was:
The Jungle.
The phrase "Square Deal" is associated with Theodore Roosevelt.
True
Theodore Roosevelt's close friend Gifford Pinchot was:
a forestry expert and leading conservationist.
The Seventeenth Amendment:
authorized the popular election of U.S. senators.
The Adamson Act of 1916:
established the eight-hour day for railroad workers.
Frances Willard lobbied for these issues important to woman EXCEPT:
for women to become ministers.
The Underwood-Simmons Tariff:
lowered the average tariff and hence was supported by Wilson.
In 1917, a prohibition amendment to the Constitution:
passed Congress, then went to the states for ratification.
Jane Addams, founder of the settlement house movement, stated:
progressive reformers reflected their "yearning sense of justice and compassion."
WCTU:
stood for Women's Christian Temperance Union.
A major factor in Woodrow Wilson's victory in the 1912 presidential campaign was the fact that:
the Republican party had split in two.
In the area of conservation, Theodore Roosevelt:
used the Forest Reserve Act to protect over 170 million acres of forest.
President Taft's domestic policies generated a storm of controversy:
within his own party.
At the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911:
workers died as a result of a fire.