U.S. History Chapter 21

As a result of the Brownsville Riot in 1906:

Roosevelt discharged the entire regiment of African American soldiers.

The title of the novel that described the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry was:

The Jungle.

Progressives generally believed government should not interfere with big business.

False

Woodrow Wilson was elected president in 1908.

False

The commission plan of city government was first adopted in:

Galveston, Texas.

Who wrote articles for the best-selling McClure's magazine?

Lincoln Steffens

Socialism was an antecedent to progressivism.

True

The phrase "Square Deal" is associated with Theodore Roosevelt.

True

The popular election of senators required a constitutional amendment.

True

Theodore Roosevelt gave muckrakers their name.

True

Woodrow Wilson was:

a college president.

Contrary to his party's tradition, President Taft called for:

a lower tariff.

The Adamson Act of 1916:

established the eight-hour day for railroad workers.

The muckrakers saw their primary objective as:

exposing social problems to the public.

The National Child Labor Committee pushed:

for laws banning the widespread employment of young children.

The Underwood-Simmons Tariff:

lowered the average tariff and hence was supported by Wilson.

Progressives supported all of the following as measures to democratize government EXCEPT the:

poll tax.

In the area of conservation, Theodore Roosevelt:

used the Forest Reserve Act to protect over 170 million acres of forest.

William Howard Taft:

was Roosevelt's choice as his successor.

At the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911:

workers died as a result of a fire.