HIS 122 (U.S. History II) Chapter 21/Unit 5 Study Guide
In 1900, approximately how many Americans lived in desperate poverty?
10 million
Theodore Roosevelt's close friend Gifford Pinchot was:
A forestry expert and leading conservationist.
Contrary to his party's tradition, President Taft called for:
A lower tariff.
The Seventeenth Amendment:
Authorized the popular election of U.S. senators.
The Adamson Act of 1916:
Established the eight-hour day for railroad workers.
Of the four presidential candidates in 1912, the one most likely to advocate government ownership of big business was:
Eugene Debs.
The muckrakers saw their primary objective as:
Exposing social problems to the public.
Progressives generally believed government should not interfere with big business.
False
The National Child Labor Committee pushed:
For laws banning the widespread employment of young children.
Frances Willard lobbied for these issues important to woman EXCEPT:
For women to become ministers.
The commission plan of city government was first adopted in:
Galveston, Texas.
The issue that made Taft seem to be a less reliable custodian of Roosevelt's conservation policies was Taft's:
Handling of the Ballinger and Pinchot affair.
Who wrote articles for the best-selling McClure's magazine?
Lincoln Steffens
Congress established the Bureau of Corporations to:
Monitor the activities of interstate corporations.
As president, Taft:
Opened more public lands in four years than Roosevelt had marked for conservation in nearly eight.
Progressives supported all of the following as measures to democratize government EXCEPT the:
Poll tax.
During the coal strike:
President Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the "big stick" against big business.
Jane Addams, founder of the settlement house movement, stated:
Progressive reformers reflected their "yearning sense of justice and compassion."
Who stated, "most of us in the North do not believe in any real Democracy between white and colored men."
Ray Stannard Baker
Which of the following best describes the method used by most progressives to solve the problem of economic power and its abuses?
Regulate big business
The originator of the "Wisconsin idea" of efficient government was:
Robert M. La Follette.
As a result of the Brownsville Riot in 1906:
Roosevelt discharged the entire regiment of African American soldiers.
All of the following statements regarding the coal strike of 1902 are true EXCEPT:
Roosevelt was too cozy with the coal industry.
WCTU:
Stood for Women's Christian Temperance Union.
During the 1908 presidential race:
The Democrats once again nominated William Jennings Bryan.
The title of the novel that described the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry was:
The Jungle.
Many of the most prominent progressives endorsed Roosevelt's bid to be the first president representing a third party, the "Bull Moose" Progressive party.
True
The phrase "Square Deal" is associated with Theodore Roosevelt.
True
The popular election of senators required a constitutional amendment.
True
Woodrow Wilson was a minister's son who grew up in the South.
True
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.
Frederick W. Taylor:
Was an efficiency expert.
During the presidential election of 1912, William Howard Taft:
Was the Republican candidate.
During the 1912 presidential campaign, who said, "There are so many people in the country who don't like me"?
William H. Taft
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.
A major factor in Woodrow Wilson's victory in the 1912 presidential campaign was the fact that:
the Republican party had split in two.
