US II Chapter 21
In order to secure passage of the protectionist Payne-Aldrich tariff in 1909, Taft had to promise
Imposition of both corporate and personal income taxes
Who solved the banking crisis of 1907
J.P. Morgan go bankers together and bought banks out
Who founded Hull House
Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr
Who shot McKinley
Leon Czolgosz
In terms of their political beliefs, most progressives were actually
Moderates who wanted to preserve American institutions, though in an altered form
Theodore Roosevelt became known as a "trust buster" because he directed the justice department to prosecute
Northern Securities Company
What was teddy Roosevelt's role in the coal strike of 1902
He suspended the strike
Factual and fictional depictions is the corruption and vice that riddled American cities were responsible for
A broad political movement focused on the abuses that journalists exposed
All of the following trends were observable at the start of the twentieth century except
A continued fall in income
In the early part of this century concern for the miserable working and living conditions of laborers was expressed by
A minority of the well off who feared more radical change if some betterment of conditions could not be effected
Woodrow Wilson was
A progressive
Muckraking was
A term coined by teddy Roosevelt to describe the social critics of the day
Who was Gifford Pinchot
1sr chief of the United States forest services
The Underwood Simmons Tariff of 1913 represented victory for
Advocates of lower duties
The purpose of the federal reverse act passed in 1913 was to
Assure a greater degree of federal control over the monetary system and make short term credit more available
Unlike Cleveland's handling of the Pullman strike in 1894, Roosevelt handled the anthracite coal strike in 1902 by
Bring both sides together and having the issue arbitrated
William Howard Taft was a
Cautious and conservative leader whose specialty was constitutional law
Theodore Roosevelt felt that the role of the President was to
Define national problems and win Congress and the people to practical proposals for solutions
What did panic of 1907 lead to
Federal reserve system of 1913
Theodore Roosevelt's organization of a department of commerce and labor was a significant reform because it
Gave the government a means by which to secure information about business necessary for its regulation
Which tactic did labor leaders favor at the start of this century to win their economic goals
Organizing skilled laborers into trade unions for collective bargaining power against industry
In 1913 reformers accomplished two of their goals by which constitutional amendments
Popular election of senators and imposition of a federal income tax
Settlement houses
Provided a myriad of social services to neighborhood dwellers
Theodore Roosevelt's environmental policy reflected his belief that
Public land and natural resources should be scientifically managed and efficiently developed
Much of American literature of the early twentieth century is notable for its
Realistic portrayals of working-class life
Theodore Roosevelt did not run in the election of 1908 because
Roosevelt chose to honor the precedent set by Washington
President Roosevelt was ahead of his time in his views of
The need for protection of natural resources
Roosevelt's New Nationalism called all of the following except
Sale of government lands for tax revenues
What was the northern securities corp
Short lived American railroad trust
The Republican victory in 1908 rested on a coalition of all of the following except
Southern conservatives
What was the nickname for Teddy Roosevelt's Administration
Square Deal
Which of the following statements best describes the central tenets of Theodore Roosevelt's "new nationalism"
Strengthening of federal government for the purpose of monitoring business and industry
Theodore Roosevelt lost the Republican Party's presidential nomination in 1912 because
Taft controlled the Republican national committee which influenced delegate selection in Taft's favor
Which of the following statements about he election of 1912 is not true
The House decided the election
The progressives tended to support the strengthening of which branch of government
The executive
A major difference between Taft and Roosevelt was that Taft believed
The executive should not interfere in essentially legislative or judicial matters
Theodore Roosevelt's ani trust policy reflected his belief that
The federal government should only dissolve monopolies which did not operate in public interest
Which was not a goal of feminists at the beginning of this century
The legalization of abortion
Which of the following best describes Roosevelt's policies during his first term
Use of strong progressive rhetoric coupled with careful handling of the Republican old guard on sensitive issues
In 1913 Eugene V. Debs head of the socialist party, split with "Big Bill" Haywood, founder of the Industrial Workers of the World, over the issue of
Using violence as a tool to bring about reform
Middle class women settlement house workers
We're committed to teaching the poor to help themselves
Which of the following was not a progressive era muckraker who published an exposé
William Howard Taft
What did Muller V. Oregon decide
Women could work no more than 10hrs a day
