chapter 21 history

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Jane Addams called the impulse to found settlement houses:

Christian humanitarianism

Of the four presidential candidates in 1912, the one most likely to advocate government ownership of big business was:

Eugene V. Debs

The commission system of city government was first adopted in:

Galveston, Texas

Upon becoming president, Wilson appointed as secretary of the navy:

Josephus Daniels

Who stated, "most of us in the North do not believe in any real democracy between white and colored men"?

Ray Stannard Baker

As a result of the Brownsville Riot in 1906:

Roosevelt discharged the entire regiment of African American soldiers.

Which of the following statements regarding the coal strike of 1902 is NOT true?

Roosevelt once bellowed that "the Constitution is more important than coal!"

Ida M. Tarbell is best known for her investigation of:

Standard Oil

The title of the novel that described the terrible conditions of the meat-packing industry was:

The Jungle

A major factor in Woodrow Wilson's victory in the 1912 presidential campaign was the fact that:

The Republican party had split in two

Which candidate was shot during the 1912 presidential campaign?

Theodore Roosevelt

The author of Working People and their Employers was:

Washington Gladden

Of the following, who eventually became chief justice of the Supreme Court?

William Howard Taft

Theodore Roosevelt's close friend Gifford Pinchot was:

a forestry expert and leading conservationist

Woodrow Wilson was

a professor and college president

The election of 1912 did all of the following EXCEPT:

bring the same man to the White House in nonconsecutive terms

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 Clayton Anti-Trust Act:

outlawed price discrimination and interlocking directorates

The Federal Highways Act:

passed in 1916

As president, Taft:

preserved more public lands in four years than Roosevelt had in nearly eight

Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom platform:

proposed vigorous anti-trust action to break up corporate concentration

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

Despite Josephus Daniels's racist views, President Wilson still nominated Daniels for:

secretary of the navy

The Federal Reserve Act did all of the following EXCEPT:

shifted the U.S. Treasury back to the gold standard

WCTU:

stood for Women's Christian Temperance Union

During the 1908 presidential race:

the Democrats once again nominated William Jennings Bryan

Elizabeth Cady Stanton is associated with:

the National Woman Suffrage Association

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

the poll tax

Congress established the Bureau of Corporations:

to monitor the activities of interstate corporations

In the area of conservation, Theodore Roosevelt:

used the Forest Reserve Act to withdraw over 170 million acres of timberland from logging

William Howard Taft:

was Roosevelt's choice as his successor

During the presidential election of 1912, William Howard Taft:

was the Republican candidate

Louis D. Brandeis:

was the first Jewish member of the Supreme Court

President Taft's domestic policies generated a storm of controversy:

within his own party

Frances Willard lobbied for these issues important to women EXCEPT:

women to become ministers

Frederick W. Taylor

wrote The Principles of Scientific Management


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