History 1302 Exam 2

In 1900, approximately how many Americans lived in desperate poverty?

10 million

One of Taft's major issues became his support for high tariffs.

False

William H.Taft achieved the most significant tariff reduction of any progressive president.

False

Who states, "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

All of the following statements regarding the coal strike of 1902 are true EXCEPT:

Roosevelt was too cozy with the coal industry

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

Who became chief justice of the supreme court after serving as president?

William Howard Taft

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

The Muckrakers saw their primary objective as:

exposing social problems to the public

Frances Willard lobbied for these issues important to women EXCEPT:

for women to become ministers

The issue that made Taft seem to be a less reliable custodian of Roosevelts conservation policies was Taft's:

handling of the Ballinger and Pinchot affair

The Underwood-Simmons tariff:

lowered the average tariff and hence was supported by Wilson

As president, Taft:

opened more public lands in four years than Roosevelt had marked for conservation in nearly eight.

In 1917, a prohibition amendment to the constitution:

passed congress, then went to the states for ratification

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, states:

progressive reformers reflected their "yearning sense of justice and compassion."

The major forces behind the social gospel movement were:

protestants and catholics

Which of the following best describes the method used by most progressives to solve the problem of economic power and abuses?

regulate big business

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 part has split in two

Congress established the Bureau of Corporations:

to monitor the activities of interstate corporations

William Howard Taft:

was Roosevelt's choice as his successor

During the presidential election 1912, William Howard Taft:

was the Republican candidate

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

within his own party

At the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911:

workers died as a result of a fire