History part 1 of 4

C

A major factor in Woodrow Wilson's victory in the 1912 presidential campaign was the fact that: a. many republicans supported his nomination. b. wealthy democrats poured millions of dollars into his campaign. c. the Republican party had split in two. d. people liked Mrs. Wilson.

D

As president, Taft: a. was able to unite a faction-ridden Republican party with his towering personality. b. opposed both the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments. c. brought fewer than one-third the number of antitrust suits prosecuted under Roosevelt. d. withdrew more public lands in four years than Roosevelt had in nearly eight.

C

At the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911: a. a strike resulted in the intervention of federal troops. b. Frederick Taylor first applied his scientific management principles. c. 146 workers died as a result of a fire. d. the labor force was found to be made up entirely of children.

C

Contrary to his party's tradition, President Taft called for: a. a moderately high tariff. b. no tariff. c. a lower tariff. d. a high tariff only on luxury items.

A

During the anthracite coal strike: a. President Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the big stick against big business. b. thousands of striking miners marched on Washington, starting a riot that lasted three days. c. President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to use the army to force strikers back to work. d. arbitrators awarded the miners all their demands.

B

Frederick W. Taylor: a. was an Oregon reformer responsible for many progressive measures enacted there. b. wrote Principles of Scientific Management. c. was the progressive editor of Arena. d. was founder of the National Child Labor Committee.

A

George Bird Ginnell is associated with: a. the Audubon Society. b. writing Man and Nature. c. the anti-conservation movement. d. San Francisco.

D

In his first term as president, Wilson: a. refused to support an amendment for women's suffrage. b. allowed the spread of racist practices in the federal government. c. withheld support from federal child-labor legislation. d. did all the above.

B

In the 1908 presidential race: a. Theodore Roosevelt sought reelection. b. the Democrats once again nominated William Jennings Bryan. c. the Socialist vote practically disappeared. d. prohibition became the major issue.

C

In the area of conservation, Theodore Roosevelt: a. believed strongly that natural resources should be preserved but felt that this was a matter for state, not federal, action. b. angered many conservationists by his appointment of Gifford Pinchot, a businessman with no experience in conservation, as head of the Division of Forestry. c. used the Forest Reserve Act to withdraw over 170 million acres of timberland from logging. d. vetoed a bill authorizing a National Conservation Commission.

D

In the case of Lochner v. New York, the Supreme Court: a. upheld a Utah law limiting miners to eight-hour workdays. b. ordered the breakup of the beef trust. c. ordered the breakup of the American Tobacco Company. d. voided a state-legislated ten-hour day because it violated workers liberty of contract.

A

In the presidential election of 1912, William Howard Taft: a. was the Republican candidate. b. campaigned for his Bull Moose program. c. named George W. Norris as his vice-presidential running mate. d. All the above are correct.

C

In the progressive period: a. reformers were generally pessimistic about finding solutions to social ills. b. voter turnout increased. c. many groups-blacks, the poor, the unorganized had little influence. d. All the above statements are true.

A

Louis D. Brandeis: a. influenced Wilson's New Freedom. b. led the conservative opposition to federal labor laws. c. was Theodore Roosevelt's vice-presidential running mate in 1912. d. was president of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company.

A

Of the four presidential candidates in 1912, the one most likely to advocate government ownership of big business was: a. Eugene Debs. b. Woodrow Wilson. c. William Howard Taft. d. Theodore Roosevelt.

D

President Taft's domestic policies generated a storm of controversy: a. overseas. b. within the Democratic party. c. within the Progressive party. d. within his own party.

D

Progressives supported all of the following as measures to democratize government except: a. the initiative. b. the referendum. c. the party primary. d. the poll tax.

D

The Adamson Act of 1916: a. restricted child labor. b. provided low-interest loans to farmers. c. provided federal funds to build highways. d. established the eight-hour day for railroad workers.

B

The Clayton Anti-Trust Act: a. was more lenient toward big business than was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. b. outlawed price discrimination and interlocking directorates. c. was originally opposed by labor union leaders. d. was considered by Theodore Roosevelt the crowning achievement of his administration.

C

The Federal Highways Act of 1916 was supported by: a. immigrants. b. poor Americans. c. farmers with automobiles. d. only the progressives.

D

The Federal Reserve Act: a. made currency and bank credit more elastic. b. was the first major banking and currency reform in half a century. c. lessened the power of the huge New York banks. d. is correctly represented by all the above statements.

B

The Hepburn Act of 1906: a. was the first federal law regulating labor standards. b. authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum rates for railroads. c. in effect outlawed the Northern Securities Company. d. is correctly described by all the above statements.

B

The Muckrakers saw their primary objective as: a. converting Americans to socialism. b. exposing social problems to the public. c. increasing the circulation of sensationalist newspapers. d. proposing detailed legislation.

D

The National Child Labor Committee pushed: a. to allow as many immigrant children to enter the workforce as possible b. to open more technical schools. c. federal legislation allowing children to work more hours. d. for laws banning the widespread employment of young children.

A

The Seventeenth Amendment: a. authorized the popular election of U.S. senators. b. gave women the right to vote. c. called for direct primaries. d. authorized the federal income tax.

D

The Underwood-Simmons Tariff: a. raised the average tariff and hence was supported by Wilson. b. raised the average tariff and hence was opposed by Wilson. c. lowered the average tariff and hence was opposed by Wilson. d. lowered the average tariff and hence was supported by Wilson.

D

The author of The Shame of the Cities was: a. George F. Baer. b. Ray Stannard Baker. c. Henry Demarest Lloyd. d. Lincoln Steffens.

C

The commission plan of city government was first adopted in: a. Atlanta, Georgia. b. Durham, North Carolina. c. Galveston, Texas. d. Springfield, Missouri.

D

The election of 1912: a. gave the Democrats effective national power for the first time in over half a century. b. signaled the return of Southerners to national and international affairs for the first time since the Civil War. c. altered the character of the Republican party, making it more conservative. d. is correctly described by all the above statements.

C

The issue that provoked an open break between Taft and Roosevelt was: a. Taft's support for lower tariffs. b. Taft's reduction in the size of the navy. c. Taft's antitrust suit against U.S. Steel. d. Taft's support for the federal income tax.

D

The originator of the Wisconsin Idea of efficient government was: a. Lewis Hine. b. Hiram Johnson. c. Florence Kelley. d. Robert M. La Follette.

A

The subject of Wealth against Commonwealth was: a. Standard Oil. b. municipal corruption. c. child labor. d. urban transportation.

C

The title of the novel that described the terrible conditions of the meat-packing industry was: a. Chicago. b. The Great American Fraud. c. The Jungle. d. Maggie.

B

Theodore Roosevelt's close friend Gifford Pinchot was: a. the president's chief speechwriter. b. a forestry expert and leading conservationist. c. one of the most famous Muckrakers. d. the attorney general who broke up the Northern Securities Company.

D

Upon becoming president, Wilson appointed as secretary of state: a. Louis Brandeis. b. Champ Clark. c. Colonel Edward House. d. William Jennings Bryan.

B

Which candidate was shot during the 1912 presidential campaign? a. Eugene V. Debs b. Theodore Roosevelt c. William H. Taft d. Woodrow Wilson

C

Which of the following best describes the method used by most progressives to solve the problem of economic power and its abuses? a. adopt a socialist program of public ownership b. follow the principles of laissez-faire government c. regulate big business d. allow business to work out its own destiny

A

William Howard Taft: a. was Roosevelt's choice as his successor. b. was described by many journalists as the ultimate politician. c. found solid support from voters only in the South and Southwest. d. was, in the Republican tradition, opposed to a lower tariff.

A

Woodrow Wilson was: a. a professor and college president. b. the leading Roman Catholic politician at the turn of the century. c. the progressive governor of Oregon. d. influenced mainly by Populist reformers.

A

Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom platform: a. proposed vigorous antitrust action to break up corporate concentration. b. accepted gigantic corporations as a fact of modern economic life. c. was the creation of a writer named Herbert Croly. d. was the reason he won the 1912 election.