Unit 5

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

Eugene Debs.

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

False

Woodrow Wilson was elected president in 1908.

False

During the 1908 presidential race:

President Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the "big stick" against big business.

During the coal strike:

President Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the "big stick" against big business.

The originator of the "Wisconsin idea" of efficient government was:

Robert M. La Follette.

The title of the novel that described the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry was:

The Jungle.

The phrase "Square Deal" is associated with Theodore Roosevelt.

True

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.

Frances Willard lobbied for these issues important to woman EXCEPT:

for women to become ministers.

The Underwood-Simmons Tariff:

lowered the average tariff and hence was supported by Wilson.

In 1917, a prohibition amendment to the Constitution:

passed Congress, then went to the states for ratification.

Jane Addams, founder of the settlement house movement, stated:

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

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 party had split in two.

In the area of conservation, Theodore Roosevelt:

used the Forest Reserve Act to protect over 170 million acres of forest.

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.