U.S. History Unit 4 Lesson 3 William Howard Taft Administration
______ allowed delivery of packages.
Parcel post
Why did the Progressive Party become known as the Bull Moose Party?
Political cartoonists picked up on Roosevelt's statement that he felt "like a bull moose."
______ allowed post offices to function as savings banks.
Postal savings system
Before becoming the President after Roosevelt, William Howard Taft had been _______.
Secretary of War
Progressive Party: strict government regulation of *blank*
big business
Progressive Party: elimination of *blank*
child labor
Progressive Party: a(n) *blank* work day
eight-hour
Congress passed a law requiring contributions to _______ to be made public.
political campaigns
Progressive Party: women's *blank*
suffrage
Progressive Party: a simpler and quicker method of amending the
Constitution
The *blank* Act of 1910 strengthened government control over railroad shipping rates and over means of communication like telephone, telegraph, and cable companies.
Mann-Elkins
________ and ________ were admitted to the United States.
- Arizona - New Mexico
________ was created to help settle disputes between laborers and business owners.
Department of Labor
Taft's foreign policy was called ________ which was intended to encourage American businessmen to invest capital in Latin America and the Far East.
Dollar Diplomacy