chapter 21 history
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