U.S. History Chapter 21
As a result of the Brownsville Riot in 1906:
Roosevelt discharged the entire regiment of African American soldiers.
The title of the novel that described the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry was:
The Jungle.
Progressives generally believed government should not interfere with big business.
False
Woodrow Wilson was elected president in 1908.
False
The commission plan of city government was first adopted in:
Galveston, Texas.
Who wrote articles for the best-selling McClure's magazine?
Lincoln Steffens
Socialism was an antecedent to progressivism.
True
The phrase "Square Deal" is associated with Theodore Roosevelt.
True
The popular election of senators required a constitutional amendment.
True
Theodore Roosevelt gave muckrakers their name.
True
Woodrow Wilson was:
a college president.
Contrary to his party's tradition, President Taft called for:
a lower tariff.
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 National Child Labor Committee pushed:
for laws banning the widespread employment of young children.
The Underwood-Simmons Tariff:
lowered the average tariff and hence was supported by Wilson.
Progressives supported all of the following as measures to democratize government EXCEPT the:
poll tax.
In the area of conservation, Theodore Roosevelt:
used the Forest Reserve Act to protect over 170 million acres of forest.
William Howard Taft:
was Roosevelt's choice as his successor.
At the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911:
workers died as a result of a fire.