History 1302 Exam 2
In 1900, approximately how many Americans lived in desperate poverty?
10 million
One of Taft's major issues became his support for high tariffs.
False
William H.Taft achieved the most significant tariff reduction of any progressive president.
False
Who states, "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
All of the following statements regarding the coal strike of 1902 are true EXCEPT:
Roosevelt was too cozy with the coal industry
Many of the most prominent progressives endorsed Roosevelt's bid to be the first president representing a third party, the "Bull Moose" progressive party.
True
The Phrase "square deal" is associated with Theodore Roosevelt.
True
The popular election of senators required a constitutional amendment.
True
Who became chief justice of the supreme court after serving as president?
William Howard Taft
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
The Muckrakers saw their primary objective as:
exposing social problems to the public
Frances Willard lobbied for these issues important to women EXCEPT:
for women to become ministers
The issue that made Taft seem to be a less reliable custodian of Roosevelts conservation policies was Taft's:
handling of the Ballinger and Pinchot affair
The Underwood-Simmons tariff:
lowered the average tariff and hence was supported by Wilson
As president, Taft:
opened more public lands in four years than Roosevelt had marked for conservation in nearly eight.
In 1917, a prohibition amendment to the constitution:
passed congress, then went to the states for ratification
During the coal strike:
president Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the "big stick" against big business
Jane Addams, founder of the settlement house movement, states:
progressive reformers reflected their "yearning sense of justice and compassion."
The major forces behind the social gospel movement were:
protestants and catholics
Which of the following best describes the method used by most progressives to solve the problem of economic power and abuses?
regulate big business
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 part has split in two
Congress established the Bureau of Corporations:
to monitor the activities of interstate corporations
William Howard Taft:
was Roosevelt's choice as his successor
During the presidential election 1912, William Howard Taft:
was the Republican candidate
President Taft's domestic polices generated a storm of controversy:
within his own party
At the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911:
workers died as a result of a fire