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