What was Teddy Roosevelt's "Square Deal"?
It focused on conservation, controlling corporations, and consumer protection
It focused on immigration, initiative, and Indian relations
It focused on progressive movements like Temperance and women's suffrage
How did Teddy Roosevelt (properly) use the Sherman Antitrust Act?
He used it to break up the Northern Securities Company (J.P. Morgan)
He used it to break up the Standard Oil Company (John D. Rockefeller)
He used it to break up U.S. Steel (Andrew Carnegie)
What was important about Roosevelt's behavior in relation to the Anthracite Coal Strike?
He threatened to seize the mine unless the owners negotiated with the employees, meaning he supported the workers
He threatened to seize the mine unless the employees submitted to the owners, meaning he supported the employers
He refused to side with either party and remained neutral
What was the Hepburn Act?
It expanded the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and limited the power of the railroad to give free passes
It limited the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and expanded the power of the railroad to give free passes
It expanded the power of the Wobblies and expanded the power of the railroad to give free passes
What was the Pure Food and Drug Act?
It created the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and required that all food had proper labels and restricted the sale of certain medications
It created the Meat Inspection Committee (MIC) and abolished the previously-standing law that food had to have proper labels
It created the Free Drug Commission, which prohibited the restriction of the sale of certain medications
What piece of muckraking journalism inspired the passing of the Meat Inspection Act?
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Shame of the Cities by Lincoln Steffens
The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida Tarbell
What is considered to be Teddy Roosevelt's most enduring achievement?
Conservationism
Conservatism
Bipartisanism
What was the Newlands Act?
The government could use money from the sale of land for irrigation projects
The government could use money from irrigation project for the sale of land
The government could use taxpayer dollars for irrigation projects
What were some causes of the Panic of 1907?
Overspending, overspeculation, and stock market issues
Underspeculation and a stock market crash
The amount of money spent on land conservation, small yet effective farmer rebellions on bank branches
How did Teddy Roosevelt fix the Panic of 1907?
JP Morgan purchased Tennessee Iron and Coal Company to support the bank, and it succeeded
Teddy Roosevelt purchased Tennessee Iron and Coal Company to support the bank, and it succeeded
William Howard Taft purchased Tennessee Iron and Coal Company to support the bank, and it failed
Who did Teddy Roosevelt pick to be president after him?
William Howard Taft
Andrew Carnegie
Woodrow Wilson
What was the Payne-Aldritch Tariff?
Barely lowered tariff rates at all
Raised tariffs considerably
Lowered tariffs considerably
What important person in Roosevelt's administration did Taft dismiss?
Gifford Pinchot
JP Morgan
Charles Fairbanks
What was Teddy Roosevelt's new political philosophy (in response to Taft) called?
New Nationalism
Old Nationalism
Reformed Nationalism
What was included in Roosevelt's philosophy of New Nationalism?
Increased power of federal government, individual taxes, worker's compensation, and tariff reduction
Limited power of federal government, fewer taxes, no compensation for workers, and increased tariffs
Increased power of federal government, individual taxes, no worker's compensations, tariff increase
What was Teddy Roosevelt's new political party called
The Progressive/"Bull Moose" Party
The Laborer's/"Wobbly" Party
The Conservative/"Cow" Party
Who won the presidential election of 1912?
Grover Cleveland
What was the Underwood Tariff?
Increased tariffs
Decreased tariffs
Abolished tariffs
What was the Federal Reserve Act?
Increased and decreased the money supply
Changed to a completely different currency
Changed to a completely different banking system
What was the Clayton Antitrust Act?
It gave more power to the Sherman Antitrust Act and made labor and agricultural unions exempt from it
It gave less power to the Sherman Antitrust Act and made labor and agricultural unions exempt from it
It overturned the policies of the Sherman Antitrust Act
