USH 13.2

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Theodore Roosevelt's progressive policies became known as _______.

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the Square Deal

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How did President Roosevelt deal with what he saw as the creation of a monopoly by J. P. Morgan's Northern Securities?

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He ordered the attorney general to file a lawsuit, which eventually reached the Supreme Court.

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During the 1902 coal strike, how did Roosevelt end the dispute between the union and coal mine owners?

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He invited both groups to work together in arbitration.

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How did Roosevelt try to ensure that trusts were both fair to the public and allowed to operate efficiently?

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He created the Department of Commerce and Labor to investigate their practices.

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What event prompted Congress to pass the Meat Inspection Act in 1906? Options: the publication and popularity of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, an outbreak of cholera in Chicago caused by tainted meat, articles in Collier's magazine about the ingredients in certain foods, Roosevelt's dispute with Chicago slaughterhouse owners

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the publication and popularity of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

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What were Roosevelt's views on environmental issues?

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He believed that natural resources must be conserved.

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What was the purpose of the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902? Options: to irrigate and develop Western lands for business and habitation, to prevent businesses from using scarce water supplies, to help farmers transport water from California, to create wildlife preserves and national forests

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to irrigate and develop Western lands for business and habitation

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Who was Roosevelt's desired successor to the presidency during the 1908 election? Options: Gifford Pinchot, William Jennings Bryan, William Howard Taft, J. P. Morgan

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William Howard Taft

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What was the significance of Taft signing the Payne-Aldrich Tariff into law?

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Many progressives felt betrayed and turned against him.

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How did Taft's handling of U.S. Steel differ from the policies of Theodore Roosevelt's?

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Roosevelt encouraged regulation of trusts; Taft sought to destroy them.