Quiz 23-3

A major factor in Woodrow Wilson's victory in the 1912 presidential campaign was the fact that

• many Republicans supported his nomination

• wealthy Democrats poured millions of dollars into his campaign

• the United States was at war

• the Republican party had split in two

Wilson's New Freedom platform

• proposed vigorous anti-trust action to break up corporate concentration

• accepted gigantic corporations as a fact of modern economic life

• was the reason he won the 1912 election

• was vehemently opposed by Louis Brandies

During the Progressive period:

• reformers were generally pessimistic about finding solutions to social ills

• many groups--African Americans, the poor, the unorganized--had little influence

• conservative politicians destroyed any semblance of a welfare state

• Roosevelt proved that the president ultimately has his hands tied

Constitutional amendments enacted during the Progressive Era concerned all of the following EXCEPT:

• imposition of a "progressive" income tax

• election of United States senators by State Legislators rather than by popular vote

• extension of suffrage to women

• prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages

The creation of the Federal Reserve system in 1913 did which of the following?

• made currency and credit more elastic

• established a floating exchange rate for the dollar

• insured bank deposits

• designated privately controlled regional banks to be supervised by a Federal Reserve Board