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In order to rid the progressive Theodore Roosevelt from the New York governorship, Republican party leaders

• campaigned against him in 1900

• moved for a recall in New York

• nominated him as the vice-presidential candidate for William McKinley

• looked to replace him with William Howard Taft

Advocates of Social Darwinism claimed that society's unfit

• could rise to the top through education

• were destined to be laborers and employees

• deserved financial support from the nations elite

• could be aided through religious institutions

Tammany Hall became notorious in New York City for

• preaching the ideas of Social Darwinism

• controlling the city's government through corruption and graft

• leading a strike against the city's transit lines

• inciting a racial riot during World War One

Ida Tarbell's contribution to muckraking journalism included

• a scathing attack on the nation's political machines

• a description of urban poverty and living conditions of the poor

• a grotesque illustration of the nation's meat packing industry

• a damaging history of Standard Oil

the initiative referendum, and recall all became progressive devices that aimed to

• limit the voice of America's voters

• empower the influence of the state legislators

• empower the influence of the nation's voters

• empower the influence of the railroads and big business

Theodore Roosevelt sought to dissolve the Northern Securities Company on the grounds that

• it promoted cutthroat competition among railroad lines

• it monopolized the railroad lines across the northern plains

• it refused to accept his arbitration during a railroad strike

• it secretly secured rebates with Andrew Carnegie

Under his conservation and preservation policies, Theodore Roosevelt did all of the following EXCEPT

• preserved thousands of acres of land from private developers

• opened up Yellowstone National Park

• established the Muir Woods National Monument

• nominated conservationist, Gifford Pinchot, as head of the Division of forestry

Despite less than favorable reviews from supporters of Roosevelt, Taft did manage to

• establish the Federal Reserve Board

• push through Congress the Meat Inspection Act

• break up John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil

• sign the Underwood-Simmons Tariff

The Election of 1912 featured all of the following presidential candidates EXCEPT

• William Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• Robert LaFollette

• Theodore Roosevelt

Progressivism would come to an end due to

• lack of interest in reform

• lack of charismatic progressive levels

• lack of coherent agenda

• World War I