Standard 3 Quiz 2

What was the significance of the Theodore Roosevelt's "Bull Moose" party in the presidential election of 1912?

• A wave of write-in votes for Roosevelt enabled him to defeat Taft and Wilson and win the election as a third party candidate.

• The Republicans renamed their party the "Bull Moose Party" and supported Roosevelt, but abandoned the name after he lost to Wilson.

• Roosevelt's entry into the election as a third party candidate split the Republican vote and helped Democrat Woodrow Wilson win the election.

• The Bull Moose Party was the first third party to run a candidate for office in a national election.

This is the opening paragraph of a law enacted in 1913.

An act to provide for the establishment of Federal reserve banks, to furnish an elastic currency, to afford means of rediscounting commercial paper, to establish a more effective supervision of banking in the US, and for other purposes.

Why was this law enacted?

• to prevent the stock market from crashing

• to establish and collect taxes

• to promote a favorable balance of trade

• to stabilize and regulate the money supply

What was unique about the presidential election of 1912?

• No winner was determined by the electoral college.

• A former US president campaigned on a third party ticket.

• Women were able to vote in the election.

• A Republican was elected to office for the first time in nearly 50 years.

What action caused President Teddy Roosevelt to earn the nickname "Trustbuster"?

• supporting the construction of the Panama Canal

• negotiating an end to the Russo-Japanese War

• enacting environmental protections on federal lands

• breaking up monopolies he deemed to be harmful

This is an excerpt from a speech by Teddy Roosevelt.

Of all the questions which can come before this nation, short of its existence in a great war, there is which compares in importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our decedents than it is for us, and training them into a better race to inhabit the land and pass it on. Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation.

Which Progressive leader would most strongly agree with the message of Roosevelt's speech?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Robert La Follette

• John Muir

• Jacob Riis

This cartoon by J.S. Pughe was published in 1902.

The lantern in this cartoon could symbolize what action by President Teddy Roosevelt?

• issuing an injunction to stop a national strike

• attacking "bad trusts" that hurt the public good

• convincing Congress to pass the Food and Drug Act

• refusing to enforce the Clayton Antitrust Act

This political cartoon was published in 1907 and depicts President Theodore Roosevelt.

What is the main idea of this cartoon?

• Roosevelt attempted to break up all trusts to help workers.

• Roosevelt went after bad trusts while monitoring the actions of good trusts.

• Roosevelt believed unregulated trusts were good for the economy.

• Roosevelt believed in a hands-off approach to trusts.

Which group of presidents was known for promoting Progressive ideals?

• Grant, Cleveland, and McKinley

• McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft

• Cleveland, McKinley, and Roosevelt

• Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson

President Teddy Roosevelt was nicknamed "the Trustbuster", but what other nickname would fit him?

• the Shy and Quiet Executive

• the Conservation President

• the Laissez-faire leader

• the Non-decision Maker

This is a screenshot from a government website.

What was the motivation behind the creation of this organization which celebrated its centennial in 2016?

• Conservationists, such as Teddy Roosevelt, wanted to protect the environment from too much industrialization.

• Politicians, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, wanted to create jobs to combat poverty.

• Industrialists, such as Andrew Carnegie, wanted a way for people to improve their lives through education.

• Progressives, such as Lewis Hine, wanted to create areas to reduce overcrowding.