Progressive Era Presidents

I was a Democrat who won the Presidency in 1912.

• Roosevelt
• Taft
• Wilson

Two of my major accomplishments were the completion of the Panama Canal and the Antiquities Act which saved 230 million acres of American land.

• Roosevelt
• Taft
• Wilson

I was a lawyer by trade whose ultimate goal was being a Supreme Court Justice.

• Rossevelt
• Taft
• Wilson

I was responsible for creating the Federal Reserve in 1913.

• Roosevelt
• Taft
• Wilson

What was the Square Deal?

• TAFT's promise to favor laborers in different trade agreements and to attack corporations

• Roosevelt's promise to the American people to to be fair to all; it was comprised of controlling corporations, protecting consumers, and conservationism

• Wilson's program of American conservation that promised to conserve America's wilderness

• Roosevelt's agreement with foreign countries that he would prevent countries in the Eastern Hemisphere from getting involved in their affairs

Which of the following best explains what happened in the election of 1912?

• It is rare for an American political party to retain control of the executive branch for three consecutive terms. The American people wanted change and voted in a new political party.

• William Jennings Bryan and Woodrow Wilson both ran for president as Democrats and split the Democratic vote, allowing for a third party candidate to be elected president for the first time in American history

• William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, a former Republican, split the "Republican" vote, allowing for the Democrat, Woodrow Wilson, to be elected president

• Eugene V. Debs was elected president as Wilson, Taft, and Roosevelt all split the Republican vote

My foreign policy was Big Stick diplomacy

• Taft

• Roosevelt

• Wilson

My foreign policy was the Dollar Diplomacy

• Taft

• Wilson

• Roosevelt

I passed the Meat Inspection Act

• Taft

• Wilson

• Roosevelt

I imposed a tariff that raised the cost of living in the USA

• Taft

• Roosevelt

• Wilson