Progressive Era Most Missed Questions

He was called a trust buster but would prefer to be called a trust regulator

• T. Roosevelt

• Taft

• Wilson

His domestic policy was called "New Freedom"

• T. Roosevelt

• Taft

• Wilson

He busted up the most trust out of all of the Progressive Presidents.

• T. Roosevelt

• Taft

• Wilson

He campaigned to lower the import tariff, but actually ended up increasing the import tariff.

• T. Roosevelt

• Taft

• Wilson

He created his own party, the Bull Moose party, when he did not receive the Republic Party nomination for the 1912 Election.

• T. Roosevelt

• Taft

• Wilson

He helped to pass the Federal Reserve Act as a part of his attack on the "Triple Wall of Privilege".

• T. Roosevelt

• Taft

• Wilson

What happened to the membership of the American Federation of Labor as a result of the Haymarket Riot?

• Increased

• Decreased

• Remained the same

How did industrialization affect the lives of the working class?

• More families could afford to send their children to school.

• People started to move into cities in large numbers.

• The rise of unions ensured working conditions were safe.

• Work days were shortened by the use of machines.

In Northern Securities Co. v. United States, the Supreme Court held that a holding company that was formed to establish a monopoly in the railroad industry was in violation of the law and that the company in question, Northern Securities Co., must be be dissolved. What does the outcome of this case illustrate?

• the effectiveness of the Interstate Commerce Act

• the effectiveness of the Federal Reserve Act

• the effectiveness of the Sherman Antitrust Act

• the effectiveness of the Homestead Act

What aspect of nineteenth century life in the United States did Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall contribute to?

• the development of political machines

• the establishment of settlement houses

• the development of the temperance movement

• the establishment of labor unions