Woodrow Wilson

Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal and Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom shared the goal of

• achieving equal rights for minorities

• protecting the interests of big business

• strengthening federal regulatory power over corporations

• instituting laissez faire policies

The Federal Reserve System, created in 1913, extended government control over the banking system by

• issuing housing and consumer loans

• regulating interest rates and the money supply

• ending private ownership of banks

• banning loans for stock market purchases

Progressivism could best be characterized as a movement that

• encouraged involvement in international affairs

• tried to introduce a parliamentary system of government

• emphasized the needs of farmers

• demanded reform at all levels of government

What was the major goal of the political reforms enacted during the Progressive Era (1900-1920)?

• expanding citizen participation in government

• lowering the legal voting age

• discouraging the formation of new political parties

• providing public funding of campaigns

The Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) and the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) were similar in that both were designed to

• regulate child labor

• limit the power of big business

• set safety standards in industry

• restrict the employment of unskilled workers

What was President Woodrow Wilson´s foreign policy at the beginning of World War 1?

• internationalism

• containment

• neutrality

• dollar diplomacy

Which action increased the opportunity for public participation in the political process?

• the passage of Jim Crow laws

• passing poll tax laws

• changing Inauguration Day from March to January

• ratification of the 17th Amendment, the direct election of Senators

In his war message to Congress, President Woodrow Wilson urged the United States to enter World War I in order to

• protect the empires of European countries

• create a new world government

• make the world safe for democracy

• stop a British attack on the United States

Which action by Germany prompted the United States to enter World War I?

• attacking British shipping

• forming an alliance with Austria Hungary

• resuming unrestricted submarine warfare

• invading France

What was the major reason that African Americans migrated to northern cities during and after World War I?

• a surplus of cotton led to farm foreclosures in the South

• Discrimination had been eliminated in the North

• Political opportunities expanded in the South

• Industrial jobs were available in the North