Progressive Presidents Review

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

I passed the Meat Inspection Act

• Taft

• Wilson

• Roosevelt

I passed the Clayton Anti trust to strengthen the Sherman anit trust act

• Taft

• Roosevelt

• Wilson

This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:

• Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

Who were the Progressive Presidents?

• T. Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson

• Wilson, Taft, and F. Roosevelt

• T. Roosevelt, Taft, and McKinley

• McKinley, Wilson, and Harding

What nickname did Roosevelt earn for utilizing the Sherman Antitrust Act to break up monopolies?

• Trustbuster

• Bull Moose

• Monobuster

• Monopolizer

What is one factor that contributed to Wilson winning the presidency?

• The Republican supporters were split over Taft and Roosevelt

• The Democratic supporters were split over Taft and Roosevelt

• The Democratic Party was created during this time

• The Republican Party was created during this time

In the cartoon above, President Theodore Roosevelt is depicted doing which of the following?

• Standing guard to protect big business

• Enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Leading a government take-over of large industries

• Putting an end to industries that might harm the environment

What was a characteristic of the Progressive Era?

• Government reforms to better protect working class Americans

• Paranoia over nuclear aggression

• A downsizing of federal government

• The elimination of income tax

_____ led coal miners and thier businesses to an agreement over their 1902 strike.

• Roosevelt

• Taft

• Wilson