Progressivism Under Taft

What was the main reason for the final breach between Taft and Roosevelt in 1911?

• Roosevelt's candidacy for the Republican nomination

• Taft's attorney general filed an antitrust suit against U.S. Steel

• Taft's support for world peace through arbitration treaties

• Roosevelt's support for the Progressive Party

What action did Roosevelt take after Taft's bosses refused to seat the Roosevelt delegates at the Chicago convention in 1912?

• He ran as an independent candidate

• He supported Taft's nomination

• He and his supporters bolted the party

• He withdrew from the election

Which candidate was generally viewed as the candidate of the old guard in the 1912 presidential election?

• Eugene V. Debs

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• William Howard Taft

Reforms in big business are characteristic of what era?

• Gilded Age

• Progressive Era

• New Deal

• Roaring 20s

What were journalists called that investigated and wrote about the issues in society during the progressive era?

• Reporters

• Muckrakers

• Yellow Journalists

• Paparazzi

The Bull-Moose Candidate was most associated with?

• Progressive

• Populist

• Greenback

• Anti-Masonic

The Jungle encouraged what to take place?

• More people joining the work force

• Legislation to make meat packing safer and cleaner

• Immigration into large cities

• New sewage lines to be built in cities

What was one of the main reasons for the split between Taft and Roosevelt during Taft's presidency?

• Taft's support for high tariffs

• Roosevelt's opposition to Taft's foreign policy

• Taft's antitrust lawsuit against U.S. Steel

• Roosevelt's decision to run for a third term

Which act passed under Taft's administration aimed to regulate the railroad industry?

• Hepburn Act

• Elkins Act

• Mann-Elkins Act

• Clayton Antitrust Act

What was the primary focus of Taft's progressive reforms?

• Environmental conservation

• Antitrust legislation

• Labor rights

• Women's suffrage