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Chapter 15, Lesson 3 Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the presidential election of 1912, South Dakota’s electoral votes went to __________?

a)

William Howard Taft

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Eugene V. Debs

2.

Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 presidential election because Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft split the __________ Party.

a)

Republican

b)

Democratic

c)

Socialist

d)

Independent

3.

Teddy Roosevelt’s 1912 political party was named the Progressive Party but his critics named it the “_________” Party because when asked about his health, Teddy said he was as fit as this animal.

a)

Bear

b)

Elephant

c)

Bull Moose

d)

Lion

4.

The first federal income tax was tacked onto the _________ Act. The bill reduced the average tariff on imported goods to about 30% of the value of the goods, but it also provided for levying the first federal graduated income tax.

a)

Federal Reserve

b)

Clayton Anti-Trust

c)

Underwood Tariff

d)

Interstate Commerce

5.

To help regulate monopolies and big business, Woodrow Wilson was able to get Congress to create the ____________.

a)

Children's Bureau

b)

Mining Bureau

c)

Interstate Commerce Commission

d)

Federal Trade Commission

6.

The Federal Reserve Act created _________ regional banks to be supervised by a Board of Governors, appointed by the president.

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

13

7.

All of the following are functions of the Federal Reserve EXCEPT:

a)

The Federal Reserve controls the money supply and credit policies in the United States.

b)

The Federal Reserve raises and lowers the interest rates to member banks.

c)

The Federal Reserve buys and sells government bonds and other securities.

d)

The Federal Reserve regulates the operations of monopolies.

8.

Today, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is _________.

a)

Allan Greenspan

b)

Ben Bernanke

c)

Jerome Powell

d)

Janet Yellen

9.

Two areas that progressives were not able to address or solve during this time were issues related to ________ and _______ discrimination.

a)

Ethnic and Social

b)

Economic and Educational

c)

Political and Religious

d)

Racial and Religious

10.

The NAACP was founded in 1909. It stands for __________________.

a)

National American Auto Care Prevention

b)

National Arithmetic and Algebraic Computations Program

c)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

d)

National Association for the Aged and Atrophic Concerns Program

11.

All of the following were achievements Woodrow Wilson made EXCEPT:

a)

Underwood Tariff Act

b)

Federal Reserve Act

c)

An end to the Coal Strike

d)

Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

12.

South Dakota belongs to the 9th Federal Reserve District and our headquarters is in __________.

a)

Denver, CO

b)

Madison, WI

c)

Helena, MT

d)

Minneapolis, MN