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1.15 Progressive Presidents

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
My presidential platform was called the "Square Deal." 
a)
Wilson
b)
Debs
c)
Taft
d)
Roosevelt
2.
What nickname did Roosevelt get after breaking up monopolies with the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
a)
Trustbuster
b)
Monopolybuster
c)
Tim Roosevelt Destroyer of Trusts
d)
Slayer of trusts and eradicator of monopolies
3.
What happened in the election of 1912?
a)
Roosevelt runs as a third party and wins
b)
Roosevelt runs as a third party which divides Republicans and helps to elect Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat.
c)
Taft runs as a Republican and wins
d)
none of the above
4.
Which president pushed for the Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Federal Reserve, and Federal Trade Commission?
a)
McKinley
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Taft
d)
Wilson
5.

What was the Square Deal?

a)

TAFT's promise to favor laborers in different trade agreements and to attack corporations

b)

Roosevelt's promise to the American people to to be fair to all; it was comprised of controlling corporations, protecting consumers, and conservationism

c)

Wilson's program of American conservation that promised to conserve America's wilderness

d)

Roosevelt's agreement with foreign countries that he would prevent countries in the Eastern Hemisphere from getting involved in their affairs

6.

My foreign policy was Big Stick diplomacy

a)

Taft

b)

Roosevelt

c)

Wilson

7.

My foreign policy was the Dollar Diplomacy

a)

Taft

b)

Wilson

c)

Roosevelt

8.

I was POTUS during WW1 and my foreign policy was Moral diplomacy

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Taft

c)

Wilson

9.

I passed the Meat Inspection Act

a)

Taft

b)

Wilson

c)

Roosevelt

10.

Roosevelt, Taft, or Wilson? - created the "Bull Moose" Progressive Party to run for president for a third term in 1912

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Taft

c)

Wilson

11.

The policy of extending a nation's rule over other territories and countries:

a)

Imperialism

b)

Sphere of Influence

c)

Isolationism

d)

Expansionism

12.

Select all of the reasons why the US went to war with Spain in 1898. (THREE)

a)

Spain's mistreatment of the Cubans who wanted independence

b)

To avenge Spain's attack on the USS Maine

c)

To give independence to Cuba and the Philippines

d)

To add Cuba as a colony and take control of its natural resources

13.

The U.S. policy of using the nation's economic power to exert influence over other countries

a)

Moral Diplomacy

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

Big Stick Diplomacy

14.

Theodore Roosevelt's policy of backing up diplomatic relations with military force

a)

Moral Diplomacy

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

Big Stick Diplomacy

15.

The use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspapers or magazines to attract readers

a)

Nationalism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Yellow Journalism

d)

Expansionism

16.

Policy of Woodrow Wilson stating that the U.S. could not officially recognize governments that were oppressive, undemocratic, or opposed to U.S. business interests

a)

Moral Diplomacy

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

Big Stick Diplomacy

17.

An artificial waterway built to provide a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, opened in in 1914

a)

Roosevelt Corollary

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Yellow Journalism

d)

Open Door Policy

18.

Which of the following territories did we acquire from Spain after the Spanish American War (check all the THREE that apply)

a)

Puerto Rico

b)

Hawaii

c)

Guam

d)

Philippines

19.

What passage way, built by T. Roosevelt, made shipping and transportation more efficient between the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans?

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Big Stick Policy

c)

National Park Service

d)

Open Door Policy

20.

This individual pushed for the annexation of Hawaii.

a)

FDR

b)

Alferd T. Mahan

c)

Sandford B. Dole

d)

Teddy Roosevelt

21.
Alfred T. Mahan argued:
a)
to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power
b)
the burden of the white man is to support and uplift non-whites
c)
imperialism was not democratic and engaging in it would be hypocritical
d)
the nation's economic needs could be satisfied from within as the US should avoid risking itself in foreign entanglements
22.
What was the role of Liliuokalani during the annexation of Hawaii?
a)
Liliuokalani was the last queen of Hawaii who tried to desperately resist US control of the Hawaiian Islands.
b)
Liliuokalani was the last queen of Hawaii who tried to sell the islands for a large profit. 
c)
Liliuokalani was the last queen of Hawaii who tried to create a treaty between the US and Hawaii. 
23.
What was a result of Yellow Journalism?
a)
Economic growth for the readers
b)
Public opinion for the war increased
c)
Public outcry against the war increased.
d)
US won the Spanish American War
24.

The Platt Amendment gave the United States what right? (TWO ANSWERS)

a)

the right to intervene in Cuban affairs

b)

the right to import American sugar into Cuba

c)

the right to control Puerto Rico and the Philippines

d)

the right to go to war with Spain

e)

Allow the US to have a naval base in Cuba