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TR, Woodrow Wilson, and Progressivism

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

     Theodore Roosevelt was Vice President for which President?

a)

William Howard Taft

b)

William McKinley

c)

Grover Cleveland

d)

John Hay

2.

            Which event set a precedent for federal intervention in labor disputes on the side of labor?

a)

Homestead Strike

b)

Pure Food and Drug Act  

c)

Pullman Strike  

d)

United Mine Worker Strike in Pennsylvania

3.

          The Federal Reserve system was created in 1913 in order to:

a)

Provide a stable national banking system

b)

Regulate the amount of currency in the U.S.

c)

Give Americans the chance to be rich

d)

Both provide a stable national banking system and regulate the amount of currency

4.

1.               Which of the following was a nickname for the Progressive Party in 1912?

a)

Workingman’s Party

b)

Grand Old Party

c)

Bull Moose Party 

d)

Whig Party

5.

          One of the targets of the Food and Drug Act was:

a)

Standard Oil

b)

American Tobacco

c)

Swift Meats

d)

Carnegie Steel

6.

            The Clayton Anti-Trust act was significant because it:

a)

legalized the tactics that unions could use in labor conflicts

b)

gave unions legal standing

c)

strengthened the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

d)

All of these are correct

7.
Which statement accurately describes one of Theodore Roosevelt's accomplishments as president?
a)
He led the United States to victory in World War I.
b)
He gave the Philippine Islands their independence.
c)
He granted U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans.
d)
He negotiated a peace treaty between Russia and Japan.
8.

What political party was Roosevelt part of during his two terms as president?

a)

Republican

b)

Democrat

c)

Bull Moose

d)

Socialist

9.

What ailment plagued Teddy Roosevelt as a child?

a)

Cancer

b)

Asthma

c)

Diabetes

d)

Polio

10.

Shortly after his mother and wife died,

a)

Roosevelt moved to his ranch in the Dakotas for two years.

b)

Rosevelt went big game hunting in Africa

c)

Roosevelt moved to New York.

d)

Roosevelt moved into the White House.

11.

What item or place was named after Teddy Roosevelt?

a)

Ted talks

b)

Yellowstone National park

c)

Teddy Bear

d)

Rose bush

12.
Who won the election of 1912?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Wilson
d)
McKinley
13.

His first presidential platform was the "Square Deal"

a)

Wilson

b)

Debs

c)

Taft

d)

Roosevelt

14.

Which of the following won the election of 1912 because of a split within the Republican Party?

a)

William McKinley

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

Woodrow Wilson

15.

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

16.

Which of the following best explains what happened in the election of 1912?

a)

It is rare for an American political party to retain control of the executive branch for three consecutive terms. The American people wanted change and voted in a new political party.

b)

William Jennings Bryan and Woodrow Wilson both ran for president as Democrats and split the Democratic vote, allowing for a third party candidate to be elected president for the first time in American history

c)

William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, a former Republican, split the "Republican" vote, allowing for the Democrat, Woodrow Wilson, to be elected president

d)

Eugene V. Debs was elected president as Wilson, Taft, and Roosevelt all split the Republican vote

17.

Progressives want to use the power of the (a)   to fix perceived problems.

18.

Which tariff substantially lowered taxes on imports for the first time since the Civil War?

a)

Payne-Aldrich tariff

b)

Morrill tariff

c)

Hawley-Smoot tariff

d)

Underwood tariff

19.

This amendment created an income tax:

a)

16

b)

17

c)

18

d)

20

20.

Wilson did something that no President since Jefferson had done. He

a)

called a special session of Congress

b)

spoke personally in front of Congress

c)

asked for a declaration of war

d)

told Americans about a world war

21.

The Square Deal by ____________________________ helped protect the food and drug industries as well as the environment.

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Upton Sinclair

22.

The goal of the National Parks Service was to- 

a)

provide the American people with a source of entertainment

b)

develop a tourism industry from national parks to benefit the nation’s economy

c)

search for underground oil and minerals to generate revenue on federal property

d)

preserve the natural landscape of our nation

23.

Which phrase describes a major goal of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?

a)

To provide stability for the national economy by creating a central banking system

b)

To raise money for wartime needs by selling government bonds

c)

To give incentives for U.S. entrepreneurs by offering low-interest loans

d)

To encourage competition in U.S. industry by breaking up corporate trusts

24.

What did Roosevelt emphasize to project American power?

a)

The Army

b)

The Air Force

c)

The Navy

d)

The Marines

25.

What is the significance of the time period 1901-1909 in the document?

a)

It marks the era of Dollar Diplomacy

b)

It marks the era of Big Stick Diplomacy

c)

It marks the era of Moral Diplomacy

d)

It marks the era of Isolationist Diplomacy

26.

What did the Roosevelt Corollary assert about the U.S.?

a)

Right to cultural exchange

b)

Right to economic dominance

c)

Right to intervene in Latin American countries

d)

Right to educational reform.

27.

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

a)

Standing guard to protect big business

b)

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

c)

Leading a government take-over of large industries

d)

Putting an end to industries that might harm the environment

28.
Name the country that built the Panama Canal.
a)
Colombia
b)
Cuba
c)
United States
d)
Panama
29.

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

30.

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

31.

 The _____________________ is characterized by the growth of industries and large businesses who used unfair practices. 

a)

Gilded Age

b)

Progressive Era

c)

Early American Era

d)

Great Depression

32.

President Theodore Roosevelt saw himself as a president that would-

a)

lead America to become the wealthiest nation in the history of the world

b)

unite the country politically to accomplish our goal of global influence

c)

spread democratic ideal to foreign countries

d)

help pass laws that favored the average American

33.

Roosevelt and congress wanted to be protected from eating unsanitary food and therefore passed the -

a)

Pure Food and Drug Act

b)

Meat Consumption Act

c)

Farmers of America Act

d)

Produce Act

34.

Why did Theodore Roosevelt run for president as a member of the Bull Moose Party?

a)

He was tired of the old political system under the Democrats and Republicans

b)

There was a limit to how many times you could be president under a certain political party

c)

He wasn’t satisfied with the work of William Taft as president

d)

The Bull Moose Party paid Roosevelt two million dollars to be their presidential nominee

35.

Theodore Roosevelt increased the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate railroads.

a)
b)
c)
36.

Roosevelt supported the new Food and Drug Act to protect the public’s health.

a)

b)

c)

37.

Roosevelt set aside millions of acres of national forests and parks to protect the nation’s resources.

a)

b)

c)

38.

How did the publication of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?

a)

Federal troops were mobilized to break strikes by labor unions.

b)

Government regulations requiring the inspection of food products were implemented.

c)

Congress created a regulatory agency to audit railroads.

d)

Laws were enacted that banned private companies from discriminating when hiring.

39.

Who assasinated William McKinley, causing Theodore Roosevelt to become President?

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Lee Harvey Oswald

c)

Charles Guiteau

d)

Leon Czolgosz

40.

In what city did McKinley's assassination take place?

a)

Detroit, Michigan

b)

Buffalo, NY

c)

Milwaukee, WI

d)

Washington, D.C.