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Chapter 9 Progressivism Takes Hold
  1. Theodore Roosevelt was especially strong in his support of __________.
   a) trusts
   b) lumbering
   c) conservation
   d) development
  2. Roosevelt's suit against the Northern Securities Company was designed to establish __________.
   a) the federal government's authority over trusts and big business
   b) a precedent for presidential participation in future labor disputes
   c) federal conservation of the nation's natural resources
   d) the federal government's authority to take action against false advertising claims
  3. Taft differed from Roosevelt in that he __________.
   a) expanded the number of acres of national forests
   b) prosecuted trusts
   c) instituted progressive policies
   d) failed to win public affection
  4. Wilson's former career as a __________ prepared him for the campaign trail.
   a) minister
   b) professor
   c) lawyer
   d) union leader
  5. Which of the 1912 presidential candidates advocated public ownership of trusts?
   a) Taft
   b) Wilson
   c) Debs
   d) Roosevelt
  6. Which did NOT expand the power of the presidency under Woodrow Wilson?
   a) presidential lobbying of Congress
   b) regularly scheduled press conferences
   c) challenges to commercial interests
   d) establishment of the Children's Bureau
  7. Which group had the MOST representation in the Progressive movement?
   a) African Americans
   b) Immigrants
   c) white Protestants
   d) labor unions
  8. Roosevelt believed that immigrants to the United States should __________.
   a) abandon their own cultures and adopt American ways
   b) have rights that were subordinate to native-born Americans
   c) be subjected to the practice of eugenics
   d) be required to pass literacy tests
  9. Progressives and labor unions worked for similar reforms, but they had opposing views about __________.
   a) shorter workdays
   b) better working conditions
   c) government interaction
   d) the minimum wage for women


 

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