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The issue that provoked an open break between Taft and Roosevelt was:

a. Taft's support for lower tariffs
b. Taft's reduction in the size of the navy
c. Taft's anti-trust suit against United States Steel Corporation
d. Taft's support for the federal income tax
e. Taft's firing of Pinchot

e. Taft's firing of Pinchot

The title of the novel that described the terrible conditions of the meat-packing industry was:

a. Chicago
b. The Great American Fraud
c. The Jungle
d. Maggie
e. How the Other Half Lives

c. The Jungle

Upon becoming president, Wilson appointed as secretary of the navy:

a. Louis Brandeis
b. Champ Clark
c. Colonel Edward House
d. Josephus Daniels
e. William Howard Taft

d. Josephus Daniels

Frederick W. Taylor:

a. was an Oregon reformer responsible for many progressive measures enacted there
b. wrote The Principles of Scientific Management
c. was the progressive editor of Arena
d. was founder of the National Child Labor Committee
e. authored the bill on reclamation for the western states

b. wrote The Principles of Scientific Management

During the 1908 presidential race:

a. Theodore Roosevelt sought reelection
b. the Democrats once again nominated William Jennings Bryan
c. the Socialist vote practically disappeared
d. prohibition became the major issue
e. Taft lost to Cleveland

b. the Democrats once again nominated William Jennings Bryan

During the Progressive Era:

a. reformers were generally pessimistic about finding solutions to social ills
b. voter turnout increased
c. many groups-blacks, the poor, the unorganized-had little influence
d. conservative politicians destroyed any semblance of a welfare state
e. Roosevelt proved that the president ultimately has his hands tied

c. many groups-blacks, the poor, the unorganized-had little influence

During the coal strike of 1902:

a. President Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the "big stick" against corporations
b. thousands of striking miners marched on Washington, starting a riot that lasted three days
c. President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to use the army to force strikers back to work
d. arbitrators awarded the miners all their demands
e. more than 800 miners and their families died in the Rockies

a. President Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the "big stick" against corporations

A major factor in Woodrow Wilson's victory in the 1912 presidential campaign was the fact that:

a. many Republicans supported his nomination
b. wealthy Democrats poured millions of dollars into his campaign
c. the United States was at war
d. people liked Mrs. Wilson
e. the Republican party had split in two

e. the Republican party had split in two

Which of the following best describes the method used by most progressives to solve the problem of economic power and its abuses?

a. adopt a socialist program of public ownership
b. follow the principles of laissez-faire government
c. regulate big business
d. allow business to work out its own destiny
e. lower taxes so that companies would raise wages

c. regulate big business

Of the four presidential candidates in 1912, the one most likely to advocate government ownership of big business was:

a. William Jennings Bryan
b. Woodrow Wilson
c. William Howard Taft
d. Theodore Roosevelt
e. Eugene V. Debs

e. Eugene V. Debs

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