AP US History Progressives Quiz

Although Wilson had campaigned in 1912 on the principles of the New Freedom, in practice his first term went far toward enacting the program of the:
1. New Deal
2. New Nationalism
3. Deep South Democrats.
4. Republican Old Guard.
1916, Congress passed the Keating-Owen Act to regulate child labor. Congress attempted to justify this legislation under its power to:
1. tax.
2. promote the general welfare
3. regulate interstate commerce
4. protect the health and safety of all citizens.
Theodore Roosevelt's mediation was important at the Portsmouth peace conference of 1905, which:
1. ended the Sino-Japanese War
2. ended the Russo-Japanese War.
3. settled the Franco-German dispute over Morocco
4. settled the Venezuela boundary dispute with Great Britain
The aphorism "Speak softly and carry a big stick" was used by Roosevelt in reference to his:
1. foreign policy
2. policy toward labor unions
3. technique when on safari in Africa
4. political strategy toward the Democrats
The purpose of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine was to
1. safeguard existing American investments in Latin America
2. open up new investment opportunities for Americans in Latin America
3. provide legal grounds for the extension of America's colonial empire in Latin America
4. forestall European intervention in Latin America by policing the economic affairs of indebted nations
The outcome of the government's case against the Northern Securities company in 1904 was that:
1. Theodore Roosevelt gave up the attempt to bust the trusts.
2. this railroad monopoly was ordered to be dissolved
3. the Sherman Antitrust Act was declared unconstitutional
4. the Sherman Antitrust Act was ruled inapplicable in this case
The expression "square deal," as used by Theodore Roosevelt, meant that the federal government would:
1. combat racial injustice
2. provide jobs for everyone
3. be favorable to labor unions
4. treat all special interests impartially
With respect to government-controlled public lands, Roosevelt generally favored
1. absolute preservation in their natural state
2. leasing for unrestricted private exploitation
3. conservation with carefully managed development
4. outright sale to private developers who could use the land in any way they wished
The New Nationalism of Theodore Roosevelt called for
1. strengthening the regulatory powers of the federal government
2. returning to the laissez-faire principles of the nineteenth century.
3. investing the states with the largest responsibility for controlling the trusts and regulating industry.
4. a vigorous program of trust busting to restore free competition and thus obviate the need for government regulation.
When Panamanian rebels started a revolt against the government of Colombia in 1903, the United States:
1. remained strictly neutral
2. intervened on the side of Colombia
3. intervened on the side of the rebels
4. called for a meeting of the Pan-American Union.
In the early years of the twentieth century, the Industrial
Workers of the World (IWW) became significant as
1. a radical labor union with ties to Communism
2. a craft guild committed to quality workmanship
3. a political action committee of organized labor
4. an organization whose main purpose was to promote safety in the workplace
William Howard Taft's policy of encouraging private American investments in underdeveloped regions of the world was given what label by some of his critics?
1. Dollar Diplomacy
2. Missionary Diplomacy
3. the White Man's Burden
4. the Good Neighbor policy
During the election of 1912, the Progressive party was known by the nickname
1. Bull Moose
2. Half-Breeds
3. Mugwumps.
4. Teddy Bear.
The New Freedom of Woodrow Wilson called for
1. reducingthe regulatory powers of the federal government
2. returning to the laissez-faire principles of the late nineteenth century
3. investing the states with the largest responsibility for controlling the trusts and regulating industry
4. establish and enforce strict rules of competition to make it impossible for bigbusiness to abuse its power
The effect of the Progressive party's entrance into the presidential election of 1912 was to:
1. make no difference whatsoever in the outcome.
2. split the Republican vote and allow the Democrat to win
3. split the Democratic vote and allow the Republican to win
4. prevent any of the three parties from gaining a majority in the electoral college.
The Underwood-Simmons Tariff, one of the first major pieces of legislation passed in Wilson's administration, was significant in that:
1. it was passed over the president's veto
2. it caused a major split in the Democratic party
3. it substantially lowered the tariff and enacted an income tax
4. although touted as a reform measure, through log-rolling, it actually raised the average rates.
An important feature of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 was that it
1. made the recurrence of a major depression impossible.
2. provided for a more elastic currency in the form of Federal Reserve notes
3. required all banks in the nation to become members of the Federal Reserve system.
4. established a central bank where individuals could safely deposit their savings.
The secret treaties signed by the Allies at the beginning of World War I provided for:
1. the division of the enemy's colonies after the war.
2. the permanent dismemberment and occupation of Germany.
3. the creation of an international organization to preserve the peace after the war.
4. a joint effort to work toward a negotiated peace without indemnities or annexations.
The expression "liberty cabbage," as used during World War I, was an indication of:
1. American hostile reaction to everything German.
2. food shortages in America.
3. American food relief to Belgium.
4. American patriotic fervor to increase the food supply by planting home "victory gardens."
Three of the following groups in the United states suffered official or unofficial persecution during American participation in World War I. Which is the exception?
1. Germans
2. Socialists
3. Jews
4. Italian-Americans