Quiz: Chapter 29

Theodore Roosevelt's third-party candidacy in 1912 ran under the:

• a. Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party
• b. Populist Party
• c. Know-Nothing Party
• d. Liberty Party

Woodrow Wilson's 1912 platform, favoring the breakup of monopolies over their regulation, was called the:

• a. New Nationalism
• b. New Freedom
• c. Square Deal
• d. Fair Deal

The Underwood Tariff of 1913 was significant because it:

• a. Lowered rates and was paired with a new federal income tax
• b. Raised tariff rates to record highs
• c. Abolished all tariffs
• d. Applied only to Latin American trade

The Federal Reserve Act (1913) created:

• a. A single national bank
• b. A system of regional reserve banks under a central board
• c. The gold standard
• d. State-run banks only

The Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) was notable for:

• a. Exempting labor unions from antitrust prosecution
• b. Banning all corporate mergers
• c. Creating the Federal Reserve
• d. Establishing the income tax

The Federal Trade Commission, created in 1914, was empowered to:

• a. Investigate and stop unfair business practices
• b. Set tariff rates
• c. Print currency
• d. Appoint federal judges

Wilson's stated foreign policy of promoting democracy and rejecting territorial conquest was called:

• a. Dollar diplomacy
• b. Moral diplomacy
• c. Big Stick diplomacy
• d. Gunboat diplomacy

Wilson ordered the occupation of Veracruz, Mexico, in 1914 largely to:

• a. Pressure General Victoriano Huerta from power
• b. Annex Mexican territory
• c. Capture Pancho Villa
• d. Build the Panama Canal

Pancho Villa's 1916 raid on Columbus, New Mexico, prompted:

• a. Pershing's Punitive Expedition into Mexico
• b. A declaration of war on Mexico
• c. The annexation of Baja California
• d. The Veracruz occupation

The Adamson Act (1916) established:

• a. An eight-hour day for interstate railroad workers
• b. Child labor restrictions
• c. Farm credit programs
• d. Women's suffrage

Wilson's 1916 reelection campaign slogan was:

• a. "Return to Normalcy"
• b. "He Kept Us Out of War"
• c. "A Chicken in Every Pot"
• d. "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick"

Wilson's 1916 Republican opponent was:

• a. William Howard Taft
• b. Theodore Roosevelt
• c. Charles Evans Hughes
• d. Robert La Follette