13-3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
01. When was the Progressive party created?
1912
02. Why didn’t TR win the 1908 election?
Didn’t Run
03. Who was the Republican presidential candidate in 1908?
William Howard Taft
04. Who was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1908?
William Jennings Bryan
05. Taft promised to continue which program of TR’s?
Progressive
06. How many antitrust cases did Taft pursue?
90
07. What name was given to the Republican faction that resisted many progressive reforms?
Old Guard
08. Tariffs tended to help which group?
Business
09. How did tariffs hurt the most?
Consumers
10. What name was given for the progressive rebel group that challenged Taft?
Insurgents
11. Who was Taft’s secretary of interior?
Richard Ballinger
12. During the Taft administration, the Richard Ballinger allowed investors to mine millions of acres of public land within which state?
Alaska
13. Who was the head of the U.S. Forest Service during the TR and Taft administrations?
Gifford Pinchot
14. After Ballinger released public lands to mining interests, Pinchot protested to which group?
Congress (committee)
15. Who did Taft support during the Ballinger-Pinchot affair?
Ballinger
16. Which committee in Congress had the power to block progressive reform legislation?
House Rules
17. Which Republican faction controlled the Rules Committee during the Taft administration?
Old Guard
18. Who was the Speaker of the House during the Taft administration?
Joseph Cannon
19. The insurgents changed the House Rules Committee by excluding Speaker Cannon and making it what?
Elective
20. Teddy Roosevelt supported which Republican candidates during the 1910 midterm elections?
Insurgent
21. What name was given to Teddy Roosevelt’s progressive program?
New Nationalism
22. The Democrats gained control of which congressional chamber in the 1910 midterm elections?
House
23. During the 1910 midterm elections, a progressive group of Democratic and Republican ____ gained dominated the Senate.
Insurgents
24. How long was Teddy Roosevelt president?
7 Years
25. Which law in 1910 placed telephone and telegraph rates under the control government control?
Mann-Elkins Act
26. Under the Mann-Elkins Act, telephone and telegraph rates were controlled by which government agency?
ICC
27. Which specific event cost Taft the support of Teddy Roosevelt and other progressives?
Ballinger-Pinchot
28. Who challenged Taft for the Republican presidential nomination in 1912?
T. Roosevelt
29. When the Republican national convention met in Chicago in 1912, the Taft political machinery blocked Teddy Roosevelt’s delegates won in the ___.
Primaries
30. Which individual’s supporters marched out of the Republican national convention in 1912? They formed which party? What was its nickname?
T. Roosevelt/Progressive/Bull Moose
31. Who was TR’s running mate in 1912?
Hiram Johnson
32. Teddy Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt within which city in 1912?
Milwaukee
33. Who was the Socialist political candidate for the presidency in 1912? Democrat?
Eugene V. Debs & Woodrow Wilson
34. Woodrow Wilson criticized both big business and big ____.
Government
35. What was the name of Woodrow Wilson’s political platform in 1912?
New Freedom
36. Who won the 1912 Election? Who took second?
Wilson
TR
37. Which law, issued in 1914, spelled out specific activities big business could not do in restraint of trade? It also protected which group from lawsuits?
Clayton Antitrust Act
38. Under the Clayton Antitrust Act, unions were protected from lawsuits unless “injury” was done to what?
Property
39. Which group was formed in 1913 that allowed banks to borrow money?
Federal Reserve System
40. Which agency formed in 1916 made low-interest loans available to farmers?
Federal Farm Loan Board
41. Jim Crow practices in the cabinet began during which presidential administration?
Taft
42. Due to his fighting for many public causes, Louis Brandeis was known as what?
People’s Lawyer
43. Louis Brandeis was the first ___ named to the Supreme Court.
Jew
44. Who was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916?
Woodrow Wilson
45. Who was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1916?
Charles Evans Hughes
46. Who refused to seat southern African American delegates at a convention for fear of losing white support?
TR
47. Progressives tended to ignore the plight of tenant and which other farmers?
Migrants
48. For the most part, progressivism died with the start of which event? Year?
World War I (1914)
49. Progressivism ended in America in which year?
1916
50. What was the last progressive reform to continue after World War I began?
Woman Suffrage
1912
02. Why didn’t TR win the 1908 election?
Didn’t Run
03. Who was the Republican presidential candidate in 1908?
William Howard Taft
04. Who was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1908?
William Jennings Bryan
05. Taft promised to continue which program of TR’s?
Progressive
06. How many antitrust cases did Taft pursue?
90
07. What name was given to the Republican faction that resisted many progressive reforms?
Old Guard
08. Tariffs tended to help which group?
Business
09. How did tariffs hurt the most?
Consumers
10. What name was given for the progressive rebel group that challenged Taft?
Insurgents
11. Who was Taft’s secretary of interior?
Richard Ballinger
12. During the Taft administration, the Richard Ballinger allowed investors to mine millions of acres of public land within which state?
Alaska
13. Who was the head of the U.S. Forest Service during the TR and Taft administrations?
Gifford Pinchot
14. After Ballinger released public lands to mining interests, Pinchot protested to which group?
Congress (committee)
15. Who did Taft support during the Ballinger-Pinchot affair?
Ballinger
16. Which committee in Congress had the power to block progressive reform legislation?
House Rules
17. Which Republican faction controlled the Rules Committee during the Taft administration?
Old Guard
18. Who was the Speaker of the House during the Taft administration?
Joseph Cannon
19. The insurgents changed the House Rules Committee by excluding Speaker Cannon and making it what?
Elective
20. Teddy Roosevelt supported which Republican candidates during the 1910 midterm elections?
Insurgent
21. What name was given to Teddy Roosevelt’s progressive program?
New Nationalism
22. The Democrats gained control of which congressional chamber in the 1910 midterm elections?
House
23. During the 1910 midterm elections, a progressive group of Democratic and Republican ____ gained dominated the Senate.
Insurgents
24. How long was Teddy Roosevelt president?
7 Years
25. Which law in 1910 placed telephone and telegraph rates under the control government control?
Mann-Elkins Act
26. Under the Mann-Elkins Act, telephone and telegraph rates were controlled by which government agency?
ICC
27. Which specific event cost Taft the support of Teddy Roosevelt and other progressives?
Ballinger-Pinchot
28. Who challenged Taft for the Republican presidential nomination in 1912?
T. Roosevelt
29. When the Republican national convention met in Chicago in 1912, the Taft political machinery blocked Teddy Roosevelt’s delegates won in the ___.
Primaries
30. Which individual’s supporters marched out of the Republican national convention in 1912? They formed which party? What was its nickname?
T. Roosevelt/Progressive/Bull Moose
31. Who was TR’s running mate in 1912?
Hiram Johnson
32. Teddy Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt within which city in 1912?
Milwaukee
33. Who was the Socialist political candidate for the presidency in 1912? Democrat?
Eugene V. Debs & Woodrow Wilson
34. Woodrow Wilson criticized both big business and big ____.
Government
35. What was the name of Woodrow Wilson’s political platform in 1912?
New Freedom
36. Who won the 1912 Election? Who took second?
Wilson
TR
37. Which law, issued in 1914, spelled out specific activities big business could not do in restraint of trade? It also protected which group from lawsuits?
Clayton Antitrust Act
38. Under the Clayton Antitrust Act, unions were protected from lawsuits unless “injury” was done to what?
Property
39. Which group was formed in 1913 that allowed banks to borrow money?
Federal Reserve System
40. Which agency formed in 1916 made low-interest loans available to farmers?
Federal Farm Loan Board
41. Jim Crow practices in the cabinet began during which presidential administration?
Taft
42. Due to his fighting for many public causes, Louis Brandeis was known as what?
People’s Lawyer
43. Louis Brandeis was the first ___ named to the Supreme Court.
Jew
44. Who was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916?
Woodrow Wilson
45. Who was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1916?
Charles Evans Hughes
46. Who refused to seat southern African American delegates at a convention for fear of losing white support?
TR
47. Progressives tended to ignore the plight of tenant and which other farmers?
Migrants
48. For the most part, progressivism died with the start of which event? Year?
World War I (1914)
49. Progressivism ended in America in which year?
1916
50. What was the last progressive reform to continue after World War I began?
Woman Suffrage