US History Quiz: Theodore Roosevelt & 20th Century Movements

What theme did Theodore Roosevelt adopt during his first campaign?

Square Deal

What industry was "busted" by the Northern Securities case?

Railroads

What law was passed after the publication of The Jungle?

Pure Food and Drug Act

What was the subject of The Jungle?

meat packing

What was most significant about the coal miners' strike in 1902?

The federal government acted as a mediator

Theodore Roosevelt crusaded for all of the following causes except

segregation

What black leader told blacks they must better themselves economically before they could expect political equality?

Booker T. Washington

Who said, "Speak softly and carry a big stick"?

Theodore Roosevelt

American leaders were afraid to grant the Philippines independence too quickly because they

Feared that another country would take over the Philippines

What phrase is most closely associated with the Roosevelt Corollary?

international policeman

Which of the following American actions was least popular in Japan?

Treaty of Portsmouth

What popular reform took place during Taft's administration?

Limitation of speaker of the house

What action resulted in a final split between Taft and Roosevelt?

antitrust suit against US steel

What was Taft's foreign policy called?

Dollar Diplomacy

What progressive ran on a platform called "New Nationalism" in 1912?

Theodore Roosevelt

Why did Congress pass its first income tax in 1913?

loss of tariff revenues

Under the Hepburn Act (1906), railroads had to take the Interstate Commerce Commission to court to change the rates the commission set.

True

The Meat Inspection Act seriously hampered private production and hurt sales of meat.

False

The Pure Food and Drug Act proved to be a wasteful, ineffective form of government intervention.

False

Race relations worsened during the Progressive Era.

True

By requiring literacy tests, southern states deprived many blacks of their right to vote.

True

In Plessy v. Ferguson the Supreme Court supported segregation.

True

Booker T. Washington's views dominated American race relations during his lifetime.

True

Theodore Roosevelt believed that the United States should take a more active role in other nations' affairs.

True

The Roosevelt Corollary was popular among Europeans and Latin Americans.

False

Roosevelt earned the Nobel Prize for negotiating the Treaty of Portsmouth.

True

Taft initiated more antitrust suits and set aside more public lands than Roosevelt.

True

Dollar diplomacy was a great success.

False

The first income tax was an unfair burden to the poor.

False

What is the popular term for breaking up monopolies?

trustbusting

What president was most closely associated with progressivism?

Theodore Roosevelt

What philosophy on the use of national resources did Theodore Roosevelt promote?

conservation

What term was applied to laws in the South that segregated the races?

Jim Crow Laws

What political organization was founded in 1909 to fight legal battles on behalf of blacks?

NAACP

In 1912 what third party won the most electoral votes of any third party in presidential history?

Progressive Party

What mosquito-borne tropical disease was successfully attacked by medical officers?

yellow fever

What type of education had a significant impact in America from the 1920s to the early 1950s?

Progressive

Why did Theodore Roosevelt run a third time in 1912? What impact did he have on the election?

He disagreed with Taft and he created his own progressive movement

How was "New Nationalism" new?

Roosevelt shift proposal from breaking up monopoly in trust to regulate them