HISTORY TEST 11/11 MV

What was TR’s backround?

navy officer, police commissioner, new york govenor, vice president

What was TR’s personality

hardworking, outspoken, energetic

At what age did TR become president

42

What happened prior to TR’s presidency?

McKinley was assasinated

someone who wants to reform government, improve working conditions, and works to improve peoples lifes.

Progressive

TR used his power and position to bring positive change for the good of the people.

Bully Pulpit

TR’s policies and programs to give all americans an equal opportunity.

Square deal

What were all of TR’s goals summarized

control of corporations, consumer protection, conservation

Plan to regulate buisness and settle labor disputes

Control of corporations

Wanted to make sure food and medicine were safe

Consumer protection

Protection of land and the enviroment

Conservation

Nickname for TR because he oppozed buisness that was illegal or hurt the public

Trustbuster

Government agency that oversees use of public land.

US forest service

Required labels with dates and ingredients on food and medicine.

Pure food and drug act

Civil rights leader and teacher who was the first african american at the white house when he met TR to discuss race relations

Booker T Washington

What was TR’s motto of being ready to use military to protect US interests.

“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”

US claimed international police power to protect its territories, especially in Latin America

Roosevelt Corollary

TR offered money to colombia for permission to build the _________

Panama Canal

How much money did TR offer for Colombia to build the canal?

10 million

Did Colombia accept or reject the offer to build the panama canal?

reject

TR helped Panama __________ from Colombia so the U.S. could build the Panama Canal.

break away

The US built the panama canal to connect what oceans

atlantic and the pacific

What election did TR choose to not run for president in?

The election of 1908

Who was TR’s friend who won the election easily after being pushed to run by TR

William H Taft

What was Taft’s backround like?

Secretary of war, lawyer, judge

What was Tafts personality like

Calm, cautious, Reliable

What was Tafts attitude towards the 1908 election?

He was reluctant to run

What did the 16th amendment establish

Federal Income tax

What did the 17th amendment establish

The direct election of senators

Government agency that creates laws for workers rights and better working conditions

Dept of Labor

Taft promised to make a change to the Tariff but they were mini,al and it angered progressives.

Payne-Aldrich Tariff

Scandal over land in Alaska involving Taft’s staff

Ballinger-Pinchott scandal

Secretary of interior who was accused of selling land and keeping the money

Richard Ballinger

Forest service who complained to Taft about Ballinger

Gifford Pinchott

Who did Taft fire?

Pinchott

When Taft fired Pinchott who did it anger?

progressives and TR

Why did TR get angry at Taft during the Ballinger-Pinchott scandal?

He felt Taft was too conservative

Even though Taft was unhappy as president, why did he run again?

He ran out of spite because he was challenged by TR

What party did TR create so e could run in the election.

The Bull Moose Party

Who was the New Jersey Govenor running in the election of 1912 who was not well known?

Woodrow Wilson

Who was supported by the union workers in the 1912 election

Eugene Debs

Who won the election of 1912

Woodrow Wilson

Why did Wilson mainly win the election of 1912

There was a split in votes between Taft and TR

What was Woodrow Wilsons backround?

NJ govenor, college professor

What was Woodrow Wilsons personality like

Scholarly, Intense, Stern

What made significant changes to the tariff for the first time since the civil war?

Underwood Tariff

What act established an 8 hour work day for railroad workers?

Adamson Act

What act said no child under 14 could work in factories

Keating-Owen act

What act revised banks for the first time since the civil war

The federal reserve act

What was the first result of the federal reserve act?

It issued paper money

What was the second result of the federal reserve act?

It set interest rates

What was the third result of the federal reserve act?

It made it easier to get loans

During WW1 what did wilsons focus change on?

policies