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A review for the first part of Chapter 22 of Alan Brinkley's American History

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US History 2 AP Chapter 22 pt. 1 review

Question 1 of 20

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What was Teddy Roosevelt's "Square Deal"?

Select one of the following:

  • It focused on conservation, controlling corporations, and consumer protection

  • It focused on immigration, initiative, and Indian relations

  • It focused on progressive movements like Temperance and women's suffrage

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

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How did Teddy Roosevelt (properly) use the Sherman Antitrust Act?

Select one of the following:

  • He used it to break up the Northern Securities Company (J.P. Morgan)

  • He used it to break up the Standard Oil Company (John D. Rockefeller)

  • He used it to break up U.S. Steel (Andrew Carnegie)

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

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What was important about Roosevelt's behavior in relation to the Anthracite Coal Strike?

Select one of the following:

  • He threatened to seize the mine unless the owners negotiated with the employees, meaning he supported the workers

  • He threatened to seize the mine unless the employees submitted to the owners, meaning he supported the employers

  • He refused to side with either party and remained neutral

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

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What was the Hepburn Act?

Select one of the following:

  • It expanded the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and limited the power of the railroad to give free passes

  • It limited the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and expanded the power of the railroad to give free passes

  • It expanded the power of the Wobblies and expanded the power of the railroad to give free passes

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

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What was the Pure Food and Drug Act?

Select one of the following:

  • It created the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and required that all food had proper labels and restricted the sale of certain medications

  • It created the Meat Inspection Committee (MIC) and abolished the previously-standing law that food had to have proper labels

  • It created the Free Drug Commission, which prohibited the restriction of the sale of certain medications

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

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What piece of muckraking journalism inspired the passing of the Meat Inspection Act?

Select one of the following:

  • The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

  • The Shame of the Cities by Lincoln Steffens

  • The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida Tarbell

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

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What is considered to be Teddy Roosevelt's most enduring achievement?

Select one of the following:

  • Conservationism

  • Conservatism

  • Bipartisanism

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

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What was the Newlands Act?

Select one of the following:

  • The government could use money from the sale of land for irrigation projects

  • The government could use money from irrigation project for the sale of land

  • The government could use taxpayer dollars for irrigation projects

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

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What were some causes of the Panic of 1907?

Select one of the following:

  • Overspending, overspeculation, and stock market issues

  • Underspeculation and a stock market crash

  • The amount of money spent on land conservation, small yet effective farmer rebellions on bank branches

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

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How did Teddy Roosevelt fix the Panic of 1907?

Select one of the following:

  • JP Morgan purchased Tennessee Iron and Coal Company to support the bank, and it succeeded

  • Teddy Roosevelt purchased Tennessee Iron and Coal Company to support the bank, and it succeeded

  • William Howard Taft purchased Tennessee Iron and Coal Company to support the bank, and it failed

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

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Who did Teddy Roosevelt pick to be president after him?

Select one of the following:

  • William Howard Taft

  • Andrew Carnegie

  • Woodrow Wilson

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

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What was the Payne-Aldritch Tariff?

Select one of the following:

  • Barely lowered tariff rates at all

  • Raised tariffs considerably

  • Lowered tariffs considerably

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

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What important person in Roosevelt's administration did Taft dismiss?

Select one of the following:

  • Gifford Pinchot

  • JP Morgan

  • Charles Fairbanks

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

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What was Teddy Roosevelt's new political philosophy (in response to Taft) called?

Select one of the following:

  • New Nationalism

  • Old Nationalism

  • Reformed Nationalism

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

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What was included in Roosevelt's philosophy of New Nationalism?

Select one of the following:

  • Increased power of federal government, individual taxes, worker's compensation, and tariff reduction

  • Limited power of federal government, fewer taxes, no compensation for workers, and increased tariffs

  • Increased power of federal government, individual taxes, no worker's compensations, tariff increase

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

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What was Teddy Roosevelt's new political party called

Select one of the following:

  • The Progressive/"Bull Moose" Party

  • The Laborer's/"Wobbly" Party

  • The Conservative/"Cow" Party

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

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Who won the presidential election of 1912?

Select one of the following:

  • Woodrow Wilson

  • William Howard Taft

  • Grover Cleveland

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

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What was the Underwood Tariff?

Select one of the following:

  • Increased tariffs

  • Decreased tariffs

  • Abolished tariffs

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

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What was the Federal Reserve Act?

Select one of the following:

  • Increased and decreased the money supply

  • Changed to a completely different currency

  • Changed to a completely different banking system

Explanation

Question 20 of 20

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What was the Clayton Antitrust Act?

Select one of the following:

  • It gave more power to the Sherman Antitrust Act and made labor and agricultural unions exempt from it

  • It gave less power to the Sherman Antitrust Act and made labor and agricultural unions exempt from it

  • It overturned the policies of the Sherman Antitrust Act

Explanation

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