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Ch 30 assignment: “Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad, 1912‐1916.” 6.
When Woodrow Wilson became president in 1912, the most serious shortcoming in the country’s financial structure was that the a. Large banks were scattered too widely around the country b. Bank of the United States had been greatly weakened c. Banking system had been overregulated by the federal government d. U.S. dollar was tied to gold e. Currency was inelastic 7. When Congress passed the Underwood Tariff Bill in 1913, it intended the legislation to a. Lower tariff rates b. Raise tariff rates c. Eliminate tariffs as a source of revenue d. Essentially maintain the existing tariff schedule e. Aid American farmers 8. The Sixteenth Amendment provided for a. A personal income tax b. Direct election of senators c. Prohibition d. Woman suffrage e. Abolition of child labor 9. The Federal Reserve Act gave the government the authority to a. Increase the amount of money in circulation b. Close weak banks c. Govern federal banks without public control d. Print paper currency e. None of the above 10. The Clayton Anti‐Trust Act a. Held that trade unions fell under the antimonopoly restraints of the Sherman Anti‐Trust Act b. Regarded labor as an article of commerce c. Helped Congress to control interstate commerce d. Explicitly legalized strikes and peaceful picketing e. Exempted farm cooperatives from antitrust action Name _________________________________ Pd _________ 1.
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In 1912, Woodrow Wilson ran for the presidency on a Democratic platform that included all of the following EXCEPT a call for a. Antitrust legislation b. Monetary reform c. Dollar diplomacy d. Tariff reductions e. Support for small business Teddy Roosevelt’s New Nationalism a. Pinned its economic faith on competition b. Opposed consolidation of labor unions c. Favored the free functioning of unregulated and un‐monopolized markets d. Supported a broad program of social welfare e. Favored state rather than federal government activism Woodrow Wilson’s New Freedom a. Advocated social‐welfare programs b. Opposed fragmentation of big industrial combines c. Favored small enterprise and entrepreneurship d. Supported minimum‐wage laws e. Opposed banking and tariff reform In 1912 Woodrow Wilson became the first ___________ elected to the presidency since the Civil War. a. Southern‐born man b. Democrat c. Lawyer d. Non‐Civil War veteran e. Presbyterian Woodrow Wilson’s attitude toward the masses can best be described as a. Open contempt b. Public support but private dislike c. Faith in them if they were properly educated d. Indifference e. Trust in their natural common sense 11. Woodrow Wilson showed the limits of his progressivism by a. Opposing workingmen’s compensation b. Opposing the entry of women into politics c. Vetoing the Federal Farm Loan Act d. Refusing to appoint the Jewish Louis D. Brandeis to the Federal Trade Commission e. Accelerating the segregation of blacks in the federal bureaucracy 12. Woodrow Wilson’s early efforts to conduct a non‐imperialistic foreign policy were first undermined when he a. Withdrew support from American investors in Latin America and China b. Repealed the Panama Canal Tolls Act c. Sent American marines to Haiti d. Promised eventual independence to the Philippines e. Conducted a buildup of American military forces in Hawaii 13. Woodrow Wilson’s approach to American foreign policy earned the label of ____________ diplomacy. a. Imperialist b. Moral c. Dollar d. Balance‐of‐power e. Isolationist 14. Woodrow Wilson’s administration refused to extend formal diplomatic recognition to the government in Mexico headed by a. Porfirio Diaz b. Venustiano Carranza c. Pancho Villa d. Victoriano Huerta e. None of these 15. As World War I began in Europe, the alliance system placed Germany and Austria‐Hungary in the ___________, while Russia and France were in the ____________. a. Central Powers; Holy Alliance b. Central Powers; Triple Alliance c. Allies; Central Powers d. Triple Alliance; Central Powers e. Central Powers; Allies 16. With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the great majority of Americans a. Earnestly hoped to stay out of the war b. Favored entering the war in support of the Allies c. Supported the Central Powers d. Had close cultural, linguistic, and economic ties with the Central Powers e. Favored U.S. mediation of the conflict 17. President Wilson insisted that he would hold ___________ to “strict accountability” for __________. a. Britain; repaying the loans made to it by American bankers b. Britain; the disruption of American trade with the European continent c. Germany; starting the war d. Germany; fair treatment of civilians in Belgium e. Germany; the loss of American shops and lives to submarine warfare 18. German submarines began sinking unarmed and unresisting merchant and passenger ships without warning a. When the United States entered the war b. In retaliation for the British naval blockade of Germany c. In an effort to keep the United States out of the war d. Because international law now allowed this new style of warfare e. In a last‐ditch effort to win the war 19. Which of the following American passenger liners was sunk by German submarines? a. Lusitania b. Arabic c. Sussex d. Titanic e. None of these was an American ship sunk by the Germans 20. In the Sussex pledge, Germany promised a. Not to sink passenger ships b. To maintain the territorial integrity of France c. To halt its naval blockade of Britain d. To halt all submarine warfare e. Not to sink passenger ships without warning