Roosevelt
Roosevelt was known as the _____ when kept suing the Captains of Industries.
Trustbuster
Who were the muckrakers?
They were investigative reporters who exposed scandal, corruption and injustices.
Which two former presidents were on the ballot in 1912 who ran against Woodrow Wilson?
Taft- Republican Party
Roosevelt- Bull Moose Progressive Party
This reform was adopted by Australia.
Secret Ballot
Taft became President during which election and what role did he play in the administration of Teddy Roosevelt?
1908! He was TR's secretary of war!
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890?
Broke up companies that had a monopoly on an industry!
Which law was passed after the publication of "The Jungle."
The 1906 Meat Inspection Act
Which Amendment was passed during his administration that actually increased crime and poverty instead of diminishing it?
18th Amendment on Prohibition. This amendment was later repealed (reversed) in the 1920s.
This process allowed the population to vote and have a say in the nominating of a presidential candidate.
Under his administration this amendment was passed called for everyone to pay an "income tax."
16th Amendment
Problems in what industry were the main cause for passage of the Interstate Commerce Act?
Railroad Industry
Children's Bureau under the Labor Department of the Federal Government
Which act gave the government greater control over the nation's finances.
Federal Reserve Act
Which amendment called for the direct election of senators?
17th Amendment (under Taft)
What was Taft's foreign policy called?
Dollar Diplomacy
The Roosevelt Corollary was an extension of the Monroe Doctrine. The Corollary stated that?
The United States would intervene in foreign affairs in South America if those countries could not maintain order for themselves. (we became the police force)
Poll Tax (or grandfather clause if they couldn't pay a poll tax) and literacy test.
Under Wilson, he too fought the monopolies. Which act allowed him to go after the monopolies to break them up instead of regulating them?
Clayton Anti-trust Act
ICC (interstate commerce commission)
His foreign policy was more successful in _________ than ___________.
South American, than China
What was Roosevelt's domestic policy called?
The Square Deal.
The court ruled in this landmark decision that "separate but equal" is constitutional.
Plessy v. Ferguson
What was Wilson's foreign Policy stance?
Isolationism and Neutrality
Which two acts further allowed the ICC to control the railroads?
Hepburn Act and the Elkins Act
Which democrat ran against him in the 1908 election?
William Jennings Bryan