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Theodore Roosevelt
William Taft
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How old was Theodore Roosevelt when he took office?
What is 42.
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When did Taft become president?
What is 1908.
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What was the Meat Inspection Act?
What is an act that required federal inspection of meats being sold, and cleanliness standards in meatpacking plants.
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What is a trust?
What is a combination of corporations formed by a legal agreement.
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Who was the first head of the United States Forest Service?
Who is Gifford Pinchot.
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What year did Roosevelt become president?
What is 1901.
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What tariff did Taft put in effect?
What is the Payne-Aldrich Tariff.
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What did the Pure Food and Drug Act prohibit?
What is the manufacturing, sale, or shipment of falsely labeled drugs.
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Define social darwinism.
What is the belief that only the strongest people in society will survive.
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Who did the Hepburn Act give the power to set railroad rates?
What is the Interstate Commerce Commision (ICC).
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What was Theodore Roosevelt's nickname?
What is Teddy Roosevelt.
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Was William Taft liked by the people?
What is only at the beginning of his presidency.
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What act gave the Interstate Commerce Commision the power to set railroad rates?
What is the Hepburn Act.
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What is insubordination?
What is disobedience to authority.
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Who wrote The Jungle?
Who is Upton Sinclair.
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Was Roosevelt for or against trusts?
What is for.
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What new government bureau did William Taft create?
What is the Children's Bureau.
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What agency investigated and exposed the problems of child labor?
What is the Children's Bureau.
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What was the Square Deal?
What is Roosevelt's reform programs.
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What was The Jungle about?
What is the gruesomeness of Chicago meatpacking plants.
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Did Roosevelt support social darwinism or progressivism?
What is both. He supported social darwinism when it came to international affairs, but progressivism when it came to domestic affairs.
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What was William Taft's middle name?
What is Howard.
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Who pushed Congress to establish the National Forest Bureau?
What is Teddy Roosevelt.
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Define arbitration.
What is a settlement negotiated by an outside party.
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What Congress act did The Jungle inspire?
What is the Meat Inspection Act.