Who was President at the time of the 1912 Presidential Election?
William Howard Taft
100
Wilson came from which state?
New Jersey
100
Which Amendment created universal suffrage for women?
19th
200
Before Teddy was President, he was...
Vice President (to William McKinley)
200
Was Taft progressive, moderate or conservative in his politics?
Conservative
200
What was the name of Teddy Roosevelt's political party in this election?
Bull Moose
200
Wilson created a uniform system of banking called the
Federal Reserve
200
Who was President during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
300
What strike did Teddy Roosevelt stop?
1902 Coal Strike
300
He signed this law, which increased the tax on foreign imports -- leading to bigger profits for American companies, but not better wages nor lower prices
Payne-Aldrich Tariff
300
Who won the election, and what party was he?
Woodrow Wilson -- Democrat
300
Wilson approved the first federal income tax, which was created by the __________________________.
16th Amendment
300
Which political party split into two during the 1912 Presidential Election?
Republican
400
Teddy felt that this should be preserved, no matter what, for the benefit of all Americans
Natural resources and wildlife
400
What did Taft do with some of the national parks that Teddy Roosevelt established?
Allowed businesses to develop/use/mine
400
Why was Teddy Roosevelt doomed to lose this election?
Running with a third party OR Electoral College only rewards those who win states
400
He replaced Taft's high tariff with a lower one called the ________________.
Underwood Tariff
400
What percentage of 1912 Presidential Election candidates were progressive in their policies?
75%
500
Teddy gained a reputation as one who broke up __________________.
Trusts (big companies)
500
Taft was a member of which political party?
Republican
500
Who ran under the Socialist Party label, and demonstrated worker anger by gaining nearly a million votes?
Eugene V. Debs
500
Wilson established ________________________, an agency that acted as a watchdog against unfair business practices
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
500
Name TWO suffragettes who campaigned for the right to vote for women
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucretia Mott
Lucy Stone
Dorothea Dix
Susan B. Anthony