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Policy
E - Ha
Neutral?
Taft - $100
Besides the Presidency, what
other prominent role did Taft
play in the Federal Gov.?
Supreme Court Chief Justice
Taft - $200
What was Taft’s policy of
leveraging American investments
abroad called?
Dollar Diplomacy
Taft - $300
Taft invoked the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Supreme Court
ordered the dissolution of this
huge trust.
Standard Oil
Taft - $400
When busting this Trust, Taft
infuriated TR.
US Steel
Taft - $500
Taft called this tariff increase the
“best bill the GOP ever passed”
Payne Aldrich Bill
Pols - $100
This Princeton president was the
Dems. “progressive” candidate in
1912.
Woodrow Wilson
Pols - $200
Clearly progressive, TR
campaigned for Women’s
Suffrage as a candidate of this
party.
Bull Moose Party
Pols - $300
Wilson’s platform favored small
enterprise, entrepreneurship and
unregulated markets. This was
called?
New freedom Platform
Pols - $400
Wilson won the election of 1912.
Who came in second?
TR
Pols - $500
Eugene V. Debs got almost 1
million votes and the Socialists
said they would own “this” in 8
years?
The White House
Hey Mr. Wilson- $100
Wilson was steeped in this past
Presidents ideas?
Andrew Jackson
Hey Mr. Wilson - $200
Wilson wanted an attack on the
“triple wall of privilege” which
was?
Tariffs
Banks
Trusts
Hey Mr. Wilson - $300
WW was the first President since
Jackson to do what?
Speak in front of Congress
Hey Mr. Wilson - $400
This Amendment to the
Constitution enacted a graduated
income tax? By 1917 the income
tax generated more money than
the tariff
16th Amendment
Hey Mr. Wilson - $500
12 Regional Banks, Federal
Reserve notes and Federal
Reserve Banks were all part of
this reform?
Federal Reserve Act
Policy - $100
This Act allowed a commission
to crush monopolies at the source
of unfair trade practice, false
advertising, or bribery?
Federal Trade Commission Act
Policy - $200
Monopolies were dealt with in
this act. Samuel Gompers called
it the “Magna Carta” of labor?
Clayton Anti-Trust Act of
1914
Policy - $300
this gave farmers loans at very
low rates?
Federal Farm Loan Act of
1916
Policy - $400
Congress passed this limiting the
working day in 1916?
Adamson Eight-hour Act
Policy - $500
Wilson appointed Louis
Brandeis, a prominent reformer
to the Supreme court. He was the
first _________ ever appointed?
Jew
Imperialism- $100
Unlike Taft & TR, Wilson had a
policy on_______?
imperialism
Imperialism- $200
This is the policy that Wilson
proclaimed regarding WWI?
Neutrality
Imperialism- $300
Wilson disliked this Mexican
leader’s murderous government?
Gen. Victoriano Huerta
Imperialism- $400
This Mexican bandit tried to
precipitate war between Wilson
and Mexican Pres. Carranza by
killing American citizens.
Pancho Villa
Imperialism- $500
He lead an American army into
Mexico to capture Villa? (Not
successful)
Gen. John J. (Blackjack)
Pershing
Neutral? - $100
Why did trade between Germany
& the US virtually cease in 1914?
GB forced American ships into its
ports due to its naval blockade of
the North Sea
Neutral? - $200
How did Germany respond to the
British naval blockade?
Submarine warfare (90 ships
sunk in the first 3 months of
1915)
Neutral? - $300
This event was the supposed
cause of US entry into WWI?
Sinking of the Lusitania
Neutral? - $400
What was Wilson’s campaign
slogan in 1916 when he ran
against Charles Evan Hughes?
He kept us out of war
Neutral? - $500
This happened shortly after the
1916 election?
War!