Tuesday, October 13
The answers to the following questions are due Friday by 3:10 p.m. (This is worth 40 HW points.)
There will be a Progressive Era Quiz on Friday.
Read Chapter 17-4 (Progressivism Under Taft) and Chapter 17-5 (Wilson's New Freedom)
1. How did William Howard Taft get selected to run for president?
Roosevelt decided not to run again in 1908 so he hand picked Taft to be his running sucessor.
2. How did Teddy Roosevelt come to oppose Taft for the presidency in 1912?
The Republican Progressives refused to vote so they created the Progressive party, electing Roosevelt as their candidate.
3. What events helped Woodrow Wilson win the election in 1912?
He may not have one the popular vote but the electoral college voted him into office.
4. What legislation did Wilson use to attack trusts and monopolies?
Wilson believed in strong central government and that monopolies were a threat to the stability of government.
5. What was the Nineteenth Amendment?
Granting women the right to vote.
6. How did America's entry into World War II affect the reform movement?
It caused it to stall because the entire country was occupied with the outbreak of war in Europe. Also war could not play a mojor role in progressivism for it was against all ideology.
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