Chapter 09 Test REVIEW SHEET. 

See daily homework guide for breakdown and points.  All answers must be completed and Written Down in your own words.

 

 

1.       List some beliefs of members of the Industrial Workers of the World?

2.       List some ways that  immigrants to the United States in the early 1900s relied on one another for support?

3.       List some experiences by African Americans who left the South for cities in the North?

 

4.       What was the purpose of the Federal Trade Commission?

 

5.       How / what did Woodrow Wilson feel about trusts?

6.       List some achievements of President William Howard Taft?

 

7.       List some reasons why United Mine Workers called a strike of anthracite coal miners in 1902?

 

8.       Why was the Northern Securities Company considered a monopoly?

 

9.       Theodore Roosevelt backed efforts to save the nation's forests by doing what?

 

10.   What happened to large trusts during Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency?

 

11.   Why did Wilson support a reduction of tariffs on imported goods?

12.   There will be FOUR questions about the nation’s river systems in the West (West of the Mississippi)

13.   Know the order of how the following presidents came into office: McKinley, T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson.

           

 

 
  1. Name a Socialist candidate for the presidency mentioned in this chapter.

 
  1. Name one of the wealthiest men in America who helped finance the Northern Securities Company

 
  1. Name the President who chose Roosevelt as his Vice President

 
  1. Name the President who campaigned for the "New Freedom"

 
  1. Which Progressive Era president was largely unpopular (he succeeded Roosevelt)?

 
  1. Name the founder of the Progressive, or Bull Moose, party

 
  1. Name all of the leaders in the fight against racism discussed in this chapter

 
  1. Name the leader of the policy of accommodation

 

 

 

 

In what ways was Theodore Roosevelt "the first modern President.?" What is meant by that? You will be asked to compare him to other modern presidents.

 

Explain how progressives’ attitudes often pitted them against the groups that most needed their reforms.

 

Essay                     This part of the test is worth 9 points.  Be sure that you answer all parts of the question including WHY (and make sure you give reasons and examples).

 

                        Define both capitalism and socialism as economic systems.  Which do you agree more with?  Why?