Ch. 12 Section 4

Question 1

Election of 1908

Answer 1

Rep: William Howard Taft
Dem: William Jennings

Question 2

How many trusts did president taft bust

Answer 2

90

Question 3

what was taft stance on tarrifs during the campaign

Answer 3

He wanted to lower tariffs

Question 4

What were the general terms of the payne-aldrich tariff

Answer 4

This only moderated the high rates of the Aldrich Bill

Question 5

Why was the progressive wing of the republican party upset with taft when he signed this tarriff

Answer 5

They believed he abandoned progressivism

Question 6

Who did taft appoint as secretary of the interior

Answer 6

Richard A. Ballinger

Question 7

What did he do with one million acres of western land

Answer 7

He removed forest and mining lands on the one million acres and returned it to the public domain

Question 8

What did Gifford Pinchot say about Ballingers action

Answer 8

Accused ballinger of letting commercial interests exploit the natural resources

Question 9

How did pres taft respond to Ballinger’s comments

Answer 9

Taft sided with ballinger and fires Pinchot

Question 10

Progressive wing

Answer 10

The direct election of senators and the adoption in all states of the inititatitive, advocated women suffrage

Question 11

Conservative wing

Answer 11

they were against taft bc they did not favor change

Question 12

Composite sketch of rep Joseph Cannon

Answer 12

Rough talking, tobacco chewing, politician. He was a house speaker from Illinois. He often disregarded seniority in filling committee slots. He often weakened of ignored progressive bills.

Question 13

Why did reform minded want to remove cannon as chairmen of the House rules commit

Answer 13

They wanted to strip him of his power bc he often ignored or weekend progressive bills

Question 14

What members of Congress are elected at the mid-term elections? Those are the elections that take place between presidential elections, such as last year.

Answer 14

House of Representatives: members of the House of Representatives get re-elected every two years.

Senate: There are three classes of senators, so at each election, one class of senators gets re-elected or elected.

Question 15

What did voters say was the reason the rise in the cost of living at these elections in 1910?

Answer 15

A: they believed the rise of the living cost went up because of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff.

Question 16

Q: What had President Roosevelt done when he left the White House in 1909?

Answer 16

A: Roosevelt left to go shoot big game in Africa.

Question 17

Q: What was this “New Nationalism” that TR proclaimed when he returned to the United States?

Answer 17

A: Under the federal government, this would exert its power for “the welfare of the people.”

Question 18

Q: Why did the Republican Party nominate President Taft instead of TR at their convention?

Answer 18

A: He was able to provide jobs by controlling patronage since he was already in office.

Question 19

Q: What was the nickname of the Progressive Party that nominated TR in the election of 1912?

Answer 19

A: The Bull Moose Party.

Question 20

Q: What was its platform?

Answer 20

A: The platform called for direct election of senators and the adoption of the initiative, referendum, and recall. Advocated woman suffrage, workman’s compensation, an eight hour work day, minimum wage for women, a federal law against child labor, and a federal trade commission to regulate business.