Quiz 29, Chapter 17, pp. 318-328

Question 0

Who was the most popular President of the early 1900s?

Answer 0

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 1

Which act required that all foods and medicines be properly labeled?

Answer 1

Pure Food and Drug Act

Question 2

What senator and early leader of the Progressive Movement earned the nickname “Battlin’ Bob”?

Answer 2

Robert La Follette

Question 3

Name the author of The Jungle

Answer 3

Upton Sinclair

Question 4

What entrepreneur engineered an automobile assembly line and built an automobile that the average American could afford?

Answer 4

Henry Ford

Question 5

What legislation financed irrigation projects from the sale of public lands?

Answer 5

Newlands Reclamation Act

Question 6

Which country experienced more fairness in international trade due to the Open Door Policy?

Answer 6

China

Question 7

What doctor was sent to rid the Panama Canal Zone of tropical fevers?

Answer 7

William Gorgas

Question 8

Whom did President Roosevelt appoint to take charge of constructing locks to lower ships to sea level in the Panama Canal?

Answer 8

George Washington Goethals

Question 9

Name the President who supported “Dollar Diplomacy.”

Answer 9

William Taft