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TaftTaft - $100

Besides the Presidency, what other prominent role did Taft

play in the Federal Gov.?

Supreme Court Chief Justice

TaftTaft - $200

What was Taft’s policy of leveraging American investments

abroad called?

Dollar Diplomacy

TaftTaft - $300

Taft invoked the Sherman Anti-trust Act and the Supreme Court

ordered the dissolution of this huge trust.

Standard Oil

TaftTaft - $400

When busting this Trust, Taft infuriated TR.

US Steel

TaftTaft - $500

Taft called this tariff increase the “best bill the GOP ever passed”

Payne Aldrich Bill

PolsPols - $100

This Princeton president was the Dems. “progressive” candidate in

1912.

Woodrow Wilson

PolsPols - $200

Clearly progressive, TR campaigned for Women’s

Suffrage as a candidate of this party.

Bull Moose Party

PolsPols - $300

Wilson’s platform favored small enterprise, entrepreneurship and unregulated markets. This was

called?

New freedom Platform

PolsPols - $400

Wilson won the election of 1912. Who came in second?

TR

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Eugene V. Debs got almost 1 million votes and the Socialists said they would own “this” in 8

years?

The White House

Hey Mr. WilsonHey Mr. Wilson- $100

Wilson was steeped in this past Presidents ideas?

Andrew Jackson

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Wilson wanted an attack on the “triple wall of privilege” which

was?Tariffs

Banks

Trusts


WW was the first President since Jackson to do what?

Speak in front of Congress


This Amendment to the Constitution enacted a graduated income tax? By 1917 the income tax generated more money than

the tariff16th Amendment


12 Regional Banks, Federal Reserve notes and Federal

Reserve Banks were all part of this reform?

Federal Reserve Act

PolicyPolicy - $100

This Act allowed a commission to crush monopolies at the source

of unfair trade practice, false advertising, or bribery?

Federal Trade Commission Act

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Monopolies were dealt with in this act. Samuel Gompers called it the “Magna Carta” of labor?

Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914

PolicyPolicy - $300

this gave farmers loans at very low rates?

Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916

PolicyPolicy - $400

Congress passed this limiting the working day in 1916?

Adamson Eight-hour Act

PolicyPolicy - $500

Wilson appointed Louis Brandeis, a prominent reformer

to the Supreme court. He was the first _________ ever appointed?

Jew

ImperialismImperialism- $100

Unlike Taft & TR, Wilson had a policy on_______?

imperialism


This is the policy that Wilson proclaimed regarding WWI?

Neutrality


Wilson disliked this Mexican leader’s murderous government?

Gen. Victoriano Huerta


This Mexican bandit tried to precipitate war between Wilson and Mexican Pres. Carranza by

killing American citizens.

Pancho Villa


He lead an American army into Mexico to capture Villa? (Not

successful)

Gen. John J. (Blackjack) Pershing

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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


How did Germany respond to the British naval blockade?

Submarine warfare (90 ships sunk in the first 3 months of 1915)


This event was the supposed cause of US entry into WWI?

Sinking of the Lusitania


What was Wilson’s campaign slogan in 1916 when he ran

against Charles Evan Hughes?

He kept us out of war


This happened shortly after the 1916 election?

War!

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