Real purpose behind Roosevelt’s trust-busting.

Prove government, not private business, ruled the country

What was Dollar Diplomacy?

American investments to boost American interests abroad

Legacy of Roosevelt included all of the following except

Control of Pacific & the Caribbean through Dollar Diplomacy

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Real purpose behind Roosevelt’s trust-busting.
Prove government, not private business, ruled the country
The fragmentation of big businesses
To create a strong economy with Dollar Diplomacy
It was a way to ensure his “Big Stick” policy
2
What was the main stance of Woodrow Wilson’s New Freedom?
Fragmentation of big business
Greater governmental roles in economic affairs
Continued consolidation of trusts
Women’s suffrage
3
What was Dollar Diplomacy?
American investments to boost American interests abroad
Reduction of tariffs in order to promote more overseas trade
Big corporations influence legislation in their favor
Pay workers more to get more production and prevent strikes
4
This muckraking novel addressed the abuses that occurred in Chicago’s meatpacking industry
The Jungle Book
The Octopus
How the Other Half Lives
The Jungle
5
Which of the following was not a major objective of the Bull-Moose Party:
Continued consolidation of trusts
Fragmentation of big business
Greater governmental roles in economic affairs
Women’s suffrage
6
Supreme Court decision upheld laws that protect female laborers by limiting women’s work hours?
Hammer v. Dagenhart
Muller v. Oregon
Adkins v. Children’s Hospital
Lochner v. New York
7
Which took the lead in reforming the United States in the early twentieth century.
The middle class
Corporate leaders
The lower classes
The conservative wing of the Republican Party
8
Progressives waged war on all of the following except
Corruption
Monopolies
Social injustice
Trust busting
9
Legacy of Roosevelt included all of the following except
Control of Pacific & the Caribbean through Dollar Diplomacy
Made the U.S. heir to responsibilities of the world
Shaped the progressive movement
Tamed capitalism
10
Most controversial trust case launched by Taft was against
Standard Oil
Triangle Shirtwaist Co.
Pennsylvania Coal Co.
U.S. Steel

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