Author Question: Regarding how humans should deal with the natural world, Theodore Roosevelt can best be classified ... (Read 58 times)

amal · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

During the presidency of William Howard Taft, __________.

A) the Republican Party split into two factions
B) Robert La Follette emerged as an opponent of reform
C) conservative Republicans pushed for lower tariffs
D) Richard Ballinger was fired as secretary of the interior

Question 2

Which of the following was a major focus of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency?

A) promoting a constitutional amendment to establish an income tax
B) using federal subsidies to rescue the failing Standard Oil Company
C) suing bad trusts that he believed were guilty of misconduct
D) repealing consumer protection laws

Question 3

How did Theodore Roosevelt establish a regulatory role for government?

A) by appointing pro-regulation justices to the Supreme Court
B) by bringing multiple anti-trust suits against business combinations
C) by pressuring Congress to pass laws authorizing the president to regulate business
D) by forcing federal agencies to more actively regulate labor conditions

Question 4

Regarding how humans should deal with the natural world, Theodore Roosevelt can best be classified a(n) __________.

A) environmentalist
B) preservationist
C) conservationist
D) deep ecologist