Author Question: In the 1912 presidential election results, A. Theodore Roosevelt won the popular vote but lost ... (Read 73 times)

jman1234 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

During President Woodrow Wilson's first term, Colonel Edward M. House

A. was both secretary of state and one of Wilson's closest advisors.

B. became the locus of opposition to Wilson in the cabinet.

C. All these answers are correct.

D. was one of Wilson's closest advisors.

E. was secretary of state.

Question 2

In his political program known as the New Freedom, Woodrow Wilson believed trusts

A. should have the right to expand.

B. should exist only if they recognized laborers right to organize.

C. should exist only if they benefited the middle class.

D. needed to be tightly regulated by the federal government.

E. should be destroyed.

Question 3

In 1909, a controversy involving Richard Ballinger and Gifford Pinchot saw

A. President William H. Taft fire Ballinger, due to a conflict of interest.

B. former supporters of Roosevelt rally behind Taft.

C. President William H. Taft fire Pinchot for insubordination.

D. progressives come to oppose Pinchot.

E. conservative Republicans turn against President Taft.

Question 4

In 1910, in Osawatomie, Kansas, Theodore Roosevelt announced a set of political principles that called for

A. limiting the authority of President William H. Taft.

B. equal pay for male and female workers who performed the same jobs.

C. greater activism by the federal government.

D. a return to the laissez-faire policies of his two administrations.

E. an end to legal racial discrimination.

Question 5

In the 1912 presidential election results,

A. Theodore Roosevelt won the popular vote but lost the electoral college.

B. Eugene Debs offered his electoral votes to Theodore Roosevelt.

C. President William H. Taft came in last of the four major candidates.

D. Theodore Roosevelt finished third in the popular vote.

E. Woodrow Wilson won only a plurality of the popular vote.