Question 1
In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was reluctant to become a candidate for president because
A. the 1910 elections seemed to illustrate that progressivism was on the wane.
B. None of these answers is correct.
C. many conservative Republicans asked him to seek the nomination of the party.
D. President William H. Taft announced he would seek reelection.
E. Robert La Follette had been working to secure the nomination for himself.
Question 2
The 1912 Republican convention was an ideological contest between
A. All these answers are correct.
B. the New Freedom and the New Nationalism.
C. La Follette and Taft.
D. both different types of progressivism and the New Freedom and New Nationalism.
E. the Old Guard and what was to become the Bull Moose.
Question 3
As president, William Howard Taft
A. managed to match Roosevelt's personal dynamism.
B. None of these answers is correct.
C. angered many conservatives with his activism, but generally pleased progressives.
D. angered many conservatives with his activism.
E. generally pleased progressives.
Question 4
Which statement regarding the controversy over Hetch Hetchy Valley is FALSE?
A. John Muir devoted the last years of his life to opposing a dam at Hetch Hetchy.
B. Hetch Hetchy was a spectacular high-walled valley within Yosemite National Park.
C. Theodore Roosevelt led the fight in favor of building a dam at Hetch Hetchy.
D. The fight against the dam helped mobilize a new coalition of preservationists.
E. In 1908, by a wide margin, San Francisco voters approved building a dam at Hetch Hetchy.
John Muir
This is the first portrait of George Washington, painted by John Gadsby Chapman. Washington’s right
That politics was always a rough business is shown in this cartoon, which shows Lincoln, assisted by
Vincent van Gogh, Letter to John Peter Russell.
Example of an Explanation of Benefits statement.
The Three Gorges Dam Controversy