Question 1
The first director of the National Forest Service was
A. Richard Ballinger.
B. John Muir.
C. William Howard Taft.
D. Louis Glavis.
E. Gifford Pinchot.
Question 2
When he assumed the presidency in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt
A. both was the youngest American ever to hold the office and had no previous political experience.
B. had no previous political experience.
C. was the youngest American ever to hold the office.
D. None of these answers is correct.
E. had little faith in the power of public opinion.
Question 3
During Theodore Roosevelt's first three years as president,
A. he desired to win for government the power to investigate corporations and publicize the results.
B. his primary accomplishment was to reform the meatpacking industry.
C. he deeply antagonized the conservative Old Guard wing of his party.
D. he was a champion of labor unions.
E. he made the breaking-up of business combinations his highest priority.
Question 4
During the Progressive Era, the acknowledged leader of American socialism was
A. Lincoln Steffens.
B. Eugene V. Debs.
C. Florence Kelley.
D. William Haywood.
E. A. Mitchell Palmer.