Test questions on Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal for APUSH

📚 Quick Study Guide

🔍 The Square Deal was Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program formed upon three basic ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection.

🕰️ Time Period: Early 1900s (Progressive Era).

📜 Key Legislation & Actions: 🛡️ Elkins Act (1903): Strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) by imposing heavy fines on railroads offering rebates and on shippers accepting them. 🥩 Meat Inspection Act (1906): Established federal inspection of meat products. 💊 Pure Food and Drug Act (1906): Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs. 🌲 Conservation Efforts: Established national parks, forests, and monuments. 🤝 Trust Busting: Used the Sherman Antitrust Act to break up monopolies deemed harmful to the public interest.

Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following best describes Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal?
   1. A foreign policy initiative aimed at expanding American influence in Latin America.
   2. A domestic program focused on conservation, corporate regulation, and consumer protection.
   3. A legislative agenda designed to promote laissez-faire economics and minimal government intervention.
   4. A military strategy to secure American interests in the Pacific.
2. The Elkins Act of 1903 primarily targeted what industry?
   1. The oil industry
   2. The steel industry
   3. The railroad industry
   4. The meatpacking industry
3. What was the primary goal of the Meat Inspection Act of 1906?
   1. To regulate the prices of meat products.
   2. To ensure the safety and sanitation of meat processing plants.
   3. To promote the export of American meat products.
   4. To break up meatpacking monopolies.
4. The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 aimed to:
   1. Regulate the stock market
   2. Guarantee fair labor practices
   3. Prohibit the sale of impure or mislabeled food and drugs
   4. Promote agricultural subsidies
5. Which of the following is an example of Roosevelt's conservation efforts?
   1. The passage of the Homestead Act.
   2. The establishment of numerous national parks and forests.
   3. The Dawes Act.
   4. The construction of the transcontinental railroad.
6. What was Roosevelt's approach to trusts and monopolies?
   1. He supported all trusts, believing they were essential for economic growth.
   2. He sought to break up all trusts, regardless of their impact.
   3. He aimed to regulate and break up trusts that were deemed harmful to the public interest.
   4. He believed trusts should be regulated by individual states, not the federal government.
7. The Square Deal most directly reflected which broader ideological movement?
   1. Populism
   2. The Second Great Awakening
   3. The Progressive Era
   4. The New Deal