Roosevelt's Square Deal

Question 1

Read the excerpt from The Story of the Laws behind the Labels by FDA historian Wallace F. Janssen.Strenuous opposition to Wiley's campaign for a federal food and drug law came from whiskey distillers and the patent medicine firms, who were then the largest advertisers in the country. Many of these men thought they would be put out of business by federal regulation.Based on the excerpt, which statement best summarizes the concerns of opponents to the Pure Food and Drug Act?

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Liquor manufacturers and other firms were against it because they thought the law might put them out of business.

Question 2

The Elkins Act and the Hepburn Act regulated railroads by

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outlawing rebates to the largest customers and setting railroad rates.

Question 3

Theodore Roosevelt believed that the only checks on presidential power were

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the Constitution and Congress.

Question 4

To which position did President McKinley appoint Theodore Roosevelt in 1897?

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assistant secretary of the navy

Question 5

Theodore Roosevelt’s solution for dealing with different groups was called

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the Square Deal.

Question 6

Which of the following did Theodore Roosevelt create to save elk?

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Mount Olympus National Monument

Question 7

In regard to regulating companies, Roosevelt wanted them to serve

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the public in the best way possible.

Question 8

Read the excerpt from a letter from Upton Sinclair to President Theodore Roosevelt. There are a hundred streets and avenues by which diseased meat can enter the city and be put on sale in the markets. The public has made no effort to find out and it is left to the men who deal in this merchandise to dump what they please into the stomachs of the blissfully ignorant public. Neither do any of us know how much disease and suffering this food causes.What was a benefit of the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906?

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The law required that food be inspected by the government to ensure its safety.

Question 9

Who was leader of the “Rough Riders” and served as president of the United States from 1901 to 1909?

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Theodore Roosevelt

Question 10

Roosevelt believed that a president is ________ for the American people.

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a steward

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