Problem 1: What was the significance of the Northern Securities Case? What was Roosevelt's overall approach to trusts?
Problem 2: How did Roosevelt's actions during the anthracite coal strike differ from the approach of earlier administrations? How did Roosevelt extend his "Square Deal" program?
Problem 3: Discuss Roosevelt's role in conservation and preservation. What environmental issue arose in California, and how was it dealt with?
Problem 4: What factors and events led to difficulty for Taft's Presidency?
Problem 5: Why did the Republican Party choose Taft over Roosevelt for the election of 1912? What impact did this have on the election?
Problem 6: What were the key issues of the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party platform in 1912?
Problem 7: Identify the main points of Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom". Explain the philosophical contest between the "New Freedom" and the "New Nationalism" in the 1912 presidential campaign?
Problem 8: How does the Federal Reserve System work?
Problem 9: What were the provisions of the Clayton Antitrust Act? How did it benefit labor? What was the purpose of creating the Federal Trade Commission?
Problem 10: What was Wilson trying to accomplish by supporting the Underwood-Simmons Tariff? How did it change the financing of the Federal government?
Problem 11: After the initial wave of "New Freedom" legislation, Wilson backed away from reform. What led him later in his first term, to advance reform once again? What stance did Wilson take regarding women and racial minorities?
Problem 12: What factors influenced Roosevelt's approach to foreign Policy? What was the purpose of sending the "Great White Fleet" on a round the world journey?
Problem 13: How did the Roosevelt Corollary adjust the U.S. policy established by the Monroe Doctrine? How did Roosevelt go about making use of this new policy (include the Panama Canal affair, despite its pre-dating the Corollary)?
Problem 14: Describe Taft's policy of "Dollar Diplomacy".
Problem 15: When Wilson took office he was at first critical of the foreign policy of his predecessors. What actions did he take that were basically in keeping with their policies. What complications did encounter in Dealing with Mexico?