Progressive Era and Imperialism

Cuba is a territory of the U.S. today.

The Rough Riders helped win the battle of San Juan Hill.

An explosion on what ship sparked the Spanish American War?

What did the Spanish do to the Cubans during the Cuban revolution?

What is aggressive nationalism?

What social problem did Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle describe?

The belief that life consists of competitive struggles in which only the fittest survive.

What was the letter from the ambassador of Spain about?

What are muckrakers?

How did America get the right to build the Panama Canal?

What was one difficulty of working in the tropical climate of Panama & Cuba?

What event in China witnessed a secret society target foreigners?

What took a “good will cruise” around the world?

What is “Seward's Folly” or Seward’s Ice box?

What did Theodore Roosevelt do to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Puerto Rico is a commonwealth territory of the United States.

Emilio Aguinaldo led Filipino rebellions against both Spain and the U.S.

What was Roosevelt’s view towards diplomacy called?

What type of writing had sensation headlines and pictures?

The temperance movement encouraged the drinking of alcohol.