U.S. History Unit 9 Imperialism and Expansion

Citizens allowed to vote on proposed laws directly without the legislature

Which of the following did Admiral Alfred Mahan do?

A settlement negotiated by an outside party

Group of crusading journalists who investigated social conditions and political corruption

President Taft’s foreign policy was called what?

President Wilson Congress est. a new national banking system with 12 regional banks that supplied commercial banks

Imperial power allows local rulers to stay in control and protects them from rebellions and invasion

Those who rejected American expansion in the late 1800’s would support which of the following phrases?

Today the status of Hawaii is what?

The author of “The Jungle” was?

Which of the following statements about Teddy Roosevelt is NOT true?

All party members could vote for a candidate to run in general elections

Who was the Mexican outlaw who killed 16 Americans in Columbus, New Mexico?

The Panama Canal connects what two bodies of water?

Which Amendment stated that the U.S. would claim “sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control” of Cuba?

The economic and political domination of a strong nation over weaker ones

Type of sensational reporting which writers often exaggerated or made up stories to attract readers

Political movement of mostly middle class well educated people wanting to change government?

Suffrage

Which of the following statements about William H. Taft is not true?

The primary product being exported from Hawaii to the U.S. in the late 1800’s was what?

Theodore Roosevelt wanted to break up what?

Which of the following acts raised tariffs in some ways and barely lowered them overall?

During the Wilson administration this law was passed to further control businesses that were monopolies in the U.S.

The U.S. claimed the right to intervene in the economic and political affairs of other nations concerning Latin America.

Which event finally convinced President McKinley to ask for a declaration of war against Spain?

Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy was called what?

Which amendment to the Constitution allows the government to tax American Citizen’s income directly?

Which of the following is true about the naval victory in Manila Bay?

A way for citizens to demand a special election to remove elected officials from office before their term is up

The tariff which finally lowered rates as progressives had hoped was passed by Wilson and was called what?

The right to run their own government separate from another.

Citizens are allowed to introduce legislation and the legislature is required to vote on it.

During the Taft presidency, Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger did which of the following?

English speaking nations had superior character, ideas, and systems of government

The seventeenth amendment to the Constitution deals with what topic?