President McKinley faced strong pressure to enter a war with Spain due to

yellow journalism and sinking of the Maine

John Hay asked countries with leaseholds to China to

do not discriminate in doing business with other contries

Wilson called his platform "New Freedom" because

supported an active role fro the government for economy

Muckrakers were journalist who

exposed political and business corruption

What was the Zimmerman Telegram?

Offers of an alliance to Mexico

Theodore Roosevelt believed that Taft's focus on breaking up trusts would

destroy the system of cooperation and regulation he put in

Roosevelt Corollary state that the US would intervene in Latin American affairs to

maintain economic and political stability in the West

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1
To manage timber resources in the west, Roosevelt established
Bureau of Mines
National Park Service
United States Forest Service
Department of Commerce and Labor
2
The Clayton Antitrust Act outlawed practices that restricted competition but
exempted labor unions
allowed price discrimination
permitted unfair trade practices
did not break up monopolies
3
President McKinley faced strong pressure to enter a war with Spain due to
Cuban rebel assistance
war fever
yellow journalism and sinking of the Maine
panic among Americans in Cuba
4
The U.S. gained control over the Philippines as a result of
Open Door Policy
Pan-American conference
dollar diplomacy
Spanish-American War
5
Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle" depicts workplace conditions for
coal mines
women in the garment industry
children in the workplace
meatpacking industry
6
To prevent bank failures President Woodrow Wilson helped create
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Federal Farm Loan Board
7
During WWI the National War Labor Board pressured businesses to do what?
lowered wages
increased productivity
improved working conditions
increased work hours
8
Which term best describes Samuel Gompers?
Communist
Socialist
Progressive
Republican
9
Who formed the National Woman's Party?
Carrie Chapman Catt
Alice Paul
Lucretia Mott
Lucy Stone
10
How did soldiers protect themselves during WWI?
throwing granades
using bayonets
digging trenches
building obstacles
11
Which were new forms of technology during WWI?
Machine Guns
Gas Masks
All of the Above
Aerial Combat
12
John Hay asked countries with leaseholds to China to
not to use their influence to close Chinese markets
establish a system to defend rebellions
to demand compensation for the Boxer Rebellion
do not discriminate in doing business with other contries
13
President Wilson's peace plan was
Zimmerman telegram
Sussex Pledge
14 Points
Treaty of Versailles
14
Wilson called his platform "New Freedom" because
emphasized free enterprise than regulation
supported an active role fro the government for economy
regulated business would increase free enterprise
propose new laws to protect workers
15
A group of 200 foreigners were killed in China
Boxer Rebellion
China rebellion
Beijing Rebellion
Secret rebellion
16
Muckrakers were journalist who
praised government policies
exposed political and business corruption
attacked the ideas of socialists
opposed government regulation
17
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
Offers of an alliance to Mexico
plans to assassinate Central Power leaders
sabatoge plans on American Indsutry
plans for sinking the Lusitania
18
Theodore Roosevelt believed that Taft's focus on breaking up trusts would
ruin the efficiency of business
promote competition
destroy the system of cooperation and regulation he put in
please Progressives
19
Most Progressives shared a strong faith in
science and technology
market's ability to solve social problems
foreign trade
commitment of politicians to serve people
20
Roosevelt Corollary state that the US would intervene in Latin American affairs to
protect American businesses in the West
extend American influence in the West
maintain economic and political stability in the West
shape less civilized nations in the Western Hemisphere
21
Which Progressive reform allowed citizens to introduce legislation?
Referendeum
Recall
direct primary
initiateve
22
The US caused an economic crisis in Cuba by
preventing trade with Spain
blockading the island
withdrawing American investments
passing a tariff on sugar
23
Tammany Hall was the name of a
saloon
theater
political machine
dance hall
24
Alfred Thayer Mahan believed that the US could become powerful with a strong
President
Congress
Navy
Army
25
President Wilson intervened in Mexico in the hope of
promoting democracy there
increasing US influence there
forcing out Germans
overthrowing General Huerta

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