Calls for direct election of US Senators

Which of the following summarizes an effect of imperialism?

Wealth of colonizing powers often increased @ the expense of their colonies

Which development was a result of the Progressive movement?

Government increased its regulation of business practices

What event was a result of the Spanish American War?

Puerto Rico became a possession of the US

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1
Which of the following led to the 16th amendment?
The Underwood Tariff
The death of W. McKinley
The Payne Aldrich Tariff
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
2
In 1912, the New Freedom Program was championed by
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
3
Who wrote "The Jungle"?
Theodore Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Lincoln Steffens
4
The 17th Amendment
Gives women the right to vote
Calls for a federal income tax
Calls for direct election of US Senators
repeals prohibition
5
The Shame of the Cities dealt with
poverty
meat packing plants
war
political machines
6
Muckrakers were, at heart,
journalists
scientists
leaders of the world
politicians
7
The controversy with Pinchot and Taft surrounded
the economy
the 16th amendment
the tariff
conservation
8
Which of the following was NOT a part of the Platt Amendment?
Annexation of the Philippines
Established a naval base, Guantanamo Bay
Cuba could not go into debt beyond a certain point
Allows the US to intervene in Cuba when it deemed necessary
9
Which of the following summarizes an effect of imperialism?
Wealth of colonizing powers often increased @ the expense of their colonies
Colonial economies became devoted to manufacturing goods for the colonizers
none of the above
colonial markets were closed to manufactured goods from the colonizers
10
In 1912, which of the following people did not run for president?
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
11
Most progressives agreed that government leadership on reform matters must come from
Congress
activists such as themselves
political parties
the president
12
The Federal Reserve was created under
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
13
Which development was a result of the Progressive movement?
Women become less active in public life.
Government increased its regulation of business practices
The influence of the federal government was reduced.
Congress failed to balance the budget.
14
The Federal Reserve System was created to
control the money supply
fund public works projects
regulate the stock market
stimulate trade with other nations
15
What event was a result of the Spanish American War?
The Philippines became a Spanish colony.
Cuba was divided into spheres of influence
Puerto Rico became a possession of the US
The US lost control of the Panama Canal

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