Progressive Era and Imperialism Review

Question 1

Allows citizens to call for a special election to remove elected state gov. officialfrom office

Accepted Answer

recall

Question 2

Objective of U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America during the period 1900 to 1920 was to__.

Accepted Answer

serve as protector and police power of Western Hemisphere

Question 3

Movement that focused on maintaining and preserving the environment and natural resources.

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Conservation Movement

Question 4

The world was sensationalized by horrific descriptions of conditions in Cuba through _______.

Accepted Answer

yellow journalism

Question 5

President that added 5 national parks and 100 million acres of national forest to the U.S.

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 6

Reform that allowed citizens to create and vote on their own state laws without the legislature

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referendum

Question 7

This individual established the Hull House to assist the poor by teaching them positive values.

Accepted Answer

Jane Adams

Question 8

Which of the following describes a muckraker?

Accepted Answer

investigative journalists who expose issues within sociaty

Question 9

The primary stimulus to social and economic reforms during the Progressive Era came from _____.

Accepted Answer

authors and social activists

Question 10

One major result of the Spanish-American War was that the U.S. ______.

Accepted Answer

obtained overseas colonies

Question 11

Which was necessary to change from the indirect to the direct election of U.S. Senators?

Accepted Answer

ratificationof a constitutional amendment

Question 12

In the early twentieth century, muckrakers were able to influence American society through ___.

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publication of articles and books

Question 13

Explosion of American nationalism and support of war with Spain began with sinking of USS Maine

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jingoism

Question 14

The U.S. would intervene in Latin America if necessary keep stablity in the Western Hemosphere

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Roosevelt Corollary

Question 15

Which journalist is known for exposing the unfair business practices of Standard Oil Company

Accepted Answer

Ida Tarbell

Question 16

Member of the NAACP who believed that African Americans must protest to achieve civil rights.

Accepted Answer

W.E.B. Dubois

Question 17

Which of the following progressives pushed for child labor laws?

Accepted Answer

Florence Kelly

Question 18

Previously isolated nation that the U.S. convinced to open trade with the use of the Navy.

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 19

"The History of the Standard Oil Company" was written by which of the following authors?

Accepted Answer

Ida Tarbell

Question 20

Which of the following islands did not become part of the U.S. after the Spanish American War?

Accepted Answer

Cuba

Question 21

Many of the reform movements of the early 1900s were primarily the result of _______.

Accepted Answer

industrialization and the growth of cities

Question 22

“The Jungle” was written in order to expose appalling conditions in what major industry?

Accepted Answer

meatpacking industry

Question 23

Which statement about philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

they differed in belief of how blacks would achieve equality

Question 24

Person who believed racial harmony and hardwork would lead to equality for African Americans

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BookerT. Washington

Question 25

The initiative, referendum, recall, and direct election of senators are all intended to ______.

Accepted Answer

increase participation in government by citizens

Question 26

Agreement between the U.S. and Spain for the U.S. to purchase the __ from Spain for $20 million

Accepted Answer

Philippines

Question 27

Crusading journalists who made people more aware of the problems in society were known as_____.

Accepted Answer

Muckrakers

Question 28

This disaster led to the implementation of modern fire codes for public establishments.

Accepted Answer

Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire

Question 29

The passage of antitrust legislation and est. of Fed. Trade Commission reflect U.S. desire to _

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eliminate unfair practices in business

Question 30

The economic and political control of a stronger nation over a weaker one.

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imperialism

Question 31

Idea in which the U.S. met with Latin American leaders in order to establish a relationship.

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Pan-Americanism

Question 32

Document requiring Cuba to maintain ties with the United States.

Accepted Answer

Platt Amendment

Question 33

The U.S. abandoned the policy of isolationism in order to become a __________ nation.

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imperialist

Question 34

This movement began with the Hull House with the intentions of assisting the poor.

Accepted Answer

the settlement house movement

Question 35

Organization Est. during the early 1900s with the mission of African American civil rights.

Accepted Answer

NAACP

Question 36

Waterway constructed through Central America to serve as a short cut for ships.

Accepted Answer

Panama Canal

Question 37

Idea the U.S. will get stronger because the strong get stronger and the weak will not survive.

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social Darwinism

Question 38

Progressivism could best be characterized as a movement that _______.

Accepted Answer

demanded reform of all levels of society

Question 39

Reform that allowed citizens to propose a law and require the state legislature to vote on it.

Accepted Answer

initiative

Question 40

Name of the novel which exposed issues within the meatpacking industry during Progressive Era?

Accepted Answer

The Jungle

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