US Imperialism/Progressive Era Test

Question 1

William McKinley

Accepted Answer

Won the Spanish-American War, Annexed Hawaii

Question 2

Photographer who used his camera to document the crime & poverty faced by New York's immigrants

Accepted Answer

Jacob Riis

Question 3

Theodore Roosevelt

Accepted Answer

Trust-busting and the Panama Canal

Question 4

William Howard Taft

Accepted Answer

Govt regulations, safety standards, 16th Amendment

Question 5

Wrote The Jungle, which described the unsanitary practices in the meatpacking industry.

Accepted Answer

Upton Sinclair

Question 6

Founded and was president of the American Federation of Labor

Accepted Answer

Samuel Gompers

Question 7

Composed of groups opposed to the making and consuming of alcohol.

Accepted Answer

Temperance Movement

Question 8

When did the Spanish-American War occur?

Accepted Answer

1898

Question 9

Photographer who documented child labor for the National Child Labor Committee

Accepted Answer

Lewis Hine

Question 10

Who was the first woman to serve in Congress?

Accepted Answer

Jeanette Rankin

Question 11

Wrote reports exposing the corrupt and unfair business practices of John D. Rockefeller

Accepted Answer

Ida Tarbell

Question 12

When did the Seneca Falls Convention for women's suffrage take place?

Accepted Answer

1848

Question 13

One of the leaders of the Temperance Movement, famous for her hatchet.

Accepted Answer

Carrie Nation

Question 14

Known for working towards women's suffrage.

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony

Question 15

Woodrow Wilson

Accepted Answer

Banking industry, Fed. Reserve Act, Fed. Trade Commission

Question 16

When was the Panama Canal completed?

Accepted Answer

1914

Question 17

When did the rebellion take place that overthrew Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii?

Accepted Answer

1893

Question 18

Country that originally ruled the area now known as Panama.

Accepted Answer

Colombia

Question 19

Formed when a groups of workers join together to collectively bargain with employers.

Accepted Answer

Union

Question 20

Journalist who documented dangerous conditions and patient abuse at mental hospitals

Accepted Answer

Nellie Bly

Question 21

The idea that the US had a God-given right to expand across the Western Hemisphere.

Accepted Answer

Manifest Destiny

Question 22

Wrote The Shame of the Cities, that revealed political corruption in several major US cities.

Accepted Answer

Lincoln Steffens

Question 23

Investigative reporting that exposed social wrongs

Accepted Answer

Muckraking

Question 24

What territory did the US gain at the conclusion of the Spanish-American War?

Accepted Answer

Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico

Question 25

Which amendment granted women the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

19th Amendment

Question 26

When did the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire take place?

Accepted Answer

March 25, 1911

Question 27

A skinny piece of land surrounded by sea on both sides

Accepted Answer

Isthmus

US Imperialism/Progressive Era Test

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