807 Quiz 2 - Changing Frontiers

Question 1

What amendment legalized the income tax?

Answer 1

The sixteenth amendment

Question 2

Who was the Mexican commander who led raids into southwestern United States?

Answer 2

Pancho Villa

Question 3

Who wished to inspire democratic governments in Latin American countries?

Answer 3

Woodrow Wilson

Question 4

What set of laws separated whites and blacks and treated the blacks unfairly?

Answer 4

Jim Crow Laws

Question 5

What was an attempt to control Latin America countries through economic rather than military means?

Answer 5

dollar diplomacy

Question 6

What were two benefits of the Federal Reserve System?

Answer 6

1) helps stabilize the economy 2) helps prevent panics

Question 7

What gave America the right to interfere in Cuban affairs?

Answer 7

The Platt Amendment

Question 8

Who was a navy officer who negotiated a treaty with Japan?

Answer 8

Matthew Perry

Question 9

What group monitors businesses and investigates unfair practices?

Answer 9

Federal Trade Commission

Question 10

Who was the Secretary of State who instituted the Open Door Policy?

Answer 10

John Hay

Question 11

Where was the Spanish-American war fought (the “two Theaters)

Answer 11

a) The Philippines b) The Caribbean

Question 12

Who was the President who tried to use “dollar diplomacy”?

Answer 12

William Taft

Question 13

What was a term given to Alaska by those who opposed its purchase from Russia

Answer 13

Seward’s Folly

Question 14

Why were Americans in favor of helping the Cuban rebellion?

Answer 14

a) They felt Cubans should be granted freedom b) They wanted to protect American business interests c) They hoped to make Cuba an American possession

Question 15

Who helped Panama free itself from Columbia?

Answer 15

Theadore Roosevelt

Question 16

What do we call journalism that is not always accurate and emphasizes shocking details of an event?

Answer 16

Yellow Journalism

Question 17

Who believed in the policy “Speak softly and carry a big stick?”

Answer 17

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 18

What is the idea of Socialism based on?

Answer 18

promises equal distribution of wealth through government ownership of businesses

Question 19

What policy was used by various nations to gain equal access to railroads, ports, and trading in China?

Answer 19

Open Door Policy

Question 20

The economic and political control of a region is called what?

Answer 20

Sphere of Influence

Question 21

What is a plan to increase people’s taxes as their income increases?

Answer 21

Graduated income tax

Question 22

What was the Boxer Rebellion?

Answer 22

An attempt to rid China of outside influences

Question 23

Who instituted many improvements as governor of the Philippines?

Answer 23

William Taft