Chapter 17

Question 1

What proclaimed the US would oppose any European interference in the affairs of independent Latin America nations?

Answer 1

Monroe doctrine

Question 2

What was the printing of sensational stories intended to excite the reader

Answer 2

Yellow journalism

Question 3

When did pres mckinley address congress calling for an end to Spanish atrocities in Cuba?

Answer 3

1898

Question 4

What stated that the US intended only to free Cuba from tyranny and did not seek to control the island for itself.

Answer 4

Teller resolution

Question 5

Where did the first battle of the Spanish American war take place?

Answer 5

Philippine islands

Question 6

Who commanded the navy to capture or destroy the Spanish fleet?

Answer 6

George Dewey

Question 7

What was the battle were some 400 Spanish sailors died but but not a single American died?

Answer 7

Battle of Manila Bay

Question 8

What were cavalry volunteers called?

Answer 8

Rough Riders

Question 9

Who led the rough riders?

Answer 9

Leonard wood and Theodore Roosevelt

Question 10

On July 1 what did the rough riders take place in?

Answer 10

They took part in the charge soon San Juan Hill

Question 11

What is another name for armistice

Answer 11

Ceasefire

Question 12

What is another name for cease fire?

Answer 12

Armistice

Question 13

What is a person who wants to control the governments and resources of other nations?

Answer 13

Imperialist

Question 14

Cuba became and American _____.

Answer 14

Protectorate

Question 15

Who worked together to prove that mosquitoes spread malaria and yellow fever?

Answer 15

Dr, Walter reed and Dr Carlos Finlay

Question 16

What provided Cuban independence under certain conditions?

Answer 16

Platt amendment

Question 17

The controlled part of Samoa my the US eventually became known as what?

Answer 17

American Samoa

Question 18

What was a widespread effort to make changes in the American political system?

Answer 18

Progressive movement

Question 19

What was one of the earliest progressive leaders?

Answer 19

Robert M. La Follette

Question 20

What allowed voters to remove a politician from office before his term expired?

Answer 20

Recall

Question 21

What is the law called where the voters of a state choose a party’s candidate rancher than delegates at a state party convention?

Answer 21

Direct primary

Question 22

What is a company that has complete control of the market?

Answer 22

Monopoly

Question 23

What is a business combination of several companies that eliminate competition by fixing prices?

Answer 23

A Trust

Question 24

Mclure’s Magazine began to publish a series of articles by _____ on the history of standard Oil company.

Answer 24

Ida Tarbell

Question 25

Who wrote shame of the cities?

Answer 25

Lincoln Steffens

Question 26

Who wrote “the jungle”?

Answer 26

Upton Sinclair

Question 27

What was the calling for shorter working hours and pay increases?

Answer 27

Coal strike

Question 28

What gave the government authority to determine “just and reasonable” shipping rates to be charged by the railroads?

Answer 28

Hepburn Act

Question 29

The Hepburn Act strengthened what?

Answer 29

Department of Commerce and Labor

Question 30

What gave government authorities the power to inspect all meat shipped in interstate commerce?

Answer 30

Meat inspection Act

Question 31

What was requiring a foods and medicines be properly labeled?

Answer 31

Pure food and Drug Act

Question 32

Who were the first people that made controlled flights of an airplane happen?

Answer 32

Wilbur and Orville Wright

Question 33

When were the wright brothers ready to test there airplane?

Answer 33

1903

Question 34

Who founded the Sierra club?

Answer 34

John Muir

Question 35

What determined that money from the sale of public land in 16 western states be used for irrigation projects to make arid land productive?

Answer 35

New lands Reclamation Act