Lesson 8 Jeopardy Review Flashcards
What US president refused to recognize or endorse overthrowing the Hawaiian Queen?
Grover Cleaveland
Who wrote “How the Other Half Lives”?
Jacob Riis
The Black Hand was an organization tied to what country?
Serbia
Eugenics was heavily influenced by who?
Gegor Mendel
Who did Populists advocate for?
Farmers
Name three major reforms that the populists wanted the federal government to implement on behalf of American farmers.
- Income tax
- Silver coinage
- Federal control of the railroads
Archduke Franz-Ferdinand assassinated in what country?
Bosnia
During WWI this man was the head of the CPI
George Creel
President during Spanish-American war
William McKinley
What was the name of Madison Grant’s best seller?
The Passing of a Great Race
During the Spanish American War, what did the Teller Amendment propose?
If the US wins the war, Cuba will be it’s own country; neither the Spanish nor the US would have it.
What did the 17th Amendment do?
Give direct election of US senators
Beginning in 1891, this is where newly arrived immigrants were processed.
Ellis Island
Free Soil party was the formative version of what other party?
Republican
During the early 20th century, Gibson Girls were often featured wearing this garment.
Shirtwaists
Many American immigrants inhabited these poorly built structures
Tenements
Who wrote “A Century of Dishonor”?
Helen Hunt Jackson
Through a number of official measures, this piece of legislation sought to civilize native americans.
The Dawes Severalty Act (1887)
Yellow Journalists were often blamed for helping to drive America into what war?
Spanish American War
First president of the American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Word that many American Nativists used to describe “race suicide”.
Reversion
These were investigative journalists who sought to expose American plights
Muckrakers
Emilio Aguinaldo led a military resistance against US forces in what country?
Philippines
In what year did the US enter WWI?
1917
