S2 Test 2: Chapters 27-31 Flashcards
“Speak softly and carry a ___ ___” was an old adage quoted by Theodore Roosevelt in relation to his foreign policy.
big stick
The great engineering feat begun during his administration was the construction of the ___.
Panama Canal
The term applied by Roosevelt to those engaged in uncovering corruption in American society was ___. The greatest one was ___.
muckrakers; Lincoln Steffens
the founder of Hull House
Jane Addams
founder of the Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
What did the 17th Amendment put into law?
Popular election of senators
What did the 18th Amendment put into law?
Prohibition
What did the 19th Amendment put into law?
Womens’ right to vote
Theodore Roosevelt’s most important achievements came in the area of ___.
conservation
Theodore Roosevelt was the ___ man to ever be President, while Taft was the ___ President.
youngest; heaviest
Roosevelt and the Progressives differed with Taft and Conservative Republicans over the issue of the ___ ___.
protective tariff
Democrat Woodrow Wilson had been President of ___ University and Governor of ___ before he became U.S. President. He was able to defeat the Republicans in the election of 1912 because ___.
Princeton; New Jersey; Roosevelt and Taft split the opposition vote.
the Mexican revolutionary and bandit who caused much trouble for the United States
Pancho Villa
The years of World War I are ___ to ___.
1914-1918
The eventual entry into the war by the U.S. was a result of the receipt of the ___ note encouraging Mexico to invade U.S. if we entered the war and of the continued sinking of unarmed ships by German ___. One such ship was the ___ in 1915.
Zimmerman; U-Boats; Lusitania
The main European monarchs at the time of the war were ___ of England, ___ of Russia, and ___ of Germany.
George V; Nicholas II; Wilhelm II
The war expenses of the U.S. were financed by taxation, but mainly by the sale of ___ ___.
war bonds
The leader of the U.S. Expeditionary Forces in Europe
John J. Pershing
nickname of American soldiers
doughboys
The Americans were instrumental in saving Paris by helping defeat the Germans in the Second Battle of the ___. Next, they helped break the Hindenburg line with a victory in the ___ battle.
Marne; Meuse-Argonne
The Treaty of ___ ended the war, but it was not ratified by the U.S. because of Republican efforts in the Senate refusing to approve our entry into the ___.
Versailles; League of Nations
Four weapons of war used extensively for the first time in World War I
machine gun, tanks, poison gas, airplanes
Following World War I, the arts were impacted by a movement known as ___. This was largely the result of the writings and work of ___, ___, and ___>
Naturalism; Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud
Name four of the greatest novelist of this period.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Eugene O’Neil, William Faulkner
