Test 8 - People Flashcards
Who is associated with the term “Cross of Gold”?
William Jennings Brian
Who is associated with the term “ Czar … Speaker of the House
“?
Thomas Reed
Who is associated with “Black Friday”?
Jay Gould
Who is credited with passing the Pendleton Act?
Chester Arthur
Who founded the Grange?
Oliver Kelley
What secretary of state negotiated the purchase of Alaska?
William Seward
What commodore led the U.S. Navy to victory in the Philippines?
George Dewey
What colonel was the leader of the Rough Riders?
Leonard Wood
Who became the first civil governor of the Philippines?
William H. Taft
What President summarized his foreign policy with the slogan: “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
Roosevelt
What President sent the “Great White Fleet” on its world tour in 1907?
Roosevelt
Who was the Civil War hero elected President in 1868?
U.S. Grant
Who was the first Democrat to be elected President after the Civil War?
Grover Cleveland
Which Presidential candidate was one of the greatest orators of all time?
Williams Jennings Bryan
Who is credited with eliminating yellow fever from Cuba?
Walter Reed
Which President was assassinated in 1901?
William McKinley
What army engineer was appointed to take charge of building the Panama Canal?
George W. Goethals
What Englishman discovered the Hawaiin islands in 1778?
Captain James Cook
Who was the Presidential candidate for the Democrats in 1896?
William Jennings Bryan
What President is best remembered for his attempts to reform the civil service program?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Who was the only President to serve two terms not in direct succession?
Grover Cleveland
What bandit did General Pershing chase into Mexico?
Pancho Villa
Besides the Presidential administrations of Roosevelt and Wilson, what other presidential administration was progressive in nature?
Taft’s
Who was Roosevelt’s forester?
Gifford Pinchot
Who wrote “The Jungle”?
Upton Sinclair
Who invented the wireless telegraph?
Guglielmo Marconi
