Unit 3 (test answers) Flashcards
Suffrage
The right to vote
Susan B. Anthony
Leader in the women’s suffrage movement
The progressive movement regarded all of the following as worthy goals EXCEPT
Promoting business monopolies
Muckrakers were
Journalists
A bill that originates from the people rather than legislators is known as
An initiative
In the Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
Unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry
The first person to use the presidency as a “bully pulpit” was
Theodore Roosevelt
The law that required truthful labels was the
Pure Food and Drug Act
The primary goal of the NAACP was
Equality among the races
In total,____states had full woman suffrage before 1920. (Map)
15
The state of____granted full woman suffrage in 1893. (Map)
Colorado
Based on the map, you could infer that Ohio was ____ than Pennsylvania in the east. (Map)
More progressive
Who gained most from the ratification of the seventeenth amendment?
Ordinary citizens
Which of the following best states the primary goal of prohibitionists
To eliminate the use of alcohol in society
Which statement best characterizes Roosevelt’s position on trusts
Some trusts were harmful to the public interest
What was the primary motivation for passage of the sixteenth amendment?
To replace revenue lost by enacting lower tariffs
What effect did World War I have on the suffragist movement?
It hastened passage and ratification of the nineteenth amendment
Which of the following did NOT stimulate US imperialism
Need for a new source of cheap labor
Which country’s residents became citizens of the United States in 1917?
Puerto Rico
For which action did Theodore Roosevelt win the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize
Negotiating an end to war between Russia and Japan
Which of the following did the United States insist that Cuba include in its constitution
The Platt Amendment
On what did the Roosevelt corollary build?
Monroe Doctrine
What was included in the de Lôme letter?
Criticisms of president McKinley
What war ended with the Treaty of Paris of 1898?
Spanish-American war
To what does the door in this cartoon open? (Cartoon)
China
Who is waiting outside the door? (Cartoon)
Foreigners
Who holds the key to the door? (Cartoon)
Uncle Sam
The boxer rebellion was an attempt by Chinese revolutionaries to
Remove foreign influence from China
The United States gained control of the land it needed to build the Panama Canal by
Encouraging and supporting Panamanian independence
The open door policy was designed as a way for the United States to further
It’s trade interests
The rapid growth of industry in the United States helped fuel imperialism because
The United States was producing too many goods for its own people for its own people
Teddy Roosevelts approach to foreign policy reflected the proverb “speak softly and carry…”
His negotiations were always backed by the threat of military force
The southwestern state of ____ was more conservative towards women’s suffrage
Texas
The mysterious sinking of the USS THOMAS fueled the movement for war with Spain (TorF)
False
The name for sensational and often irresponsible news headlines and stories is called “yahoo.journalism” (TorF)
False
The United States would not withdraw its army from Cuba until that country adopted the Platt Amendment (TorF)
True
KING KALAKAUA surrendered Hawaii to the United States in 1893 (TorF)
False
Progressives were upset when William Howard Taft fired what man after he testified against…Progressives saw this as Taft turning their backs on Roosevelts policies.
Gifford Pinchot
Secretary of state who supported the purchase of Alaska (matching)
William Seward
Described unsanitary conditions in slaughter houses (matching)
Upton Sinclair
Volunteer cavalry under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt in Spanish-American War (matching)
Rough Riders
Aimed to restore economic opportunities and correct injustices in American Life (matching)
Progressive movement
Banning of alcoholic drinks in the United States (matching)
Prohibition
Various progressive reforms under under Theodore Roosevelt (matching)
Square Deal
Aimed for nothing less than full equality among races in the United States (matching)
NAACP
Protection of wilderness areas in the United States, and development for the common good (matching)
Conservation
Cautiously progressive agenda lead to the fragmentation of the republican party (matching)
William Howard Taft
Nation or region controlled by a stronger nation (matching)
Protectorate
