Unit 6.5-7.5 CH 19/20/21

Question 1

policy supported by the United States beginning in 1899 that stated that all major powers, including the United States, should have an equal right to trade with China.

Answer 1

Open Door Policy

Question 2

method of journalism that utilized sensationalized accounts of the news to sell newspapers. This approach helped to whip up nationalistic impulses that led to the Spanish-American War

Answer 2

yellow journalism

Question 3

U.S. naval ship that sank in Havana harbor in February 1898 following an explosion. The incident was used to increase calls for war
against Spain. It was never definitively determined why or how the ship was
sunk.

Answer 3

USS Maine

Question 4

policy that warned Europeans against intervening in the affairs of Latin America and that claimed the right of the United States to intervene in the affairs of Latin American nations if “chronic wrongdoing”
was taking place.

Answer 4

Roosevelt Corollary

Question 5

foreign policy supported by President William Howard Taft and others that favored increased American investment in the world as a way of increasing American influence.

Answer 5

Dollar Diplomacy

Question 6

authorized the construction of battleships that would be clearly offensive in nature

Answer 6

Naval Act of 1900

Question 7

A poem by Kipling that illustrated how some Americans felt it was their duty to civilize the “inferior races” of Africa and Asia and missionaries had the right to Christianize the “heathens” of these regions

Answer 7

White Man’s Burden

Question 8

policy which sent civilians, including
women and children, who the Spanish thought might be potential allies of the
rebels, into heavily guarded camps. Conditions in these camps were appalling;
it was estimated that in two years up to 225,000 people died in them

Answer 8

reconcentartion

Question 9

stories that combined an intense America
nationalism with a desire for adventure abroad.

Answer 9

jingoism

Question 10

military group led by Theodore
Roosevelt who resigned his position in the Naval Department.

Answer 10

Rough Riders

Question 11

ended the Spanish American War, where Spain recognized the independence of Cuba and, for a payment of $20 million, gave the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam over to
the United States.

Answer 11

Treaty of Paris

Question 12

This document stated that Cuba could not enter into agreements with other countries without the approval of the United States, that the United States had the right to intervene in Cuban affairs “when necessary,” and that America be given two naval bases on the Cuban mainland

Answer 12

Platt Amendment

Question 13

movement originating in the Protestant church that aimed to help the urban poor; many Progressives were influenced by this
movement.

Answer 13

Social Gospel Movement

Question 14

writers who exposed unethical practices in both government and business during this era; newspaper editors discovered that these types of stories increased circulation

Answer 14

muckrakers

Question 15

U.S. Constitutional amendment that allowed
voters instead of state legislatures to elect U.S. senators

Answer 15

17th Amendment

Question 16

this Progressive-supported process allowed any citizen to propose a law. If enough supporters’ signatures could be procured, the proposed law would appear on the next ballot.

Answer 16

initiative process

Question 17

this process allowed citizens (instead of legislatures) to vote on proposed laws.

Answer 17

referendum process

Question 18

this process allowed voters to remove an elected official from office before his or her term expired.

Answer 18

recall process

Question 19

this process allowed party members to vote for prospective candidates; previously most had been chosen by party bosses

Answer 19

Direct Primary

Question 20

Settlement house in Chicago founded by Jane Addams

Answer 20

Hull House

Question 21

created in 1890 by a merger of two womens’ suffrage organizations and led in its early years by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony; was instrumental in demanding
women’s right to vote.

Answer 21

National American Woman Suffrage Association

Question 22

fire in New York City that killed 150 female
factory workers. It was later found that the workers had been locked in the factory; as a result, many factory reforms were enacted

Answer 22

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Question 23

Novel written by Upton Sinclair that highlighted numerous problems of the meatpacking industry and inspired the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act

Answer 23

The Jungle

Question 24

an organization made up largely of women who lobbied at the state and national levels for legislation that would protect both women and children at home and in the
workplace.

Answer 24

National Consumers League

Question 25

members felt that alcohol was the major cause for the woes of the lower classes

Answer 25

Anti-Saloon League

Question 26

word was first used by a group of women meeting in New York City in 1914. They wanted to remove themselves from the restraints that society had placed on them because they were female

Answer 26

feminism

Question 27

Teddy Roosevelt’s belief that government
intervention could help the plight of ordinary Americans

Answer 27

Square Deal

Question 28

authorized the collection of federal income taxes

Answer 28

16th Amendment

Question 29

Roosevelt’s followers marched out of the Chicago convention site, proclaimed themselves to be the Progressive party, and nominated Roosevelt for president (with California’s Progressive governor Hiram Johnson as his running mate).

Answer 29

Bull-Moose Party

Question 30

established 12 district reserve banks and the creation of Federal Reserve notes. This system was designed to protect the American economy against further panics such as had occurred in the early 1890s

Answer 30

Federal Reserve System

Question 31

founded to further the fight of blacks for political equality in America

Answer 31

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)