Period 7 Part 1

Question 1

U.S. wanted this for business and so sugar could be sold in the U.S. duty free, Queen Liliuokalani opposed so Sanford B. Dole overthrew her in 1893, William McKinley convinced Congress to annex in 1898.

Answer 1

Hawaii

Question 2

the Hawaiian queen who was forced out of power by a revolution started by American business interests.

Answer 2

Queen Liluokalani

Question 3

Author of “Our Country: Its possible Future and Its present crisis”, summoned Americans to spread their religion and values to the “backward” peoples

Answer 3

Josiah Strong

Question 4

Wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History, which argued that control of the sea was the key to world dominance;it stimulated the naval race among the great powers.

Answer 4

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Question 5

Spanish General in Cuba who herded many civilians into barbed-wire reconcentration camps so they could not help the insurrectos. Called this because hundreds of thousands of people died in his concentration camps.

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Valeriano Weyler

Question 6

Spanish minister, in Washington, he wrote a letter where he called President McKinley weak and bitter. The letter was stolen and delivered to Hearst, who played it up using yellow journalism.

Answer 6

De Lôme Letter

Question 7

A ship stationed near Cuba which exploded on February 15, 1898. The explosion was blamed on the Spanish, and provided a reason for starting the Spanish-American War. Evidence to the contrary was ignored in the rush to War.

Answer 7

Sinking of the Maine

Question 8

Act of Congress in 1898 that stated that when the United States had rid Cuba of Spanish rule, Cuba would be granted its freedom. It prevented Cuba from turning hostile towards the U.S.

Answer 8

Teller Amendment

Question 9

Commodore during the Spanish-American War who captured the Philippines and Guam. Followed Roosevelt’s order to attack Spanish forces in the Philippines when war was declared; completely destroyed the Spanish fleet stationed at Manila Bay. His victory shed light on the adjusted purpose of war with Spain, from just freeing Cuba to stripping Spain of all of its colonies.

Answer 9

George Dewey

Question 10

volunteer soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War.

Answer 10

Rough Riders

Question 11

Leader of the Filipino independence movement against Spain (1895-1898). He proclaimed the independence of the Philippines in 1899, but his movement was crushed and he was captured by the United States Army in 1901.

Answer 11

Emilio Aguinaldo

Question 12

The treaty that concluded the Spanish American War, Commissioners from the U.S. were sent to Paris on October 1, 1898 to produce a treaty that would bring an end to the war with Spain after six months of hostilitiy. From the treaty America got Guam, Puerto Rico and they paid 20 million dollars for the Philipines. Cuba was freed from Spain.

Answer 12

Treaty of Paris

Question 13

Constitution didn’t have full authority of how to deal with islands (Puerto Ricans & Cubans subject to American rule, but didn’t have all rights).

Answer 13

Insular Cases

Question 14

This amendment to the new Cuban constitution authorized U.S. intervention in Cuba to protect its interests. Cuba pledged not to make treates with other countries that might compromise its independence, and it granted naval bases to the United States, most notable being Guantanamo Bay.

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Platt Amendment

Question 15

areas in which countries have some political and economic control but do not govern directly (ex. Europe and U.S. in China).

Answer 15

Spheres of Influence

Question 16

John Hay’s clever diplomatic efforts to preserve Chinese territorial integrity and maintain American access to China.

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Open Door policy

Question 17

A 1900 Uprising in China that aimed at ending foreign influence in the country.

Answer 17

Boxer Rebellion

Question 18

Proverbial symbol of Teddy Roosevelt’s belief that presidents should engage diplomacy by also maintain a strong military readiness to back up their policy

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Big Stick policy

Question 19

killed yellow fever in Havana and made construction of the canal safe and more sanitary.

Answer 19

William Gorgas

Question 20

Roosevelt’s 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force.

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Roosevelt Corollary

Question 21

Russia and Japan were fighting over Korea, Manchuria, etc. Began in 1904, but neither side could gain a clear advantage and win. Both sent reps to Portsmouth, NH where TR mediated Treaty of New Hampshire in 1905. TR won the nobel peace prize for his efforts, the 1st pres. to do so.

Answer 21

Russo-Japanese War

Question 22

Agreement when Japan agreed to curb the number of workers coming to the US and in exchange Roosevelt agreed to allow the wives of the Japenese men already living in the US to join them.

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Gentlemen’s Agreement

Question 23

1907-1909 - Roosevelt sent the Navy on a world tour to show the world the U.S. naval power. Also to pressure Japan into the “Gentlemen’s Agreement.”.

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Great White Fleet

Question 24

Term used to describe the efforts of the US to further its foreign policy through use of economic power by gaurenteeing loans to foreign countries.

Answer 24

Dollar diplomacy

Question 25

Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he was a leader in the fight against participation in the League of Nations.

Answer 25

Henry Cabot Lodge

Question 26

Candidate who waged an unsuccessful presidential campaign on the issue of American imperialism in the Philippines.

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William Jennings Bryan

Question 27

Mexican general who overthrew President Francisco Madero in 1913 and established a military dictatorship until forced to resign in 1914.

Answer 27

General Huerta

Question 28

An arrest of American sailors by the Mexican government that spurred Woodrow Wilson to dispatch the American navy to seize the port of Veracruz in April 1914. Although war was avoided, tensions grew between the US and Mexico.

Answer 28

Tampico incident

Question 29

led the American Expeditionary Force; urged that the AEF operate as an independent fighting force, under American command; was made General of the Armies of the United States, which is the highest rank given to an officer.

Answer 29

John J. Pershing

Question 30

Was a “Muckraker” who wrote in the magazine McClure’s (1921). As a younger woman, in 1904, made her reputation by publishing the history of the Standard Oil Company, the “Mother of Trusts.”

Answer 30

Ida Tarbell

Question 31

A Muckraker, this man is famous for using photography to document the incredibly poor conditions of many impoverished communities in the early 20th century. Wrote “How the Other Half Lives”.

Answer 31

Jacob Riis

Question 32

Gov of Wis. most militant of progresive GOP leaders. helped break the power of the Wisconsin political machine and persuaded legislatures to levy heavier taxes on rr’s and other public utilities. Commissions created to regulate companies with a public interest and begin conservation movement in Wis.

Answer 32

Robert La Follette

Question 33

Passed in 1913, this amendment to the Constitution calls for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of their election by state legislatures.

Answer 33

17th Amendment

Question 34

reformer who worked to prohibit child labor and to improve conditions for female workers.

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Florence Kelley

Question 35

A horrific incident involving a fire that erupted in a locked factory, killing dozens. This case had the effect of increasing government regulation of factory safety conditions.

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Triangle Shirtwaist fire

Question 36

Economic policy by Roosevelt that favored fair relationships between companies and workers.the stated policy of President Theodore Roosevelt, originally promising fairness in all dealings with labor and management and later extended to include other groups.

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Square Deal

Question 37

pursued by teddy roosevelt as a way of making businesses more fair and competitive to the advantage of consumers, Roosevelt tried to regulate large corporations to behave responsible, and he filed lawsuits against corporations with trusts and monopolies.

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Trust-busting

Question 38

restricted railroad “free passes” and expanded the Interstate Commerce Commission to include in its powers the prosecution of express companies, sleeping-car companies, and pipelines. For the first time gave the ICC that ability to nullify existing rates and set maximum rates.

Answer 38

Hepburn Act

Question 39

He was the author of the sensational novel, THE JUNGLE, published in 1906. His intention was to describe the conditions of canning factory workers. Instead, Americans were disgusted by his descriptions of dirty food production. His book influenced consumers to demand safer canned products.

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Upton Sinclair

Question 40

It was created in 1906 and was designed to prevent the adulteration and mislabeling of foods and pharmaceuticals. It was made to protect the consumer.

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Pure Food and Drug Act

Question 41

Passed in 1906. It stated that the preparation of meat shipped over state lines would be subject to this. Part of the Progressive reforms, which helped out the consumer.

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Meat Inspection Act

Question 42

head of the U.S. Forest Servic under Roosevelt, who believed that it was possible to make use of natural resources while conserving them.

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Gifford Pinchot

Question 43

Head of the American Railway Union and director of the Pullman strike; he was imprisoned along with his associates for ignoring a federal court injunction to stop striking. While in prison, he read Socialist literature and emerged as a Socialist leader in America.

Answer 43

Eugene v. Debs

Question 44

This political party was formed by T. Roosevelt in an attempt to advance progressive ideas and unseat President W.H. Taft in the election of 1912. After Taft won the Republican party’s nomination, Roosevelt ran on the Progressive party ticket.

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Bull Moose party

Question 45

Amendment to the United States Constitution (1913) gave Congress the power to tax income.

Answer 45

16th Amendment

Question 46

Tariff passed by the Taft Administration whose purpose was to lower tariffs, a goal that it miserably failed to achieve.

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Payne-Aldrich Tariff

Question 47

Congressional measure to provide the a substantial reduction of rates, and the first ever implementation of a graduated income tax on incomes $3000+.

Answer 47

Underwood Tariff Act

Question 48

An act establishing 12 regional and aBoard, appointed by the pres. to regulate banking and create stability on a national scale in the volatile banking sector. The law carried the nation through the financial crises of the 1st World War of 1914-1918.

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Federal Reserve Act

Question 49

Corrected the problems of the Sherman Antitrust Act; outlawed certain practices that restricted competition; unions on strike could no longer be considered violating the antitrust acts.

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Clayton Antitrust Act

Question 50

Founded in 1909 to improve living conditions for inner city Blacks, evolved into a national organization dedicated to establishing equal legal rights for Blacks.

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Question 51

(1859-1947) A suffragette who was president of the National Women’s Suffrage Association, and founder of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance; Instrumental in obtaining passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920.

Answer 51

Carrie Chapman Catt

Question 52

gave women the right to vote.

Answer 52

19th Amendment

Question 53

American leader of the movement to legalize birth control during the early 1900’s. As a nurse in the poor sections of New York City, she had seen the suffering caused by unwanted pregnancy. Founded the first birth control clinic in the U.S. and the American Birth Control League, which later became Planned Parenthood.

Answer 53

Margaret Sanger