APUSH Chapter 27-29

Question 1

Big-sister policy

Answer 1

Pushed by James G Blaine, aimed at rallying the Latin American nations behind American leadership and opening Latin America markets to American traders

Question 2

Great Rapprochement

Answer 2

New American and British friendship

Question 3

McKinley Tariff

Answer 3

Raised barriers against Hawaiian sugar in 1890

Question 4

Insurrectos

Answer 4

Cuban insurgents seeking to drive out Spanish overlords

Question 5

Maine

Answer 5

Blew up in Havana harbor, battleship sent to Cuba from Washington, Spanish officials said the explosion was internal and accidental and Americans argued the blast was caused by a submarine mine

Question 6

Teller Amendment

Answer 6

Proclaimed that when the United States overthrew Spanish misrule, it would give the Cuban’s their freedom

Question 7

Rough Riders

Answer 7

A part of the American invading army during the invasion of Cuba, consisted largely of cowboys and ex-convicts and organized by Theodore Roosevelt

Question 8

Anti-Imperialist League

Answer 8

Developed to fight the McKinley administration’s expansionist moves, objected to annexing the Philippines

Question 9

Foraker Act

Answer 9

Accorded the Puerto Rican’s a limited degree of popular government

Question 10

Insular Cases

Answer 10

Supreme Court decreed that the flag outran the Constitution, meaning Puerto Rican’s and Filipinos did not enjoy all American rights but were subject to American rule

Question 11

Platt Amendment

Answer 11

Allowed the United States government to intervene with troops in the Cuban government

Question 12

Open Door note

Answer 12

The great powers would respect certain Chinese rights and the ideal of fair competition

Question 13

Boxer Rebellion

Answer 13

The Chinese “Boxers” murdered more than 200 foreigners and thousands of Chinese Christians and besieged the foreign diplomatic community in Beijing

Question 14

Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

Answer 14

Gave the United States permission to build a canal in Panama but conceded the right to fortify it as well

Question 15

Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 15

“Preventative intervention,” in the event of future financial malfeasance by the Latin America nations the United States would intervene, take over the customs houses, pay off the debts, and keep Europeans away

Question 16

Root-Takahira agreement

Answer 16

Pledged the US and Japan to respect each other’s territorial possessions in the Pacific and to uphold the Open Door in China

Question 17

Payne-Aldrich Bill

Answer 17

Moderately reductive bill but senatorial reactionaries tacked on hundreds of upward tariff revisions but not on items such as sea moss and canary seed

Question 18

Elkins Act

Answer 18

Aimed primarily at the rebate evil, heavy fines could now be imposed on railroads that gave rebates and on shippers

Question 19

Dollar diplomacy

Answer 19

The use of American investments to boost American political interests abroad, primarily utilized by Taft

Question 20

Social gospel

Answer 20

Promoted a brand of progressivism based on Christian teachings

Question 21

Muckrakers

Answer 21

Reporters publishing expose material

Question 22

Initiative

Answer 22

Created so that voters could directly propose legislation themselves, bypassing state legislatures

Question 23

Referendum

Answer 23

Would place laws on the ballot for final approval by the people

Question 24

Recall

Answer 24

Enable voters to remove faithless elected officials, particularly those who had been bribed by bosses

Question 25

Australian ballot

Answer 25

Voters could vote privately without fear of judgement

Question 26

Muller v Oregon

Answer 26

Louis D Brandeis persuaded the Supreme Court to accept the constitutionality of laws protecting women workers, and afforded employers total control over the workplace

Question 27

Lochner v New York

Answer 27

Invalidated a New York law establishing a 10-hour workday for bakers

Question 28

Woman’s Christian Temperance Union

Answer 28

Largest organization of women in the world, preached abstention

Question 29

Meat Inspection Act

Answer 29

Decreed that the preparation of meat shipped over state lines would be subject to federal inspection

Question 30

The Pure Food and Drug Act

Answer 30

Designed to prevent the adulteration and mislabeling of foods and pharmaceuticals

Question 31

Hetch Hetchy Valley

Answer 31

San Francisco built the dam for its municipal water supply

Question 32

New Freedom

Answer 32

Democratic platform in the election of 1912 which included calls for stronger antitrust legislation, banking reform, and tariff reductions

Question 33

New Nationalism

Answer 33

Roosevelt’s Progressive campaign in the election of 1912

Question 34

Underwood Tariff

Answer 34

Provided for a substantial reduction of rates moved by Wilson’s aggressive leadership

Question 35

Federal Reserve Act

Answer 35

Created the Federal Reserve Board, which oversaw a nationwide system of twelve regional reserve districts, each with its own central bank, guaranteed a substantial measure of public control

Question 36

Federal Trade Commission Act

Answer 36

Empowered a presidentially appointed commission to search industries engaged in interstate commerce, such as meat packers

Question 37

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Answer 37

Extended the Sherman Anti-Trust Act’s list of business practices that were deemed objectionable, including price discrimination and interlocking directorates

Question 38

Holding companies

Answer 38

Achieved price discrimination and interlocking directorates

Question 39

Workingmen’s Compensation Act

Answer 39

Granted assistance to federal civil-service employees during periods of disability

Question 40

Adamson Act

Answer 40

Established an 8-hour workday for all employees on trains in interstate commerce, with extra pay for overtime

Question 41

Jones Act

Answer 41

Granted to the Philippines territorial status and promised independence as soon as a “stable government” could be established

Question 42

Tampico Incident

Answer 42

American sailors were arrested by the Mexican government, causing the navy to be dispatched to seize the port of Veracruz

Question 43

U-boats

Answer 43

German submarines that sank about ninety ships in the war zone

Question 44

Lusitania

Answer 44

British passenger liner that was torpedoed and sank off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives including 128 Americans, angered the American public