Monroe Doctrine to Palmer raids

Question 1

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 1

US policy against European colonization in the Western Hemisphere

Question 2

Imperialism

Answer 2

Country extending power through acquisition of territories

Question 3

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Answer 3

US naval officer who believed naval power = world power

Question 4

Yellow journalism

Answer 4

Journalism based on sensationalism and exaggeration

Question 5

De Lome Letter

Answer 5

Letter criticizing President McKinley, leading to Spanish-American War

Question 6

USS Maine

Answer 6

American naval ship sunk in Havana Harbor, leading to Spanish-American War

Question 7

Teller Amendment

Answer 7

US military presence in Cuba with condition of independence

Question 8

splendid little war

Answer 8

Phrase for the Spanish-American War

Question 9

Rough Riders

Answer 9

Nickname for 1st US Volunteer Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt

Question 10

Anti-Imperialist League

Answer 10

Organization against US annexation of the Philippines

Question 11

Platt Amendment

Answer 11

Conditions for US troops withdrawal from Cuba after Spanish-American War

Question 12

Spheres of Influence

Answer 12

Division of China into Western spheres of influence

Question 13

Boxer Rebellion

Answer 13

Uprising against foreign presence in China

Question 14

John Hay

Answer 14

Secretary of State who negotiated the Open Door Policy in China

Question 15

Open Door Policy

Answer 15

US policy for equal trade rights in China

Question 16

big-stick policy

Answer 16

Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy of negotiation with military threat

Question 17

Panama Canal

Answer 17

Artificial waterway connecting Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Question 18

Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 18

Addition to Monroe Doctrine for US intervention in Latin America

Question 19

Great White Fleet

Answer 19

US Navy battle fleet showcasing American power

Question 20

Mexican Civil War

Answer 20

Disturbances leading to US invasion and capture of Pancho Villa

Question 21

Muckrakers

Answer 21

Reform-minded journalists attacking corruption in institutions

Question 22

Standard Oil

Answer 22

Largest oil refinery in the world, broken up as an illegal monopoly

Question 23

Jacob Riis

Answer 23

Social reformer and journalist exposing poverty in NYC

Question 24

16th Amendment

Answer 24

Legalized direct income tax

Question 25

17th Amendment

Answer 25

Direct election of Senators

Question 26

18th Amendment

Answer 26

Prohibition of alcohol

Question 27

19th Amendment

Answer 27

Women's suffrage

Question 28

Initiative

Answer 28

Petition signed by voters to force a public vote

Question 29

Recall

Answer 29

Procedure to remove an elected official from office through a direct vote

Question 30

Referendum

Answer 30

Direct vote on a particular proposal

Question 31

Muller v Oregon

Answer 31

Supreme Court case upholding labor laws for women's health

Question 32

Triangle Shirtwaist fire

Answer 32

Fire leading to improved factory safety standards

Question 33

Square Deal

Answer 33

Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program for conservation, control of corporations, and consumer protection

Question 34

Trust-busting

Answer 34

Breaking up monopolies deemed harmful to consumers

Question 35

Upton Sinclair (The Jungle)

Answer 35

Writer exposing labor and sanitary conditions in the meat packing industry

Question 36

Pure Food and Drug Act

Answer 36

Law leading to food inspection and consumer protection

Question 37

Meat Inspection Act

Answer 37

Law ensuring sanitary conditions in meat processing

Question 38

Conservation of public lands

Answer 38

Roosevelt's work in preserving natural resources

Question 39

Gifford Pinchot

Answer 39

First Chief of the US Forest Service, worked with Roosevelt in conservation

Question 40

Progressive Party (Bull Moose)

Answer 40

Third party formed by Theodore Roosevelt

Question 41

Federal Reserve Act

Answer 41

Creation of the Federal Reserve System to control the nation's currency

Question 42

NAACP

Answer 42

Civil rights organization advocating for legal justice for African Americans

Question 43

great migration

Answer 43

Movement of African Americans from the South to urban areas in the North and West

Question 44

Lusitania

Answer 44

British ocean liner sunk by a German submarine, causing diplomatic uproar

Question 45

Jeannette Rankin

Answer 45

First woman in Congress, against both World Wars

Question 46

Zimmerman Telegram

Answer 46

Secret communication proposing a military alliance between Germany and Mexico

Question 47

Submarine warfare

Answer 47

German tactic of sinking vessels without warning

Question 48

Russian Revolution

Answer 48

Revolution in Russia leading to the rise of the Soviet Union

Question 49

Espionage Act

Answer 49

Law to prevent opposition to the war effort

Question 50

Sedition Act

Answer 50

Law prohibiting disloyal and abusive language about the US government

Question 51

Schenck v US

Answer 51

Supreme Court case upholding the Espionage Act

Question 52

John Pershing

Answer 52

General who commanded the American Expeditionary Force in WWI

Question 53

Selective Service Act

Answer 53

Authorized the draft for World War I

Question 54

Western Front

Answer 54

Main theater of war in France during WWI

Question 55

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 55

Peace treaty ending WWI

Question 56

Wilson's 14 points

Answer 56

Outline for a New World Order after WWI

Question 57

League of Nations

Answer 57

International organization for world peace, precursor to the UN

Question 58

1st Red Scare

Answer 58

Xenophobia and fear of communism after WWI

Question 59

Palmer raids

Answer 59

Raids to capture suspected radical leftists during the Red Scare