Unit 7 Flashcards
(26 cards)
All of the following contributed to the United States declaring war on Spain except the
Purchase of Alaska
The author of the influence of sea power upon history was
Alfred Thayer mahan
Americans favored overseas expansion in the late 1800s for all of the following reasons except
Halting the spread of communism
The US battleship Maine
Was shattered by an explosion in Havana Harbor
A novel exposing the ugly side of the meat packing industry was written by
Upton Sinclair
In the 1912 election Theodore Roosevelt was the candidate of the
Progressives
The federal trade commission, established in 1914, regulated
Business practices
Theodore Roosevelt received the Nobel peace prize for
Ending the war between Japan and Russia
before 1903 panama was a province of
Colombia
What would be the best word to describe the cartoon shown
Propaganda
What was a significant impact of the progressive movement on American life?
Increased government regulation of business
The initiative, referendum, and recall election were supported by the Progressives as ways to
(3) increase citizen participation in the political process
Which long-awaited goal of the women’s rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era?
Right to vote for women
Dorothea Dix, Jane Addams, and Jacob Riis were all known as
Social reformers
Passage of the pure food and drug act, and the meat inspection act illustrated the federal governments commitment to
Consumer protection
A significant contribution to the industrialization of the United States was Henry Ford’s development of
the assembly line
Which statement best summarizes President Theodore Roosevelt’s views about conservation?
Wilderness areas and their resources should be protected for the public good.
This cartoon showed a picture of Theodore Roosevelts attempt to
Limit the power of monopolies
Jacob Riis, in How the Other Half Lives, and Lincoln Steffens, in The Shame of the Cities, contributed to reform movements by
exposing poverty and corruption
Which action can the federal reserve system take to fight initiative or recession
Regulate money supply
Muckrakers contributed to the rise of progressivism by
Exposing widespread corruption in business and government
Chinese exclusion act
Nativism
Business combinations limiting competition
Increase US access to trade with Asia
Support the us imperialism
Spanish American war
