🐔US Gov Test 2 Papergame

Question 0

Act supported by TR that protected 150 million acres of federal land

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Forest Reserve Act

Question 1

Muckraker that wrote “The Jungle” which explained the horrors of the meat packing industry

Answer 1

Upton Sinclair

Question 2

Progressive reform program initiated by Wilson that dealt with the trusts, tariffs, and banks

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New Freedom

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Progressive reform program initiated by TR that dealt with corporations, consumers, and conservation

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Square Deal

Question 4

New state that will be added in 1959; business (sugar) interests will be main motivation in annexation

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Hawaii

Question 5

Tariff that increased the tax on imported goods; negatively effects Hawaiian sugar

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McKinley Tariff Act

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Band of unique men that TR assembles to fight in the Spanish-American War

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Rough Riders

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Era in which many aspects of American society are beginning to be reformed and/or cleaned up

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Progressive Movement

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The “butcher” that Spain sends to Cuba to put down any and all Cuban rebellions; especially brutal

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Weyler

Question 9

Election in which TR ran for that Progressive Party; Taft ran for Rep.; and Wilson for Dem.; Wilson won

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Election of 1912

Question 10

Document that insulted William McKinley; became public knowledge and Americans were outraged

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De Lone Letter

Question 11

Journalists that reported the deplorable conditions in factories or cities; many saw they exaggerated

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Muckrakers

Question 12

Act improving the sanitary conditions in the meat packing industry; “The Jungle” helped formulate that act

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Meat Inspection Act

Question 13

Amendment that gave women the right to vote

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19th

Question 14

Amendment that allowed the direct elections of US senators

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17th

Question 15

Amendment that created a progressive income tax based on wealth….not land

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16th

Question 16

New state that will be added in 1959; minerals/raw materials will be the main motivation in annexation

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Alaska

Question 17

Era of global expansion for America/European Powers; domination of stronger nations over weak ones

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Imperialism

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Monarch that does not want her island nation to be controlled by America; planters revolt against her

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Queen Lili

Question 19

Act that strengthened the Sherman Anti-Trust Act; supported workers, making strikes, etc. legal

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Clayton Anti-Trust Act

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Situation in which a major energy source was becoming jeopardized; TR had to become involved

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Coal Strike

Question 21

War in which America will fight Spain in Cuba; major imperial implications as a result of war

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Spanish-American War

Question 22

US Ship that explodes; not Spain’s fault but will provide the trigger for the US to go to war with Spain

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USS Maine

Question 23

Act that will substantially reduce the tariff on imported goods for the first time since the Civil War

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Underwood Tariff Act

Question 24

Treaty that ends the Spanish American War; US obtains Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines ($20 M)

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Treaty of Paris

Question 25

Act that improved the labeling and quality of food products in the US

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Pure Food and Drug Act

Question 26

Journalist that exploit the ugly/brutal situation for the Cuban people during Spanish rule

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Yellow Journalists

Question 27

Act that establishes the Federal Reserve System---a decentralized private system under federal control

Answer 27

Federal Reserve Act

Question 28

Act that set up the Federal Trade Commission with power to investigate unfair business practices

Answer 28

Federal Trade Act