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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat around the world cruise showed America's naval strength to the world?Naval Fin FleetGreat White FleetSpanish American FleetDemocratic Republican Fleet
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name for journalists who exposed corruption in business and government?Labor unionsYellow journalistsProgressivesMuckrakers
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich president extended the National Park System to promote conservation of resources?Woodrow WilsonTheodore RooseveltWilliam Howard TaftWilliam McKinley
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThis act was created to curb the abuses of monopolies.Kennedy Monopoly ActPendleton Civil Service ActClayton Anti-Trust ActWilson Reform Act
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe Meat Inspection Act was a direct result of the writing of which book?The JungleThe Shame of the CitiesBrave New WorldMeat Packing Reforms
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWho is W.E.B. DuBois?Governor who introduced reforms to WisconsinMuckraker who wrote about the meat packing plantsAfrican American leader who advocated for immediate equalityPhotographed and wrote about NYC slums
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe 17th Amendment...Allowed for direct election of SenatorsProhibited alcoholMade incomes taxes legalGave women suffrage
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho told artist, Remington, "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war"?Upton SinclairTheodore RooseveltIda B. WellsWilliam Randolph Hearst
- 9. Multiple ChoiceIslands the U.S. eventually annexed due to increased economic and military value in 1898.Haitian IslandsCuban IslandsAleutian IslandsHawaiian Islands
- 10. Multiple ChoicePolicy that strengthened Monroe Doctrine by allowing US to act as international police forceWilson ActDollar DiplomacyRoosevelt CorollaryMoral Corollary
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWho disagreed with Ida B. Wells and W.E.B. DuBois about the speed to seek equality?Upton SinclairBooker T. WashingtonMalcolm XFrances Willard
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich amendment banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol?15th16th17th18th
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe Pure Food and Drug Act was passed in 1906 toEnsure no artificial preservatives were used in foods.Ensure accurate labeling of foods and medicines.Ban the use of hormones in meat production.Ensure that all medicines and foods are inspected.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe Open Door Policy favored American interests over other foreign interests in...ChinaJapanRussiaThe Phillipines
- 15. Multiple ChoiceAllows a group of citizens to draft a bill and send it to the legislature to be voted onInitiativePrimaryReferendumRecall
- 16. Multiple ChoiceRobert LaFollette proposed the Wisconsin Idea. It advocated...Minimum wage, max work week and no child laborDirect primaries, worker’s comp, and progressive income taxDirect election of senators, prohibition and women’s suffrageInitiatives, civil rights reform and social welfare programs
- 17. Multiple ChoicePershing led US troops to Mexico to find and capture...Porfirio MaderiFrancisco DiazVictoriano HuertaPancho Villa
- 18. Multiple ChoiceGuam, Puerto Rico and the Philippine Islands were given to the U.S. with which treaty?Treaty of VersaillesTreaty of GranadaTreaty of ParisOpen Door Treaty
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich author urged the U.S. to build a large navy and build naval bases around the world?W.E.B. DuBoisFrances WillardAlfred T. MahanJosiah Strong
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe sinking of the U.S.S. Maine, interest in sugar plantations and yellow journalism led toThe Spanish American WarAnnexation of HawaiiPurchase of AlaskaWWI
- 21. Multiple ChoiceProposed legislation that the American people vote onRecallReferendumInitiativePrimary
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWho led American sugar plantation owners to seize power in Hawaii and ask for annexation?William LibbySusan B. AnthonySanford B. DoleTheodore Roosevelt
- 23. Multiple ChoiceTo remove a corrupt politician from office, voters would advocate for aRecallInitiativePrimaryReferendum
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich institution was created to address problems with banking and currency?Social Security AdministrationInterstate Commerce CommissionFederal Reserve SystemInternal Revenue Service
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWho resigned from his position as assistant secretary of the Navy to organize the Rough Riders?William McKinleyWilliam H. TaftWoodrow WilsonTheodore Roosevelt
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat year did we fight the Spanish American War?1776181218981914
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhich muckraker challenged racial violence in the south, especially lynching?Upton SinclairIda B. WellsJacob RiisJoseph Pullitzer
- 28. Multiple ChoiceThis amendment made income taxes legal.15th16th17th18th
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhich is NOT a Progressive goal?Moral FreedomPolitical honestySocial stabilityEconomic opportunity
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich third party caused a surprising outcome in the election of 1912? (Wilson, a Democrat, wins)Bull Moose PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian PartyDemocratic Republican Party
- 31. Multiple ChoiceA hunger for new economic markets, want for military strength and a belief in the cultural superiority of the Anglo Saxon culture led to the U.S.Expanding its influence around the world.Withdraw and become more isolationist.Go to war with Britain.
- 32. Multiple ChoiceTeddy Roosevelt’s policy of having his negotiations with other countries backed by threat of military force was calledMissionary DiplomacyDollar Diplomacy.Big Stick DiplomacyMonetary Diplomacy
- 33. Multiple ChoiceMissionariesLaunched a campaign to support women’s suffrage.Was the name given to the soldiers fighting with T. Roosevelt.Wrote sensationalized accounts of war events.Helped spread American beliefs.
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhich is not a leader in the women’s suffrage movement?Susan B. AnthonyFrances WillardWoodrow Wilson
- 35. Multiple ChoiceIn order to protect US Citizens and investments in Cuba, McKinley sent what ship to Havana?U.S.S. MaineU.S.S. TexasU.S.S. VermontU.S.S. Arizona
- 36. Multiple ChoiceThe policy of increasing U.S. investment in Latin American countries was calledMissionary DiplomacyDollar Diplomacy.Big Stick DiplomacyMonetary Diplomacy
- 37. Multiple ChoiceThe acquisition of the Philippines, Guam and Puerto RicoGave the U.S. the ability to launch an attack on Colombia.Provided the U.S. with strategic naval bases and new trade opportunities.Allowed Spain to dominate in the Southern Hemisphere.
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