AHII: Chapter 19-20 Quiz
______________________ was President Taft's use of the State Department to help American companies and banks invest in foreign countries.
"Dollar diplomacy"
President Theodore Roosevelt intervened personally to break which strike?
1902 Coal Strike
The biggest stumbling block to progressivism during the Progressive Era was
Big business
As a result of the publication of The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783, the United States
Built eleven new steel battleships
A system of governance in which a trained administrator was appointed to run a city was called a
City-manager plan
After the United States took control of the Philippines, ______________ became the official language.
English
Which of the following was not a goal of late 19th century progressives?
Equality for minorities
In the late 19th century, Americans began to consider expanding into all of the following areas except
Europe
Whites on the Hawaiian Islands were referred to as
Haoles
What was the progressive approach to social problems?
Investigate, educate, and legislate
All of the following forces supported late 19th century imperialism except
Racial equality
Frederick Winslow Taylor and the gospel of efficiency is best associated with which concept?
Scientific management
During the Progressive Era, what was the most popular form of reform?
Temperance
For a $10 million down payment, the Roosevelt administration arranged the use in perpetuity of
The Panama Canal
As a result of the Treaty of Paris, Spain received $20 million from the United States in return for all of the following territories except
The Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam
The term Seward's folly applies to
The United States acquisition of Alaska in 1867
According to your textbook, at the very end of the War of 1898
The status of the Philippines was unresolved
The first "progressive" president was
Theodore Roosevelt
The groups behind the YWCA and YMCA created their programs because
They believed that Christianity had gotten too far from the lower economic classes
What reason did Wilson give for proposing tariff reform?
To combat misuse of the tariff by corporations
