HIS 132 Chapter 20-21
In an act of terrorism, Spaniards in Cuba blew up the battleship Maine
False
One of Taft's major issues became his support for high tariffs
False
Progressives generally believed government should not interfere with big business
False
Spain refused to consider practically all of the American demands concerning Cuba before the United States declared war
False
The United States purchased Alaska from Great Britian
False
Theodore Roosevelt led troops into battle in the Philippines
False
William H. Taft achieved the most significant tariff reduction of any progressive president
False
Woodrow Wilson was elected president in 1908
False
Alfred Thayer Mahan wrote the Influence of Sea Power upon History
True
Between 1875 and 1890, sugar from Hawaii could enter the United States duty-free
True
Many of the most prominent progressives endorsed Roosevelt's bid to be the first president representing a third party, the "Bull Moose" Progressive party
True
Social Darwinism ideas justified policies of imperial expanison
True
Socialism was an antecedent to progressivism
True
The papers of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst helped invent what came to be known and "yellow journalism"
True
The phrase "Square Deal" is associated with Theodore Roosevelt
True
The popular election of senators required a constitutional amendment
True
The purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million proved to be a huge bargain
True
Theodore Roosevelt gave muckrakers their name
True
Theodore Roosevelt helped lead the Rough Riders in the Cuban campaign of the Spanish-American War
True
Woodrow Wilson was a minister's son who grew up in the South
True