History 1302 Reading quiz 2 review
Due to their belief in "freedom of the seas," the british allowed americans to trade with Germany (T/F)
False
Women in "War work" were usually able to keep their jobs after the war (T/F)
False
Public response to Upton Sinclair's, The Jungle, led to the establishment of regulations that were eventually enforced by the
Food and Drug Administration
As a result of the Organic Act of 1916, this government agency was created to "conserve the natural scenery and preserve the wild life therein."
National Park service
During the coal strike of 1902
President Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the "big stick" against big business
The principle of government by nonpartisan experts known as the Wisconsin idea was promoted by progressive governor
Rover M. La Follette
"Speak softly, and carry a big stick" was said by
Theodore Roosevelt
Alice Paul & Carrie Chapman Catt were the two major leaders of the women's suffrage movement (T/F)
True
In World War 1, tanks were used on the Western Front primarily to lead infantry advances across no-mans land and into enemy territory (T/F)
True
In the presidential election of 1912, William Howard Taft was the republican (T/F)
True
Many immigrant groups in the united states supported the central powers in the European war (T/F)
True
Who eventually became chief justive of the supreme court in 1921
William Howard Taft
As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States
became a world "imperial" power similar to European nations
The 14 points reflect President Woodrow Wilson's belief that
cooperation among international leaders was essential to maintaining world peace
The teller amendment
disclaimed an american designs on Cuban territory
President Wilson's secretary of state resigned in 1915 because
he thought Wilson's note to Germany denouncing the sinking of the Lusitania would draw American Closer to war
The Red Scared of 1919-1920 reflect the
impact of the Bolshevik Communist Revolution in Russia and the actions of a "lunatic fringe" in the United States
Concerning United States action in the Caribbean, President Wilson
kept marines in Nicaragua and sent marines to Haiti and the Dominican Republic
"Pancho" Villa
killed a number of Americans in an attempt to provoke american intervention in Mexico
In the United States, the Spanish flu epidemic
killed nearly seven times the number of American combat deaths in France
Despite the fact that the Great War generated many changes in female employment, these changers were
limited and brief
In the progressive period
man groups- blacks, the poor, the unorganized- had little influence
When news of the European war first reached the United States
most high government officials were pro-british
The "Big Stick" is associated with
obtaining control of the panama canal zone
As president, Taft
opposed both the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments
Queen Liliuokalani
opposed the Americanization of Hawaii
The congressional resolution for war
passed overwhelmingly
Many Progressives opposed social Darwinism because it promoted the idea that
people in lower classes were not capable of economic success
During World War 1, liberty bonds were intended to persuade
people to help finance the war
During the Progressive Era, one goal of state-level political reformers was to
promote the principles of direct democracy
The open door policy
proposed that foreign powers keep the China trade open to all nations on an equal basis
For violating the Espionage Act, socialist leader Eugene Debs
received a ten-year prison term
The German delegation at Versailles objected most bitterly to
reparations for the entire war
In an effort to topple Victoriano Huerta's dictatorial government in Mexico, President Wilson
sent the military to occupy the port of Veracruz
The Red scare of 1919-1920 was directed against
socialists and communists
The ultimate blame for going to war with Spain belongs to
the American people, for letting themselves be whipped into a frenzy
A major factor in Woodrow Wilson's victory in the 1912 presidential campaign was the fact that
the Republican party had split in two
During the Red Scare, what was the primary reason for the Palmer Raids
to halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals
Congress established the Bureau of Corporations
to monitor the activities of interstate corporations
In the case of Schenck v. United states, the supreme court
upheld the conviction of a man who had circulated pamphlets against the draft
In the area of conservation, Theodore Roosevelt
used the Forest Reserve Act to withdraw over 170 million acres of timberland from logging
Roosevelt's intervention in the Russo-Japanese war and the Moroccan dispute
won him the Nobel Peace Prize of 1906
At the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911
workers died as a result of a fire