History Chapter 19&20

Once Theodore Roosevelt became president, his motto became

"Speak softly, and carry a big stick."

In 1900 ______ of 82 million Americans lived in poverty.

10 million

Which of the following statements regarding American imperialism at the end of the 19th century is inaccurate?

Americans believed that other cultures were superior.

By the 1890s, the largest ethnic population in Hawaii was

Asians.

_______________________ was the leader of the Filipino nationalists during the War of 1898.

Emilio Aguinaldo

After the United States took control of the Philippines, ______________ became the official language.

English

Which of the following was not a big business that attracted cheap laborers to their factories during the Progressive period?

Farming

Individuals labeled Mugwumps were best associated with which concept?

Honest government

What was the progressive approach to social problems?

Investigate, educate, legislate

During the Progressive Era, who was considered a leading reformer?

Jane Addams

The concept of socialism is most associated with

Karl Marx.

In 1911, President Wilson ordered U.S. warships to blockade

Mexico.

Which of the following statements most accurately represents Hawaiian attitudes toward American annexation in the 1890s?

Most native Hawaiians opposed American annexation.

The first monopoly broken up by President Theodore Roosevelt was

Northern Securities Company.

Which of the following religious groups was particularly supportive of the War of 1898?

Protestants

Frederick Winslow Taylor and the gospel of efficiency is best associated with which concept?

Scientific management

This belief during the Progressive Era persuaded followers to pursue their ideals to effect the coming of the "Kingdom of God."

Social gospel

During the Progressive Era, what was the most popular form of reform?

Temperance

What incident set off the Taft-Roosevelt feud?

The Ballinger-Pinchot controversy

What is the name of the U.S. battleship that famously sank in Havana Harbor in 1898?

The Maine

For a $10 million down payment, the Roosevelt administration arranged the use in perpetuity of

The Panama Canal.

What new method of governing cities was first implemented in Galveston, Texas, after a hurricane destroyed the city?

The commission system

Which of the following statements regarding the consequences of the War of 1898 is most accurate?

The war boosted American self-confidence and reinforced racist attitudes.

What ignited the progressive movement?

The worst economic downturn in U.S. history

What reason did Wilson give for proposing tariff reform?

To combat misuse of the tariff by corporations

The treaty that ended the War of 1898 and made Cuba independent was the

Treaty of Paris.

All of the following were major proponents of imperialism at the end of the 19th century except

Ulysses Grant.

What book brought to light the abuses in the United States meatpacking industry in the early 20th century?

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

After living for a time in the West, Theodore Roosevelt maintained that Indians were

a "lesser race."

Americans at the turn of the century generally felt safe because of all of the following reasons except

atomic technology.

President Theodore Roosevelt accomplished the majority of his progressive agenda

by convincing Congress to pass legislation.

A system of governance in which a trained administrator was appointed to run a city was called a

city-manager plan.

Whites on the Hawaiian Islands were referred to as

haoles.

President Taft won office because

he was supported by Roosevelt.

All of the following were motivating ideas for American imperialism according to President McKinley except

racial equality.

Whereas Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism plan wanted to ________ trusts, Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom plan wanted to________ them.

regulate, eliminate

The cash crop that made Hawaii valuable to the United States was

sugar cane.

Need for reforming the workplace was brought to national attention in 1911 when a fire broke out at

the Triangle Shirtwaist factory.

The term Seward's folly applies to

the United States acquisition of Alaska in 1867.

In the presidential contest of 1900, Roosevelt's enemies the Democrats claimed that the Philippine conflict was

an unnecessary war