Chapter 19-20 History 2

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in 1900, ________ of 82 million Americans lived in poverty.

10 million

President Theodore Roosevelt intervened personally to break which strike?

1902 Coal Strike

Which of the following was not part of the "good government" movement of the progressive Era?

Ending segregated schools.

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

Farming

in 1866, Secretary of State William H. Seaward attempted to gain_________ for the United States.

Hawaii

According to your textbook, after the Civil War, Americans generally favored ____________ in foreign policy.

Isolationism

Who is the best associated with the Hull House?

Jane Addams

All of the following forces supported late 19th century imperialism except

Racial equality

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

Racial equality

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

Scientific management

Which of the following was not method adopted during the progressive Era to improve government?

Term limits

As a result of the tray 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.

Which of the following statements regarding American imperialism in the Pacific is inaccurate?

The United Sates planned to annex Japan.

The term Seaward's folly applies to

The United States acquisition of Alaska in 1867.

Many of the reforms pushed by the populists

Were implemented by the progressives.

Which United States president was responsible for the annexation of Hawaii?

William McKinley

Prominent American anti-imperialists at the end of the 19th century included all of the following except

William Seward

The reason that Woodrow Wilson won the presidency in 1912 was

Because Taft and Roosevelt split the Republicans vote

The biggest stumbling back 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


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