HIST II CH 20 - 21 QUIZ 3
In order to acquire the Canal Zone, the United States supported Panama's revolt against:
Colombia
In an act of terrorism, Spaniards in Cuba blew up the battleship Maine.
False
McKinley was reelected in 1900 despite losing the popular vote to William Jennings Bryan.
False
Progressives generally believed government should not interfere with big business.
False
Theodore Roosevelt considered the Federal Trade Commission to be the cornerstone of his program for big business.
False
Theodore Roosevelt led troops into battle in the Philippines.
False
William Howard Taft finished second in the presidential election of 1912.
False
Social Darwinist ideas justified policies of imperial expansion.
True
The Equal Rights Amendment has not been ratified by the states.
True
The United States becomes a world power after fighting the shortest war in its history.
True
The purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million proved to be a huge bargain.
True
Theodore Roosevelt took a strong activist approach to the presidency.
True
Woodrow Wilson was a minister's son who grew up in the South.
True
Residents of Puerto Rico became citizens of the United States:
a. nearly two decades after the island was acquired by the United States
The battleship Maine:
b. exploded in Havana Harbor and fueled calls for war with Spain
Which of the following best describes the method used by most progressives to solve the problem of economic power and its abuses?
b. regulate big business
Progressives supported all of the following as measures to democratize government EXCEPT:
b. the poll tax
Why did the United States fight a war in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War?
b. to quell an insurrection of Filipinos who opposed annexation by the United States
During the presidential election of 1912, William Howard Taft:
b. was the Republican candidate
The "yellow peril" was:
c. a racially charged description of a perceived threat from Japan
As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States:
c. emerged as an imperial power
Ida M. Tarbell is best known for her investigation of:
d. Standard Oil
Queen Liliuokalani:
d. opposed the Americanization of Hawaii
In 1917, a Prohibition amendment to the Constitution:
d. passed Congress, then went to the states for ratification
A major factor in Woodrow Wilson's victory in the 1912 presidential campaign was the fact that:
d. the Republican party had split in two
Why did Theodore Roosevelt send the Great White Fleet on a world tour between 1907 and 1909?
d. to demonstrate that the United States had arrived as a world power
At the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911:
d. workers died as a result of a fire
The Boxer Rebellion took place in:
e. China
What is "yellow journalism"?
e. It refers to sensationalist news coverage that was designed to sell papers and manipulate public opinion.
By the end of the Spanish-American War:
e. more American soldiers died from disease than battle
The Open Door policy:
e. proposed that foreign powers keep China trade open to all nations on an equal basis
The de Lôme letter:
e. referred to President McKinley as a weak and cowardly leader
The Roosevelt Corollary:
e. stated that the United States could intervene in the affairs of Latin American countries to forestall the intervention of other powers
Emilio Aguinaldo:
e. was the Filipino rebel leader
