Turn of the Century/ Imperialism / Progressivism 1. Chicago architect who pioneered the use of skyscrapers? 2. What improvement did Frederick Olmstead bring to New York? 3. Who made the first flight and when? 4. How did George Eastman change photography? 5. How did colleges change at the turn of the century? 6. Style of literature and art that stressed life as it really existed? 7. New leisure activity that gave people greater mobility and privacy? 8. New type of musical style created by Scott Joplin? 9. New type of entertainment first created by Thomas Edison? 10. Name two methods used to deny voting rights to African Americans? 11. Supreme Court case that made segregation legal? 12. Name given to the laws which officially segregated society? 13. African American leader who stresses an industrial education? 14. Place of higher learning designed to help African Americans learn a vocation? 15. Harvard educated African American leader who wanted full civil rights? 16. Policy of staying out of foreign affairs? 17. Policy of taking colonies and building an empire? 18.How did the U.S. acquire Alaska? 19. When did Hawaii become apart of the U.S.? 20. Who wrote an influential report recommending a powerful navy was needed to become a world power? 21. Name the U.S. ship that sailed to Cuba to observe and then exploded in the harbor? 22. What did the Teller Amendment promise? 23. Who captured the Philippines when the war began? 24. Name of the group led by Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba? 25. Famous battle outside Santiago Cuba involving Roosevelt? 26. Which U.S. President was assassinated in 1901? 27. Who became President after the assassination? 28. Roosevelt said the “speak softly, and ?” 29. Where did the U.S. want to build a canal connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific? 30. What is the name of the theory that the U.S. will be the only nation to intervene in Latin America? 31. What were the letters to world leaders about China called? 32. What is the Wealth Gap? 33. Who were the Wobblies?

Turn of the Century/ Imperialism / Progressivism 34. Who were Progressives? 35. Theory that you should help those less fortunate than you? 36. Name given to journalists who exposed corruption in the nation? 37. What did Ida Tarbell write about? 38. What did Upton Sinclair write about? 39. What did Lincoln Steffins write about? 40. What new form of gov’t involved a hired professional executive running the government? 41. List four voting reform the Progressives passed? 42. What is the FDA and its purpose? 43. What court case first saw the courts getting involved in the conditions of workers? 44. What was the name of Roosevelt’s Progressive platform as President? 45. Describe Roosevelt’s attitude towards trusts? 46. What strike did Roosevelt help to end by siding with the laborers? 47. What issue was Roosevelt among the first to consider worth a President’s attention? 48. Who succeeded Roosevelt as President? 49. Why did Taft become unpopular within his own party? 50. Who ran in the election of 1912? 51. Name Roosevelt’s platform for the 1912 election? 52. Name Wilson’s platform for the 1912 election? 53. What did the Underwood Tariff accomplish? 54. Name the system Wilson pushed through Congress to reform our banking system? 55. What government agency was designed to regulate business practices? 56. What new stronger anti-trust law was passed under Wilson? 57. What happened to the laissez-faire system of government under the Progressives? 58. What group of Americans gained the right to vote in 1920? 59. What Group of Americans saw little improvement under the Progressives? 60. What is the 16th Amendment? 61. What is the 17th Amendment? 62. What is the 18th Amendment? 63. What is the 19th Amendment?