Progressive Era Imperialism and Expansionism WWI WWI Home Front Topic

Question In 1920, which group had their right to vote expanded? Identify one important figure in this movement.

Answer 1 – 10 Women. 19 th Amendment Vary

Question Identify and describe one way in which Progressive reformers tried to make state governments more democratic.

Answer 1 – 20 Initiative Direct election of senators Recall

Question Where did most immigrants come from between 1890 and 1920?

Answer 1 – 30 Southeastern Europe

Question How did Progressive feel towards big business?

Answer 1 – 40 That they had become too large and powerful and that it was the responsibility of the government to regulate them.

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Question Why did the U.S. seek foreign markets for goods in the late 1800’s?

Answer 2 – 10 To act as a safety valve for overproduction.

Question Give three reasons that the United States declared war on Spain.

Answer 2 – 20 Explosion of the U.S.S. Maine. Desire to take Spanish possessions in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Humanitarianism.

Question Identify and describe 3 theories of why nations pursue imperialist policies.

Answer 2 – 30 Economics Defense Humanitarianism Idealism

Question How did the Philippines react when they realized that the United States was not going to grant them independence?

Answer 2 – 40 The started an insurrection that was longer and bloodier than the Spanish-American War.

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Question What was the primary cause of the Great Migration during WWI?

Answer 3 – 10 The availability of factory jobs in the North.

Question Who was President Wilson’s strongest opponent during the debates over ratification of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 3 – 20 Henry Cabot Lodge

Question How was freedom of speech limited during WWI? Who was thrown into jail as a result of this?

Answer 3 – 30 Espionage and Sedition Acts. Eugene Debs (Socialist)

Question What was the Red Scare?

Answer 3 – 40 Fear of communists as a result of: – Widespread strikes after WWI as employers cut wages back to pre war levels. – Fear of the new immigrants, some of who held radical political views. – Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer’s creation of the FBI to investigate and arrest suspected communists.

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Question How did the government control industrial production during WWI?

Answer 4 – 10 Creation of the War Industries Board which…

Question What are the objectives and tools of this propaganda poster?

Answer 4 – 20 Recruitment of soldiers. Demonization of the enemy. Name calling.

Question Explain how women contributed to the war effort during WWI?

Answer 4 – 30 Plenty of ways

Question How did the United States government drum up support for the war effort at home?

Answer 4 – 40 Espionage and Sedition Acts. Committee on Public Information – Speeches. – Posters/artwork. – Articles. – George Creel – How We Advertised America – Victory Gardens

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