Standard 13f & 14b & 14b Standard 14b Standard 14c Random Unit Mix Final Jeopardy
What President helped the process to protect the nation’s natural resources? Check Your Answer
President Theodore Roosevelt Back to Game Board
What did Congress expand? Check Your Answer
Park system Back to Game Board
How many acres of land were set aside for conservation? Check Your Answer
More than 200 million Back to Game Board
The Spanish American War was fought to? Check Your Answer
Free Cuba from Spanish rule Back to Game Board
Late 19 th century and early 20 th century American imperialism can be explained as… Check Your Answer
A desire to profit both politically and economically from involvement in foreign affairs Back to Game Board
What started the Spanish American War? Check Your Answer
USS Maine was sunk by an explosion in Havana, Cuba that America blamed on Spain Back to Game Board
The US declared war on Spain after Spain refused to give what country their independence? Check Your Answer
Cuba Back to Game Board
The treaty ending the Spanish-American War did what? Check Your Answer
Gave Cuba independence from Spain US paid $20 million to Spain for the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam Back to Game Board
How did the US benefit from the Filipino people revolting against Spain? Check Your Answer
The Philippines are a major link in the US – Asian trade route Back to Game Board
What was the US chief argument for expansion? Check Your Answer
Economic motive– the US industrial economy had grown and new markets were needed. Back to Game Board
Why did the US want to build the Panama Canal? Check Your Answer
To create a shorter trade route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Back to Game Board
How did the US get control over the land for the Panama Canal? Check Your Answer
The US bought the land from a French company for $40 million, when the US and Columbia couldn’t work out an agreement, the US told the French company if they could organize a revolution against Columbia, the US wouldn’t interfere. They did and the US grabbed Panama from the Columbians. Back to Game Board
The Roosevelt Corollary was an extension of what? Check Your Answer
The Monroe Doctrine Back to Game Board
What did the Roosevelt Corollary say? Check Your Answer
The US had the right to intervene and stabilize the economy in Caribbean and Central American countries if they could not pay their international debts. Back to Game Board
What proverb did Theodore Roosevelt apply to American foreign policy? Check Your Answer
“Speak softly and carry a big stick” Back to Game Board
In 1916, Congress passed the Keating- Owen Child Labor Act. This legislation attempted to ban the sale of products made by children under the age of 14 or products from sweatshops where children worked more than 8 hours a day or night. When did this attempt to reform child labor occur? Check Your Answer
The Progressive Era Back to Game Board
What effect did Thomas Edison’s patent of the electric light bulb in 1880 and George Westinghouse’s invention of an alternating current system in 1886 have on the American system? Check Your Answer
Together they allowed for the growth of factories away from waterways Back to Game Board
What effect did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 have on westward expansion? Check Your Answer
It established territories that led to statehood Back to Game Board
Jane Addams was a leading figure of the Progressive Era, in which a number of women played prominent roles. She is associated with? Check Your Answer
Hull House and settlement houses Back to Game Board
US interventions in Latin America are best associated with what policy? Check Your Answer
Roosevelt Corollary Back to Game Board
During the Progressive Era, journalists who exposed corruption in business and politics were called _____________________. Check Your Answer
Muckrakers Back to Game Board
In 1894, employees making Pullman railway cars went on strike after the company cut their wages. President Cleveland sent in federal troops, ending the strike. The Pullman strike is an example of Check Your Answer
industrial unrest occurring during the late 18-early 1900’s Back to Game Board
In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the U.S. Supreme Court established that “separate but equal” laws did not violate the US Constitution. This decision allowed states to enact Check Your Answer
Jim Crow laws Back to Game Board
In response to growth in the railroad industry, large steel mills were built in Pennsylvania and Ohio during the 1870’s. Growth in the railroad and steel industries led to the development of Check Your Answer
Monopolies and trusts Back to Game Board
In order, the 13 th, 14 th, and 15 th amendments granted African American males Check Your Answer
Freedom, citizenship and the right to vote Back to Game Board
Describe the Great Compromise Check Your Answer
The Great Compromise solved the issue of representation in Congress. It combined the New Jersey plan which benefitted small states and the Virginia plan which benefitted large states to form a bicameral legislature. The Senate has equal representation from each state and the House of Representatives is based on population.