History Mid Term

(Old Tests and Quizzes)

What term is best defined as follows: The duty"... to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federative development of self government entrusted to us...."

Manifest destiny

Which of the following declared that any attempt by a European power to oppress or control any nation in the Western Hemisphere would be viewed as a hostile act against the United States?

Monroe Doctrine

When the Secretary of State proposed the purchase of Alaska in 1867 from Russia, it was ridiculed as being the following:

Seward Folly

All of the following areas were involved in near wars during the late 1800's EXCEPT:

Iran

The Mckinley Tariff raised the tariff on this product in Hawaii.

sugar

What did the McKinley Tariff cause in Hawaii?

Economic Turmoil

Living in Hawaii, and having a business interest there, this person wanted Hawaii to be annexed by the United States.

stanford dole

This Hawaiian leader wanted Hawaii to remain a sovereign nation.

Queen Liliuokalani

This leader annexed Hawaii for the United States in 1898.

William McKinley

This American leader, an outspoken anti-imperialist, had rescinded the original annexation of Hawaii, believing the U.S. actions were unjustly taken.

govener cleveland

True or False: The Cubans had pursued independence from Spanish before 1898

true

This Spanish general, nicknamed “The Butcher”, subdued rebels via ruthless means, sending many to concentration camp

Valeriano Weyler

This Spanish minister to the U.S wrote a stinging letter about President McKinley to a personal friend

Dupuy De Lome

When President Mckinly first pursued the path of diplomacy instead of declaring war with Spain, this American leader characterized President Mckinley as a politician with the “backbone of a chocolate eclair”

Theodore Roosevelt

What is Yellow Journalism?

Sensational headlines and stories to sell newspapers

The sinking of this U.S ship in Havana Harbor, Cuba, led many to believe it was time for war against____?

spain

True or False: The United States investigated and found out the Spain did sink the U.S ship in Havana Harbor

false

This declaration was passed which promised that America would not annex Cuba

teller amendment

True or False: the U.S armed forces were not prepared for war in 1898 with Spain

true

True or False: Spain made efforts to avoid war by agreeing to an armistice in Cuba and bringing an end to the concentration camps there

true

True or False: Though the Spanish-American War was supposedly fought to aid Cuba, the U.S attacked the Philippines- thousands of miles away from Cuba

true

This U.S Admiral defeated the Spanish at Manila in the Philippines

George dewey

This U.S General led the American forces in Cuba

william shafter

How many American sailors died at the Battle of Manila as a battle casualties

0

He resigned his post as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to form the Rough Riders for combat in Cuba

william t sampson

The Rough Riders took this hill in Cuba during the Spanish-American Wa

san Juan hill

This man led the Rough riders charge up charge the hill and led to his war hero status

theodore Roosevelt

This much-less celebrated group, comprised totally of African-American soldiers, played an important role in the taking of San Juan Hill

tenth cavalry regiment

He led a Filipino insurrection against the U.S conquest. (The Filipinos had aided the U.S in combating the Spanish in the belief they would become independent)

emilio aguinaldo

In the Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired all of the following EXCEPT:

cuba

he became president in 1920

Warren G Harding

The above president wanted to “return to normalcy” . What does this mean?

a time before WW1

What is a laissez-faire government

A government that purposely governs little

This political party dominated the 1920’s

republians

True or false: from 1920-1925 union membership dropped from 5 million to 3.5 million

true

What was the Ohio gang

early 1920s corrupt presidential appointees

this president said the following “I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of them all right. but my friends,... they are the ones that keep me walking the floors at night”  his presidency was  one of the most corrupt in the United States history

warren g harding

 this National political Scandal was among the worst during the early 1920s

teapot dome scandal

in 1921 the United States agreed to this at the Washington Naval arms conference

to put a freeze on the construction of any new battleshipsthat outlawing of the manufacturer, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages

what was prohibition

that outlawing of the manufacturer, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages

prohibition became the law of the land in 1919 with this Amendment to the United States Constitution

18t amendment

The Volstead act, the law implemented to enforce prohibition, actually, encourage the making of alcohol

true

these not so secret underground bars sprang up in many towns and cities across the United States during the 1920s

speakeasies

he was considered the most notorious Organized Crime Boss and the 1920s

al capone

regarding prohibition all of the following which you Except

Prohibition was embraced by most civil rights activists

True or false: from 1860 to 1920 Americans living in urban areas dropped from 50% to 17%

false

which of the following characterized a growing segment of the American population in the late  1800s

all of the above (indoor plumbing and improve sewage networks, increased shopping opportunities, cholera and yellow fever epidemics, the air, rivers, and people stank)

which of the following nationalities made up the old immigrants during the early and middle 1800s

irish and German

true or false: generally speaking Americans welcome friendly immigrants more than the old immigrants

false

true or false the late 1800 saw growth and honest government, improving greatly unpassed more corrupt times

false

he was a political cartoonist who exposed illiterate / semi illiterate New Yorkers to their city government graft

thomas nast

during the middle and late 19th century upper middle class college educated women were not content with the cult of domesticity in the early 1800s. they took part in society( jobs, movements)And / or led to Temperance movement. such was the case with this woman

francis Willard

 in 1864, at the Sand Creek Massacre though the territory had been promised to the cheyennes  buying 1851 treaty, and despite the fact that black Kettle had raised an American flag as a sign of friendship prior to the encounter this American Colonel gave orders to the soldiers to “ kill and scalp all, big and little”  his soldiers followed his orders and killed about 400 people

john chivington

in South Dakota at Little Bighorn this us Cardinals forces were completely wiped out by the sioux Indians

george Custer

in A Century of Dishonor this writer chronicled( wrote and Drew attention to)  injustices toward Native Americans over the past 100 years

helen hunt jackson

after a spiritual Revival in an Indian Reservation Americans move to subdue the movement and encouragement actions which resulted in the massacre of many unarmed Indians the last showdown between the Indians and the US army. this horrific event took place at

wounded knee

 in 1867 this obscure farmer led the patrons of husbandry and formed an organization designed to address Farmers social issues and isolation

oliver Kelley

by the 1870s the development of numerous railroad lines and Joseph gildan's invention of _____ contributed greatly to the decline of the open Frontier

barbed wire

by 1890 which of the following was true

all of the above (the American frontier was declared closed, The Don's act had been passed to Americanized native americans, President Garfield had been assassinated)

 in 1896 this member of the Democrats populist party called for money to not have been backed by gold, and for many reforms designed to help the commoner be passed into legislation. this great commoner lost the election

william Jenning bryan

To which of the following did the transcontinental railroad contribute

all of the above (profits, cap, etc)

which nationality had the least to do with the actual construction of the Transcontinental rail

english

which of the following did not factor into the thinking of those who saw the likes of John D Rockefeller as a captain of industry

none of the above ( Rockefeller gave away nearly half of his portion, churches, medical fountains, and universities received Hefty sums of oil money, he contributed centers for the arts, he became a hero to many enterprising Americans)

which of the following did not factor into the thinking of those who liked John D Rockefeller as a robber baron

none of the above( his labor practices were unfair, he could have paid his workers a fair wage, he could have settled for being half a billionaire)

what business or Tycoon made his millions in the steel industry

andrew Carnegie

what businessman or Tycoon made his millions in the oil industry

john d rockefeller

what businessman or Tycoon made his millions in the banking industry

J.P Morgan

he wrote the Origin of Species in 1859

charles darwin

Darwin in the Origin of Species he discussed the following concept

survival of the fittest, Natural selection, Evolution

 hide the lessons from the Origin of Species in applied them to economics

hubert Spencer

what did Horatio Alger write about

rags to riches novels

it's one of the following was not one of the so-called forgettable president

nelson aldrich

he was the powerful senator from Rhode Island at the time when Big Money brought government at all levels and seldom interfered

nelson Aldrich

by refusing to pursue a radical program for political change in the late 1800s this Union  maintained the support of the government and the public

American Federation of Labor

he was the leader of American federation of labor

samuel Gompers

he was the leader of the Socialist Party in the United States

eugine v debs

This author wrote the jungle exposing unsanitary and unsafe conditions in the meat packing IND

upton Sinclair

this author wrote following the color line, revealing the oppression of Southern blacks

ray standard baker

this author wrote history of the Standard Oil company, documenting the business practices behind John rockefeller's meteoric rise

ida tarbell

this author wrote how the other half lives, showing the  better side of tenement life

jacob riis

President Roosevelt coined the derivative term muckracker to what does this term refer

reporters

he advocated that increasing vocational education was the best method to achieve equality for African Americans

Booker T Washington

his Atlanta Compromise speech which called for blacks to focus on practical vocational education instead of Latin in the classics was well received by a white Americans

Booker T Washington

he professed that students learn better by doing instead of memorizing

john Dewey

 this Wisconsin governor made his State a laboratory for Progressive ideas

robert lafollette

 true or false: resident roosevelt, attacked, McKinley and Wilson made populism and progressiveism a reality, and shape the presidency to be more powerful than any. since Abraham Lincoln

true

 indicate the proper order of the progressive presidents

roosevelt, taft, wilson

 which president promised the Square Deal

theodore Roosevelt

 the United Mine Workers strike marketed the first time any president had intervened in a strike on behalf of the workers who was that president

theodore Roosevelt

this President used a bully pulpit to speak directly to the people

theodore Roosevelt

the split and the Republican Party in the year 1912 greatly assisted this Democratic candidate for president

woodrow wilson

  so this President proved unpopular with many progresses he actually passed more Progressive measures than either of the two more popular Progressive presidents

William Howard Taft

He let a Filipino Insurrection against the United States Conquest( the Filipinos had aided the United States in combating the Spanish and belief they would become independent)

emilio aguinaldo

in the Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish-American War the United States acquired all of the following except

cuba

United States Secretary of State John Hay referred to the Spanish-American War as

splendid

 in 1904 declaration stated that the United States could intervene in any Latin American country that engaged in chronic  wrongdoing. America had great latitude and interpreting the wrongdoing as civil unrest to inquiring large debt

roosevelt corollary

 in 1854 this newport, all right native and commodore open Japan with a fleet of modern American warship

matthew perry

all of these countries controlled a sphere of influence in China except

the U.S

in this declaration the US Secretary of State John Hay requested all the nations agree to free trade with China

open door notes

 this military operation marked the first time United States armed force is invaded another continent without aiming to acquire territory

boxer rebellion