APUSH Unit 7

study set from guided questions chapters 19 & 20

after the Civil War, Americans generally favored _______ in foreign policy.

isolationism

How did expansionists justify imperialism in the late 19th century?

They sought to spread their Christian and democratic beliefs to other parts of the world.

Many Americans in the late nineteenth century believed that the _______ race was superior and other races, like that of the _______, were inferior.

Anglo-Saxon; Indians

Which of the following statements regarding American imperialism in the Pacific is accurate?

The United States’ acquisition of Alaska resulted in acquiring large oil and gold deposits.

By the 1890s, the largest ethnic population in Hawaii was

Asians

Whites on the Hawaiian Islands were referred to as

haoles

Which of the following characterized yellow journalism, the type of newspaper reporting that appeared during the Spanish-American War (War of 1898)?

Sensationalism meant to affect public opinion

What is the name of the US battleship that famously sank in Havana Harbor in 1898?

the Maine

Why has the Spanish-American War been renamed the War of 1898?

Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and Filipinos also engaged in the fighting.

The main issue that arose with the soldiers who volunteered for the US Army during the Spanish-American War was that

the army often failed to properly train and equip them

the treaty that ended the war of 1898 and made cuba independent was the

treaty of paris

because of the Spanish-american war, Europeans agreed that

the US should grant Cuban independence

after the US took control of the Philippines, _______ became the official language.

English

in 1899, the US divided control of the Samoa Islands with

Germany

what did the Platt Amendment mandate?

it acknowledged the right of the US to intervene in Cuba whenever it saw fit

the “open door” policy of _______ stated that China should remain open to European and American trade

John Hay

in the presidential contest of 1900, Roosevelt’s enemies, the democrats, claimed that the Philippine conflict was

“an unnecessary war”

for a $10 million down payment, the Roosevelt administration arranged the use in perpetuity of

the Panama Canal

in 1905, President Roosevelt helped negotiate a peace settlement between

Japan and Russia

President _______ argued that it was necessary for the US to intervene in and stabilize weak governments in the Western Hemisphere to prevent European nations from doing the same

Wilson

Which of the following would have been considered the average, most common progressive activists during the Progressive period?

Christian moralists

what, more than any other factor, ignited the progressive movement?

the worst economic downturn in US history

which of the following was a goal shared by most Populists?

Political reforms meant to give the “people” more power and that were often implemented by progressives

one way that american socialists differed from european socialists was that

american socialists tended not to advocate for government ownership of business

this belief during the Progressive Era persuaded followers to pursue their ideals to bring about the coming of the “Kingdom of God”

social gospel

the leaders of the Settlement House movement

directed their attention to the problems of living in cities for the working poor and immigrant communities

the initiative and referendum were reforms designed to weaken the power of the

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After a hurricane destroyed Galveston, Texas, a new method of government was implemented there. It gave a small board both executive and legislative powers in governing the city. What was this new method called?

the commission system

the biggest problem progressivism faced during the Progressive Era was the

regulation of big business

need for reforming the workplace was brought to national attention in 1911 when a fire broke out at

the Triangle Shirtwaist factory

the first “progressive” president was

Theodore Roosevelt

Roosevelt’s “square deal” featured

a plan that emphasized the intention of benefiting both rich and poor

why was the 1902 coal strike significant?

Roosevelt intervened personally to break the strike

what book brought to light the abuses in the US meatpacking industry in the early 20th century?

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle

whereas President Theodore Roosevelt saw himself as a _______, President Taft saw himself as a _______.

crusader of reform; judge-like administrator

because of the Roosevelt-Taft feud, Theodore Roosevelt decided to

break a pledge he had made to not seek another term in office

Woodrow Wilson won the presidency in 1912 because

Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote

which of the following statements best describes President Wilson?

he found it hard to understand and work with people who did not agree with him

which of the following lowered tariff rates for the first time since the civil war?

Underwood-Simmons Tariff

in 1914, what did Wilson do to anger progressives?

he announced that his New Freedom plan was complete

Which of the following statements about the African American cause during the progressive era is accurate?

Wilson proclaimed that he had succeeded in the major goals of progressivism after just two years in office but largely ignored African American causes