history test 8

invented a practical sleeping car

George M. Pullman

Invented the air brake

George Westinghouse

demanded removal of French troops from Mexico

William Seward

helped popularize the automobile

Henry Ford

Progressive senator for Wisconsin

Robert M La Follette

controlled Southwestern Railways

Jay Gould

marshal of Abilene, Kansas

James Hickok

owned flour mills in Minneapolis

Charles A Pillsbury

owner of a popular Wild West show

William F Cody

Staple food of prairie families and was often eaten, in different forms, three times a day

corn

last major conflict between Native Americans and federal troops occurred at

Wounded Knee, SD

Mexico was invaded and briefly ruled by ______ during the American Civil War

Maximilian

The United States wanted to acquire the port of _______ in the Samoan Islands to use as a cooling station

Pago Pago

how much did the United States pay Spain for the Philippines

20 million

what year did the Wright Brothers make the first successful powered flight

1903

Which act was passed to speed the handling of antitrust cases in federal courts

Expedition Act

Before choosing Panama, the U.S. had also considered building a canal in

Nicaragua

New Mexico and Arizona were admitted into the Union during whose administration

Taft

Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to remove an exemption from Panama Canal tolls for U.S. ships after a complaint from which country

Great Britain

In building thr first transcontinental railroad, which railroad company worked from the West Coast toward the Rocky Mountains

Central Pacific

What was the name of James J Hills transcontinental railroad?

Great Northern

What was the site of the mine which yielded $300 million worth if silver in its first 20 years of operation

Comstock Lode

What group of people conflicted with open range ranchers in occasional range wars

farmers

What was the greatest threat to Native American livelihood from American western expansion

destruction of the buffalo

What were the objectives of the Progressive movement with concern to the Populist party's platform

direct election of senators, graduated income tax, initiatives and referendums

What term refers to sensational and often inaccurate reporting

yellow journalism

Which U.S. possession became independent in 1902 shortly after the Spanish American War

Cuba

which of the major parties in the election of 1912 was most moderate

democratic

After being transferred to the U.S., what did the Danish West Indies become known as

U.S. Virgin Islands

Why was James J. Hill's transcontinental railroad the only one to remain successful

careful planning and it was paid for without government grants

How did the Homestead Act encourage migration to the Great Plains

It allowed farmers who had improved and lived on a piece of land for five years to keep it.

How did the Monroe Doctrine apply to the Venezuelan boundary dispute

Because Britain was claiming territory she had not previously controlled, the U.S. would refuse to allow Britain to tamper in South American affairs

Why did Grover Cleveland refuse to support annexing Hawaii

The queen of Hawaii was overthrown, making their annexationist government illegitimate

What was Theodore Roosevelt's position toward trusts

he opposed trusts but only those that were restraining trade

How did the United States' policy toward China differ from her policies toward other nations

The United States wanted all Chinese trade to be unrestricted by foreign powers

resolved CSS Alabama claim

Treaty of Washington

established Puerto Rico as a U.S. unorganized territory

Foraker Act

instituted a progressive income tax

Underwood Simmons Act

Seward's Folly

Alaska

played a part in the charge against San Juan Hill

Rough Riders

demonstrated that the United States was a formidable power

Great White Fleet

popularly known as Bull Moose

Progressive Party

Where un Utah was the first transcontinental railroad completed by the driving of the final spike

Promontory Summit

Which railroad company encouraged Chinese immigration as a cheap labor force

Central Pacific

What region on the Alaskan Canadian border created a border dispute between the United States and the British Empire?

Klondike

What naval hero scuttled USS Merrimac to prevent a Spanish escape from Santiago's harbor

Richmond Hobson

What U.S. Army doctor headed a commission to discover a cure for yellow fever in Cuba

Walter Reed

Where was the first powered flight by the Wright brothers

Kitty Hawk, NC

What term did Theodore Roosevelt use to express his goal of fairness to all Americans

Square Deal

What violent movement in China attempted to remove foreign influences

Boxer Rebellion

What new federal department was created by President Taft

Department of Labor

What amendment allowed for the levying of income tax

16

led the Nez Perce against federal forces

Chief Joseph

instituted the Ghost dance

Wovoka

Issued reconcentration order

Valeriano Weyler

leader of Filipino revolutionaries against the U.S. government in the Philippines

Emilio Aguinaldo

chief engineer of the Panama Canal

George Washington Goethal

speaker of the House of Representatives whose power was weakened

Joseph G. Cannon

Essay: Was the progressive era positive or negative overall? Support your opnion with at least four examples

Positive: woman’s suffrage, opposed government corruption, encouraged efficiency, advocated for an 8-hour workday and the elimination of child labor
Examples: 19th ammendment( granting the women the right to vote), initiative(process which stipulated a percentage of voters in a state can begin the passage of a law without waiting for the legislature to propose the law), referendum(proposed law referred to the voters, who can pass or strike it down, enables voters to provide for adoption of a state law upon which the state legislature has not acted) , recall(which an official may be removed from office before his term expires), primary elections( all the registered voters decide by ballot which candidate will run against the opposing party’s candidate in the final election.

Negative: increased government power, viewed the constitution as an obstacle, centralized power
Examples: 16th ammendment, 17 ammendment, weakened the speaker of the house, city commissioners, city manager government, icreased bureaucracy