national government unit 1 test review

Theodore Roosevelt resigned from his position as to organize the Rough Riders.

assistant secretary of the navy

Which of the following was NOT a factor in fostering a change in American foreign policy by 1890?

concern over lack of natural resources

For many political and religious leaders

expansionism

Josiah Strong

fostered the concept of the righteousness of American expansion

William Seward's foreign policy included

concentrating on promoting trade and commerce

In 1867

Secretary of State William Seward had the United States purchase Alaska from

The leading advocate of a powerful navy in late nineteenth-century America was

Alfred Thayer Mahan

According to the theories of Alfred Thayer Mahan

a strong navy was an integral part of America's wealth and power

One consequence of General Weyler's policy in Cuba was

to generate public sympathy for the Cuban people among Americans

To the publishers of yellow journalism

sensational news articles would increase sales

Which of the following did NOT play any role in bringing on the Spanish-American War in 1898?

the annexation of Hawaii

Which of the following was NOT an argument opposing annexation of the Philippines?

The natives could not be Christianized

The leader of the Filipino resistance movement against the U.S. occupation of the Philippines was

Emilio Aguinaldo

By 1900

China

In 1898

Theodore Roosevelt was one of the prominent Americans opposed to the war with Spain.

Hawaii

Puerto Rico

Margaret Sanger attracted wide attention in 1916 when she

went to jail for teaching women about birth control

Margaret Sanger's birth control reform movement was especially concerned about the plight of

working class women including immigrants

The Progressive era targeted social problems in American society caused by

both a and b

The Teller Amendment

pledged that the United States would not annex Cuba

The Treaty of Paris

forced Spain to cede holdings including Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the United States

Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle led to passage of the

Meat Inspection Act

Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle was set in which American city?

Chicago

Who were the muckrakers?

Journalists who published stories exposing the corruption of business and politics

Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom called for

business competition and small government