Period 7



  1. Newspaper headlines such as the one above (relating to Yellow Journalism) most directly contributed to:

  • The declaration of war against Spain


  1. (Also relating to the newspaper pictured above) The point of view/perspective that the newspaper most clearly reflects is:

  • The concept of extreme patriotism


  1. Who would most likely be an Anti-Imperialist (they do NOT want America to have any global influence)?

  • William Jennings Bryan


  1. Upton Sinclair wrote the exposé, The Jungle. He was known as a ___ during the Progressive Movement.

  • Muckraker


  1. The Jungle directly contributed to the passages of which two Acts?

  • The Meat Inspection and Pure Food & Drug Acts



  1. During WWI, government propaganda such as the graphic above most likely contributed to which of the following?

  • Increased fear in foreigners and immigrants


  1. Name the three components of Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal (the 3 C’s):

    1. Corporations

    2. Consumer Protections

    3. Conservation


“I, President Woodrom Wilson of the United States of America, in order to preserve the neutrality of the United States, hereby declare and proclaim that the statuses and the treaties of the United States and the law of Nations alike require that no person within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States shall take part directly or indirectly in said wars. Peace, with all of that said, will maintain belligerence and shall maintain a strict and impartial neutrality.” - Woodrow Wilson


  1. With the sentiment above in mind, Woodrow Wilson's speech is most in harmony with the sentiment of which of the following speeches?

  • George Washington’s Farewell Address


  1. What was the Revolutionary group of Russians that eventually took over Russia out of WWI and put Vladimir Lenin in control?

  • The Bolsheviks


Territorial Acquisition Matching


  1. US sugar growers caused a revolution on this specific island chain after their Monarch was overthrown and the islands were annexed by the United States:

  • Hawai’i


  1. George Dewey entered Manila Bay here. It became an American protectorate in 1898.

  • the Philippines / Philippine Islands


  1. Who coined the term “muckracker”?

  • Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy)

  1. American newspapers gave a Spanish general (Valeriano Weyler) a nickname …

  • The Butcher

  1. Who was the governor that coined the term true democracy of the 17th Amendment?

  • Robert La Follette

  1. George Dewey entered a bay here (Spanish-American War) and paid $20 million for it

  • Philippines

  1. This is an artificial waterway cut to provide a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific

  • Panama Canal

  1. We purchased this from Russia and it contains an abundance of natural resources and wildlife

  • Alaska

  1. This is a Pacific Island that we gained from Spain as a result of the Spanish-American War and is now a U.S. territory.

  • Guam

  1. Newspaper articles that go with a vocabulary word meaning extreme patriotism

  • jingoism

  1. There was this muckraker, what is his name? He wrote a book, what is the name of the book? Theodore Roosevelt read it and decided that he was going to create what act to help?

  • Uptown Sinclair

  • The Jungle

  • Pure food and drug act and meat inspection act

  1. During WW1, the government created rules that prohibited some of your civil rights. What are they?

  • Espionage and Sedition act

  1. Definition: This is the belief that the U.S. had an obligation to protect security and stability by assuming a protective role throughout the Western Hemisphere

  • Big Stick Diplomacy

  1. Woodrow Wilson wanted to remain neutral. Which president and what document would align with this?

  • George Washington , Farewell Address

  1. Why did the U.S. reject the Treaty of Versailles?

- Entangling alliances and going to war with Europe. Stopped the US from being required to be involved in anything European.

  1. This woman created a home that helped women with a background of social injustice and rising economic inequality → mainly for women and children.

  • Jane Addams



  • 18 stimulus

  • 5 matching

  • Short answer: answer, cite, evidence/explain

    • 3 SAQs, choose 1

    • Know: Imperialism (spanish- american war) or WWI or Progressive Era

      • Consumerism, national parks, progressive era, trust busting

      • Neutrality

      • Progressive Era dealt with women and immigrants


Key Concepts: 

  • Imperialism: 

Social Darwinism: The belief that strong nations (and races) should dominate weaker ones.

"White Man's Burden": A sense of duty to civilize "inferior" nations, as popularized by Rudyard Kipling.


  • WW1: 1914-1918

Zimmerman Telegram

Unrestricted submarine warfare

“Home-front”

Espionage + Seditions Act

Great Migration

Post-war Wilson’s Fourteen Points

Senate rejection of the League of nations LEADING TO isolationism.


Content Celebrations:

7.5-7.6:

1. The Prohibition (banning of alcohol) movement was similar to other Progressive reforms because it…?

Began on the local and state levels before becoming national


3. The statement above was most likely prompted by which of the following world events?

Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war against Serbia


4. The excerpt could best be used to explain the significance of which of the following historical situations?

The role of journalism in reform movements