Unit 2 (The Age of Wilson)

  1. Define the term Progressivism
  2. What was the purpose of the New Nationalism speech?
  3. What is yellow journalism? 
  4. What is the Monroe Doctrine? 
  5. Which group or groups took part in the February 1892 ST. Louis gathering, which evolved into the People’s party? 
  6. What sparked the Homestead lockout and the ensuing strike in 1892? 
  7. What did Theodore Roosevelt believe was the most vital question facing the nation when he became president?
  8. Why was President Roosevelt awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906? 
  9. Alice Paul’s efforts were focused in what area of reform? 
    1. What effect did President Roosevelt have on land conservation? 
    2. What was Cleveland mayor Thomas Lofton Johnson’s primary goal? 
    3. What did the social gospel movement advocate for? 
    4. What made America’s foreign policy paradoxical in 1900? 
    5. By 1900, the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union could claim credit for what? 
    6. What issues formed the basis of farmers’ dissatisfaction in the late nineteenth century? 
    7. What event led to the U.S. involvement in the Spanish-American War?
    8. What was the purpose of the New Freedom speech?