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USHG Regents Review, Study Sheet 5 – WWI, Progressivism, Imperialism, Immigration
The Progressive Movement – movement to help the common man
Life in cities: slums
Urbanization
Democratic party powerful in cities
Political Boss
New York political machine
Tammany Hall
Urban dwelling
Tenements
Journalists and writers exposing ills of society
Muckrakers
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
How the other half lives by Jacob Riis
The Shame of the Cities by Lincoln Steffens
A History of Standard Oil by Ida Tarbell
Initiative, Referendum, Recall Election, Primary Election: state results of Progressive movement
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal
Progressive reform
Progressive reform
Would give common man, labor a fair deal, not just side
with big business
"Trust-Busting"
Broke up railroads
Northern Securities V. US 1902
Roosevelt
Conservation
Progressive reform
Graduated (Progressive)Income
Tax
Strengthened Sherman Antitrust Act; progressive
Clayton Antitrust Act 1914
Jane Adams Hull House
Settlement Houses
Income tax
16th Amendment
Popular election of senators
17th Amendment
Prohibition
18th Amendment
Women’s suffrage
19th Amendment
No alcohol
Temperance Movement
Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) Carrie Nation Temperance movement
Illegal bar
Speakeasy
Illegally making or importing alcohol
Bootlegging
Reversed Prohibition
21st Amendment
Immigration
19th century policy: all were welcome; needed labor
Open Door Policy
during industrialization
NW Europe- Britain, Germany
"Old immigrants"
SE Europe – Italy, Greece, Russia, Poland, etc. Jews
"New immigrants"
Theories of integration
Assimilation, “Melting Pot"
Anti-foreigner backlash
Nativism
19th century nativist party
Know-nothing Party
First nativist legislation
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882
T.R. Roosevelt’s Agreement with Japan limiting
Gentlemen's Agreement with
immigration
Japan 1907-1908
Excluded illiterate immigrants
Literacy Tests 1917
Severely limited immigration; ended the New
Quota Acts 1921 & 1924
Immigration
Reasons for Spanish American War
1. Imperialism – belief that U.S, should be a world power; should have colonies
2. The Maine blew up in Havana Harbor
3. Yellow Journalism – inflamed anti-Spanish sentiment; Spanish portrayed as brutal
4. De Lome Letter – insulted President McKinley
USHG Regents Review, Study Sheet 5 – WWI, Progressivism, Imperialism, Immigration
Results of Spanish American War
Imperialism; acquisition of Philippines, Puerto Rico,
(Cuba)
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
U.S. will intervene to protect its interests
"Big Stick Policy"
Panama Canal
Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe
Doctrine
American Foreign Policy at outbreak of WWI
Neutrality 1914-1916
Desire to stay out of foreign conflict
Isolationism
Reasons for entering WWI
1. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
2. Lusitania
3. Zimmerman Telegram
Espionage Act 1917
Sedition Act 1918
Schenck V. US
Debs Case
War Labor Board
War Industries Board
Food Administration
14 Points
Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
Harsh laws outlawing spying and anti-government
speech
"Clear and Present Danger"; speech not protected
during wartime
Sentenced to 10 years for antiwar speech
Organized labor
Organized factories
Organized food supply
Wilson’s Internationalism
Ended war; Senate did not ratify
New international body; U.S. did not join
_____1) A goal of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy and President
William Howard Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy policy toward Latin America was to
A. join Western Hemisphere nations in a military alliance
B. protect American economic and political interests
C. encourage foreign nations to establish colonies
D. raise Latin America’s standard of living
_____2)
A.
B.
C.
D.
A major reason the United States entered World War I was to
gain additional colonial possessions
react to the bombing of Pearl Harbor
safeguard freedom of the seas for United States ships
honor prewar commitments to its military allies
_____3) Which factor contributed most to the growth of nativist attitudes in the United
States in the years immediately following World War I?
A. the establishment of national Prohibition
B. a decline of organized religions
C. the increase in the number of settlement houses
D. the large numbers of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe
_____4) An important result of the Spanish-American War of 1898 was that the
United States
A. acquired territories in Africa
B. became a world power with an overseas empire
C. improved its relations with Germany
D. lost interest in Latin American affairs
USHG Regents Review, Study Sheet 5 – WWI, Progressivism, Imperialism, Immigration
_____5) The “new immigrants” to the United States between 1890 and 1915 came
primarily from
A. southern and eastern Europe
B. northern and western Europe
C. East Asia
D. Latin America
_____6)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Both the Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act were
inspired by the effectiveness of earlier state laws
designed to protect business from foreign competition
declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the late 1800s
passed by the federal government to regulate big business
_____7) Why was there increased interest in building a canal across Central America
in the late 1800s?
A. The United States had acquired colonies in the Pacific region.
B. Tariffs on Chinese and Japanese products had ended.
C. The main source of immigration had shifted from northern Europe to southern
Europe.
D. Transcontinental railroads had not yet been completed
_____8)
A.
B.
C.
D.
A goal of the Progressive movement was to
reduce the government’s involvement in social issues
correct the problems caused by industrialization
promote laissez-faire policies
promote settlement of land west of the Mississippi River
_____9) Which idea led to the creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the
Federal Trade Commission, and the Food and Drug Administration?
A. Business activity must sometimes be regulated in the public interest.
B. Workers should be allowed to bargain with owners for working conditions.
C. Domestic industry should be protected from foreign competition.
D. The economy works best without government regulation.
_____10) When the Federal Reserve Board lowers interest rates, it is most likely
attempting to
A. stimulate consumer spending
B. lower prices
C. encourage saving
D. reduce investment
_____11) At the beginning of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson followed a
traditional United States foreign policy by
A. refusing to permit trade with either side in the conflict
B. sending troops to aid Great Britain
C. declaring American neutrality
D. requesting an immediate declaration of war against the aggressors
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_____12)
A.
B.
C.
The influence of Nativism during the 1920s is best illustrated by the
increase in the popularity of the automobile
emergence of the flappers
expansion of trusts and monopolies
D. growth of the Ku Klux Klan
_____13) Which heading best completes the partial outline below?
I.____________________________________
1. Sea power is the key to national greatness.
2. United States missionaries spread Christian principles.
3. The Anglo-Saxon civilization is the best in the world.
4. Sugar plantations in Hawaii were developed by Americans.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Reasons to Declare War on Spain
Justification for American Imperialism
Theodore Roosevelt’s Political Platform
Yellow Journalism in Newspapers
_____14) The initiative, the referendum, and the recall were adopted by several states
during the Progressive Era as ways to
A. limit immigration
B. promote the formation of trusts
C. restrict the use of presidential vetoes
D. make government more democratic
_____15) According to the map, in which region of the United States did women
receive the most support for equal suffrage before passage of the 19th amendment?
A. East
C. North
B. South
D. West