Progressive Era
Imperialism
WWI
Individuals
Misc.
100
To change or make improvements to the government, workplace, education, etc.
Reform
100
Double Jeopardy: Explain Imperialism
Policy of extending a country's power or boundaries.
100
What countries made up the central powers.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
100
This individual became President after McKinley's assassination.
Teddy Roosevelt
100
These two states were annexed in the 1800's, one of which was "seward's folly".
Hawaii and Alaska
200
Double Jeopardy: These two companies were broken apart by using the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Standard Oil and Northern Security RR
200
This US naval vessel exploded off the coast of Cuba.
USS Maine
200
This archduke's assassination set off a chain of events that lead to WWI.
Franz Ferdinand
200
Emperor of Germany, instigator of WWI.
Kaiser Wilhelm II
200
Roosevelt's Corrollary bounced off of this previous foreign policy.
Monroe Doctrine
300
This agency is dedicated to regulating the Railroads.
Interstate Commerce Commission
300
Sensationalized news stories that are meant to sell papers to the public.
Yellow Journalism
300
This transatlantic liner's sinking caused many Americans to want to join WWI.
Lusitania
300
President who created the 14 points.
Woodrow Wilson
300
This massive construction project was started after TR helped a revolution in the same country.
Panama Canal
400
Double Jeopardy: Explain what a muckraker is and list one example of a Muckraker.
Some one who exposes a social issue to the public and gives it awareness so that it can be fixed or changed.
400
Secretary of State John Hay wrote these to achieve open trade with China.
Open-Door Letters
400
This message to Germany forced Woodrow Wilson to enter WWI.
The Zimmerman Telegram
400
Declared war with Spain after the USS Maine exploded.
William McKinley
400
Nickname given to US soldiers in WWI.
Doughboys
500
What 2 candidates does Wilson defeat in the election of 1912?
Taft and Roosevelt
500
This policy is the opposite of Imperialism: Name what this foreign policy is called, explain what president followed it, and how it impacted the US at the beginning of WWI
Isolationism
500
Double Jeopardy: Explain trench warfare and how the new technology of the war created this new style of fighting.
Two entrenched areas (larges ditches/tunnels below ground), heavy artillery behind each trench, no man's land in between. Battles could last weeks/months, conditions were very difficult.
500
Photographer who exposed the wealthy to how the "other half lived" through vivid photos of children in the streets.
Jacob Riis
500
This law reorganized the US into 12 financial districts and created the federal reserve.
Federal Reserve Act
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