Rise of Big Business
Imperialism
Progressivism
WW1
100
In its approach to union organization, the Knights of Labor officially?:
welcomed both skilled and unskilled workers.
100
A supplement to the Monroe Doctrine, it claimed the right of the U. S. to exercise international police power in the Western Hemisphere and intervene in the affairs of Latin American nations.
Roosevelt Corollary
100
This writer exposed hideous conditions and practices within the meatpacking industry.
Upton Sinclair
100
This proposal was made by the Germans to form an alliance with Japan and Mexico if the U. S. entered World War I against Germany. The British intercepted the cable and it enraged Americans after it was published in the American press.
Zimmerman Note
200
The "Gospel of Wealth," as advanced by Andrew Carnegie, promoted the concept that people with wealth should?:
use their resources to help society.
200
The U. S. policy of promoting and safeguarding American business investments and bank loans in Latin America by using U. S. troops, if necessary.
dollar diplomacy
200
Reform writers who investigated alarming conditions in factories, city slums, politics, and other areas of American life
muckrakers
200
This government agency was headed by Herbert Hoover and was established to increase the production of food and ration food for the military.
FDA
300
The first "big business" in America, at least in terms of finance, labor relations, and management, was?:
the railroad industry
300
A region or zone in a weak country that is largely under the control of a stronger, imperialist nation.
sphere of influence
300
This reform governor of Wisconsin campaigned for federal control of the railroads.
Robert LaFollette
300
This standard was established by the Supreme Court for determining when the right of free speech may be limited or denied.
Espionage Act
400
Many employers cut wages in the late 19c by?:
hiring women and children
400
This was an understanding between Japan and the United States in which both nations pledged to respect the Open Door Policy and each other's island possessions.
Root-Takahira Agreement
400
Nickname for the Progressive Party in the 1912 election that supported the third party candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt.
Bull Moose Party
400
Germany's declaration that its submarines would not attack passenger or merchant ships without giving fair warning.
Sussex Pledge
500
This financier dominated American railroading at the turn of the century.
Who is JP Morgan
500
U. S. support of China's political independence and insistence on equal trading rights with China.
Open Door Policy
500
This 1908 Supreme Court decision accepted environmental data rather than strictly legal precedent in upholding a state law limiting working hours for women.
Muller v. Oregon
500
Woodrow Wilson failed to obtain ratification of the Versailles Treaty because?
he was unwilling to make any compromise with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
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