The Wizard of Oz.
Crisis Time
Who Said, What Said
Imperial Designs
Not Teddy, Not Yet
"A Splendid Little War"
Foreign Policy
Race, Immigration, and Imperialism
100
Dorothy and her companions are a stand in for this real-life event where real people took to the road to see "the wizard" and ask for government created public works projects to put them back to work and make them whole.
What is Coxey's Army?
100
Political party that dominated southern politics and northern urban centers
What is the Democratic Party
100
The title of John Gast's Depiction of Manifest Destiny, 1876: 
What is American Progress
100
Writer John Fiske echoed this popular belief at the time, when he predicted in 1885 that the English-speaking people of the world would eventually control every land that was not the seat of an "established civilization." That nations, were like biological species, and they struggled for survival and supremacy.
What is Social Darwinism?
100
At the time war with Cuba broke out, Teddy Roosevelt was a high ranking civilian official in this military branch
What is the U.S. Navy?
100
At the same time Cuba was engulfed in a violent revolt, American publishers were engaged in a ruthless circulation war at home. The uprising helped sell newspapers and this type of journalism helped shape public opinion against the Spanish monarchy and support for U.S. intervention.
What is Yellow Journalism?
100
More idealistic than practical, this President's "Moral" Diplomacy tried to center American Foreign efforts by promoting democratic movements in other countries and away from the military force of "Big Stick" or the financial persuasion of "Dollar" Diplomacy.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
100
This 1882 law marked a turning point by restricting the immigration of an entire racial group to the United States.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
200
"Emerald City" is a stand in this real city. A place where people go and petition for representation or to represent:
What is Washington D.C.
200
This strike in 1894 resulted in the stoppage of railroads and commerce in 27 states. Coupled with the Homestead strike, it created fear and anxiety for many the country was on the brink of revolution.
What is the Pullman Strike?
200
The wilderness masters the colonist....But the most important effect of the frontier has been in the promotion of democracy here and in Europe. As has been indicated, the frontier is productive of individualism.
What is Frederick Turner Jackson/ Frontier Thesis?
200
In 1893, American planted staged a coup in this pacific nation and called for U.S. protection. They hoped being part of the United States would remove high tariffs on their exports.
What is Hawaii?
200
Teddy Roosevelt's passion to join the fight in Cuba reflected his desire to correct his father's reluctance to fight in this major war:
What is the Civil War?
200
May 1, 1898- First shots of the Spanish-American war are fired not in Cuba, but in this pacific imperial territory.
What is the Philippines?
200
This revolutionary Mexican leader was pursued unsuccessfully by U.S. forces after his attack on Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916.
Who is Pancho Villa?
200
The Haymarket Affair of 1886 contributed to fears about immigrants introducing these political ideologies into American society.
What are socialism and/or anarchism?
300
Oz is derived from ounce, which is a standard measurement of this item:
What is Gold?
300
Started when the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad was unable to meet payments on loans. A shock reverberated through the economy, leading to the collapse of the stock market and a wave of bank failures. Within six months- 8,000 businesses, 156 railroads, and 400 banks failed.
What is the Panic of 1893?
300
The man of dull mind, whose soul is incapable of feeling the mighty lift that thrills “stern men with empires in their brains”-all these, of course, shrink from seeing the nation undertake its new duties; shrink from seeing us build a navy and an army adequate to our needs; shrink from seeing us do our share of the world’s work,"
Who is Teddy Roosevelt/ The Strenuous Life?
300
The Cleveland administration took an active interest in Latin American affairs and upholding the Monroe Doctrine. A major test to their commitment occurred in 1895 when Venezuela was involved in a border dispute with this major European power over land where gold was discovered.
What is Great Britain?
300
Famous Volunteer group of Cavalry soldiers during the Spanish-American War. One big band of misfits: bankers, cowboys, polo players, criminals, and one future president of the United States.
Who are the Rough Riders
300
Sent to the Philippines in 1900, General Arthur MacArthur made the assessment that the rebels were not a small following. Declaring "I have been reluctantly compelled to believe that the Filipino masses are loyal to" this man whom is actually at the head the government.
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
300
This extension of the Monroe Doctrine in 1904 declared that the U.S. would intervene in Latin American countries to stabilize economic affairs and prevent European interference.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
300
Before the Spanish-American War, and rapid immigration as a result of industrialization in the late 1800s, The U.S. acquired a large number of Catholics after it fought a war with this country in the 1840s.
What is Mexico?
400
Dorothy's slippers in the book were made of this. "There is no place like home" was a stand-in for Populists' hopes that inflation would lower their depts and make it easier to pay the mortgages on their homes.
What is Silver?
400
Populists emphatically rejected a major principle of American Industrial capitalism, the belief government should take a hands-off approach to matters of regulating business
What is Laissez-faire?
400
There must be two Americas: one that sets the captive free, and one that takes a once-captive’s new freedom away from him..... then kills him to get his land. . . .
And as for a flag ...We can have a special one—our States do it: we can have just our usual flag, with the white stripes painted black and the stars replaced by the skull and cross-bones
Who is Mark Twain?
400
Seized during the Spanish-American war and held by the military until the Foraker Act ended military occupation, It was not until 1917 that congress passed the Jones Act, declaring this island an American territory and its inhabitants American citizens.
What is Puerto Rico?
400
Before becoming Assistant Secretary of the Navy, he served in this city post. He ensured officers walked their beat and did not take bribes. His decision to enforce an unpopular law that banned the sale of alcohol in saloons on Sundays made him a very unpopular figure in New York, but he persisted in the crusade even after receiving two letter bombs in the mail.
What is Commissioner of the Police/ Police Commissioner/ NYPD Commissioner.
400
Represents what Kipling argued was Americans' duty as representatives of a modern and "civilized" Christian society
What is "White Man's Burden"?
400
He desired the construction of this, believing it would bolster American trade, security, and prestige. When the Columbians refused to sell him the land, he supported a local rebellion by dispatching U.S. warships to the region in 1903.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt.
400
This event marked the beginning of the U.S. as an imperial power and with the acquisition of territories like Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
What is the Spanish-American War?
500
Person who defeated Bryan during the election of 1896, becoming the 25th president of the United States. Helped model the powerless wizard of Oz.
Who is William McKinley?
500
Ohio businessman and populist that gained attention in 1894 for leading a band of 500 unemployed men to Washington D.C. to advocate for a massive government-funded public works program and get people back to work.
Who is Jacob S. Coxey/ What is Coxey's Army
500
Jefferson, through whose intellect the centuries marched; Jefferson, who dreamed of Cuba as an American state; Jefferson, the first Imperialist of the Republic Jefferson acquired that imperial territory which swept from the Mississippi to the mountains, from Texas to the British possessions, and the March of the Flag began
Who is Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana (R)
500
Apostle of Imperialism. American naval officer. His Thesis was simple: Countries with a sea power were great nations of history. U.S. Greatness would rest on its ability to build up its naval strength.
Who is Alfred Thayer Mahan?
500
Between 1895 and 1901, Teddy Roosevelt had a total of 6 jobs- Police Commissioner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Rough Rider, Governor of this state, Vice-President, and President.
What is New York?
500
When the newly independent Cuba drew up their constitution with no reference to the U.S., congress responded by passing this in 1901 and pressuring Cuba to incorporate it in to their founding document. It barred Cuba from making treaties with other nations and also gave U.S. right to intervene militarily in times of crisis.
What is the Platt Amendment?
500
This 1914 naval incident involving U.S. sailors in a Mexican port led President Wilson to order the occupation of Veracruz.
What is the Tampico Incident?
500
Negotiated by Theodore Roosevelt, this unofficial agreement between Japan and the United States in 1907 limited Japanese immigration to the U.S. while addressing racial tensions on the West Coast.
What is the Gentlemen’s Agreement?
600
William Jennings Bryan, "the boy wonder of the platte," "The Great Commoner" received fame and the nomination for the Democratic Presidential candidacy in 1896 with his speech
What is the "Cross of Gold" Speech?
600
The Grange was a political party formed by Oliver H. Kelley in 1867, a minor government official. Appalled by the drabness and isolation of rural life. It was the grandfather to this political movement. Ceasing to exist after William Jennings Bryan's defeat during the 1896 presidential election.
What is the Populist Party?
600
You have been deceived from the beginning, and deception is the order of the day. You continue to deceive yourselves by the thought that once the military power is established in the Philippines, the rest is a matter for politicians... Your officials and generals have broken their promises with our countrymen
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
600
Proposed by Secretary of State John Hay, This plan hoped to avoid wars with the other great powers, allow American access to trade with China, and maintain the illusion of Chinese Sovereignty and preventing colonial dismemberment
What is Open Door Note/ Open Door Policy?
600
Republican Mark Hanna objected when this man named Roosevelt his running mate:
“Don’t any of you realize there’s only one life between this madman and the presidency?”
Who is William McKinley?
600
This was an important event for the role of the United States. Not only were troops sent in 1900, but it also placed the U.S. as head of a multinational coalition. It also helped Hay and Mckinley get support from other great powers for their Open-Door approach in China.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
600
This fleet of 16 battleships, painted bright, toured the globe from 1907-1909 to demonstrate U.S. naval power.
What is the Great White Fleet?
600
This term describes the anxiety among native-born Americans about the ability of immigrant groups to assimilate into white Protestant society. It is also the name given to any group or movement that favors the rights of native population over immigrants.
What is Nativism?
700
Where monetary policy is not only determined by the amount of Gold the government holds, but also by the amount of Silver in its stock. This was a major policy proposal put forward by the Populists and William Jennings Bryan.
What is bimetallism
700
With the exception of Grover Cleveland, Democrats would not win a presidential election in the post civil war period until 1912, when the Republican party was split between William Taft and Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party. He won with a very thin margin. Winning again in 1916 with another thin margin.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
700
The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop. Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none.
Who is George Washington?
700
Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis lamented an end to this early call for expansion that settled the west and unified the continent. The fact that the Frontier was declared closed in 1893 did not stop renewed calls that America's future prospects now lay abroad.
What is Manifest Destiny?
700
Teddy Roosevelt boldly led a charge up Kettle Hill. Though 100 soldiers died around him, and he called it the "Greatest day of my life," It was minor part of a larger battle, which he would be called the hero of.
What is The Battle of San Juan Hill
700
Before he would become Roosevelt's successor and one-term president, he served as the first civilian governor of the Philippines. Announcing that his role was to prepare the island and its people for eventual independence.
Who is William H. Taft?
700
American General, he was ordered by Wilson to pursue Pancho Villa south of the border in Mexico, from March 1916, until March 1917. Recalled home to prepare American ground forces for World War One.
Who is John J. "Blackjack" Pershing
700
“Americanists” within this religious group advocated an end to “ethnic parishes”—the unofficial practice of permitting separate congregations for Poles, Italians, Germans, and so on—in the belief that such isolation only delayed immigrants’ entry into the American mainstream.
Who are Catholics?