The three territories that came under US control in the late 1800s (hint: 2 states & 1 country)
What are: Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico?
100
Name the President who these reforms occurred under: Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, and improvement of education for children
Who was: Theodore Roosevelt?
100
Name 2 factors that helped set the stage for World War I.
What are: -Growing nationalism in Europe
-Competition between nations of Europe
-Alliances among different nations of Europe
100
This group of people took over jobs men had done in factories
What is Women?
100
A source that is known to be trustworthy is called _______________.
What is reliable?
200
This resource drew settlers to areas of Alaska.
What is gold?
200
President Roosevelt felt the need to break up _______ because they were driving out competition and charging unfair prices.
What were trusts?
200
The term ("team") that Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, and Belgium were known as during World War I
What is the Allied Powers?
200
This is the term for the government setting up a Food Administration to encourage people to eat less and send food to soldiers
What is Rationing?
200
Which source is the most reliable/credible for information on Progressives?
-A piece by the owner of a large company that must follow new rules
-A news article by a reporter who is looking only at facts
-A letter by a factory worker whose work conditions have improved as a result of the Progressives
What is -A news article by a reporter who is looking only at facts
300
Name at least 2 of the 3 territories that the United States gained control of because of the Spanish-American War
What are: -Guam
-Puerto Rico
-The Philippines
300
This muckraker wrote a series of articles about the dangers of trusts
Who was: Ida Tarbell?
300
The term for the neutral policy that the United States took during the first 3 years of World War I
What is isolationism?
300
How Yellow Journalism helped contribute to the start of the Spanish-American War
What is: inflaming public opinion in the United States against Spain
300
Explain how this source might be useful in finding information about the Progressives: A piece by the owner of a large company that must follow new rules
What is: people can get a perspective on how even though Progressives were making positive changes, it still caused a hardship on some groups of people.
400
What war caused the US to have to hold off on purchasing Alaska?
What is the Civil War?
400
The book that Upton Sinclair wrote about the conditions in meatpacking plants of Chicago
What is "The Jungle"?
400
Name at least 2 reasons the U.S. decided to break its policy of isolationism to enter World War I
What are: -German submarine sank the Lusitania and killed over 100 US citizens
-Germany asked Mexico to enter the war if they could get back the land that had been taken by the US
-German submarines sank three American tradeships
400
Theodore Roosevelt became a national hero, and the US proved that it was a powerful nation because of this war
What is the Spanish-American War?
400
Explain how this source might be useful in finding information about the Progressives: A letter by a factory worker whose work conditions have improved as a result of the Progressives
What is: people can see the positive impacts of new laws
500
Name some similarities and differences of when the US acquired Hawaii
What are:
Similar: Purchased around the same time; both not on the continental US; both have lots of resources
Different: The US bought Alaska from but only annexed Hawaii; Alaska resource is gold while Hawaii resource is grops; Owner of Alaska WANTED to sell, while Queen of Hawaii was against it (but her people revolted)
500
Name at least 3 changes that Progressives helped make to the workplace, or accomplishments they had.
What is: -Coal mines were inspected
-Building codes made factories safer
-Young children were kept from working in factories
-Income tax
-Blue Laws
500
Name at least 2 new technologies used in World War I that changed the way battles were taught
What are: -Trenches
-Guns/Machine Guns
-Airplanes used as a weapon of war
500
The US gained control of Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam because of this war
What is the Spanish-American War?
500
Name at least 3 sources that you know you can get reliable information from (*hint* think back to our Inventor research project
What are: articles, textbooks, encyclopedias, academic websites, photographs, etc.