Matching
Passed the Pendleton Act
Chester Arthur
Secretary of State James G Blaine negotiated the purchase of Alaska
The South Pacific Island of Hawaii is part of the US possessions known as American Samoa
False Tutuila
Name the Englishman who discovered the Hawaiian Islands in 1778
Captain James Cook
Provided for a tax on personal incomes
Underwood Simmons Bill
Island called pearl of the Antilles
Cuba
How much did the US pay Spain for the Philippines
$20 million
Speaker of the house
Thomas Reed
Queen Liliuokalani disapproved of the influence of white settlers in the Hawaiian Islands.
True.
The sinking of the Maine took place in the harbor of Manila, Cuba
False Havana
What President is best remembered for his attempts to reform the civil service programm
Rutherford B Hayes
Provided for the direct election of senators by the voters
17th Amendment
What was the name of the high tariff adopted in 1890
McKinley
Provided for a tax on personal incomes
Underwood Simmons Bill
Founder of the Grange
Oliver Kelley
Commodore George Dewey led the U.S Navy to victory in the Philippines.
True.
Colonel Leonard Wod was a leader of the Rough Riders
True
What was considered the center of life for most Americans at the turn of the 20th century
The home
Created central banking system under the authority of the federal government
Federal Reserve Act
Which Presidential candidate was one of the greatest orators of all time
William Jennings Bryan
What army engineer was appointed to take charge of building the Panama Canal
George W Goethals
Cross of Gold
William Jennings Bryan
The Treaty of Santiago ended the Spanish-American War.
False. Paris
The Spanish American War took place in 1898
True
Who was the only President to serve two terms not in direct succession
Grover Cleveland
Guaranteed women the right to vote
19th Amendment
Which of these men eliminated yellow fever from Cuba
Walter Reed
Created a central banking system under the authority of the federal government
Federal Reserve Act
Black Friday
Jay Gould
Carlos Finlay became the first civil governor of the Philippines
False. William H. Taft
The Jones Act provided the Philippines would become independent in 1946
False Tydings McDuffie
Who was the Presidential candidate for the Democrats in 1896
William Jennings Bryan
Victoriano Huarta
Mexican Dictator
Which new party believed that the government ought to do something about it
Populist party
What was Henry Ford's most famous car ever built
Model T
CSS Alabama
Dispute with England
The Foraker Act made Cuba an unorganized territory of the United States
False Puerto Rico
Guam became a US territory in 1898
False 1950
What amendment stipulated the conditions under which Cuba would be granted independence
Platt Amendment
Gifford Pinchot
Roosevelts Forester
Which President was assassinated in 1901
William McKinley
Besides the Presidential administrations of Roosevelt and Wilson, what other administration was progressive in nature
Taft
Insular Cases
Constitution and possessions
The Hay-Banau-Varilla Treaty granted the United States a 10-mile-wide zone through the Isthmus of Panama for the building of a canal
True
The Panama Canal was opened for use in 1918
False 1914
What bandit did General Pershing chase into Mexico
Pancho Villa
Guglielmo Marconi
Wireless telegraph
Civil war hero elected president on 1868
Ulysses S Grant
What year did Puerto Rico become a self governing commonwealth of the United States
1952
Reconcentration Order
Cuba
President Wilson summarized his foreign policy with the slogan, "Speak softly and carry a big stick.
False Roosevelt
President Roosevelt sent the "Great White Fleet" on its world tour in 1907
True
IN what year did the Titanic sink off the coast of Newfoundland
1912
Upton Sinclair
The Jungle
the First Democrat to be elected President after the Civil War
Grover Cleveland
EXPLAIN one of the THREE political issues of the AGE of INDUSTRY
1. Civil Service--- expand on these
2. Tariff---
3. Currency---
Pago Pago
Coaling Station
The Mann-Elkins Act greatly weakened the Interstate Commerce commission
The Roosevelt Corollary expanded the Monroe Doctrine
True
What year did the Wright Brothers make the first successful powered flight?
1903
Jonathan Goforth
Missionary to China
Which act passed by Congress in 1883 classified certain federal jobs
Pendleton
USS Baltimore
Dispute with Chile
The Boxer Rebellion took place in India in 1900
False China
President Roosevelt negotiated the Gentleman's agreement with Japan
True
Name the first commercial radio station to go on the air in the United STates
KDKA
What was the name of the New York City political machine that Grover Cleveland opposed
Tammany Hall