Spanish-American War & U.S. Imperialism
What was the name of the cavalry volunteers that took part in the charge of San Juan Hill?
Rough Riders
Who is a person that supports the control of the government and resources of other nations by conquering and making them into colonies?
Imperialist
What term means ceasefire?
Armistice
What process allows voters to remove a politician from office before his term expires?
Recall
What type of company has complete control of its market?
Monopoly
What theory proposes that man changed over time by natural processes?
Evolution
In 1891, Liliuokalani became the queen of what country?
Hawaii
The automobile assembly line was engineered by who?
Henry Ford
The United States were propelled into war with Spain because of the explosion of what ship?
The USS Maine
In what nation did John J. Pershing attempt to capture Pancho Villa?
Mexico
What is the third party that settles disputes?
An arbitrator
President Roosevelt promised consumer protection, control over corporations, and conservation of natural resources in his policy called the what?
Square Deal
What city in California was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1906?
San Francisco
What term describes the Bible as just a collection of myths, legends, and a few historical facts?
Religious modernism
The rights to establish a naval base where were ceded to the United States by the nation of Hawaii?
Pearl Harbor
Where was the first battle of the Spanish-American War fought?
The Philippines
What fleet demonstrated America's naval power during its world tour in 1907?
Great White Fleet
What group of islands was purchased by the United States in 1917 to provide an important base for defense of the Panama Canal?
The Virgin Islands
Which political party was popularly known as the Bull Moose Party?
Progressive
What amendment gave Congress the power to tax personal income?
The 16th Amendment
What is a utopian classless society where government is unnecessary?
Communism
Who started the rebellion against the influence of Western civilization in China?
Boxers
What letter from the Spanish ambassador insulted President McKinley?
The de Lôme letter
What nation's boundary dispute was the first attempt of the United States to enforce the Monroe Doctrine without the help of Great Britain?
Venezuela
What year did the Panama Canal open?
1914
What type of election allows the voters of a state to choose a party's candidate?
Direct primary
The privately controlled central banking system was created through the what act?
Federal Reserve Act
What is it when the government controls all resources on behalf of the people?
Socialism
The Spanish-American War began in what year?
1898
Which president promoted friendly foreign relations by creating close economic ties through dollar diplomacy?
William Howard Taft
Who worked to remove tropical disease from the Panama Canal Zone?
William Crawford Gorgas
Who were the journalists who criticized the supposed evils of American society?
Muckrakers
Who is the author of The Jungle?
Upton Sinclair
Who is known as the father of communism?
Karl Marx
What compromise controlled the number of Japanese immigrants coming into America?
The Gentlemen's Agreement
In what year did the Wright brothers achieve the first successful powered flight of an airplane?
1903
What act of Congress stated that the United States intended to free, not control, Cuba?
The Teller Resolution
What requested that European nations and Japan not interfere with the trade rights of other nations within their spheres of influence?
Open Door Policy
Who led the construction of the Panama Canal?
George Washington Goethals
Who was one of the earliest leaders of the progressive movement?
Robert M. La Follette
What government department was created to investigate businesses suspected of violating federal laws?
Department of Commerce and Labor
What denies human personality and reduces humans to a bundle of subconscious drives and fears?
Psychoanalysis
Which conservationist founded the Sierra Club?
John Muir
Who led the American naval forces at the Battle of Manila?
George Dewey
The United States made it clear that it would manage the problems of Latin American nations through what?
The Roosevelt Corollary
What act gave the United States the right to build and police a canal in Central America?
The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
The government's power to regulate business increased by strengthening the Interstate Commerce Commission through what act?
The Mann-Elkins Act
Who developed the theory of psychoanalysis?
Sigmund Freud
Where in the Samoa islands was an American coaling station for steam-powered ocean ships located?
Pago Pago or Tutuila