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100
The decision to send the “Great White Fleet” around the world was directed primarily at the country of ________.
Answer: Japan Page: 604
100
The president who was assassinated between Lincoln and McKinley was ________.
Answer: James Garfield Page: 532
100
Muckraker Lincoln Steffens wrote an expose titled ________.
Answer: The Shame of the Cities Page: 569
100
The first permanent English settlement in the New World was established at ________.
Answer: Jamestown Page: 30
100
In 1803, the Supreme Court defined its authority over Congress (judicial review) with its ruling in the case of ________.
Answer: Marbury v. Madison Page: 198-199
200
The “Roosevelt Corollary” to the ________ gave the United States greater power in Latin America.
Answer: Monroe Doctrine Page: 605
200
The Spanish-American War emerged out of events in the country of ________.
Answer: Cuba Page: 554
200
In the twentieth century, ________ was the first state to extend to women the right to vote.
Answer: Washington Page: 576
200
The first meeting of an elected legislature in what is now the United States took place in the _________ _______ __ __________.
Answer: Virginia House of Burgesses Page: 39
200
In 1823, the United States announced the ________ in order to prevent European nations from interfering with the development of new nation-states.
Answer: Monroe Doctrine Page: 228-229
300
The most celebrated foreign policy accomplishment of Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency was the construction of the ________.
Answer: Panama Canal Page: 605
300
The critics of the decision to discontinue the coinage of silver called that decision the “________ ___ '___”
Answer: Crime of '73 Page: 542
300
Robert La Follette wanted to make the state of ________ into a “laboratory of progressivism.”
Answer: Wisconsin Page: 579
300
The largest outbreak of suspected witchcraft persecution in British North America took place in the community of ________.
Answer: Salem Page: 88
300
President Jackson’s distrust of paper currency became obvious when in 1836 he issued an executive order called the “________.”
Answer: specie circular Page: 252
400
President Taft’s foreign policy was called “________ Diplomacy” by its critics. While running for the presidency in 1912, Woodrow Wilson presented a progressive program that came to be called the “New ________.”
Answer: Dollar Page: 605 Answer: Freedom Page: 596
400
Theodore Roosevelt instructed Commodore ________ to attack Spanish forces in the Philippines. After the war, Secretary of State ________ referred to the Spanish-American War as a “splendid little war.”
Answer: George Dewey Page: 558 Answer: John Hay Page: 555
400
In 1902, President Roosevelt intervened in a strike involving the ________ industry. President Roosevelt claimed his domestic policies would bring a “________ ____” to Americans.
Answer: coal Page: 589 Answer: square deal Page: 589
400
The treaty that drove the French out of North America in 1763 was called the ________. In writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson borrowed from the contract theory of ________.
Answer: Peace of Paris Page: 108 Answer: John Locke Page: 133
400
John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay were considered by many to have negotiated what is known as the “________ bargain” of 1824. Andrew Jackson considered his victory in the year ________ to be as complete and important as that of Jefferson in 1800.
Answer: corrupt Page: 230 Answer: 1828 Page: 231
500
A letter critical of ________, written by Spain’s minister Dupuy ___ ______, sparked a controversy in the United States in 1898.
Answer: William McKinley Page: 555 Answer: de Lôme Page: 555
500
Opponents of the American acquisition of the Philippines organized themselves into the ________. Nevertheless, America acquired the Philippine islands. The United States also asserted control over Cuba through use of the _________ amendment.
Answer: Anti-Imperialist League Page: 560 Answer: Platt Page: 561
500
The ________ Tariff made progressives highly suspicious of ___________, President Roosevelt’s handpicked successor.
Answer: Payne-Aldrich Page: 594 Answer: William Howard Taft Page: 594
500
The so-called Great Compromise settled the difficult problem of ________ at the Philadelphia convention. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay were the authors of ________.
Answer: representation Page: 165 Answer: The Federalist Papers Page: 169
500
The “peculiar institution” was ________. ________ led the only actual large-scale slave revolt in the United States in the nineteenth century.
Answer: slavery Page: 307 Answer: Nat Turner Page: 314