World War I
Progressive Era
Spanish-American War
Imperialism
Potpourri
100

Allied Powers during World War I before the U.S. entered the war.

What is France, Great Britain, and Russia?

100

Name of Roosevelt's party during the Election of 1912.

What is the Bull Moose Party?

100

Name of the first battle of the Spanish-American War.

What is the Battle of Manila Bay?

100

Author of Influence of Sea Power Upon History (1890)

Who is Alfred Thayer Mahan?

100

This granted federal regulators in the ICC the power to legally order railroads to set reasonable rates and empowered President Theodore Roosevelt to monitor railroad pricing.

What is the Hepburn Act?

200

Name of the military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey during the war.

What is Central Powers?

200

Winner of the Election of 1912.

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

200

Name of last battle of the Spanish-American War where Spanish ships attempted to flee but US ships prevented them from doing so

What is the Battle of Santiago Bay?

200

The United States acquired this piece of land after paying Russia $7.2 million.

What is Alaska?

200

This revolution was led and won by the Bolsheviks in Russia. This was also considered a Marxist-Leninist revolution that led to the rise of Vladimir Lenin and the Soviet Union.

What is the Second Russian Revolution of 1917?

300

This was sent to the German ambassador of Mexico from German foreign minister, Arthur Zimmerman to offer a military alliance to Mexico.

What is the Zimmerman Telegram?

300

16th Amendment

What is Income Tax?

300

Name of treaty that ended the Spanish-American War that gave the U.S. Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.

What is the Treaty of Paris of 1898?

300

Rudyard Kipling wrote this poem, which appealed to Americans to join in the imperial quest to "uplift and civilize" people in other countries.

What is White Man's Burden?

300

This revolution was a democratic revolution in Russia, which was favored by Woodrow Wilson.

What is the First Russian Revolution?

400

This ship was blown up by German submarines as a result of unrestricted submarine warfare. 128 Americans died as result of the explosion.

What is the Lusitania?

400

17th Amendment

What is Direct Election of Senators?
400

Name of Theodore Roosevelt's famous cavalry unit during the Battle of San Juan and Kettle Hills after he

What are the Rough Riders?

400
Sugar plantation owner, who took over Hawaii and applied for annexation after the destruction of the Hawaiian monarchy.

Who is Sanford Dole?

400

Name of the organization that was led by Bernard Baruch created as a result of the Overman Act that increased output and created greater efficiency in the oil, steel, and electrical industries.

What is the War Industries Board?

500
Name of an organization created as a result of the Overman Act that focused on the news surrounding the war. This was led by George Creel, who was a Denver journalist.

What is the Committee on Public Information?

500

An act that forbade the mislabeling of food products that are traveling state-to-state. This was a direct response to The Jungle written by Upton Sinclair.

What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?

500

Name of the Secretary of State, who called the Spanish-American War a "Splendid Little War."

Who is John Hay?

500

These individuals would go to other countries not necessarily for religious reasons to save souls, spread capitalism, and uplift people. This group of people sparked U.S. imperialism.

What are missionaries?

500

Name of law who mainly targeted Eugene Debs that would give anyone who vocally opposed the war a 20 year prison sentence.

What is the Sedition Act?