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What was the primary failure of the Progressive Movement?
did not address racial and religious persecution in the US
Define White Man's Burden
America has duty to help “less civilized” people.
Excuse for Imperialism
Define 19th Amendment
Women granted the right to vote
Define Salutary Neglect
hands-off political and economic relationship between the colonists and British until the end of the French and Indian War
What event in the 1800s increased the severity of slavery in Virginia and the South?
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
the sinking of which ship reestablished Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare?
Lusitania
The Monroe Doctrine was a statement of Isolationism
True or False?
FALSE
What was President Taft's preferred method of spreading US influence?
Dollar Diplomacy
The designation of California as a free state was part of which larger policy?
Compromise of 1850
People like Upton Sinclair would be especially influential in working against which of the following abuses of industrialization?
Child Labor
Define Poll taxes
Had to pay to vote
Who was Jacob Riis?
Muckraker
Exposed horrible living conditions in New York city slums
What was Lowell/Factory System of manufacturing?
Production of goods, from beginning to end, in the same plant
What was President Taft's preferred method of spreading US influence?
Dollar Diplomacy
What was the primary contribution made by the United States to the victory of the Allies in World War I?
Providing money and materials to allied powers
Which US territory after the Spanish American War started an insurrection against the US to fight for independence?
Philippines
the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine said the US can intervene anywhere to promote US interests in which region of the world?
Latin America
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire led to what?
led to states passing laws to mandate workplace safety
Define Big Stick Diplomacy:
Negotiating peacefully, while threatening w/ the military.
why did the US refused to join the League of Nations?
The US Congress wanted to keep sole power to declare war.