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A CHANGING ROLE
NEW DIRECTIONS
PROGRESSIVES AND REFORMS
Short Answer questions
Vocabulary
100
What event caused Congress to declare war on Spain in 1898?
The destruction of the battleship Maine.
100
What are Wilbur and Orville Wright known for?
Building a machine in which people can fly.
100
What did governor LaFollette do to improve workplace conditions?
Governor LaFollette supported laws limiting the workday to ten hours.
100
Name 3 reasons that many American supported war against Spain in 1898?
What were: 1.The Cubans' fight for independence reminded them of the American Revolution. 2.They thought that an independent Cuba would be better for American business interests. 3. They blamed Spain for the sinking of the Maine.
100
What are "Civil Rights?"
Civil Rights are the rights guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution.
200
What 4 places did the U.S. gain control of after winning the Spanish-American War?
What were the Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cuba.
200
How did the spread of electricity in the early 1900s change American life?
Electricity shortened the time it took to do household chores.
200
What did the Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution accomplish?
The 17th Amendment allowed voters to elect their U.S. senators directly.
200
What 2 lands gained from Spain in the Spanish-American War remain a part of the U. S. today?
What are Guam and Pureto Rico.
200
What did the 16th Amendment accomplish?
The 16th Amendment established an "Income Tax."
300
What Theodore Roosevelt accomplish as President?
The building of the Panama Canal.
300
What did Henry Forddo to make his cars less expensive?
He built cars on an assembly line.
300
Why was the National Urban League formed in 1910?
The National Urban League was formed to help African Americans who lived in cities find jobs and housing.
300
Why was building the Panama Canal important to travel and trade?
The Panama Canal made travel and trade between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans much quicker and easier by connecting these two bodies of water across the narrow Isthmus of Panama.
300
What is a "monopoly?"
A monopoly is when a company has very little or no competition.
400
What is present in a work of fiction that is not present in a documentary source?
What are made up details or people?
400
What is aviation?
Aviation is travel by air.
400
What did W.E.B. DuBois and Ida B.Wells have in common?
Both not W.E.B. Du Bois and ida B. Wells worked to change state laws that did not give full "civil rights" to all groups.
400
Why did the development of farm machines, such as steam-powered tractors and reapers, cause cities to grow?
Machines helped farmers do their work more quickly and fewer workers were needed. Many people who had been farmers moved to cities, hoping to find other work. This caused cities to grow.
400
What was the "merit system"?
The "Merit System" tested people to see if they were qualified for jobs. The person with the highest test score got the job.
500
What did both Joseph Pultizer and William Randolph Hearst have in common with stories they put in their newspapers?
They both used "yellow Journalism.
500
Who issue an armitice during the Spanish American War?
Who was William McKinley.
500
What group did Robert M. LaFollette identify himself with?
Progressives.
500
How did president Roosevelt's desire to makefoodandmedicines safe affect life in the United States?
Congress passed the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906, which set safety standards for foods and medicines sold in the U.S.
500
What "Progressives?"
Progressives were reformers who believed that the government and citizens could work together to make life better.