Notable Women
First registered guide in Maine
Who is Cornelia "Fly Rod" Crosby
This industry was created by wealthy visitors who wanted to hunt, fish, and enjoy Maine's beauty
Tourism
A duty on imports
What is tariff
It was nicknamed the "splendid little war"
What is the Spanish-American War
This party called itself the "party of the people"
What is the Democratic Party
First women to earn an honorary degree from Bowdoin College
Who is Sarah Orne Jewett
This new piece of equipment was used in 1890 by potato farmers
What is the "hoover digger"
An agreement between nations
What is an alliance
260 Americans aboard this ship died
What is the USS Maine
This party adopted most of the ideas from the Populists'
What is the Democratic Party
A modern Maine writer who wrote a short story about Finnish immigrants.
Who is Rebecca Cummings
This industry provided Maine with the greatest profits
What is lobstering
The negotiation or relationship between nations
What is diplomacy
The U.S. entered WWI in 1917 due to
What is the Zimmerman Telegram and/or Germany's attack on American ships
Names one of the laws demanded by the Populists
What is
-Graduated Income Tax, Popular Election of Senators, Right to Organize, Publicly-Owned Industries, Greater Opportunities for Direct Participation in Politics
Inventors of the steam powered automobile
Who is Francis and Freelan Stanley
Maine brought back the use of schooners after the widespread use of steamships
Merchants began using schooners for all kind of trading business
A female reformer who fought for women's right to vote
What is suffragette
This was the first American ship to sink during WWI
What is the William P. Frye
Define Maine's Initiative Law
What is when 10% of voters in the state sign a petition asking for a new law, state legislators must debate and vote on it.
President Wilson told the nation the United States would fight in the war to
What is "make the world safe for democracy"
John D. Rockefeller, one of the original rusticators, decided land in Maine must be preserved From too much development
What is Acadia National Park
A national policy of abstaining from political or economic relations with other countries
What is isolationism
To win the war, President Wilson told this to the United States
What is the "arsenal for democracy"
Maine voters used this law to fight increases to the gasoline tax in 1929, 1932, and 1941
What is the referendum