MP1 Common Assessment Review

American Imperialism

100

This is the group formed to oppose imperialism

Anti-Imperialist League

200

This person believes a nation's greatness is tied to their military power

Alfred T. Mahan

300

This is the term when people from Western countries had a moral obligation to bring their way of life to other parts of the world

White Man's Burden

400

This is sensational writing, where stories are exaggerated to generate a profit

Yellow Journalism

500

This is the belief that the United States had the God-given right to expand across the North American continent

Manifest Destiny

Spanish-American War

100

A Cuban poet and journalist living in New York City who led the Cuban resistance movement and used guerilla war tactics

José Martí

200

The "New York Journal" published a private letter that referred to William McKinley as "weak" and a "showoff"

The De Lôme Letter

300

This battleship exploded on February 15th, 1898 and pushed the United States into declaring war against Spain 

U.S.S. Maine

400

Spain decided to sell this territory to the United States following the end of the war for $20M

The Philippines

500

This is the newspaper tycoon that was the owner of the "New York World"

Joseph Pulitzer

Teddy Roosevelt

100

These are three parts of the "Square Deal"

Conservation, Control of Corporations, Consumer Protection

200

This is the process of breaking up monopolies to promote fair market trading and competition

Trustbusting

300

This policy emphasized diplomacy backed by the threat of military force

Big Stick Diplomacy

400

Author of "The Jungle" who focused his reporting on the horrible conditions of slaughterhouses

Upton Sinclair

500

This is the term when an organized group controls politics through loyalty rather than merit

Political Machine

The Muckrakers

100

This is the muckraker who focused his reporting on photographing income inequality

Jacob Riis

200

This is the muckraker who focused her reporting on the conditions of the mentally ill in asylums

Nellie Bly

300

This is the muckraker who fought political corruption in urban spaces

Lincoln Steffens

400

This is the muckraker who wrote about the greedy monopoly of the Standard Oil Company

Ida Tarbell

500

This is the muckraker who fought against lynching and racial discrimination against African Americans

Ida B. Wells

Pop Culture

100

This Disney movie takes place in China and is about honoring her family

Mulan

200

This Disney movie is about a lost princess who has incredibly long hair

Tangled

300

This Disney movie is about two princesses who are trying to save their chilly kingdom

Frozen

400

This Disney movie is about a princess who wants to go the ball, but her two evil stepsisters and stepmother have other ideas

Cinderella

500

This Disney movie takes place in the wild and in Africa about a lion's right to rule

The Lion King