Random US Questions
What was the Middle Passage?
Slave trade route across the Atlantic Ocean.
Ida Tarbell, who exposed Rockefeller's business practices, would be considered what type of journalist?
Muckraker
What type of journalism had the greatest influence in bringing the US into the Spanish American War?
Yellow Journalism
What was Jane Addams's biggest contribution during the Progressive Era?
Hull House
What is WEB DuBois's biggest contribution during the Progressive Era?
Founded the NAACP
The economy of the Southern Colonies was based on....
Agriculture
Initiative, recall, and referendum were changes made to encourage...
More people to vote and have more direct participation in government
Which even was a direct cause of the US entering the Spanish American War?
Sinking of the USS Maine
Which President was best known for his policy of conservation?
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
Which US territory fought back against the US after the Spanish American War using guerilla warfare?
Philippines
Explain 2 parts of the American System.
Protective Tariff
Recharter of the National Bank
Building roads and canals
Explain the significance of the Plessy v. Ferguson case.
Segregation (Jim Crow Laws) is legal, "separate but equal"
Why did the United States annex the Philippines?
Its strategic location in the Pacific for helping expand US trade in Asia.
Jacob Riis helped expose what problem in society?
Industrialization
What was the biggest significance of the Panama Canal?
Shortening the distance between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
What was the impact of Shay's Rebellion?
Shows the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and leads to a call to revise the Articles (eventually we will get rid of the Articles)
What organization was created in response to "Jim Crow" laws and the decision in the Plessy V. Fergusion case?
NAACP
List 2 countries that came under US control as a result of the Spanish American War.
Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Solomon Islands
What was the impact of The Jungle?
It exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry.
Those who argued against American Imperialism would have argued that....
The US should stay isolated
Which President was most connected to the idea of manifest Destiny?
James K. Polk
16th- Income Tax
17th- Direct Election of Senators
18th- Prohibition
19th- Women's Suffrage
Explain the connection between the Monroe Doctrine and the Roosevelt Corollary.
The Roosevelt Corollary added onto the Monroe Doctrine and expanded its power and influence.
What impact did Elizabeth C. Stanton, Ida Tarbell, and Jane Addams have?
They encouraged other women to get involved in making changes to society.
What was the most significant impact for the United States as a result of the Spanish American War?
Set the US on the road to becoming an empire.