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8th gr Hist Ch 19-20
8th grade History Ch 19 -20 Test Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the secretary of state who was active in devising American foreign policy at the turn of the century? | John Hay |
| Who was the army doctor who identified the source of yellow fever? | Walter Reed |
| Who was the army engineer who battled mosquitoes in Cuba's swamps? | William Gorgas |
| Who charged up San Juan Hill with his men? | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Who fought for the independence of the Phillipines? | Emilio Aquinaldo |
| What policy stated all of China would be open to all nations on equal terms? | Platt Amendment |
| Where was the site of an American naval base in Cuba? | Guantanamo Bay |
| Where did Dewey attack the Spanish fleet in the Philippines? | Minola Bay |
| What gave Americans confidence that further action in cuba would not be intended to further American imperialism? | Teller Amendment |
| What word denotes America's policy of staying out of world politics during most of the 19th century? | Isolationism |
| Which president used a foreign policy in Latin America that depended on the advance or withdrawal of American investments? | William Howard Taft |
| Who was the American evangelist of the late 1800s who encouraged students to become foreign missionaries and thus spurred the Student Volunteer Movement? | Dwight L. Moody |
| Americans forced Queen Liliuokalani out of power in 1893 and thus paved the way for the United States to annex what land in 1898? | Hawaii |
| What word refers to the acquisition of foreign lands to be used for the benefit of the acquiring country? | imperialism |
| The Spanish minister to the United States criticized what American president in a private letter that came to national attention? | William McKinley |
| What addition to the Monroe Doctrine asserted the right of the United States to be an "international police power" in the Western Hemisphere? | Roosevelt Coroalley ? |
| What TWO newspaper owners helped lead America into war by competing for increased circulation? | Herst & Pulitzer |
| Moral diplomacy was the foreign policy of which president? | William Taft |
| During what turn-of-the-century uprising did a group of Chinese try to force foreigners to leave China? | Boxers Rebellion (except find a new place for ppl to settle) |
| What were the major reasons for practicing imperialism at the turn of the century? | Military strength, wealth, prestige |
| Which one place became a commonwealth of the United States in 1952? | Puerto Rico |
| Strife was stirred up between the United States and Spain because of a letter written by who? | Joseph Puitor |
| America's first ventures in imperialism involved what two places? | Alaska, Midway Island |
| For more than two years after the end of the Spanish-American War, the United States faced the difficulty of quelling a rebellion in which location? | The Philippines |
| In the late 1800s, where did various countries claim spheres of influence? | China |
| What did the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty do? | Gave the US the Panama Canal zone |
| Which president was the most responsible for the building of the Panama Canal? | Roosevelt |
| Who did the United States help Panama cain its independence from? | Columbia |
| During the late 1800s and early 1900s, America began to fear the rising power of what Asian country? | Japan |
| Who developed the theory of evolution? | Charles Darwin |
| Who was the founder of the Tuskegee Institute? | Booker T. Washington |
| Who was a famous agnostic? | Robert Ingersoll |
| Who ran as the Republican candidate for president Theodore Roosevelt declined to run in 1908? | Taft |
| Who was the scientist who found many new uses for peanuts? | George Washington Carver |
| Who was the corrupt New York City political "boss"? | William Marcy/Boss Tweed |
| Who exposed the evils of the meatpacking industry? | Upton Sinclair |
| Who was the idealistic Democrat who became president? | Woodrow Wilson |
| Who appointed to help preserve America's forest resources? | Gifford Pinchot |
| Who was the Harvard graduate, cowboy, soldier, president, and third party candidate for president? | Teddy Roosevelt (Taft) |
| What were temperance societies involved in? | to fight against evils of liquor |
| What were the goals of the Progressives? | not to acquire more territory for the nation |
| Who were the Progressive presidents? | Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson |
| What educational trends were occurring in the United States near the turn of the century? | No bilingual schools |
| What did Preogressive era amendments to the Constitution deal with? | Not voting rights for blacks |
| What legislative innovations made state governments more democratic? | injunction |
| What were Theodore Roosevelt's progressive activities as president? | not reveal the prohibition |
| What did Progressives who looked for help in solving problems of society generally turn to? | To the government |
| List the books that were written by muckrakers | Not Origin of Species |
| What were the notable trends in religion in America around the turn of the century? | Not decline of the social gospel |
| What policy stated all of China would be open to all nations on equal terms? | open door policy |
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