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Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The best word to describe Lincoln’s (and later Johnson’s) plan for Reconstruction | Lenient |
| Why did Republican governments in the South struggle after the Civil War? | White southerns refuse to accept equal rights |
| What was the most important effect of the Emancipation Proclamation | It gave a moral purpose for the war |
| What was the purpose of the Homestead Act? | To get white families to settle in the west |
| What were three techniques of Andrew Carnegie to gain control of the steel industry? | Buy out suppliers / competitors, under sailing competitors |
| Three reasons to come to America | Land, Work, and Escape Problems |
| What did TR do after he read The Jungle? | Meat inspection act |
| TR was very concerned with Conservation so he | Reserved 200 Million achers |
| Three reasons for imperialism are | Economic Markets, Military Strength, Perceived Superiority |
| Which war was ended by the Treaty of Paris of 1898? | The Spanish-American War |
| U.S. businesses supported overseas expansion because | They wanted to expand trade to Latin America to spread democracy |
| Why did the U.S. Senate reject the League of Nations? | Thought it would bring us into another European conflict |
| Who rejected Wilson’s 14 point peace plan? | Allied Leaders |
| The policy that kept the U.S. out of WWI for three years was called | Neutrality (Isolationism) |