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S.S. ch. 6
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Love of country and the desire to have one's county free from the control of another. | nationalism |
| Protection and careful use of natural resources. | conservation |
| Writer or journalist of the early 1900's who uncovered shameful conditions in business and other areas of American life. | muckraker |
| Policy in which a nation prefers to remain neutral and let other countries handle their oun affairs. | isolationism |
| Agreement among nations to defend one another. | alliance |
| Large companies with the power to drive out competition in an industry. | trust |
| False or exaggerated reporting | yellow journalism |
| A narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas. | isthmus |
| Who was Liliuokalani? | the first Queen of Hawaii |
| What kinds of poeple joined the Rough Riders? | Native Americans and wealthy New Yorkers |
| What is one thing Progressives worked to do? | to improve the way in which government worked |
| What was a shortcut for ships traveling from the Altantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean? | Panama Canal |
| Where was Hawaii annexed too? | the United States |
| What was one reason the Americans were willing to go to war against the Spanish? | They were upset with how the Cubans were treated |
| What is an example of one of the social problems Blue Laws were designed to solve? | the abuse of alcohol |
| Who won World War I? | the Allied Powers |
| What angered U.S. to declare war on Germany? | German subs sank 3 American trade ships |
| William Seward thought the U.S. should purchase Alaska from what country? | Russia |
| Who was the person responible for oranizing the Rough Riders? | Theodore Roosevelt |
| The Buffalo Soldiers were made up of what kind of soldier? | African American |
| Walter Reed discovered that the diseases that were slowing down the construction of Panana Canal were being carried by? | mosquitoes |
| Who was appointed chief engineer for the building of the Panama Canal? | John Stevens |
| Who was the naturalist that had a great impact on the conservation of some of our country's most beautiful areas? | John Muir |
| What country did President Woodrow Wilson write a letter to after the sinking of the Lusitania? | Germany |
| Ida Tarbell wrote about the dangers of trusts in a series of magazine articles about what company? | Standard Oil |
| Which of the following countries was not a member of the Allied Powers? | Turkey |
| What did the Treaty of Versailles do? | It ended World War I |
| Upton Sinclair wrote a novel called ____________, which told about conditions in the meat packing plants of Chicago? | The Jungle |
| The purchase of Alaska was also known as? | Seward's Folly |
| What was the name of the battleship that exploded while in Cuba, prompting the U.S. to declare war on Spain? | U.S.S. Maine |
| Name the 2 disease that initially hampered (slowed down) the building of the Panama Canal? | Yellow Fever, Malaria |
| When did World War I end? | Nov. 11, 1918 |
| The League of Nations was formed to prevent what? | prevent wars |
| Name 3 new technologies that affected fighting during World War I? | Possible answers: poison gas, airplanes, tanks, submarines |
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