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American Studies 1
Social Studies
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In the late 1800s, Europeans were looking overseas for places to sell their products because | tariffs had reduced trade among industrialized countries |
President Millard Fillmore sent a naval expedition to Japan to | force Japan to trade with the United States |
At the first Pan- American Conference, the United States wanted LAtin AMerican delegates to agree to a customs union, wich would | require nations to reduce their tariffs |
The United States caused an economc crisis in Cuba by | passing a tariff on sugar |
The Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the Spanish- American War, granted independence to | Cuba |
The Philippines are now | an independent country |
Theodore Roosevelt was chosen as McKinleys running mate in the 1900 election because of his | status as a war hero |
As a result of the war between Japan and China in 1894, Japan acquired | territory in Manchuria |
By the late 1800s, growth of investment opportunities in western Europe had slowed because | most of the industries that Europe's economy needed had been built |
Secretary of State James G. Blaine lef effrts to | expand American influence into Latin America |
American support for Cuban rebels was fualed by | sensational stories published by rival newspapers |
In 1898 President McKinley sent the battleship Maine To Havana to | evacute Americans if necessary |
Supporters of annexing the Philippines believe that | the island would provide the United States with naval base |
The PLatt Amendment effectively made Cuba into an AMerican | protectorate |
Theodore Roosevelt became president | when Mckinley was assassinated |
The purpose of the Open Door policy was to | ensure trading rights with China |
Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace PRize in 1906 for negotiation peace | between Russia and Japan |
U.S actions in Pacific and in Latin AMerica were primarily focused on | improving the United States economically |
The Roosevelt Corollary was seen as a statement which was built upon the | Monro Doctrine |
Why were Commodore Dewey's ships firing on the Spanish ships in Manila Bay? | to prevent them from attacking the United State |
The United States gained control over Palanan and the rest of the Philippines as a result of the | Spanish-American War |
What does the excerpt imply about the ANti-Imperialist League's views on American imperialism | it was similar to British actions against the American colonists |
The last two sentences in this excerpt represent *******, an idea that sought to justify imperialist expansion | Anglo-Saxonism |
According to the time line, in what year did the United States first acquire territoty outside the continent of North America | 1898 |
When Roosevelt heard the sound, who did he assume the guns belonged to | U.S troops |
According to the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War, the United States would annex | Guam and Puerto Rico |
The Commerical Bureau of the American Republics, formed to promot cooperation among nations of the WEstern Hemisphere, is today known as the | Organization of American States |
What is the economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations | imperialism |
American settlers in Hawaii quickly discorved that the climate and soil of the island were suitable for growing | sugar cane |
As tensions were building against the Spanish in Cuba, there was a strong sense of ****, or agressive nationalism, within the Republican Party | jingoism |
The Roosevelt Corollary was an extension of the ***** Doctrine | Monroe |
Progressives had a strong faith in | science and technology |
Efficiency progressives believed that cities should be run by a | city manager or commissioners |
In the Northern Securities v. the United States case, the Supreme Court ruled that Northern Securities | violated the Sherman Antitrus Act |
Wisconsin became known as "the laboratory of democracy" because of its | support for direct primaries |
Alice Paul's strategy alarmed many in the suffrage movement because she wanted to | use protest to force suffrage |
Socialists believe in | government ownership of business |
By 1920 the Interstae Commerce Commisions had moved away from its original purpose and had started | settings rates to help ensure railroads profits |
theodore roosevelt warned william howard taft that tariff reform would | divide the republican party |
theodore roosevelt tried to win the Republican nomination from William Howard Taft in the 1912 election because he believe that Taft | had failed to live up to progressive ideals |
The underwood tariff act included a provision for | levying an income tax |
this table indicates that progressive reformers | were interested in changing several aspects of American culture |
In general, progressives supported reforms that would improve the lives of | workers |
What was the main goal of progressive government reforms, according to the graphic | to give voters more control over government |
According to the excerpt, Robert LaFollette believed that the public should | be informed of government activities |
In a direct primary | all party members vote for a candidate to run in the general election |
THeodore Roosevelt viewed the coal miners strike against mine owners in 1902 as an example of | groups pursueing their private interests at the expense of the nation |
The constition orginally specified that, in each state, U.S senators would be elected by | the legislature of each state |
tragedy at the triangle shirtwaisted company led to | building codes requiring fire escapes |
the laissez-faire argument for the best way to presevre public land was to | sell it to lummber companies, who would conserve it as a source of profits |