Turn of the Century/ Imperialism / Progressivism

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Turn of the Century/ Imperialism / Progressivism
1. Chicago architect who pioneered the use of
skyscrapers? 2. What improvement did Frederick
Olmstead bring to New York? 3. Who made the first
flight and when? 4. How did George Eastman change
photography? 5. How did colleges change at the
turn of the century? 6. Style of literature and
art that stressed life as it really existed? 7.
New leisure activity that gave people greater
mobility and privacy? 8. New type of musical
style created by Scott Joplin? 9. New type of
entertainment first created by Thomas Edison? 10.
Name two methods used to deny voting rights to
African Americans? 11. Supreme Court case that
made segregation legal? 12. Name given to the
laws which officially segregated society? 13.
African American leader who stresses an
industrial education? 14. Place of higher
learning designed to help African Americans learn
a vocation? 15. Harvard educated African American
leader who wanted full civil rights? 16. Policy
of staying out of foreign affairs? 17. Policy of
taking colonies and building an empire? 18.How
did the U.S. acquire Alaska? 19. When did Hawaii
become apart of the U.S.? 20. Who wrote an
influential report recommending a powerful navy
was needed to become a world power? 21. Name the
U.S. ship that sailed to Cuba to observe and then
exploded in the harbor? 22. What did the Teller
Amendment promise? 23. Who captured the
Philippines when the war began? 24. Name of the
group led by Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba? 25.
Famous battle outside Santiago Cuba involving
Roosevelt? 26. Which U.S. President was
assassinated in 1901? 27. Who became President
after the assassination? 28. Roosevelt said the
speak softly, and ? 29. Where did the U.S. want
to build a canal connecting the Atlantic and the
Pacific? 30. What is the name of the theory that
the U.S. will be the only nation to intervene in
Latin America? 31. What were the letters to world
leaders about China called? 32. What is the
Wealth Gap? 33. Who were the Wobblies?
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Turn of the Century/ Imperialism / Progressivism
34. Who were Progressives? 35. Theory that you
should help those less fortunate than you? 36.
Name given to journalists who exposed corruption
in the nation? 37. What did Ida Tarbell write
about? 38. What did Upton Sinclair write
about? 39. What did Lincoln Steffins write
about? 40. What new form of govt involved a
hired professional executive running the
government? 41. List four voting reform the
Progressives passed? 42. What is the FDA and its
purpose? 43. What court case first saw the courts
getting involved in the conditions of
workers? 44. What was the name of Roosevelts
Progressive platform as President? 45. Describe
Roosevelts attitude towards trusts? 46. What
strike did Roosevelt help to end by siding with
the laborers? 47. What issue was Roosevelt among
the first to consider worth a Presidents
attention? 48. Who succeeded Roosevelt as
President? 49. Why did Taft become unpopular
within his own party? 50. Who ran in the election
of 1912? 51. Name Roosevelts platform for the
1912 election? 52. Name Wilsons platform for the
1912 election? 53. What did the Underwood Tariff
accomplish? 54. Name the system Wilson pushed
through Congress to reform our banking
system? 55. What government agency was designed
to regulate business practices? 56. What new
stronger anti-trust law was passed under
Wilson? 57. What happened to the laissez-faire
system of government under the Progressives? 58.
What group of Americans gained the right to vote
in 1920? 59. What Group of Americans saw little
improvement under the Progressives? 60. What is
the 16th Amendment? 61. What is the 17th
Amendment? 62. What is the 18th Amendment? 63.
What is the 19th Amendment?