The Emergence of Modern America

The Maine was sunk in the harbor of ____ , ____ .

• Manila, Philippines

• Honolulu, Hawaii

• Havana, Cuba

• San Juan, Puerto Rico

President McKinley let everyone know that America wanted to

• take over the island of Cuba and make it a state.

• help the Cuban people win their independence and remain an independent nation.

• control all of the area that is called the Caribbean.

• wipe Spain off the face of the earth.

Theodore Roosevelt left his government job to

• build the canal through Panama.

• retire on his own island in the Bahamas.

• make peace with the Spanish in the Philippines.

• lead the Rough Riders into battle in Cuba.

What group of islands became very important to the United States and its desire to secure the Pacific region against its enemies?

• the Philippine Islands

• Guam

• Hawaiian Islands

• all of the above

The Progressive party of Theodore Roosevelt stood for

• the passing of laws to fix the country's social and economic problems.

• keeping things the same.

• the equality of blacks and whites.

• closing the border to all foreigners.

In 1909, the Progressives and black Americans formed what new organization in order to fight against discrimination against blacks?

• AFL-CIO

• KKK

• CIA

• NAACP

The Progressives wanted to use government to solve

• political problems

• inner city problems

• international problems

• global problems

Under President Roosevelt, America started preserving what?

• wilderness

• redwood trees

• bald eagles

• beaches

What huge project did America undertake with the support of President Roosevelt?

• the creation of a space rocket

• the solving of racial prejudice

• the curing of small pox

• the building of the Panama Canal

President Roosevelt's policy to protect small Central And South American countries was called

• the "Big Stick" policy

• the Monroe Doctrine

• the Homestead Act

• the Progressive Way