Flashback #6

What do we call a period of time that encompasses the politics, economics and social norms?

• historical era

• historical movement

Which law did america pass in hopes of assimilating Native Americans?

• The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• The Espionage Act

• The American Indian Citizenship Act

• The Dawes Act

What did the huge increase of immigration and the lack of basic necessities in the cities lead to?

• Political Machines being formed

• The election of Theodore Roosevelt

What were some of the reasons that meatpacking became a major industry?

• The cattle drives and eventual adoption of barbed wire

• Upton Sinclair and his book the Jungle

• The increased immigration in the cities of the northeast US

Which group of immigrants to America during the late 1800s were treated poorly because they were Roman Catholics?

• German immigrants

• Southern European immigrants

• British Immigrants

• Irish Immigrants

The policy outlined in the excerpt was directly influenced by problems that the US Navy had recently confronted during --

• the Cuban Revolution

• the Mexican War

• World War 1

• the Spanish American War

Which numbered territory did the US gain by winning the Spanish-American War?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which of the following was primarily responsible for the change depicted in this illustration?

• New immigrant screening procedures at Ellis Island

• A crackdown on anarchism after the assassination of President William McKinley

• Overseas expansion associated with the Spanish American War

• An increase in circulating currency after the discovery of gold in Nome, Alaska

Mahan's books influenced U.S. efforts to become a world power primarily by --

• advocating overseas expansion

• emphasizing the need for protectionist tariffs

• demonstrating the political risks of foreign trade

• arguing against forming overseas alliances

This cartoon comments of tactics used to --

• secure the southern border of California

• protect shipping lands in the Great Lakes

• create a defensive alliance with France

• obtain control of the Panama Canal Zone