US History Unit 1

Where did a fire occur that led to safety reform?

• Havana Harbor in Cuba

• Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York

• Homestead Steel Mill in Pennsylvania

• Haymarket Square in Chicago

Review the statement.

After the Spanish-American War, the United States gained control of Samoa, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

Which options accurately analyze how this expansion transformed the United States?

Select all that apply.

• It prevented the United States from developing its economic might.

• It allowed the United States to establish a military presence abroad.

• It established its presence on the world stage as an imperial power.

• It led to an increase in tension between the United States and Canada.

What did President Roosevelt do to aid Panama in becoming an independent country?

• He placed warships around Panama to block sea lanes.

• He used Dollar Diplomacy to block imports to Nicaragua.

• He invaded Colombia to establish a US base for defense.

• He negotiated a peace treaty with Nicaragua to purchase the land.

Read the quote.

“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”

This quote explains the idea behind Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick diplomacy. In practice, what does it mean?

• The United States should invest a lot of money to develop the infrastructure of poor countries.

• The United States should sometimes use the threat of force to persuade a foreign country.

• The United States should pull all military presence out of foreign countries.

• The United States should conquer as many neighboring countries as possible.

What were the results of President Taft’s “Dollar Diplomacy?”

• The United States became a leader in supporting human rights.

• Many countries came to resent US influence.

• Many countries were annexed by the United States.

• The US economy came close to collapse.

Which US president sent troops to Mexico to support revolutionaries there?

• William Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Grover Cleveland

What was the name given to newspaper writers who exposed corrupt businesses and social ills in the late 1800s?

• Park Row gang

• Transcendentalists

• scalawags

• muckrakers

What did Ida Tarbell’s writings expose?

• corruption in President Roosevelt’s administration

• poor working conditions in the meatpacking industry

• socialist infiltrators in American labor unions

• monopolistic practices of Rockefeller’s oil company

What was created as a result of Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle?

• The Food and Drug Administration

• The Interstate Commerce Commission

• The Ku Klux Klan

• The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Read this quotation from Teddy Roosevelt:

“We demand that big business give people a square deal; in return we must insist that when anyone engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right, he shall himself be given a square deal.”

What is President Roosevelt indicating about how big businesses should be run in the United States?

• Government should force businesses to change the geometric shape of deals.

• Businesses should operate ethically to ensure the welfare of their workers.

• Businesses should promote the internal structure of their offerings.

• Government should heavily tax all big businesses.