Unit 6 Progressivism and Imperialism

Use the political cartoon to answer the following question.

What actions does the cartoon illustrate?

• It was ending the war between Russia and Japan.

• It was leading troops in the Spanish- American War.

• It was obtaining the land to build the Panama Canal.

• It was improving relations with Latin American countries.

Use the information to answer the following question.

Upton Sinclair said of his 1906 novel, 'The Jungle', "I aimed at the

public's heart and by accident I hit it in the stomach."

What did Sinclair mean by this statement?

• Hoping to write a best-selling novel, his writing exposed the monopolistic practices of the meat packing industry.

• Hoping to write a best-selling novel, he instead exposed the exploitation of the workers in the meat-packing industry.

• Hoping to show the unsanitary conditions of meat-packing, he revealed more powerfully the treatment of that industry's workers.

• Hoping to show the troubles mean-packing workers experienced, instead, he revealed the industry's extremely unsanitary working conditions.

How did Jane Addams' Hull House achieve social and economic change?

• It achieved it by embracing nativism.

• It achieved bit by advocating socialist reform.

• It achieved it by educating the poor and women.

• It achieved it by encouraging government protests.

The work of Ida Tarbell led to an increase in public support for which of the following?

• It increased in public support by an isolationist approach to foreign policy.

• It increased in public support by a significant increase in military spending.

• It increased in public support by government intervention in business affairs.

• It increased in public support by ending fair and discriminatory labor practices.

Use the newspaper headline to answer the following question.

How did the news event pictured in the image impact the United States relationship with Spain?

• Public opinion shifted in favor of war and provided a justification for a United States declaration of war on Spain.

• Public opinion shifted in favor of war and provided justification for United States involvement in World War I.

• The exaggerated weakness of the United States convinced the government to develop nuclear weapons.

• The exaggerated weakness of the United States convinced the government to adopt the Monroe Doctrine.

Which of the following BEST describes the effect of the Roosevelt Corollary on the Monroe Doctrine?

• It allowed the United States to set up aid facilities in Latin America.

• It allowed the United States to build infrastructure in Latin America.

• It allowed the United States to act as a police power in Latin America.

• It allowed the United States to send military reinforcement to Latin America.

Use the 1890s image to answer the following question.

How did the images such as this contribute to the progressive reforms of the early 20th century?

• Immigration quotas were enacted to prevent overcrowding in large cities.

• Housing codes were created to improve living conditions for the working class.

• Welfare programs were created to reduce poverty levels in urban communities.

• Voting restrictions were created to limit the influence of immigrants on the political process.

What aspect of Southern society in the late 1880s did passing Jim Crow Laws represent?

• It represented the reluctance of southern states to shift to an industrial economy.

• It represented Southern resistance to the terms of the Reconstruction amendments.

• It represented the refusal of southerners to swear oaths of loyalty to the United States.

• It represented Southern states' resentment toward the Democrats that dominated Congress.

Why did many critics of the early women's suffrage movement consider it to be radical?

• It was the first progressive reform movement that was dominated by women.

• It challenged monopolistic businesses and both of the existing political parties.

• It overwhelmingly demanded an amendment to end discrimination against women.

• It challenged the view that women's most important roles were as wives and mothers.

Use the quote to answer the following question.

"We therefore formulate, and for ourselves adopt the following pledge, asking our sisters and brothers of a common danger and a common hope, to make common cause with us, in working its reasonable and helpful precepts (principals) into the practice of everyday life. I hereby solemnly promise, God helping me, to abstain (refuse) from all distilled, fermented and malt liquors, including wine, beer, and cider, and to employ all proper means to discourage the use of and traffic in the same..."

-National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1908 (adapted)

How did the work of the Women's Christian Temperance Union change government policies in the early 1900s?

• It decreased criminal activity.

• It increased worker productivity.

• It led to increased government inspections of beer refineries.

• It led to government actions to decrease alcohol consumption.