SS Midterm Day 2

Theodore Roosevelt was considered a trustbuster because

• he made laws prohibiting unfair business practices

• he helped trusts and monopolies gain success

• he was an investor in many large corporations

• he was not considered a trust buster

During the Progressive Era which muckrakers writings led to the Federal Meat Inspection Act

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

• Lewis Hine

• Ida Tarbell

During the Progressive Era muckrakers tried to

• build monopolies

• pass the Reconstruction Amendments

• correct the abuses of big business

• prevent future wars

A major goal of reformers during the Progressive Era was to

• build the Panama Canal

• expose corruption in government and business

• join the League of Nations

• keep America neutral in WWI

People who exposed corruption in business and government were known as

• muckrakers

• yellow journalists

• imperialists

• suffragists

Jacob Riis exposed the overcrowded apartments called

• tenements

• sharecroppers

• muckrakers

• segregation

The Sherman Anti-trust Act was meant to

• regulate the power of big business

• encourage building of the Transcontinental Railroad

• sell liberty bonds

• end WWI

The US has the power to intervene in any nation of the Western Hemisphere according to

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Monroe Doctrine

• All of the above

The US needed new markets to sell goods, this caused

• imperialism

• militarism

• nationalism

• alliances

In order to prevent European countries from dividing up China the US put in place

• militarism

• the suffrage movement

• the League of Nations

• the Open Door Policy