3-Establishing an International Presence Review (SSUSH 11-14) 24

(SSUSH 11b) In this critique of the rise of industrialization and its impact on the United States, the artist sought to illustrate

• The importance of conserving resources to maintain positive economic growth

• The growing economic and political influence of monopolies and trusts

• The threat posed by the formation of labor unions in American democracy

• The effects of the growth of business in living conditions in major cities

(SSUSH 11c)  What is the author referring to?

• The completion of the Erie Canal

• The completion of the Panama Canal

• The completion of a transcontinental railroad

• The completion of a transcontinental telegraph

(ssush 13d) Read the quotation from a speech delivered by President Theodore Roosevelt and answer the question: How did these beliefs influence the Progressive legislative actions of Roosevelt’s presidency?

• Roosevelt stressed the importance of conservation as president to protect lands from industry.

• Roosevelt eliminated regulations as president to ensure the health and stability of the economy.

• Roosevelt opposed imperialism as president so as to prevent the exploitation of global resources.

• Roosevelt discouraged unionization as president due to concerns that it hindered industrial growth.

(ssush 13d) An INITATIVE or a REFERENDUM procedure is a part of which "Progressive" movement?

• Voter Empowerment

• Labor Laws

• Conservation Movement

(ssush 13d) Establishing a MINIMUN AGE for EMPLOYMENT is a part of which "Progressive" movement?

• Voter Empowerment

• Labor Laws

• Conservation Movement

(ssush 13d) DIRECT ELECTION of U.S. Senators is a part of which "Progressive" movement?

• Voter Empowerment

• Labor Laws

• Conservation Movement

(ssush 13d) The ESTABLISHMENT of U.S. National Parks is a result of which "Progressive" movement?

• Voter Empowerment

• Labor Laws

• Conservation Movement

(ssush 13d) The ESTABLISHMENT of a MINIMUM WAGE is a result of which "Progressive" movement?

• Voter Empowerment

• Labor Laws

• Conservation Movement

(SSUSH 14a) Below is an excerpt from a speech by Carl Schurz, a prominent politician who, along with many other Americans at the turn of the 20th century, opposed American involvement in other countries following the Spanish-American War. Using your knowledge of social studies and American politics during that time period, chose the best word in the drop-down menu that would complete the passage below.

"We hold that the policy known as ----------- is hostile to liberty and tends toward militarism, an evil from which it has been our glory to be free. We regret that it has become necessary in the land of Washington and Lincoln to reaffirm that all men, of whatever race or color, are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.... Much as we abhor the war of "criminal aggression" in ______________, we more deeply resent the betrayal of American institutions at home."

• Imperialism

• the Philippines
• Puerto Rico
• Hawaii

(SSUSH 12b) [A]ny person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States, . . . shall, from and after the first of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be entitled(1) to enter one quarter section or a less quantity of unappropriated(2) public lands [west of the Mississippi], upon which said person may have filed a preemption(3) claim, or which may, at the time the application is made, be subject to preemption at one dollar and twenty-five cents, or less, per acre; or eighty acres or less of such unappropriated lands, at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, to be located in a body, in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands[.] Read the excerpt from an important US law to answer the following question.

The passage of this legislation led to...

• expanded trade with the nations of Europe.

• the rapid industrialization of southern states.

• massive overcrowding in major cities in the Northeast.

• .

  the displacement of American Indians from their lands.