American Imperialism and the Progressive Era

Which of the following best states the primary goal of prohibitionists?

4 points

• to eliminate the sale of alcohol to minors

• to eliminate the use of alcohol in society

• to reduce accident in the workplace

• to reduce the availability of alcohol to minors

Which of the following defines Yellow Journalism?

• Writing about bad stuff to cause change

• Exaggerating events to sell newspapers

• Investigative journalism

• Reporting only the truth

What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?

• 16th
• 17th
• 18th
• 19th

Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?

• Teddy Roosevelt
• Taft
• Woodrow Wilson
• Luke Skywalker

The banning of alcohol.

• Institution
• Referendum
• Principal
• Prohibition

What is the Panama Canal?

• a northwest passage through Canada
• a waterway through northern Egypt
• A waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Panama
• A river that runs through Panama

 What was the United States warship called that exploded killing over 200 American sailors?

• U S Maine
• USS Maine
• USS Maybe
• US Maritime 

Whose favorite proverb was "Speak softly and carry a big stick?

• Theodore Roosevelt
• Woodrow Wilson 
• William McKinley
• James Manroe 

Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?

• Elixabeth Cady Stanton
• Jane Addams
• Susan B. Anthony
• Belle Starr

Q: Around 1920, the number of children aged 10 to 15 in the industrial workforce began to decline for which of the following reasons?

• States began to require children to attend school until a certain age and to limit the ages at which they could be employed.

• The American birth rate declined, thus reducing the number of children available to work.

• Introduction of the minimum wage made child labor uneconomical.

• The Supreme Court sustained laws barring the interstate sale of goods produced by child labor.