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Progressive Era & Imperialism Vocab

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Theories that use biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics.

a)

Muckraker

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Square Deal

d)

Suffrage

2.

Investigative reporter who sought to make public the ills of society during the Gilded Age.

a)

Dollar Diplomacy

b)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

c)

Muckraker

d)

Suffrage

3.

Nickname for Teddy Roosevelt’s agenda as president which included trust-busting and giving all Americans a “square” or fair deal.

a)

Square Deal

b)

Big Stick Policy

c)

Roosevelt Corollary

d)

The Panama Canal

4.

The right to vote - what women were looking for during the Progressive Era.

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Suffrage

d)

Open Door Policy

5.

1890 law that broke up the massive monopolies that dominated key industries.

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

c)

The Panama Canal

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

6.

William Howard Taft’s policy of investing in Latin America so that it would become a market and region of allies to the US.

a)

Dollar Diplomacy

b)

Big Stick Policy

c)

Muckraker

d)

Square Deal

7.

Roosevelt’s famed policy of working with others with the threat of a powerful military to back up our plans.

a)

Muckraker

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Big Stick Policy

d)

Open Door Policy

8.

Policy proposed by Sec. of State John Hay to keep China open to trade for all nations.

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

Roosevelt Corollary

9.

Sensationalist headlines and stories in newspapers meant to sell copies rather than tell the truth.

a)

Suffrage

b)

The Panama Canal

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

Yellow Journalism

10.

Roosevelt’s addition to the Monroe Doctrine that made the US the “police force” of the Western Hemisphere.

a)

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Big Stick Policy

d)

Suffrage

11.

Waterway built by the US to connect the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean.

a)

The Panama Canal

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

Muckraker

d)

Yellow Journalism