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WorksheetsProgressive reforms, Imperialisms and WW I
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 42mins
Match the following
When voting, you have a right to keep your vote hidden from anyone and without suffering voter intimidation.
SECRET BALLOT
Aimed at promoting direct participation from voters in choosing their representatives. Achieved through the 17th amendment.
DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS
A person can directly propose and write the laws themselves. Could be to benefit the community.
INITIATIVE
This gives voters the right to approve or reject an actual piece of legislation proposed by the legislators themselves.
REFERENDUM
If voters choose, they can remove a person they had chosen previously through an official election.
RECALL
These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:
Progressives
Muckrakers
Sensationalists
Investigative reporters
This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:
Civil War Era
Industrialization Era
Progressive Era
Reconstruction Era
Why did the Progressive Era grow in the United States?
because of the negative impact of industrialization
because of the negative impact of the civil war
because industrial tycoons were appalled by the conditions of factories
because the American people were disillusioned by WWI
Why did we want to get rid of political machines?
it was too easy to be corrupt and it was considered to be undemocratic
people didn't participate in the elections
there wasn't anyone willing to become a part of the machines
most people thought they were too much like a labor union
People like W.E.B. du Bois participated in the movement against what?
Racism
Women's suffrage
Child Labor
Prohibition
Where was the convention held for women's rights?
Seneca Falls, NY
Washington, DC
Philadelphia, PA
New York, NY
The "Declaration of Sentiments" was a formal statement about the inequality of women that was based on what American document?
The Bill of Rights
The Declaration of Independence
The US Constitution
The Gettysburg Address
What does the word "suffrage" mean?
the right for people to have a public education
the right to vote
the right to not suffer from listening to political speeches
the state of undergoing pain or hardship
POLITICAL MACHINES WERE:
NEW INDUSTRIAL FURNACES MADE FOR THE STEEL INDUSTRY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT USED BRIBES AND EXTORTION TO CONTROL ELECTIONS
PROGRESSIVES WANTED TO GIVE AMERICANS:
A GREATER SAY IN GOVERNMENT
MORE ACCESS TO SPECTATOR SPORTS, INCLUDING BASKETBALL AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Who was responsible for informing the public of the appalling working conditions of meat packing plants with the book "The Jungle?"
Theodore Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
Jacob Riis
Ida Tarbell
What woman was responsible for creating many settlement houses, most notably the Hull House?
Carrie Nation
Susan B. Anthony
Jane Addams
Ida Tarbell
What name was given to the group of investigative reporters who wrote books, news articles or magazine articles to persuade public opinion about corrupt businesses or government?
Unionists
Muckrakers
Suffragists
Socialists
19th Amendment
Women's Suffrage
Direct Election of Senators
Federal Income Tax
Prohibition
A major purpose of the Progressive movement (1900-1917) was to....
stimulate the economy
support government control of factory production
encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe
correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society
What goal are you trying to achieve if you're looking to make urban reforms?
getting rid of a capitalistic economy
eliminating political machines/bosses
conservation of natural resources
ending racial discrimination
Someone who uses their position as an elected official to engage in fraudulent activities could be accused of:
being corrupt
being ambitious
being controlling
being monopolistic
making changes to address abuses or injustices
reform
suffrage
referendum
progressives
the right to vote
suffrage
reform
progressives
referendum
My foreign policy was Big Stick diplomacy
Taft
Roosevelt
Wilson
My foreign policy was the Dollar Diplomacy
Taft
Wilson
Roosevelt
What does the term imperialism refer to?
A policy of giving away a country’s power to another nation as a gift
A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force
A policy of trading goods between two states or nations
A policy in which the government debates over paying someone to purchase another country
Hostility towards Spain increased as Americans were persuaded by _____________, which is a style of newspaper reporting that emphasizes sensational news.
Muckraking
Yellow Fever
Yellow Journalism
Wall Street Journal
Leading up to the Spanish-American War, the sudden explosion of the _____________ off of the coast of Cuba led Americans to believe that _______________ was to blame, despite there being no concrete evidence.
U.S.S. Maine; Cuba
U.S.S. Alabama; Spain
U.S.S. Maine; Spain
U.S.S. Maryland; France
The _______________ was a volunteer regiment that served during the Spanish-American War and was organized by future president ______________ .
Rough Riders; Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Tuskegee Airmen; Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Party; William Taft
Rough Riders; Theodore Roosevelt
The ________________ was an extension of the Monroe Doctrine and enabled the United States to intervene in Latin American countries struggling with unstable conditions.
Yellow Journalism
Great White Fleet
Rough Riders
Roosevelt Corollary
After attempts were abandoned by the French, the United States attempted to purchase the rights to complete the building of the ______________ in order to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Roosevelt Corollary
Panama Canal
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Canal
Philippine Canal
17th Amendment, gave voters direct control over who represents them
Direct Election of Senators
Recall
Referendum
Initiative
An agreement or promise to defend and help another country.
Militarism
Alliance
Imperialism
Nationalism
When one country takes over another territory to gain wealth and power.
Militarism
Alliance
Imperialism
Nationalism
Building up weapons and forces to get ready for war.
Militarism
Alliance
Imperialism
Nationalism
Having great pride in your country and willing to defend it. Every country wanted to prove it was superior.
Militarism
Alliance
Imperialism
Nationalism
To be Neutral means...
Fight with your Allies
Picking one side in a conflict
Not helping any side in a conflict
What does the word Conflict mean?
A disagreement
A country in Europe
My favorite hobby
What event was started because of the actions in the picture?
World War 1
World Peace
The Civil War
World War 2
What did Germany offer Mexico in the Zimmerman Telegram?
German Dance Lessons
German Language Lessons
Land Mexico lost to the United States
To be Best Friends
Who was the first country to declare war beginning World War 1?
Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Bosnia
Germany
What was "no mans land"?
a stateless nation in the Middle East
area between the trenches of the combatants
land with no borders in Poland during WW I
The Treaty of Versailles fixed the blame of the war on which country?
Russia
Germany
Austria-Hungary
agreement to stop conflict
armistice
blockade
mandate
reparations
American servicemen in World War I
doughboys
total war
trench warfare
stalemate
money paid for damages
reparations
total war
mandate
Pandemic
The _________ front was 350 miles of trench
long
western
no mans land
none of the above
World War 1 took place in:
Soldiers mainly fought from:
America got involved in the war when Germany sank the:
This was the treaty that finally ended World War 1:
What was the name of the new style of warfare during World War I?
tank warfare
plane warfare
train warfare
trench warfare
