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Modern U.S. History - Unit 1 Review

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  • religious social reform movement in the U.S. from 1870 to 1920. Supporters interpreted the kingdom of God as requiring social as well as individual salvation and sought the betterment of industrialized society
    Social Gospel
  • Identify a solution achieved by the Progressives to the problem depicted here.
    Passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act
  • Identify ONE solution proposed by the Populists and later achieved by the Progressives regarding the problem depicted in this cartoon.
    secret (Australian ballot); recall; initiative; referendum
  • Identify the labor union that sought to unite skilled and unskilled labor and allowed women and blacks to join
    Knights of Labor
  • What type of journalism instigated the American response to the event pictured here?
    yellow journalism
  • What negative term is used by Populists and Progressives to describe the individuals pictured here.
    Robber Barons
  • What is an initiative?
    proposed law by which petitions have to be signed by a certain portion of the voting public. If the signatures are valid, it is voted on  at next election
  • What is a recall?
    voters may remove a public official from office before the expiration of his or her term.
  • Identify ONE piece of historical context to the poster image here.
    President Woodrow Wilson campaigns for U.S. neutrality during World War I
  • Identify ONE characteristic of an an American individual who would have been considered a Progressive.
    urban/city dweller; member of the middle class; educated; reformer; favored govt involvement/regulation
  • Carnegie articulated his view of the rich as mere trustees of their wealth who should live restrained lives and use their fortunes to promote the “general good" such as libraries, universities, and more.  What was this called?
    Gospel of Wealth
  • What specific industry sparked the Rise of Big Business (ie. industrialization) in the second half of the 1800s in the United States?
    railroad
  • Express ONE point of view or perspective given by the artist in this cartoon.
    pro-imperialism; U.S. needs to (or should) assist Filipino & Cuban peoples in becoming civilized; Filipino and Cubans are not ready for self-rule
  • What war did the event pictured here help instigate?
    Spanish-American War
  • Which union was closely connected to the events of the Homestead Strike?
    American Federation of Labor (AFL)
  • Identify ONE piece of historical context to this painting.
    German submarine sinks Lusitania; U.S. citizens killed on British ship during WW I; increased anger towards Germany in U.S.; leads to U.S. entry into WWI
  • Identify ONE land acquisition that the United States gained from their victory in the Spanish-American War.
    Puerto Rico; Philippines; Guam
  • What union was created and limited its membership to only skilled labor [craft labor] and focused on 'bread and butter' issues of better wages and working conditions, etc.
    American Federation of Labor (AFL)
  • Identify a solution achieved by the Progressives to the problem depicted here.
    Meat Inspection Act
  • What is the 'Square Deal'?
    Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program which reflected his 3 major goals: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection
  • This political cartoon illustrates what phenomenon that became dominant in large urban areas in America by the end of the 1800s.
    political bosses / political machines
  • What did the 19th Amendment do?
    Guaranteed women the right to vote in national elections
  • What did the 17th Amendment do?
    Allowed for the direct election of U.S. Senators by voters within each state
  • Provide a definition of laissez-faire economics.
    theory that opposed any govt intervention in business affairs; the less that govt is involved in the economy the better off business (and society) will be
  • Out of the following historical events/developments, which happened FIRST? • World War I • Omaha Platform • 19th Amendment passed • Haymarket Square Riot
    Haymarket Square Riot
  • Identify ONE economic problem farmers faced in the later half of the 19th century (1800s).
    overproduction; low prices for agric. goods; high interest rates on loans; high r.r. transportation costs
  • Identify ONE group of Americans who supported the point of view portrayed in this late 19th century cartoon.
    farmers; Populist Party members; Progressives; rural Americans
  • One country extending its authority over other countries or territories and gaining economic and political control over another country defines WHAT term?
    imperialism
  • President Teddy Roosevelt used American naval power to assist Panamanian independence from what country?
    Colombia
  • Identify ONE piece of legislation passed by Congress during World War I that supports the message within this poster.
    Espionage Act / Sedition Act
  • Identify the individual who became extremely wealthy by dominating the steel industry in the late 19th century (1800s).
    Andrew Carnegie
  • Identify ONE piece of historical context to this image.
    San Juan Hill; Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders; Spanish-American War
  • This Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of the Sedition and Espionage Acts of World War I.
    Schenck v. United States
  • Which labor union witnessed a dramatic decrease in membership following the Haymarket Square Riot as the public generally viewed the union as responsible for its occurance and being filled with anarchists?
    Knights of Labor
  • Identify ONE achievement of the Progressives in the area of conservation?
    establishment of the National Forest Service; 150 national forests created; 230 million acres of land protected; 5 additional national parks created
  • What is the name of the individual who at one time controlled 90% of the world's refined oil?
    John D. Rockefeller
  • What Populist economic issue is the focus of this political cartoon?
    Adding silver to the money supply; desiring inflation
  • What population movement trend occurred during the World War I era that resulted in increased racial friction amongst Blacks and Whites?
    The Great Migration
  • The standing individuals pictured on the right of this cartoon would have most likely believed in what dominant theory in the late 1800s?
    Social Darwinism
  • Who is depicted here and most often associated with leading the Populist movement (and merging with the Democratic Party) as a presidential candidate in 1896?
    William Jennings Bryan
  • Out of the following historical events/developments, which happened FIRST? • Populist Party formed • Progressive movement • Rockefeller creates Standard Oil Co. • Building of the Panama Canal
    Rockefeller creates Standard Oil Co.
  • Which president was known as the "trust buster"?
    President Teddy Roosevelt
  • What is this piece of wartime propaganda attempting to communicate?
    anti-German sentiment
  • Identify ONE position of the Populist Party's Omaha Platform of 1892.
    8 hour workday; add silver to the money supply; govt. ownership of r.r.; secret ballot; direct election of U.S. senators
  • A message from German Foreign Minister to Mexico offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. This message helped draw the United States into the war and thus changed the course of history
    Zimmerman Note (Telegram)
  • What is the phrase that BEST explains President Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy? [HINT: African proverb]
    Walk Softly and Carry a Big Stick
  • Identify the president in office at the time of the event pictured here.
    William McKinley
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