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Teddy Roosevelt wanted the Panama Canal to
a) make trade and travel faster between the Atlantic and Pacific
b) help win WWI
c) show American world power
d) unify America

Which of the following did America NOT receive after winning the Spanish American War?
a) Puerto Rico
b) Guam
c) Philippines
d) Cuba

American wanted colonies around the world in order to
a) give Americans somewhere to move to due to overcrowding
b) acquire natural resources and markets for goods
c) construct military bases to spread American power around the world
d) resettle Native Americans

Fruit and Sugar plantations were the main reason for American acquisition of
a) Hawaii
b) Cuba
c) Guam
d) Philippines

Alfred Thayer Mahan encouraged American acquiring colonies for
a) strategic military reasons
b) economic benefits from trade
c) to spread American culture
d) to encourage immigration from other parts of the world

Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy of a strong military was referred to as
a) the Big Stick policy
b) the Moral diplomacy policy
c) Peace through Strength
d) America First Policy

Teddy Roosevelt's contribution to conservation and the environment was
a) to punish polluters
b) to add Alaska as a territory
c) to end oil drilling
d) to expand the National Park Service

The Spanish American War was partially caused by the destruction of
a) the USS Maine
b) the Lusitania
c) the Sussex
d) the Titanic

Exaggerated press stories about Cuba and Spain that led America to war was called
a) the new news
b) the press fad
c) fake news
d) yellow journalism

After the Spanish American War Cuba was
a) added as a state
b) given its independence
c) added as a territory
d) added to the state of Florida for a while

Progressivism was a push to reform from what part of society
a) rural farmers
b) the most wealthy Americans
c) the urban middle class
d) the urban poor

To help fund Progressive policies, states ratified the 16th Amendment creating
a) a national sales tax
b) the federal reserve
c) the federal income tax
d) a federal bank to loan the government money

The 19th amendment
a) gave women the right to vote
b) changed the way we elected senators
c) made alcohol illegal
d) made alcohol legal again

Prohibition, the outlawing of alcohol in the US, was begun and ended with which amendments?
a) 17th and 21st
b) 19th and 20th
c) 18th and 21st
d) 21st and 23rd.

Progressive Era journalists who exposed corruption or dangers in society were called
a) muckrakers
b) dirty journalists
c) crusaders
d) guardians

Susan B Anthony was most associated with which reform movement
a) women's suffrage
b) ending poverty
c) immigrant rights
d) urban political corruption

The sources of corruption in cities was mostly tied to
a) political machines
b) immigration
c) lack of sanitation
d) poverty

Ida B Wells and W. E. B. DuBois founded what civil rights organization
a) League of Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
b) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
c) Rainbow Coalition
d) GI Forum

The Great Migration was the movement of what group
a) African Americans
b) people in poverty
c) Asian Americans
d) Hispanic Americans

The African Americans of the Great Migration moved North for all the reasons except
a) to become citizens of the country
b) to find jobs
c) to escape Southern violence
d) for better education opportunities

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