ESL Imperialism/Progressives Test Review

Boss Tweed was the leader of Tammany Hall, which was a ...

• charitable organization
• business corporation
• political machine

What is Susan B. Anthony in most known for?

• Women's suffrage leadership

• Labor union leadership
• Civil rights activism

Which of these people were businessmen from the Gilded Age? (more than one)

• John Rockefeller

• Eugene Debs

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Andrew Carnegie

• Leland Stanford

Which Wisconsin Idea is used to remove a person from office because they are bad at doing the job they were elected to do?

• Initiative

• Referendum

• Recall

• Termination

"Whether we will it or no, Americans must now look outward. The growing production of the country demands it. An increasing volume of the public sentiment demands it."

Alfred T. Mahan

Which policy is Mahan referring to?

• Militarism

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

Due to continuing arguments with Spain concerning Cuba, once the De Lome was intercepted, President McKinley asked congress to ...

• declare war on Spain
• negotiate a peace treaty with Spain
• send troops to the Philippines

Which set of events is in the correct order?

• Annexation of Hawaii

  Purchase of Alaska

  Completion of Panama Canal

• Annexation of Hawaii

  Treaty to own the Philippines

  Completion of Panama Canal

• Completion of Panama Canal

  Purchase of Alaska

  Purchase of Midway

What did the U.S. do once it fulfilled manifest destiny in 1890?

• The U.S. withdrew from all its territories.
• The U.S. looked to acquire territories overseas to create economic growth.

• The U.S. declared war on Mexico again.

Click on all of the following that were problems for Gilded Age immigrants.

• Tenements

• Political bosses

• Infrequent rain

• Ethnic slums

• Poor sanitation

What policy gained access to trade with China?

• Open Door Policy
• Maritime Trade Act
• Silk Road Initiative