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Final Jeopardy
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What President helped the
process to protect the
nation’s natural resources?
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President
Theodore Roosevelt
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What
did Congress expand?
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Park system
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How
many acres of land
were set aside for
conservation?
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More than 200 million
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
The Spanish American War was fought
to?
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Free
rule
Cuba from Spanish
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Late
th
19
century
th
and early 20
century American
imperialism can be
explained as…
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A
desire to profit both
politically and economically
from involvement in foreign
affairs
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
What started the Spanish
American War?
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USS
Maine was sunk by an
explosion in Havana, Cuba
that America blamed on
Spain
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The
US declared war on
Spain after Spain refused
to give what country their
independence?
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
Cuba
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The
treaty ending the
Spanish-American War did
what?
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Gave
Cuba independence
from Spain
US paid $20 million to Spain
for the Philippines, Puerto
Rico, and Guam
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How did the US benefit
from the Filipino people
revolting against Spain?
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The
Philippines are a major
link in the US – Asian trade
route
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What
was the US
chief argument for
expansion?
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Economic
motive– the US
industrial economy had
grown and new markets
were needed.
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Why
did the US want to
build the Panama Canal?
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To
create a shorter trade
route between the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans
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How
did the US get
control over the land for
the Panama Canal?
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 The
US bought the land from a
French company for $40 million,
when the US and Columbia
couldn’t work out an agreement,
the US told the French company if
they could organize a revolution
against Columbia, the US wouldn’t
interfere. They did and the US
grabbed Panama from the
Columbians.
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The
Roosevelt Corollary
was an extension of what?
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
The Monroe Doctrine
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
What did the Roosevelt Corollary say?
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The US had the right to
intervene and stabilize the
economy in Caribbean and
Central American countries
if they could not pay their
international debts.

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What proverb did
Theodore Roosevelt apply
to American foreign policy?

Check Your Answer

“Speak softly and carry a
big stick”
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In 1916, Congress passed the KeatingOwen Child Labor Act. This legislation
attempted to ban the sale of products
made by children under the age of 14
or products from sweatshops where
children worked more than 8 hours a
day or night. When did this attempt to
reform child labor occur?

Check Your Answer
The
Progressive Era
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What
effect did Thomas
Edison’s patent of the
electric light bulb in 1880
and George Westinghouse’s
invention of an alternating
current system in 1886 have
on the American system?
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Together
they allowed for
the growth of factories
away from waterways
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 What
effect did the
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
have on westward expansion?
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It established territories
that led to statehood
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Jane
Addams was a leading
figure of the Progressive
Era, in which a number of
women played prominent
roles. She is associated
with?
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Hull
House and
settlement houses
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US
interventions in Latin
America are best
associated with what
policy?
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Roosevelt
Corollary
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
During the Progressive Era, journalists
who exposed corruption in business and
politics were called
_____________________.
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
Muckrakers
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In 1894, employees making
Pullman railway cars went on
strike after the company cut
their wages. President
Cleveland sent in federal
troops, ending the strike. The
Pullman strike is an example
of

Check Your Answer

industrial unrest occurring
during the late 18-early
1900’s
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In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896),
the U.S. Supreme Court
established that “separate
but equal” laws did not
violate the US Constitution.
This decision allowed states
to enact

Check Your Answer

Jim Crow laws
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In response to growth in the
railroad industry, large steel
mills were built in
Pennsylvania and Ohio during
the 1870’s. Growth in the
railroad and steel industries
led to the development of
Check Your Answer

Monopolies and trusts
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
th
13 ,
th
14 ,
In order, the
and
th
15 amendments granted
African American males
Check Your Answer

Freedom, citizenship and the right to
vote
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Describe
the Great
Compromise
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The Great Compromise solved the issue
of representation in Congress.
 It combined the New Jersey plan which
benefitted small states and the Virginia
plan which benefitted large states to
form a bicameral legislature.
 The Senate has equal representation
from each state and the House of
Representatives is based on population.
