JEOPARDY!

1. JEOPARDY! Ch. 27 – Imperialism Ch. 28/29 – Progressive Era Ch. 30 - World War I

2. 1. Which of these was not a "muckraker"? • Ezra Pound • Lincoln Steffens • Upton Sinclair • Ida M. Tarbell • Which form of municipal government • took root in Galveston, Texas, in 1900? • Commission type • City manager • Mayor-council • Interlocking directorate

3. 3. Josiah Strong did which of the following: • Advocated American intervention to collect customs in the Dominican Republic. • Said the United States was ordained by God to spread its Christian teachings worldwide. • Argued the anti-imperialist position regarding the Philippines. • Wrote The Influence of Sea Power Upon History.

4. After the attack on the Sussex, Germany: • Warned that it would hold the Allies to "strict accountability" for interference with German shipping. • Occupied Belgium and the Netherlands. • Invited Mexico to join the Central Powers. • Promised that merchant ships would not be sunk without warning and providing for the safety of noncombatants

5. In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court: • Upheld a maximum ten-hour day for working women in Oregon. • Forbade Oregon from regulating the wages of working women. • Sanctioned freedom of contract in employment. • Held a series of state social welfare laws to be unconstitutional.

6. 6. Who claimed that "no nation can become a world power without a powerful navy"? • Dupuy de Lome • Emilio Aguinaldo • Alfred T. Mahan • Josiah Strong

7. When he called for "peace without victory" in World War I, Wilson: • Endorsed the concept of a "no-win" war. • Was seeking the backing of antiwar elements in America. • Felt that only a peace among equals, not a treaty between the victor and the vanquished, could endure. • Acknowledged the Allies' lack of preparedness to fight the Central Powers.

8. 8. TR’s Bureau of Corporations was superseded by Wilson’s: • Department of Commerce and Labor. • Federal Reserve Board. • Internal Revenue Service. • Federal Trade Commission. • 9. Most supportive of the Clayton Antitrust Act were: • Farmers. • Labor unions. • Corporations. • Conservationists

9. 10. Which of these statements regarding American interest in Hawaii is false? • Hawaii became a territory during Cleveland's administration. • In 1893 a revolt resulted in the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani. • The United States was instrumental in permitting a group of sugar growers to establish a Hawaiian republic. • Hawaii did not become a state until 1959.

10. 11. To finance World War I, the United States relied on all of the following except: • Higher income taxes. • Sale of war bonds. • Excess profits and inheritance taxes. • Temporary national sales taxes • 12. Who served as director of the Committee on Public Information? • Herbert Hoover • William Gibbs McAdoo • William Howard Taft • George Creel

11. 13. Who was the first president to side with org- anized labor in a dispute with management? • William McKinley • Theodore Roosevelt • William Howard Taft • Woodrow Wilson • 14. Funds for the Newlands Act came from: • The income tax. • Corporation taxes. • Recreational user fees. • Revenues earmarked from the sale of • public lands in the West

12. 15. Where is San Juan Hill located? • Santiago, Chile • Santiago, Cuba • Manila • San Juan, Puerto Rico • From the treaty ending the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired all of the following except: • a. Guam • b. Philippines • c. Cuba • d. Puerto Rico.

13. 17. Prior to assuming command of the American Expeditionary Force, General Pershing had: • Directed the conscription of troops. • Handled relief efforts in France. • Sought to capture the Mexican bandit Pancho Villa. • Opposed the use of black troops in the military. • 18. Which of the following was not among the 14 Points? • Open diplomacy • Reducing armaments • Ending tariff barriers / free trade • Returning Alsace-Lorraine to Italy

14. Taft split the Republican party into "Old Guard" and "progressive" wings by his actions in all of the following except: • a. A bitter dispute over conservation of natural resources • b. Credentials dispute at the 1912 Republican convention • c. Payne-Aldrich Tariff • d. Mine safety legislation

15. Anti-imperialists objected to annexation • of the Philippines for all of these reasons except: • Inconsistency with the Teller Amendment. • The need for naval bases and coaling stations in the Far East. • To consider the Filipinos as colonists would violate the spirit of the Declaration of Independence. • The Aguinaldo revolt proved that the Filipinos did not desire American occupation.

16. Those desiring changes in the Paris peace treaty were the: • a. Reservationists • b. Isolationists. • c. Irreconcilables. • d. Internationalists • 22. In the Zimmermann telegram, Germany: • Apologized for the sinking of the Lusitania. • Declared war on France. • Proposed an alliance with Mexico against the United States. • Announced the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare

17. 23. Which of these statements regarding the election of 1912 is false? • Taft won the Republican nomination but lost the primaries. • The Democratic nominee was chosen on the 46th ballot. • The Progressive party candidate polled no electoral votes. • The winner polled less than a majority of the popular vote.

18. 24.The Foraker Act did which of the following? • Allowed America to build a future canal across Nicaragua. • Established a limited civil government in Puerto Rico. • Required American traders to respect "spheres of influence" in China. • Renounced American interests in occupying Cuba

19. 25. What lone black took the leading role in the formation of the NAACP? • Carter Woodson • William E. B. Du Bois • William Monroe Trotter • Booker T. Washington • 26. The “New Freedom” did not include: • Establishment of the Food and Drug Administration. • Federal Trade Commission. • Underwood Tariff. • Clayton Antitrust Act.

20. 27. Dollar diplomacy" refers to: • Construction of an interoceanic canal to assist world trade. • Encouragement of American trade and investments in such areas as Latin America and the Far East. • European investment in American finance. • Maintaining the right of transit across Panama

21. The Democrats won the 1916 election • because: • The Republicans lost their majority party status. • Wilson's supporters skillfully used the theme “He Kept Us Out of War.” • Wilson's snub of Progressive Hiram Johnson helped the Democrats to win California. • The Republicans failed to take advantage of Wilson's failed Mexican policy.

22. 29. Who instituted the direct primary? • Theodore Roosevelt • Robert M. La Follette, Sr. • Woodrow Wilson • William Howard Taft • 30. Immediately before becoming vice- pres., Theodore Roosevelt had served as: • Assistant secretary of the navy. • Mayor of New York City. • U.S. senator. • Governor of New York

23. Theodore Roosevelt's critics accused him of trying to annex what country when he took over its customs house in 1903? • Cuba • Dominican Republic • Venezuela • Puerto Rico

24. 32. San Francisco became the subject of inter- • national attention in 1906 because of its policy of • Banning the importation of Hawaiian sugar. • Passing a resolution against the Open Door Policy. • Segregating Asian school children. • Recruiting Chinese laborers.

25. 33. Eugene Debs was imprisoned for: • Violating the Sedition Act. • Failure to pay income taxes. • Corruption in his union. • Wartime profiteering. • 34. Which agency fixed prices for war materials and determined what manufacturers could use and to whom deliveries could be made? • United States Peace Commission • National War Labor Board • War Industries Board • Office of Price Administration