Chapter 8/9 Study Guide

Chapter 8/9 Study Guide

Chapter 8 Section 1

Progressivism muckraker settlement house direct primary initiative referendum recall

1.  Give two problems that were issues during the Progressive Era

2.  Give two reforms that were developed during the Progressive Era

3.  What are muckrakers? What was their purpose?

4.  What were some ways in which city governments were reformed?

Chapter 8 Section 2

Florence Kelley NCL temperance movement suffrage NAWSA Nineteenth Amendment

1.  What hardships did women face at this time?

2.  Why did men not want women to vote?

3.  Explain the significance of the Nineteenth Amendment

4.  What role did Tennessee play in the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment?

Chapter 8 Section 3

Americanization Niagara Movement NAACP Urban League Anti-Defamation League mutualistas

1.  What were some ways in which Americans tried to change immigrants?

2.  Explain the case of Plessy v. Ferguson

3.  Who was involved with the Niagara Movement?

4.  What does NAACP stand for?

5.  Who helped Jews from discrimination?

6.  Who helped Mexicans from discrimination?

Chapter 8 Section 4

Square Deal Hepburn Act Meat Inspection Act Pure Food and Drug Act National Reclamation Act New Nationalism Progressive Party

1.  What number president of the US was Theodore Roosevelt?

2.  What were the goals of the Square Deal?

3.  What were some reforms Roosevelt put into action while in office?

4.  What were some ways in which forests were protected while Roosevelt was President?

5.  What was the issue with William Taft and Theodore Roosevelt?

Chapter 8 Section 5

New Freedom Sixteenth Amendment Federal Reserve Act Federal Trade Commission Clayton Antitrust Act

1.  Who won the election of 1912?

2.  Why were the Republicans divided in the election of 1912?

3.  What party did Roosevelt run for?

Chapter 9 Section 1

Imperialism extractive economy

1.  What were some first steps in order for the US to become a world power?

2.  Who was Alfred T. Mahan? What did he argue?

3.  What is the importance of Matthew Perry’s voyage to Japan?

4.  Explain the purchase of Alaska

5.  What President annexed Hawaii?

6.  What is the Pan-American Highway?

Chapter 9 Section 2

Yellow press jingoism Rough riders

1.  What were the causes of the Spanish-American War?

2.  What did George Dewey do in the Philippines?

3.  Explain the fighting in Cuba

4.  How many soldiers died in the Spanish American War? How?

5.  What were the effects of the Spanish-American War?

Chapter 9 Section 3

Insurrection guerrilla warfare sphere of influence

1.  Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?

2.  Why did the US want to pursue China?

3.  Explain the Open Door Policy

Chapter 9 Section 4

“big stick” diplomacy “dollar” diplomacy “moral” diplomacy

1.  What were some ways the US dealt with Puerto Rico and Cuba?

2.  Who ran the “big stick” diplomacy?

3.  Who ran the “dollar” diplomacy?

4.  Who ran the “moral” diplomacy?

5.  Explain the development of the Panama Canal