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Facts Facts Facts Facts Facts Facts
What amendment allowed the government to begin income taxes?
16th
Name 3 territories we got as a result of the Spanish-American
War.
Guam, Puerto Rico, the Philippines
Are Puerto Ricans U.S. citizens?
yes
Andrew Carnegie
Who paid $20 for the U.S. to buy the Philippines from Spain?
Who helped the Rough Riders take San Juan Hill in the Spanish-
American War?
Teddy Roosevelt
Which amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, and
consumption of alcohol?
18th
Which amendment allowed women’s suffrage?
19th
Which amendment allowed the people to elect senators directly?
17th
Which president later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
William Howard Taft
Roosevelt was a war hero and had lots of energy.
Why did McKinley choose Roosevelt for his Vice President?
To regulate business for the good of the public
What was the purpose of the Interstate Commerce Commission?
jingoism
What term means extreme nationalism?
1898
What year did the Spanish-American War occur?
1893 1898 1900 19011903 1906 1913
1913
In what year was the Federal Reserve Act passed?
1893 1898 1900 19011903 1906 1913
1893
In what year was the last Hawaiian queen overthrown?
1893 1898 1900 19011903 1906 1913
1901
In what year was President McKinley assassinated?
1893 1898 1900 19011903 1906 1913
1906
In what year was the Pure Food & Drug Act passed?
1893 1898 1900 19011904 1906 1913
1900
In what year did the Boxer Rebellion occur?
1893 1898 1900 19011903 1906 1913
1903
In what year did the construction on the Panama Canal start? 1893
1898 1900 19011903 1906 1913
Tens of thousands of people died.
What was the result of reconcentration camps in Cuba &
the Philippines?
Japan & Russia
Between what two countries did Teddy Roosevelt negotiate peace
to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Federal Reserve Act
What law was passed to allow the central banking system the authority to issue money?
Progressivism
What term refers to the collection of ideas and activities to fix America’s
problems?
imperialism
What term means the economic and political control of a strong nation over a weaker nation?
Dollar Diplomacy
What term refers to President Taft’s policy of using the military to protect and encourage U.S. businesses to invest in trade with Latin America?
Monroe Doctrine
What law was the Roosevelt Corollary an extension of?
Referendum
What term allows proposed legislation or laws to be submitted
to the voters for approval?
Boxer Rebellion
What event began over trading rights with China caused by
America’s Open Door Policy?
To decrease the amount of alcohol consumed
What was the goal of the Prohibition Amendment?
John Muir
Who founded the Sierra Club to make the U.S. more concerned with saving
natural resources & parks?