Platform named for a city in Nebraska that was later adopted by the Democrats.
What is Omaha Platform
100
He was the Republican presidential candidate in 1896
(Later assassinated in 1901).
Who is William Mckinley
100
Because they were always writing about the problems in American society,Teddy Roosevelt gave these journalists
this name.
What is muckrakers
100
He was president of this Ivy League College before becoming governor of New Jersey.
What is Princeton
100
Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Prinzip assassinated this Archduke to begin the series of events that led to World War One.
Who is Franz Ferdinand
200
Youngest person ever to run for president who delivered the famous "Cross of Gold" speech at the 1896 Democratic convention.
Who is William Jennings Bryan
200
The U.S. sent the battleship Maine to this Caribbean Island to help protect U.S. citizens in 1898.
What is The Maine
200
What act of Congress was the result of Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle?"
What is the Meat Inspection Act
200
Wilson won the election of 1912 because this former president ran as a third party candidate.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt
200
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire made up the alliance known as the ___________ Powers.
What is Central
300
Populists proposed a graduated income tax, which later became the __th amendment.
What is 16th.
300
This future president won the medal of honor for his actions in the Spanish-American War with his group known as the "Rough Riders."
Who is Teddy Roosevelt
300
This was Lincoln Steffens exposition about graft and corruption in big city politics.
What is "The Shame of the Cities"
300
Wilson's "New Freedom" platform attacked what he called the "triple wall of ___________."
What is privilege
300
At the beginning of the war, Great Britain, France, and __________ made up the alliance known as the Triple Entente.
What is Russia
400
Populists also proposed the direct election of senators, which became the __ th amendment.
What is 17th.
400
Because it took so long for the battleship Oregon to travel from San Francisco around South America, the U.S. then made arrangements with what country to make a Central American canal.
What is Panama
400
This series of articles by Ida Tarbell revealed the monopolistic practices of John D. Rockefeller.
What is "The History of Standard Oil"
400
During his first term, Wilson urged Americans to stay neutral in this European conflict.
What is The Great War (WWI)
400
The sinking of this British passenger liner with 128 Americans aboard turned public opinion against the Germans.
What is the Lusitania
500
To avoid voter intimidation, populists also proposed a secret ballot, known as the __________ ballot.
Hint (Its named for the land "down under").
What is Australian
500
Although the U.S. granted Cuba its freedom, it decided to keep this island group that put us close to the lucrative Chinese markets.
What is the Philippines
500
This progressive writer exposed the horrid living conditions of the new immigrants in "How the Other Half Lives."
Who is Jacob Riis
500
At the end of The Great War, Wilson proposed a peace plan known as the _______.
What is The 14 Points
500
This radical Russian leader led the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.