Study Guide – Age of Imperialism and the Progressive Era
A New Age of Imperialism - Chapter 7
- How did the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 affect Africa?
- Define the following: Imperialism, Anglo-Saxonism, and Jingoism.
- What were the causes for why the United States became an imperialist nation?
- Define the following regarding U.S. foreign policy: Isolationism, Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt Corollary, and the
“Open Door” Policy
- What were the ideas of Alfred Mahan regarding imperialism?
- What were the causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War, and what is yellow journalism?
- Battles of Manilla Bay, San Juan Hill, and Santiago
- Describe how the U.S. became imperialistic in actions within the country of …
- Hawaii
(What were: Bayonet Constitution?
Newlands Resolution?)
- Philippines
(Also, what motivated America to Annex the Philippines?)
- China
- Columbia
- Mexico
- What inspired or caused the Mexican Revolution?
- Why was Pancho Villa a unique military leader?
- Why did the Mexican Revolution scare progressive reformers?
- What were the major arguments for imperialists and anti-imperialists?
Racial Segregation – Chapter 6
- What were Jim Crow Laws, and what Supreme Court case led to racial segregation across the country, especially in
the American South?
The Progressive Era - Chapter 8
** The Life of Theodore Roosevelt …
- How did he respond to his wife and mother dying of the same day?
- Why did he fight in the Spanish-American War?
- As president, what was the Southern Press’s response to his invitation of
Booker T. Washington, the first African-American to have dinner with
the president, to the White House?
- How did his lawsuit against Northern Securities give Roosevelt a
reputation as a “trust-buster”?
- What were his actions in the Coal Miners’ Strike of 1902?
- What was his “Bully Pulpit?”
** How does Theodore Roosevelt
change the American Presidency:
what were his actions, and how
these are different from those of
previous presidents?
- What did reformers of laissez-faire economics argue, and what did the
** Summarize the impact of the
growth of industry in the U.S. lead to?
Progressive Era Reforms: how do
** What reforms during the Progressive Era could be identified as socialism?
these reforms change America,
** What is socialism?
and is this socialism?
- Triangle Shirtwaist Fire – what reforms did this motivate?
- What were the reforms in child labor laws and workers’ compensation
during this era?
- Know these amendments: 16th, 17th, and 19th Amendments
* (Income tax, direct election of Senators, and women’s suffrage)
- Know the following terms: referendum, recall, direct primary, and initiative
- Consumer protections: Meat Inspection and Pure Food and Drug Acts
- What book motivated the Meat Inspection Act?
- What was the significance of the following: Federal Reserve Act and Clayton Antitrust Act?