History Chapter 20-21 Study guide

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What is “yellow journalism

It refers to sensationalist news coverage that was designed to sell papers and manipulate public opinion

Emilio Aguinaldo

was the Filipino rebel leader

The Philippine-American War became known for

its brutality and the atrocities committed by both sides

The Platt Amendment

sharply restricted the independence of Cuba’s new government

The Open Door polic

proposed that foreign powers keep China trade open to all nations on an equal basis

In the election of 1900, the McKinley-Roosevelt ticket campaigned on a platform that

supported American territorial acquisitions following the Spanish-American War

Frederick W. Taylor

wrote The Principles of Scientific Management

The commission system of city government was first adopted in:

Galveston, Texas

In the area of conservation, Theodore Roosevelt:

used the Forest Reserve Act to withdraw over 170 million acres of timberland from logging

Woodrow Wilson was:

a professor and college president

Alfred Thayer Mahan:

argued that sea power was essential to national greatness

The battleship Maine

exploded in Havana Harbor and fueled calls for war with Spain

The Teller Amendment:

disavowed any American designs on Cuban territory

A major reason that the United States annexed the Philippines despite anti-imperialist opposition in the United States was because:

the islands were located very close to China and China’s potential markets

When the United States and Colombia could not agree on a price for the Canal Zone

the United States lent support to a separatist rebellion in the Colombian province of Panama

Why did Theodore Roosevelt send the Great White Fleet on a world tour between 1907 and 1909?

to demonstrate that the United States had arrived as a world power

The muckrakers saw their primary objective as:

exposing social problems to the public

During the coal strike of 1902:

President Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the “big stick” against corporations

The title of the novel that described the terrible conditions of the meat-packing industry was

The Jungle

Woodrow Wilson’s New Freedom platform

proposed vigorous anti-trust action to break up corporate concentration