2nd Semester Review Day 1

Journalists who
exposed corruption in
politics and horrible
business practices

2.Why were the
Interstate Commerce
Act and Sherman
Antitrust Act passed?

To Combat monopolies

3.Define the term Robber
Baron.

Rich industrialists who
use brutal tactics
towards competition
and laborers

4.Who were John D.
Rockefeller, Andrew
Carnegie and JP
Morgan?

Industrialist who made
their fortunes with
(respectively) Standard
Oil, Carnegie Steel and
banking/investing

5.What did farmers
want the Federal
Government to do in
the late 1800s?

Raise tariffs on foreign
goods

6. Define Monopoly

Controlling an
industry with only
one company

7. What branch of
government passes
initiatives, referendums,
and recalls?

Legislative

8. Describe Women’s
Suffrage.

The right for women
to vote, 19th
amendment

9. Why was the
Panama Canal built?

Connect Pacific and
Atlantic Oceans; faster
shipping and moving
warships

10. Define Roosevelt’s
Big Stick Policy

Show of force. Extension of Monroe
Doctrine; can
intervene in Latin
American affairs (Roosevelt Corollary)

11. Define Imperialism

Extending country
power over weaker
areas/countries

12. Describe President
Wilson’s 14 points.
What was the purpose
of creating it?

Freedom of the Seas, no
secret alliances, League of
Nations eliminating
imperialism, etc; trying to
prevent another World War

13. Why did Senators
oppose joining the
League of Nations?

Feared it would drag
us into another war

14. What was the
Zimmerman
Telegram?

Germany’s proposal that
Mexico start a war with US to
keep us out of WWI. It was
intercepted and was a major
cause for our involvement