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Tennessee US History EOC Module 2 the Progressive Era and imperialism overview quiz quiz

18questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Journalists like Upton Sinclair and Ida Tarbell who exposed corruption and abuses to spur reform were known as:

  2. Upton Sinclair's The Jungle helped bring about which reform?

  3. Theodore Roosevelt's 'Square Deal' included all of the following EXCEPT:

  4. Which Progressive Era achievement created the nation's central banking system?

  5. The initiative, referendum, and recall were Progressive reforms designed to:

  6. Match the amendment to its effect: the 19th Amendment (1920):

  7. Tennessee is historically significant to woman suffrage because it:

  8. Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois disagreed mainly over:

  9. Ida B. Wells, who began her crusade in Memphis, Tennessee, is best known for:

  10. As a result of the Spanish-American War (1898), the United States gained:

  11. A major economic cause of American imperialism around 1900 was the desire for:

  12. Why was the Panama Canal (opened 1914) strategically important?

  13. What were the main underlying causes of World War I, summarized as M-A-I-N?

  14. Which events pushed the United States to enter World War I in 1917?

  15. The Tennessee mountaineer who became one of the most decorated American heroes of World War I was:

  16. In Schenck v. United States (1919), the Supreme Court ruled that free speech could be limited when it:

  17. The Great Migration during and after World War I refers to:

  18. Why did the United States Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations?