Some questions to study

UNIT 4 REVIEW SHEET: AMERICA COMES OF AGE
 How did Margaret Sanger impact women’s health issues?
 Who was Jane Addams? What were some of her primary accomplishments during the Progressive Era?
 What was the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution, and for what reason was it passed?
 What was the 17 th Amendment?
 What was the 18 th Amendment? Why was it passed?
 How does the initiative process increase the influence of voters on
politics?
 Define the term Social Gospel:
 What was the major strategy used by the NAACP in their efforts to
achieve racial equality?
 Why did many Mexican Americans form Mutualistas?
 How did the Plessy v. Ferguson court case affect American society?
 How did Theodore Roosevelt believe that the government should manage
national forests?
 How did the United States gain control of Hawaii?
 How did Alfred Thayer Mahan help to strengthen American power?
 Why did Emilio Aguinaldo organize an insurrection against U.S. rule in
the Philippines?
 When Republican William McKinley ran for reelection in 1900, why did he
choose Theodore Roosevelt as his vice-presidential running mate?
 Why did the United States propose the open door policy?
 What was the American Anti-Imperialist League? Who were some of its
most famous members?
 How did the concept of Social Darwinism connect to American
imperialism?
 Explain William Howard Taft’s “Dollar Diplomacy.”
 Explain Theodore Roosevelt’s “Square Deal.”
 What was the Urban League and in what ways did it expand economic
opportunities for African Americans in the early twentieth century?