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Week Six Assignment

History 1302

1. One of the early problems in building a canal in the Caribbean was the fact that the

United States had committed itself to two treaties that were obstacles to the building of acanal. These treaties were the ______________________ Treaty and the___________________-______________________ Treaty.

2. When the United States opened negotiations for the Panama Canal with Columbia theUnited States offered $10 million in cash for the canal. Columbia refused the offer andheld for __________________________.

3. The _________________________ ________________________ stated that becausethe Monroe Doctrine prohibited intervention in the Caribbean by Europeans, the UnitedStates was justified in intervening first to forestall involvement by outsiders.

4. With the help of Theodore Roosevelt, Russia and Japan agreed to terms of the Treaty of_____________________________ which put an end to the Russo-Japanese War.

5. The Taft-Katsura Agreement of July 29, 1905 stated that the United States would acceptJapanese control of __________________________ while Japan promised to keep out ofthe __________________________.

6. The Act of Algeciras affirmed the independence of _____________________ andguaranteed an open door for trade there but provided for the training and control of________________________ police by France and Spain.

7. The ___________________ _____________________________

____________________ was a tour of the United States navy around the world to showthe world how great the United States was in terms of naval strength.

8. Progressives believed that society could be reformed by creative____________________ and concerted action.

9. The progressive impulse rose in response to many _________________ changes, themost powerful of which were the devastating depression of the 1890s and its attendantsocial unrest.

10.Progressive reformers shared a common assumption that the complex social ills andtensions generated by the ______________________-_______________________

required new responses.

11.The progressive impulse arose in part in a desire to counter the growing influence of___________________ doctrines by promoting more mainstream reforms.

12.The most important reform that political progressives promoted to democratizegovernment and encourage greater political participation was the __________________

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________________________, or the nomination of candidates by the vote of all partymembers rather than an inner circle of activists.

13.__________________________ _____________________________ promised toreduce waste through the scientific analysis of labor processes.

14.The regulation of ______________________________ raised more concerns among theProgressives than most of the other issues of the day.

15._________________________ _________________________ were the driving forcebehind the grassroots progressive movement.

16.The _____________________ ________________________ was an effort of many toexpress their faith through aid to the less fortunate.

17.Given the importance of __________________________ as arenas for local politics,prohibitionists could equate the liquor traffic with Progressive suspicion of bossismand special interests.

18.Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to challenge the myth of Americas havinginexhaustible ___________________________ _______________________.

19. Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot were utilitarian progressives who weredetermined to ensure that entrepreneurs and industrialists exploited nature in_______________________ _______________________.

20.The real surprise of the 1908 election was the showing of _____________________________________________ who was the Socialist party candidate and former labor hero.

21.One of the major tragedies of William Howard Tafts presidency was that Nellie Taft

suffered a deliberating stroke soon after they entered the White House, and for most ofhis term she remained unable to serve as his _________________________________________.

22.___________________________ _______________________ was the man whoreported the unethical actions of Richard Ballinger to President Taft.

23.By firing Gifford Pinchot, William Howard Taft infuriated Theodore Roosevelt whobelieved that Taft had fallen under the spell of ________________________________________ __________________the leadership.

24.The main reason for the split that occurred in the friendship between William Howard

Taft and Theodore Roosevelt was Tafts willingness to oppose Roosevelt in thegovernments antitrust case against ________________________________________________ _______________________.

25.The ____________________-_______________________ Act empowered the InterstateCommerce Commission to initiate changes in railroad freight rates.