US History Guided Reading, Chapter 5

Directions: Read the following lessons in your textbook and answer the prompts below. Use a different color or highlight your answers.

Lesson 1

  1. What factors led the U.S. to realize an imperialist vision in the late 1890s?

Other countries and imperialism

  1. Why did the US look to the Pacific for new markets?

Because they can make more profit

  1. What role did Sanford Dole play in Hawaii’s annexation to the U.S.?

Dole was he first governor for Hawaii and responsible for ending monarchy in Hawaii

  1. Explain one reason to support and one reason to oppose an imperialist policy for the U.S.

They would support it because more power and money and Josiah Strong said that God has given them the right (divine right)

they wouldn’t support it because it can cause war with other countries.

Lesson 2

  1. Describe the level of autonomy that Cuba obtained after the Spanish-American War.

They obtained their independence

  1. Identify two results of the U.S. intervening in the revolution in Cuba.

Cuba gained freedom from spain. And the US aquired Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam.

  1. Why was the U.S. willing to go to war with Spain over Cuba?
  2. How did the U.S. develop an overseas empire?

Lesson 3

  1. How did the Open Door policy help prevent any one nation from monopolizing trade with China?
  2. Explain major reasons the U.S. wanted to build a canal through Central America.
  3. Was President Roosevelt correct in his believe that a strong military presence promoted global peace? Explain.
  4. How did “moral diplomacy” shape President Wilson’s foreign policy?

US History Guided Reading, Chapter 6

Lesson 1

  1. What was the primary goal of Progressive Era muckrakers?
  2. Why did women’s organizations work for the passage of prohibition?
  3. How did progressives hope to make government more efficient and responsive to citizens?
  4. Why did progressives support the woman suffrage movement?
  5. What problems did social-welfare progressives attempt to reform?

Lesson 2

  1. Explain why President Taft fired Gifford Pinchot.
  2. Identify three ways in which Taft helped conservation efforts and child labor problems.
  3. What approach did Roosevelt take toward regulating big business?
  4. Why did President Roosevelt support conservation?
  5. Explain how President Taft’s beliefs differed from progressive beliefs.

Lesson 3

  1. The Federal Trade Commision had the power to investigate companies engaging in what actions that unfairly limited competition?
  2. Compare and contrast Wilson’s economic reforms and his social reforms. How are they similar? How are they different?
  3. Explain how the election of 1912 was different from previous presidential elections.
  4. How did Wilson earn the respect of progressives?
  5. What do you believe was progressivism’s most important success and biggest failure? List one example of each.