Overseas Expansion test is moved to FRIDAY!

Hi everyone! I wanted you to know that I am moving the test because I am going to another school to visit today (I am going to bring back lots of good ideas!). Below is a list of the Jeopardy Game Questions....start studying...these are not all of the questions, but most!
The “-isms”
100: What “-ism” did we display with our treatment of Hawaii?
200: What “-ism” did George Washington think the U.S. should subscribe to?
300: In the 1800’s, ___________ ______________ was sent on a mission to open trade relations with the Japanese.
400: William Seward was a leader of ____________________, in which the U.S. gained more land and territories.
500: The U.S. purchased _____________ for 7.2 million dollars from _____________.

Theodore Roosevelt
100: President Roosevelt helped Russia and Japan settle their differences over trading rights in China by leading them to sign the ____________ ______ ________________.
200: President Roosevelt sent the ______ _____________ ____________ on a ‘tour’ of the world in order to show everyone that our navy was strong and powerful.
300: Before becoming president, Teddy Roosevelt was the ________ ___________ ____ _____ _______.
400: Teddy Roosevelt left his job with the navy and joined the fighting in ___________.
500: In the Spanish-American War, Teddy Roosevelt led the _________ ___________ at the _____________ _____ _________ __________ ____________.


The Spanish American War
100: ____________ had been under Spain’s rule for many years.
200: President McKinley sent _____ _____________ to Havana, Cuba in order to establish an American presence and hopefully end fighting.
300: The first battles of the Spanish-American War took place in ____ ____________________.
400: ____________ ____________________ led the Filipino rebel groups and ________ ______________ led the Cuban rebels.
500: A form of reporting called __________ ____________ seemed to fuel the fire in America because it ___________________________________________________________________________________.

The Pacific
100: Americans not only went to Hawaii to spread Christianity, they also taught Hawaiians how to grow ______________.
200: The U.S. and Germany exercised imperialism when they decided to divide the ___________ ____________.
300: The U.S. exempted all sugar entering the U.S. from Hawaii of taxes in exchange for ___________________________________.
400: Many countries had trading rights in certain areas of China called _________ ___ ________________.
500: The ___________ _____ __________________ was signed to end the Russo-Japanese War.

The Panama Canal
100: ______________ tried to build a canal in Panama first.
200: The strip of land the canal is built on is ____________ miles wide.
300: Many workers who were building the canal caught ________ ________ and ____________ from mosquitoes.
400: ___________ ______________ was an army doctor who is credited with providing strategies that decreased disease-causing malaria mosquitoes among canal workers.
500: The canal, which opened in _________, cut more than 7,000 miles off the trip from New York City to San Francisco.






Answers
The “-isms”
100: What “-ism” did we display with our treatment of Hawaii? imperialism
200: What “-ism” did George Washington think the U.S. should subscribe to? isolationism
300: In the 1800’s, __Matthew Perry__ was sent on a mission to open trade relations with the Japanese.
400: William Seward was a leader of _expansionism_, in which the U.S. gained more land and territories.
500: The U.S. purchased Alaska__ for 7.2 million dollars from Russia__.

Theodore Roosevelt
100: President Roosevelt helped Russia and Japan settle their differences over trading rights in China by leading them to sign the __Treaty of Portsmouth..
200: President Roosevelt sent the Great White Fleet_ on a ‘tour’ of the world in order to show everyone that our navy was strong and powerful.
300: Before becoming president, Teddy Roosevelt was the assistant secretary to the navy.
400: Teddy Roosevelt left his job with the navy and joined the fighting in Cuba_.
500: In the Spanish-American War, Teddy Roosevelt led the _Rough Riders at the Battle of San Juan Hill.


The Spanish American War
100: __Cuba__________ had been under Spain’s rule for many years.
200: President McKinley sent __The Maine__ to Havana, Cuba in order to establish an American presence and hopefully end fighting.
300: The first battles of the Spanish-American War took place in __the__ ____Philippines________________.
400: _______Emilio _____ ___Aquinaldo_________________ led the Filipino rebel groups and __Jose______ ___Marti___________ led the Cuban rebels.
500: A form of reporting called ____Yellow_____ __Journalism__________ seemed to fuel the fire in America because it ______made huge issues out of smaller issues and Americans believed the false reporting, which angered them and made them want to help the Cubans.__________ _.

The Pacific
100: Americans not only went to Hawaii to spread Christianity, they also taught Hawaiians how to grow ____sugar cane__________.
200: The U.S. and Germany exercised imperialism when they decided to divide the __Samoa_________ __Islands__________.
300: The U.S. exempted all sugar entering the U.S. from Hawaii of taxes in exchange for _____opening a naval base at Pearl Harbor______________________________.
400: Many countries had trading rights in certain areas of China called __Spheres of Influence_________.
500: The ________Treaty of Portsmouth___ was signed to end the Russo-Japanese War.

The Panama Canal
100: France tried to build a canal in Panama first.
200: The strip of land the canal is built on is _50___________ miles wide.
300: Many workers who were building the canal caught ___Yellow Fever_____ ________ and __malaria__________ from mosquitoes.
400: _William__________ __Gorgas____________ was an army doctor who is credited with providing strategies that decreased disease-causing malaria mosquitoes among canal workers.
500: The canal, which opened in ___1914______, cut more than 7,000 miles off the trip from New York City to San Francisco.

9 Week Exams!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope that you all enjoyed the extended break from school! I wanted to remind everyone that we have a 9 week exam on Thursday of this week. Here are a few reminders of what you need to know:
9 Week Test Study Guide
Mrs. Freeman, Team #2
Social Studies
TEST IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 8

Inventors & Immigrants
• How do inventions and technology differ from when your parents were your age?
• Samuel Morse
• Telegraph
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Granville Woods
• Cyrus Field
• What was the first thing transmitted via telephone?
• What was Thomas Edison’s first invention?
• What was Woolworths?
• What was Thomas Edison’s nickname?
• George Eastman
• John Thurman
• Jan E. Matzeliger
• Elijah McCoy
• George Westinghouse
• Henry Ford
• What was so unique about the Sears & Roebuck catalog when it was first published?
• Corporation
• Trust
• Monopoly
• Philanthropy
• Sweatshop
• What were some of the hazards of working in a sweatshop?
• Emigrate
• Ethnic group
• Steerage
• Assimilate
• Statue of Liberty
• Emma Lazarus
• Ellis Island
• Angel Island
• Nativist
• Who gave the U.S. the Statue of Liberty?
• Where would immigrants from Europe most likely enter the U.S.?
• Where would immigrants from China most likely enter the U.S.?
• What was so difficult about the trip to America if you were an immigrant (name at least 3 things).
• Tenement
• Slum
• Suburb
• Settlement house
• The Gilded Age
• What were new forms of city transportation emerging during this time?
• Make sure you can read a line graph and know LUKCAS!
• Land grant college
• Realism
• Booker T. Washington
• What is a spectator sport? Give 2 examples.
Progressivism
• What is progressivism? What is the root word for Progressivism?
• Political machine
• Political boss
• Patronage
• Muckraker
• 17th Amendment
• Who was Boss Tweed? Where was he from?
• Thomas Nast
• What happened in Galveston, TX in 1900? How did they rebuild their city?
• Who were the first 2 presidents who wanted to change the spoils system?
• When did the corruption among politics begin (that we know of from our political cartoons)?
• Lincoln Steffens
• Ida Tarbell
• Upton Sinclair
• Suffragist
• Prohibition
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
• Wyoming
• 19th Amendment
• 18th Amendment
• Make sure you can use TACOS to analyze a political cartoon
• Square deal
• Conservation
• 16th Amendment
• Who started the Bull Moose Party and how?
• Was Roosevelt first elected as a President or Vice President? Explain.
Overseas Expansion
• Who really wanted to purchase Alaska? What did the people of the U.S. say about that?
• Who did we purchase Alaska from and for how much?
• Annexation
• Midway
• Pearl Harbor
• What are the three “-isms” and what do they mean?
• Who was Matthew Perry and what was his mission?
• What did Alfred Thayer Mahan say the US needed?
• What did the U.S. do in Hawaii?
• What did we teach the Hawaiians to grow?
• How did we eventually get Pearl Harbor?
• What did the U.S. do in Samoa?
• Do you agree or disagree with what we did in Hawaii and Samoa? Why or why not?


Study hard and GOOD LUCK!!