The cartoon above was printed in 1907 in the Washington Evening Star. Uncle Sam offers a baseball bat called "National Big Stick" to a player in a Nationals uniform, a reference to President Theodore Roosevelt's big stick diplomacy.
Consider the excerpt from a speech given by the former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society: "I have had but one idea for the last three years to present to the American people, and the phraseology in which I clothe it is the old abolition phraseology.
President Franklin Roosevelt oversaw both a First New Deal and a Second New Deal to curb the Great Depression. Choose the action that was part of his First New Deal. To put Americans back to work quickly, the Public Works Administration contracted with private companies to build highways, bridges and military bases.
This, along with the discover of the Zimmermann Telegram, prompted Wilson to request a declaration of war from Congress. Select a factor that shifted American foreign policy toward imperialism in the 1890s. Navy officials supported the acquisition of Pacific islands to establish bases and coaling stations.
President Franklin Roosevelt oversaw both a First New Deal and a Second New Deal to curb the Great Depression. Choose the action that was part of his First New Deal. To put Americans back to work quickly, the Public Works Administration contracted with private companies to build highways, bridges and military bases.
This, along with the discover of the Zimmermann Telegram, prompted Wilson to request a declaration of war from Congress. Select a factor that shifted American foreign policy toward imperialism in the 1890s. Navy officials supported the acquisition of Pacific islands to establish bases and coaling stations.