Question: Richard Ballinger

Answer: Old Guard Republican; Taft’s Secretary of Interior; Opened a lot of public land for private use

Question: Jacob Riis

Answer: Wrote “How the Other Half Lives” (Story about the poor)

Question: Dupuy DeLome

Answer: Spanish minister who’s letter that criticized McKinley was headlined by Heart in order to support US involvement in Cuba

Question: Lincoln Steffers

Answer: Wrote “Shame of the Cities”

Question: Pancho Villa

Answer: Rebel Mexican General who led a raid against Columbus, New Mexico, killing 17 Americans

Question: George Creel

Answer: Headed the Committee on Public Information, for promoting the war effort in WWI

Question: Ida Tarbell

Answer: Wrote “History of Standard Oil Company”

Question: Valeriano Weyler

Answer: Known as the “Butcher”, sent from Spain to Cuba; tried to crush Cuban rebellion by herding people into concentration camps

Question: Woodrow Wilson

Answer: 28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women’s suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize

Question: Theodore Roosevelt

Answer: 26th president, known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, “Square Deal,” Panama Canal, Great White Fleet, Nobel Peace Prize for negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War