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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which was not a cause of the Spanish-American War in 1898?
Spanish cruelties in Cuba
President McKinley's desire for war
yellow journalism
the sinking of the Maine
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which region became a territory of the United States after the U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War?
the Philippines
Mexico
the Badlands
Jamaica
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which was one major reason the United States entered World War I on the Allied side?
Woodrow Wilson wanted to be a peacemaker.
Germany attacked passenger ships and U.S. ships that carried supplies to the Allies.
England violated the U.S. policy of neutrality.
France invaded Germany and Germany was an ally of the United States.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which statements accurately describe results of the United States' entry into World War I?
The United States helped the Allies win the war.
U.S. factories converted to make more corsets and bicycles.
The United States continued its isolationist policy.
The United States trained more than a million men as soldiers.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Using the wall map, identify which U.S. territory acquired during the Spanish-American War is directly east of the Philippines and is home to an important U.S. air and naval base?
Puerto Rico
the Virgin Islands
American Samoa
Guam
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which is a major American right that people living in the United States' outlying areas do not have?
participating in elections for their governors
traveling freely around the United States
sending mail through the U.S. postal service
voting fully in Congress and for the president
- 7. Multiple Choice
Using the wall map, identify which is the largest U.S. territory in the Caribbean, an island acquired from Spain after the Spanish-American War?
Navassa Island
the Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
American Samoa
- 8. Multiple Choice
Woodrow Wilson had progressive goals. Which areas of reform did he oppose or ignore?
banking and tariffs
the rights of women and blacks
working conditions and hours
farming issues
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which position did William Howard Taft want more than the presidency of the United States?
chief justice of the Supreme Court
secretary of the navy
governor of New Jersey
president of Princeton University
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which statement accurately describes an aspect of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency?
He signed a law granting U.S. citizenship to Native Americans.
He reduced America's involvement in foreign affairs.
He popularized conservation and respect for natural wonders.
He refused to take legal action against monopolies and trusts.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which term describes a person who believes a nation should expand by taking over foreign lands?
philanthropist
populist
pacifist
imperialist
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which political party founded by Theodore Roosevelt divided the Republican vote in 1912 and allowed a Democrat to be elected president?
Progressive Party
Free Soil Party
Socialist Party
Federalist Party
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