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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy position toward Latin America in the early 1900’s?The United States should reduce its involvement in Latin American affairsThe Monroe Doctrine permits the United States to intervene actively in the affairs of Latin American nations.Latin American nations should form an organization to help them achieve political and economic stability.The United States should give large amounts of financial aid to help the poor of Latin Amenca. - 2. Multiple ChoiceThe Republican Presidents of the 1920’s generally followed a foreign policy based oncollective securitybrinkmanshipnoninvolvementmilitarism
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the United States formulate the Open Door policy toward China?to develop democratic institutions and practices in Chinato prevent a European and Japanese monopoly of Chinese trade and marketsto establish a military presence on the Chinese mainlandto support Japanese efforts to industrialize China
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich United States foreign policy was most directly related to the rise of big business in the late 1800s?containmentimperialismdétenteneutrality
- 5. Multiple ChoiceImperialism is __________.when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nationwhen a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrializewhen a powerful nation takes control of the economy and government of a weaker nation
- 6. Multiple ChoiceTeddy Roosevelt's policy was to "Speak softly and carry a big stick." What did he mean by this?Debate calmly, and always be willing to negotiateSpeak quietly, but yell if necessary.Negotiate peacefully, but always have the threat of the military to back you up.Never back down when there is conflict.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine established the US’s right to ___.build the Panama Canalannex Hawaiiattack the Spanishintervene in Latin America
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe purpose of the Great White Fleet’s journey was to ___.circumnavigate the globestop imperialism’s spreaddemonstrate US powerdestroy the Spanish fleet
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated or even invented stories?muckrakingyellow journalismjournalismreporting
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAreas where the imperial power protected local rulers who had to accept advice from imp. power.Dollar Diplomacyprotectoratesphere of influenceYellow Journalsim
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is imperialism?When one country takes over another countryWhen one country is allies with another countryWhen one country is at war with another countryall of these options
- 12. Multiple ChoiceFor what reason did the US imperialize?to gain raw materials for industryto create military bases around the globeto develop markets to sell goodsall of these
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhy was the Spanish-American War fought?The US wanted to help Cuba gain independence from Spain so that the US could have access to Cuba's natural resourcesThe US blamed to sinking of the USS Maine on SpainThe Spanish Ambassador wrote a letter criticizing the presidentAll of these
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the event that ignited the Spanish-American War?Explosion of the USS ArizonaSinking of the USS MaineSinking of the LusitaniaRussia
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat does this map support?US fought the Spanish navy in Atlantic and PacificSpanish-American War led to new US territoriesAmerica became a colonial power in South America by surrounding itPanama Canal is critical to US trade
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was NOT a cause of WWI?CommunismNationalismImperialismMilitarism
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe attack on this ship killed over 100 AMericans in WWI.TitanicSantanaSullivanLusitania
- 18. Multiple ChoiceConscription or drafting began in WWI due to this law.Sedition ActPropaganda ActSelective Service ActTreaty of Versailles
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWho was the president during WWI?Woodrow WilsonJefferson DavisAbraham LincolnWilliam McKinley
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich one of these was NOT one thing that Germany did to cause the United States to enter into World War One?Germany sank the USS MaineGermany sent a telegram to Mexico asking them to join the allied powers in return they will help Mexico take back land from the USGermany sank 3 US shipsGermany sank the Lusitania.
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThis was signed to end World War One.Treaty of SpainTreaty of GermanyTreaty of VersaillesTreaty of Paris
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhich one of these is 3 new technologies introduced during WWI?Atomic bombs, rifles, machine gunsTanks, repeating rifles, gas masksPoisonous gas, atomic bombs, airplanesAirplanes, poisonous gas, machine guns
- 23. Multiple Choice
Who is assassinated in 1914 to start WWI?
Archduke Ferdinand
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Sultan Mehmed V
Prince Henry of Wales
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which country takes the blame of WWI and has to pay reparations (war debt)?
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Ottoman Empire
- 25. Multiple Choice
What was the goal of the Zimmerman Telegram?
A German offer to Mexico to form an alliance against the US
An offer to split up colonized land in Africa
A letter declaring war between Germany and France
The telegram that spread news that WWI has begun
- 26. Multiple ChoiceMany unfortunate people lived in shacks referred to as _____________.HoovervillesShack TownsPoor People PlacesDirty Towns
- 27. Multiple ChoiceMost of the Dust Bowl families moved...NorthSouthEastWest
- 28. Multiple Choice
Identify a negative consequence of the Dust Bowl on farmers.
Farmers had no consequences
Farmers didn't have to work very hard anymore
Farmers could't pay their bills and possibly lost their farms
Farmers were worried there was too much rain
- 29. Multiple ChoiceMany people lost their jobs during the Great Depression. The national government responded with President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal," whichprovided programs to help people make money to provide for their needs.helped reduce the national debt, providing more capital for businessesforced people to join the military forces to make money for their needs.forced people to use charities to help them provide for their needs.
- 30. Multiple ChoiceSpanish-American War established America as a ?Trading PartnerWorld/Imperial PowerDemocratic NationCommunist State
- 31. Multiple ChoiceLaw during World War One that limited freedom of speech?Selective Service ActWar Powers ActEspionage Act
- 32. Multiple Choice
One important effect of Prohibition during the 1920s was
an increase in alcoholism
the creation of the NAACP
the rise of organized crime and violence
more people moving to urban areas
- 33. Multiple Choice
What movement during the 1920s caused many Americans to fear immigrants because they thought they could be communists?
Red Scare
Americanization Movement
Social Gospel Movement
Social Darwinism
- 34. Multiple Choice
What belief system encouraged immigration quotas and the rise of the KKK during the 1920s?
Social Gospel
Civil Rights Movement
Nativism
NAACP
- 35. Multiple Choice
During what event did many African Americans leave the south and move to the north in search of economic opportunities in industrialized cities?
Great Migration
Dust Bowl
Rust Belt to Sun Belt Migration
Social Darwinism
- 36. Multiple Choice
What scandal during the 1920s led to public disappointments over revelations of corrupt government?
Teapot Dome Scandal
Watergate Scandal
Clinton Impeachment
All of the above
- 37. Multiple Choice
Why was Prohibition seen as a failure?
Speakeasies were established to replace bars.
It led to an increase in organized crime.
Mobsters made it unsafe in the cities.
All of the above
- 38. Multiple Choice
Why did the government carry out the Palmer Raids in the 1920s?
They wanted to prevent workers from joining labor unions.
They wanted to block civil rights advocates from staging public protests.
They wanted to suppress the teaching of evolution in colleges.
They wanted to stop the spread of communists ideas by radicals.
- 39. Multiple Choice
What movements during the 1920s believed that some people were inferior and should not reproduce.
Eugenics & Social Darwinism
Red Scare & Nativism
Social Gospel & Muckrakers
Tin Pan Alley & Harlem Renaissance
- 40. Multiple Choice
Flappers during the 1920s -
confronted discrimination in employment and education
challenged traditional attitudes and social norms.
joined the Army and fought in combat
refused to use their 19th Amendment rights
- 41. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the movement which promoted the growth of African-American culture and later influenced the civil rights movement?
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Back to Africa Movement
Temperance Movement
- 42. Multiple ChoiceThe major purpose of President Wilson's Fourteen Points (1918) was to -persuade Congress to enter World War Iset goals for achieving peace after World War Iprovide aid for rebuilding war-torn nationspunish Germany for the sinking of the Lusitania
- 43. Multiple ChoiceThis most contributed to the stalemate along the western front.Trench WarfareUnrestricted Submarine WarfareBritish BlockadeZimmerman Telegram
- 44. Multiple ChoiceGeneral John J. Pershing established the ____________ that prepared American soldiers for battle in World War I.Army RangersRough RidersUnited States Exemplary Corps (USEC)American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
- 45. Multiple ChoiceOne of the greatest American battles of WWI. Led by General Pershing, the Allied Forces defeated Germany and essentially ending the war.The Battle of Argonne ForestD-DayThe Battle of San Juan HillThe Battle of the Bulge
- 46. Multiple ChoiceThe Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 had to do with teaching of Fundamentalism and ______.schoolEvolutionlifereligion
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