America Builds An Empire - U.S. History EOC Review

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A type of writing that sensationalized events of the Spanish American War to sell more newspapers

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Yellow Journalism

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Which foreign policy made loans to Latin American countries?

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Dollar Diplomacy

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Why did US senators resist joining the League of Nations?

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They feared that the United States would be drawn into costly foreign wars.

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What did the court hold to be unprotected speech in this ruling upholding the Espionage Act during World War I? Options: providing information about US troop strength and locations to German agents, leaking schematic diagrams of a new American tank design to the press, sending out political leaflets urging Americans not to submit to the draft, hiding fugitives that were targeted for deportation to Germany as spies

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sending out political leaflets urging Americans not to submit to the draft

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Why were the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918 used by President Woodrow Wilson's administration during World War I?

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to silence critics of the war effort

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What was the outcome of the voyage of the USS Oregon in 1898?

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increased US public support for the construction of a canal through central america

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Which event is related to the territory shown on the map? Options: The United States agreed to pay Colombia for the rights to Panamanian holdings on the isthmus, The United States backed a revolution in Panama against Colombian rule, The United States sent marines into several Central American countries, The United States received rights to build a canal across Nicaragua.

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The United States backed a revolution in Panama against Colombian rule.

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Which numbered territory did the United States gain by winning the Spanish American War?

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The cartoon comments on tactics used to-

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obtain control of the Panama Canal Zone

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The cartoon depicts Woodrow Wilson calling on Congress to-

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issue a declaration of war against Germany