American History II Review

The MOST important result of the Spanish American War was that it

• spread democracy to Latin America
• secured a safe source of raw materials for US
• guaranteed the independence of Mexico from Spanish
• set up a colonial empire for the U.S.

The policy of the US government toward the Indians in the period immediately prior to the Civil War was to

• drive them out of the country
• move the Indian population on to reservations
• grant citizenship and voting rights to Indians
• require the education of Indian children

Which of these helped to further the Westward Expansion in the United States after 1865?

• Abolition of Slavery
• Transcontinental Railroad
• Urbanization
• Lewis and Clark Expedition

The Roosevelt Corollary, issued in 1904, was a revision to what earlier statement of U.S. foreign policy?

• the Monroe Doctrine
• the Madison Treaty
• the Open Door Policy
• the Kellogg-Briand Pact

In addition to Puerto Rico, which territories were acquired by the United States as part of the peace treaty that ended the Spanish-American War?

• Cuba and Guam
• Hawaii and Alaska
• Cuba and the Philippines
• the Philippines and Guam

This act helped give rights to people with blindness, physical impairments, etc...

• The American's with Disabilities Act
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• 19th Amendment

NAFTA was a free trade agreement that reduced ___________ between Canada, America, and Mexico.

• Tariffs
• Taxes
• Trade
• Exports

Plessy v. Ferguson made _____________ legal

• Schools
• Racism
• Segregation
• Abortion

What major public work project of the 1950s changed the landscape of America and allowed Americans to reach different states easier.

• The Interstate Highway System
• Airports
• The Transcontinental Railroad
• The Golden Gate Bridge

What group of immigrants arrived in large numbers on the U.S. west coast for the primary purpose of working on the Transcontinental Railroad in the 19th century?

• Chinese
• Irish
• Japanese
• Mexican