Imperialism and WWI

Read the passage and answer the question that follows.
In 1893, a group of planters and businessmen, mostly United States citizens, launched a coup against the monarch of an island nation. After setting up a new government, they proposed annexation by the U.S. This plan was turned down by President Grover Cleveland at the time, but President William McKinley and the American public supported annexation by 1898. They argued that the territory was vital to the U.S. economy, that it would serve as a strategic base to better protect expanding U.S. interests in Asia, and that other nations would claim the islands if the U.S. did not.
This passage describes events that led to the U.S. acquisition of what territory?

• Guam
• Hawaii
• Puerto Rico
• Philippines

Read the passage and answer the question that follows.
We hold that the policy known as imperialism is hostile to liberty and tends toward militarism, an evil from which it has been our glory to be free . . . . We demand the immediate cessation of the war against liberty, begun by Spain and continued by us. We urge that Congress be promptly convened to announce to the Filipinos our purpose to concede to them the independence for which they have so long fought and which of right is theirs.
—Platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League, 1899
This excerpt justifies the American Anti-Imperialist League’s opposition to U.S. actions in the Philippines for what reason?

• Its alliance with Spain had drawn the U.S. into an unjust war.
• The motives for U.S. actions went against core American values.
• The Philippines was an independent nation when the U.S. invaded.
• Congress had not given approval for military action as the Constitution required.

Read the passage and answer the question that follows.
In March 1901, the United States Congress approved an agreement with Cuba in which the Cuban government consented “that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.”
This passage describes what agreement approved by the United States Congress?

• Monroe Doctrine
• Platt Amendment
• Roosevelt Corollary
• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Which of the following was not a reason for the United States entering World War I?

• Sinking of American merchant ships by the Germans
• Zimmerman Note
• Sinking of the Lusitania passenger ship. 
• Desire to obtain Germany's overseas colonies.

All of the following are regarded as primary causes of World War I except

• Alliances
• Nationalism
• Militarism
• Communism

Americans’ disillusionment over World War I led the United States government to adopt a policy of

• Totalitarianism
• Isolationism
• Imperialism
• Militarism

The secret agreement in which Germany promised to return territory from the United States to Mexico in exchange for Mexico’s assistance during World War I was the

• Fourteen Points
• Schlieffen Plan
• Triple Alliance
• Zimmerman Telegram

Which motivation for imperialism is best reflected in this quotation?
Why should we not form a secret society with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole world under British rule . . . for making the Anglo Saxon race but one Empire?
—Cecil Rhodes, British Imperialist, 1877

• The demand for raw materials
• A belief in a superior culture
• The need to expand foreign markets
• A desire to expand democracy

An isolationist  would favor which of the following positions regarding World War I?

• “We must not delay in going to war. Great Britain is our ally. To sit here and do nothing while our European friend is pounded by the German war machine would be a crime.”
• “We must do all we can’t to stay out of war, but if we must go to war, then let us be prepared. We must begin drafting and preparing men for possible deployment to Europe.”
• “We must not get sucked into a conflict on the other side of the Atlantic that has no direct bearing on our nation.”
• “We must wait and see which side of this conflict gains an advantage. If it is the Triple Entente, then let us help them. If it is the Central Powers, then we should explore the advantages of being their ally as well.”

The United States Senate refused to approve US membership in the League of Nations. The Senate’s reasoning for not joining the League can BEST be described as which of the following?

• A militaristic spirit that viewed the US as superior to other countries and therefore wanted to use the threat of US military strength to intimidate and control other nations.
• A spirit of nationalism that felt the League of Nations did not do enough to grant concessions to the US following WWI.
• A spirit of isolationism and fear that such an organization would bind the US in alliances that could easily lead to future conflicts.
• A spirit of politics in which the Republican controlled Senate was not about to let a Democratic president get the credit for creating a successful international body.