Crisis War & Recovery

Which of the following is ONE of the territories gained by the US after the Spanish-American War?

• the Dominican Republic
• Haiti
• the Philippines
• Jamaica 

The Open Door Policy expanded international trade in which country?

• the Philippines
• Mexico
• China
• Cuba

Which of the following statements is true about the Treaty of Versailles?

• It created the United Nations
• It was favorable to Germany
• It punished Germany
• It punished Russia

Which of the following MOST contributed to the mass production of automobiles in the early twentieth century?

• the introduction of Ford's assembly line
• an increase in the number of immigrant workers
• the increased competition with foreign nations
• the increase in factory workers; pay

One of the reasons that many Americans were supportive of the Spanish-American War is that they had been exposed to pro-war sentiments in newspapers that often exaggerated the severity of the situation that existed in Cuba. Which term best describes this type of journalism?

• yellow journalism

• investigative reporting

• watchdog journalism

• muchraking

Which event contributed to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War?

• the construction of the Panama Canal
• the sinking of the Lusitania
• the border dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana
• the sinking of the USS Maine

Germany was harshly penalized and embittered at the end of World War 1 by

• the Geneva Convention
• the Treaty of Paris
• the United Nations
• the Treaty of Versailles

What was Hawaii's primary export to the United States?

• sugar cane
• cotton
• fish
• corn

_________ was assassinated by a group of extreme Serbian nationalists on June 28, 1914, an event that acted as a trigger to the fighting in World War I. 

• Joseph Stalin
• Benito Mussolini
• Franz Ferdinand
• Francisco Franco

During World War 1, public outrage in the US against the Germans swept the nation following

• the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania
• the bombing of Pearl Harbor
• the German invasion of Poland