Expansionism and Progressive Era EOC Questions

Statement 1: US oil industry boomed due to oil deposits found in conquered territories
Statement 2: Rebuilding its devastated army cost the United States an enormous amount of money
Statement 3: The acquisition of new territories allowed for the expansion of US commercial trade
Statement 4: Territorial losses forced the US to purchase expensive natural resources from other countries
Which statement would most likely be found in a history of the economic impact of the Spanish-American War on the US?

• Statement 1
• Statement 2
• Statement 3
• Statement 4

"What Our Navy Costs Us," 1909
Which of the following was primarily responsible for the change depicted in this illustration?

• New immigrant screening procedures at Ellis Island
• A crackdown on anarchism after the assassination of President William McKinley
• Overseas expansion associated with the Spanish-American War
• An increase in circulating currency after the discovery of gold in Nome, Alaska

The USS Maine sinks in Havana Harbor
leads to
The US Congress declares war
leads to
The treaty of Paris is signed
How did these events affect the United States?

• They increased public support for cuts in US defense spending 
• They prompted the end of Dollar Diplomacy in Latin America
• They set a precedent of including territorial acquisitions in settlements
• They helped establish the United States as an imperial power similar to European nations

Puerto Rico
_________?__________
-Residents granted U.S. citizenship in 1917
-Governors have been elected by popular vote since 1948
-adopted both a constitution and a commonwealth status in 1952
Which of the following best replaces the question mark in this list of information about Puerto Rico?

• Became a U.S. state during the Reconstruction era
• Was ceded to the United States as a result of the Spanish American War
• Signed an annexation treaty with the United States after World War I
• Was promised U.S. military protection as part of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points

"Chronic wrongdoing, ... which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing ... to the exercise of an international police power" -President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904
President Roosevelt issued this statement in response to-

• the construction of the canal in Panama
• the threat of European intervention in Latin America
• Spanish efforts to suppress a rebellion in Cuba
• public outcry regarding a war between Russia and japan

"To His Excellency William Mckinley, President, and the Senate, of the United States of America ...
We, the undersigned, native Hawaiian citizens ... who are members of the Hawaiian Patriotic League of the Hawaiian Islands, and others who are in sympathy with the said League, earnestly protest against the ... (addition) of the said Hawaiian Islands to the said United States of America in any form or shape" - Petition, 1897 
What were these Hawaiian citizens protesting?

• The forced annexation of the islands as a U.S. territory after the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy
• The classification of the islands as a protectorate after the Hawaiiangovernment signed a treaty with the United States
• The granting of US statehoos to the islands after they were purchased from the Hawaiian monarch
• The colonization of the islands by political refugees from the United States

Cause ?
-
US Control of the Phillipines 
Cuban Independence
Us control over Puerto Rico
US control of Guam
-
Effect?
Which sentence provides information needed to complete both the cause and effect portions of this diagram?

• The 1898 Spanish-American War led to world power status for the United States
• The 1914 opening of the Panama Canal encouraged international trade
• The 1919 treaty of Versailles contributed to the start of World War II in Europe
• The 1929 stock-market crash set off the Great Depression in the United States

"No single great material work which remains to be undertaken on this continent is of such consequence to the American people as the building of a canal across the isthmus connecting North and South America. Its importance to the Nation is by no means limited to its material effects upon our business prosperity..." - President Theodore Roosevelt
The policy outlined in the excerpt was directly influenced by problems that the U.S. Navy had recently confronted during - 

• the Cuban Revolution
• the Mexican War
• World War I
• the Spanish- American War

In 1890, Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, a lecturer in naval history and the president of the United States Naval War College, published "The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783"
Mahan's book influenced U.S. efforts to become a world power primarily by-

• advocating overseas expansion
• emphasizing the need for protective tariffs
• demonstrating against the political risks of foreign trade
• arguing against forming overseas alliances

A student learning about US history is instructed to write a paper about W. E. B. Du Bois and race relations in the United states. Which of the following facts would be most relevant to the student's assignment?
 

• The Selma-to-Montgomery protest marches helped secure voting rights for minority citizens
• The NAACP was organized to help secure full legal equality for minority citizens
• The civil Rights Act of 1968 outlawed many forms of discrimination in the housing market
• The March on Washington helped rally ntionwide support for the Civil Rights movement