U.S. as a World Power

The decision of the United States to declare war on Spain was based on all the following EXCEPT...

• economic interests in Cuba

• wanting to annex Spain as a new territory

• humanitarian concerns for the Cuban people

• a desire to demonstrate American power in the world

How did the explosion of the USS Maine contribute to start of the Spanish American War?

• It was confirmed to be a Spanish attack on the U.S. military

• It killed many Cuban people, which made the U.S. want to save them

• Journalists used the explosion to write exaggerated articles that made many Americans support the war

• It was an example of Germans sinking neutral ships

The United States gained territory after the Spanish-American War. Which of these is not one of those territories?

• Cuba

• Guam

• the Philippines

• Puerto Rico

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the U.S. to expand into new territories in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

• The ideas of Manifest Destiny and Social Darwinism

• Find new raw materials

• Find new places for immigrants

• Sell products to new markets

Which of the following was NOT a difficulty faced during the construction of the Panama Canal?

• Colombia refused to rent the land on the isthmus to the US to build the canal

• There were many new diseases that made workers building the canal very sick

• The land was covered in dense jungle and the ground had many rocks in it, which made progress slow

• An isthmus is a very wide piece of land, so it took a long time dig across

Which of the following is NOT an effect of building the Panama Canal?

• U.S. had control of Panama as a territory

• Ships were able to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans more quickly

• The American military got stronger

• United Stated became a world power

What was NOT a main factor in the United States entering World War I?

• the publication of the Zimmerman Telegram

• the sinking of a series of neutral ships, including the Lusitania

• there was a direct attack on American soil

• the unrestricted submarine warfare by Germans

_______ was a British passenger ship that was sunk by German u-boats with many Americans onboard.

• The U.S.S. Maine

• The Lusitania

• The Roosevelt

• The U.S.S. Georgia

True or False: the US entered WWI strictly because of the sinking of the Lusitania

• True

• False

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire were part of the:

• Royal Powers
• Allies
• American Embassy
• Central Powers