US HISTORY WJHS Unit 5 WW1 & Imperialism

Alfred Thayer Mahan expressed what opinion in his book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History? (C.2.f)

• A nation benefited from having a strong navy and the overseas bases needed to maintain it.

• The U.S. government placed too much emphasis on modernizing the navy instead of the army.

• The U.S. government could increase foreign trade by providing businesses more incentives to build ships.

• The U.S. government could increase foreign trade by providing businesses more incentives to build ships.

Over which of the following events did yellow press sensationalism most influence U.S. governmental actions? (C.2.e)

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The sinking of the USS Maine

• The attack on Pearl Harbor

• The events of 9/11

What prompted the U.S. government to participate in the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian government? (C.2.f)

• The kidnapping of Christian missionaries by Hawaiian nationalists

• Queen Liliuokalani’s attempt to reduce the political influence of American sugar planters

• The colonization of Pacific islands near Hawaii by European nations

• King Kalakaua’s discussions with the Japanese government to lease Pearl Harbor

Featuring sensational stories about Spanish atrocities committed during the Cuban rebellion, William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal and similar newspapers were competing to: (C.2.f)

• Increase circulation

• Promote immigration

• Discourage nationalism

• Oppose imperialism

What issue does this political cartoon from the 1890s depict? (C.2.e)

• The annexation of Hawaii

• The plight of Cuba

• The dictatorship in Costa Rica

• The revolution in Panama

Why did President Theodore Roosevelt involve the United States in the Dominican Republic’s affairs when that country defaulted on its debt payments? (C.2.d)

• Under the Monroe Doctrine, the United States aimed to prevent the possible intervention of European nations

• The Dominican Republic had supported the United States during the Spanish-American War

• Instability in the region could have impeded the course of Manifest Destiny

• Revolutionaries were poised to take power if the Dominican Republic’s democratically elected government collapse

Which group would likely have been most supportive of the Spanish-American War? (C.2.f)

• Progressive activists who sought improved working conditions

• Social Darwinists who believed that Cuban revolutionaries represented the ideal of “survival of the fittest”

• U.S. businesspeople who had significant investments in Cuba

• Robber barons who hoped a U.S. victory would provide a labor source for expanding American factories

Which development prompted formulation of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine? (C.2.d)

• Latin American countries defaulting on their debts to foreign nations?

• Spain’s reluctance to sign a peace treaty after the Spanish-American war

• Attacks of U.S. workers during construction of the Panama Canal

• Rebels threatening to overthrow Mexico’s democratic government

Which lands did the United States acquire as a result of the Spanish-American War? (C.2.e)

• Alaska and Hawaii

• Texas and New Mexico

• Louisiana Territory and the Old Northwest

• Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico

Passage of the Platt Amendment resulted in which development? (C.2.e)

• The establishment of diplomatic relations with Japan

• An official end to the Spanish-American War

• The creation of a U.S. military base in Cuba

• Puerto Rico becoming a self-governing commonwealth