AP Review Quiz Imperialism and World War I

By proclaiming the Open Door policy in 1899, the United States was attempting to

• keep Japan from attacking and colonizing China

• increase trade between Russia and the United States

• ensure equal trading opportunities in China

• prevent European countries from colonizing the Western Hemisphere

Which geographic feature most influenced the ability of the United States to protect its mainland from attack during World War I?

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Great Lakes

The writings of Alfred Thayer Mahan emphasized which of the following themes?

• the influence of Social Darwinism on international relations

• the need for America to help spread Anglo-Saxon values abroad

• the significance of the closing of the American frontier

• the immorality of American attempts to exert political control over other nations

• the need for an American program of naval building and seaborne expansion

President Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy was used by the United States to

• police the Western Hemisphere

• expand its colonial empire in Africa

• isolate itself from European conflicts

• settle a dispute between Russia and Japan

John Hay described the Spanish-American War as "a splendid little war" because:

• U.S. victory in Cuba came so quickly and easily.

• hardly any soldiers died of tropical diseases.

• it added a large number of American citizens and potential Republicans to the United States.

• U.S. victory in the Philippines came so easily.

• the war unified the American public.

Between the 1890s and the start of World War I, the United States expanded to areas like Hawaii for access to overseas markets and raw materials through the policy of

• containment

• imperialism

• isolationism

• neutrality

The United States found it difficult to remain neutral during the first three years of World War I because of its desire to

• expand its interests in the Caribbean

• control the Suez Canal

• maintain freedom of the seas for trade with European nations

• obtain migrant workers for American farms

Henry Cabot Lodge and other senators opposed ratification of the Treaty of Versailles (1919) because they believed the treaty

• failed to punish Germany for its involvement in World War I

• excluded reparations for European allies

• could draw the United States into future conflicts

• placed blame for World War I on all the warring countries

Newspaper headlines such as those above most directly contributed to which of the following

• the declaration of war against Spain by the U.S. congress

• the selection of Theodore Roosevelt as a Vice-Presidential candidate with William McKinley

• the attack by the U.S. Navy on Manila Bay

• The capture of territories by American authorities

Publication of this and similar news stories encouraged Congress to

• declare war on Spain for revenge

• improve naval safety

• pass antiterrorist legislation

• conduct a criminal investigation