2019/2020 U.S. History 3 Week Assessment 2

In the late 1800s, Sanford B. Dole contributed to the expansion of the United States by advocating the annexation of —

• Puerto Rico

• the Panama Canal Zone

• Hawaii

• the Philippines

Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully . . . utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States . . . shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both. . . .

—Espionage Act, May 1918

This law demonstrates that at one time the federal government was willing to —

• suspend habeas corpus

• confiscate privately owned weapons

• force people into internment camps

• suspend freedom of speech

*Rise of Militarism

*Political interference in the Balkan Peninsula

*The Triple Entente vs. Central Powers

Which of the following is the best title for this list?

• Issues Contributing to the Outbreak of World War I

• Principal Reasons for U.S. Entry into World War II

• Consequences of Twentieth-Century European Isolationism

• Economic Rivalries Between Cold War Superpowers

". . . if they had not revolted, I should have recommended to Congress to take possession of the Isthmus by force of arms; and I had actually written the first draft of my message to this effect."

The quote above was MOST likely spoken by —

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William Howard Taft

American troops and American ships may be ordered to any part of the world by nations other than the United States, and that is a proposition to which I, for one, can never assent.

Henry Cabot Lodge's comment, August 12, 1919.

Mr. Lodge's bias is against the _________________.

• 1st World War

• United Nations

• League of Nations

• 2nd World War

At the beginning of World War I, how did President Woodrow Wilson follow a traditional United States foreign policy?

• By requesting an immediate declaration of war against the aggressors

• By sending troops to aid Europe

• By declaring American neutrality

• By refusing to permit trade with either side in the conflict

Zimmerman Note > British Propaganda > ??? = U.S. enters WWI

Which of the following BEST completes the list?

• Germany invades Serbia

• Territorial Gains

• Sussex Pledge

• Unrestricted Submarine Warfare