Imperialism and WWI Practice

The quotation below is from a speech given

by Senator Albert Beveridge in 1898.

Hawaii is ours; [Puerto] Rico is to be ours; at the prayer of her people Cuba finally will be ours; in the islands of the East. . . the flag of a liberal government is to float over the Philippines. . . The Opposition tells us that we ought not to govern a people without their consent. I answer the rule. . . that all just government derives its authority from the consent of the governed, applies only to those who are capable of self-government.

Senator Albert Beveridge,

The March of the Flagî speech (1898)

Which policy was Senator Beveridge

advocating in this statement?

• Disarmament

• Containment

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

The list below represents U.S. involvement in World War I.

1. Interception of the Zimmerman Telegram
2. Propaganda about German atrocities
3. _____________________________________
4. Sinking of the Lusitania

Which phrase best completes the list?

• Sympathy for the Russian Empire

• The British blockade of Germany

• Unrestricted submarine warfare

• the invasion of Poland

The famous American writer Mark Twain expressed his opinion about U.S. actions in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War with the following words:

I have seen that we do not intend to free, but to subjugate (place under control) the people of the Philippines. We have gone to conquer, not to redeem (save). . . . I am opposed to having the [American] eagle put its talons on any other land.

The New York Herald,

October 15, 1900

This statement would be helpful in supporting

the thesis that Mark Twain believed that

• U.S. Imperialism was wrong

• U.S. imperialism would bring stale government to the Philippines.

• U.S. Imperialism was necessary for the U.S. to become a world power

• U.S. imperialism civilized the people of the Philippines.

The policy of the government of the United States is to seek a solution which may bring about permanent safety and peace to China, preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly powers by treaty and international law, and safeguard for the world the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire.

Circular Telegram sent by Sec. of State John Hay to diplomatic representatives at Berlin, Brussels, The Hague, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome, St. Petersburg, Tokyo, and Vienna, July 3, 1900

What was Secretary of State John Hay trying

to protect for the United States?

• Trade with Chinese colonies

• access to military bases

• territorial expansion

• trade rights in China

The Espionage Act of 1918 included punishments for speaking or writing disloyal, scurrilous or abusive language about the American form of government, the Constitution, the armed forces, or the flag. . . .

The Espionage Act of 1918

The passage and the enforcement of then Espionage Act by the Wilson Administration re ected the belief that the

• Fourteenth Amendment permitted suspending the Bill of Rights in wartime

• nations war effort would be threatened if dissenters were allowed free speech

• public should be shielded from hearing about the reality of the war

• other countries at war had already curtailed civil liberties

That which the German power represents today spells death to the aspirations of Negroes and all darker races for equality, freedom, and democracy. Let us not hesitate. Let us, while this war lasts, forget our special grievances and close our ranks shoulder to shoulder with our own white fellow citizens and the allied nations that are fighting for democracy.

W. E. B. Du Bois

This quotation reflects which attitude of many African Americans during World War I?

• African Americans should not pay attention to the war

• African Americans should participate fully and fight in the war

• African AMericans should support the war only in non-combat roles

• African Americans should pressure the nation to withdraw from the war

Which of the following best explains why the United States Senate rejected American participation in the League of Nations after World War I?

• Senators though league membership would cost too much money

• Senators though the league would interfere in Latin American affairs.

• Senators though the league would require its members to reduce tariffs

• Senators though league membership would undermine American sovereignty

Which of the following is the most accurate

example of President Taft's policy of dollar

diplomacy?

• allowing for the nationalization of Latin American property owned by U.S. citizens

• exerting economic influence rather than military force in Latin American countries

• using international trade organizations to stabilize Latin American economies

• maintaining a military force to discourage European colonization in Latin America

What did the Roosevelt Corollary to the

Monroe Doctrine state?

• The United States would permanently station troops in the Philippines and other Pacific islands.

• The United States reserved the right to intervene in the affairs of Central America and the Caribbean

• The United States had the right and duty to expand its colonial possessions in Asia.

• The United States would provide military aid to Europe to resist communism.

What tactic did President Theodore Roosevelt use to get the Panama Canal built?

• He supported a rebellion against the Colombian government.

• He forced the Colombian government to sign the 1903 Hay-Herran treaty.

• He leased the canal zone from an international company.

• He seized Panama from Spain after the Spanish American War.