WWI & Imperialism

What term describes building an empire by conquering other nations such as those acquired by the US in the Spanish-American War?

• Isolationism

• Repubicanism

• Militarism

• Imperialism

What territory did the US NOT acquire because of the Spanish American War?

• Cuba
• Philippines
• Guam
• Puerto Rico

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine did which of the following? 

• Prohibited United States intervention in the Caribbean. 
• Warned against European seizure of the Panama Canal.
• Declared the United States to be the “policeman” of the Western Hemisphere. 
•  Provided United States military support for democratic revolutions in Latin America.

· Guam
· Philippines
· Puerto Rico
All of these territories came under the control of the United States following what conflict?

• Mexican War
• World War I
• War of 1812
• Spanish American War

According to imperialists, which of these would have been an economic justification for the expansion of the United States?

• The nation needed a stronger military since other nations were building a global presence.
• The nation should colonize as many available lands to prevent other countries from expanding.
  
• The nation's manufacturers needed raw materials and new markets were needed for the nation's goods.
  
• The nation had a responsibility to spread Christianity and civilization to "inferior peoples" of the world.

During World War I, many African Americans went from the South to the North to take on factory jobs left vacant when men went to war. This movement was known as 

• The Great Migration
• Middle Passage
• The March on Washington
• The Great Labor Movement

At the beginning of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson followed a traditional United States foreign policy by 

• Refusing to permit trade with either side in the conflict
• Sending troops to aid Great Britain
• Declaring American neutrality
• Requesting an immediate declaration of war against the aggressors

American citizens were directly involved to fund the war effort to achieve victory in WWI by

• Buying “war bonds”
• Rationing wheat and meat
• Planting victory gardens
• All of the above

The Espionage Act (1917) and Sedition Act (1918) were both

• vetoed by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  
• declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
  
• unsuccessful attempts to stop criticism against the war.
  
• significant limitations of freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

What is this political cartoon suggesting since it includes the United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and other places?

• American imperialism created an American empire.

• These were America's main trading partners and allies.

• The bald eagle became the official bird of the Western Hemisphere.

• America was finally strong enough as a nation to "spread its wings" in 1898.