US History Unit 6 - SSUSH 14-16

For what purpose did the United States want to build the Panama Canal?

• It would make it easier for manufacturers in New York to reach Western markets

• It would allow eastern US cities to trade more easily with Europe

• It would allow US ships to travel back and forth between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans more easily

• It would make it easier for US troops to reach Cuba to fight the Spanish

The United States acquired Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam as a result of the

• Mexican-American War (1848)

• Civil War (1861-1865)

• Spanish-American War (1898)

• First World War (1914-1918)

In 1898, the mysterious and controversial destruction of the battleship USS Maine was viewed by many in the United States as

• an accident with nobody to blame

• cause for war with Spain

• an act of sabotage by unhappy Americans

• the beginning of Yellow Journalism

Why did American industrialists in the late 19th century generally support expansion into overseas colonies?

• They believed that these regions would benefit from democratic government.

• Antitrust laws did not apply to American territories overseas.

• American colonies would increase tariff revenues.

• these areas would provide new sources of raw materials and customers

Woodrow Wilson's ____________________ Points was used to help create the Treaty of Versailles.

• Thirteen

• Fourteen

• Fifteen

• Seventeen

The Treaty of Versailles included the creation of an international peacekeeping organization called the _______________________________________.

• League of Nations

• Justice League

• Avengers

• International League of Allies

The Great Migration refers to

• the movement of thousands of African Americans north in search of employment

• the movement of troops across the Atlantic as the US entered the war

• the movement of troops across France

• the movement of thousands of refugees fleeing the destruction of war

allowed news to be more widespread; most families gathered around this as they would a television in today’s time.

• model T

• jazz music

• talkie

• radios

Henry Ford's creation of the assembly line led to mass production. In turn, mass production led to

• consumerism

• imperialism

• isolationism

• communism

era of expression by African American artists, writers, and musicians.

• Jazz Age

• Harlem Renaissance

• Roaring 20s

• Great Migration