EOC Review Conflicts

As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States saw the need to build the Panama Canal because -

• new colonies had been acquired in Africa

• Spanish opposition to the canal ended

• the United States nave could then move more quickly between oceans

• United States railroads could not transport enough manufactured goods

The Spanish American War (1898) marked a turning point in American foreign policy because the United States -

• developed a plan for peaceful coexistence

• emerged as a new world power

• pledged neutrality in future European conflicts

• refused to become a colonial power

The headline in this newspaper is an example of -

• yellow journalism

• muckraking literature

• investigative reporting

• government censorship

This publication and similar news stories ecouraged the U.S. Congress to -

• declare war on Spain

• pass anti-terrorism

• improve naval safety

• conduct an investigation

Which event most influenced President Wilson to enter World War I?

• a revolution in Russia

• the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• the renewal of unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany

• the raids by Mexican guerilla forces on the Southwestern United States

The major purpose of President Wilson' Fourteen Points (1918) was to -

• persuade Congress to enter World War I

• set goals for achieving peace after World War I

• provide aid for rebuilding war-torn nations

• punish Germany for the sinking of the Lusitania

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

• Gulf of Mexico

• Great Lakes

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

* Germany had to accept blame for causing the war in Europe

* Germany was required to pay war reparations to European nations

* Germany had to disarm and reduce its military forces and give up its colonies

Which document imposed these punishments on Germany after World War I?

• Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy

• Open Door Policy

• Fourteen Points

• Treaty of Versailles

Why did the majority of the members of the U.S. Senate oppose U.S. membership in the League of Nations?

• They feared Americans would have to pay the costs of League operations

• They were alarmed that Wilson would become the League of Nations president

• They feared that League decisions would involved the nation in foreign wars

• They were concerned the League would force the nation to reduce its army

During World War I, a stalemate occured on the Western Front when military forces developed the defensive strategy of -

• submarine warfare, which enabled troops to establish blockades

• trench warfare, which limited the success of offensive tactics

• smoke screening, which concealed soldiers entering "no man's land"

• aerial spotting, which allowed troops to observe enemy lines from above