Week 4-Chapter 21

The image most directly reflects which of the following popular beliefs of the early twentieth century?

• The United States had a duty to spread Christianity to countries in Asia and Latin America.

• The United States should refuse to colonize other countries because colonization went against popular sovereignty.

• The United States was responsible for protecting Latin America from European interference and colonization.

• The United States needed to increase the size of its Navy to become a legitimate world power.

The message portrayed by the artist of this cartoon had most in common with which of the following ideas?

• Nativism

• Social Darwinism

• Communism

• Populism

The situation shown in the image depicts which of the following trends in the early twentieth century?

• the growth in the president’s power to influence foreign policy and deploy troops without getting congressional approval

• the United States’ efforts to act as an international police force in the Western Hemisphere to defend Latin America from European powers

• the development of an isolationist foreign policy that was meant to protect the United States from involvement in world affairs

• the emergence of a group of reformers who sought to educate and convert people in Central America to Christianity

The message portrayed in the political cartoon has the most in common with which of the following developments in other periods in United States history?

• the extension of civil rights to formerly enslaved persons of African descent following the Civil War

• the acquisition of territory in the early to mid-nineteenth century under the belief that it was America’s God-given right to expand

• the emergence of voluntary organizations focused on improving the lives of recent immigrants in the mid- to late nineteenth century

• the attempts by the federal government to limit immigration from Asian countries in the late nineteenth century

The image most directly illustrates a United States foreign policy that emphasized which of the following?

• ending European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere

• obtaining territory to build the power of the United States

• ceasing financial support to newly formed republics in Latin America and Asia

• converting non-white people in other territories to Christianity

Caption: “Uncle Sam (in his new class in Civilization)— Now, children, you’ve got to learn these lessons whether you want to or not. But just take a look at the class ahead of you, and remember that, in a little while, you will feel as glad to be here as they are!”

Which of the following changes to the United States during the late nineteenth-century most directly contributed to the development depicted in the image?

• The United States intervened in countries who had communist governments.

• The United States collected money from Latin American countries in exchange for American protection.

• The United States cut itself off from the rest of the world to protect its own interests.

• The United States started annexing overseas territories to increase trade with East Asia and Latin America.

NAVAL OFFICERS THINK THE MAINE WAS DESTROYED BY A SPANISH MINE.

"George Bryson, the Journal’s special reporter at Havana, writes that it is the secret opinion of many people in Havana that the war ship Maine was destroyed by a mine and 258 men were killed on purpose by the Spanish. This is the opinion of several American naval authorities. The Spaniards, it is believed, arranged to have the Maine drop anchor over a harbor mine. Wires connected the mine to the magazine of the ship. If this is true, the brutal nature of the Spaniards will be shown by the fact that they waited to explode the mine until all the men had gone to sleep. Spanish officials are protesting too much that they did not do it. Our government has ordered an investigation. This newspaper has sent divers to Havana to report on the condition of the wreck. This newspaper is also offering a $50,000 reward for exclusive evidence that will convict whoever is responsible. "

-Source: New York Journal and Advertiser, 1898

The tactics used by this excerpt best serve as an example of which of the following?

• Yellow journalism

• Expansionism

• Muckraking

• Americanization

-Source: Louis Dalrymple, "The duty of the hour -- to save her not only from Spain but from a worse fate,"

The image most directly illustrates a United States foreign policy that emphasized which of the following?

• intervening in Latin American affairs after potential misgovernment by European powers

• maintaining strong alliances with European countries to have access to foreign markets

• spreading Christianity to countries where Christianity wasn’t commonly practiced

• abstaining from conflict with other countries to maintain isolationism

Under the terms of the Taft Commission, the United States __________.

• guaranteed future independence for the Philippines

• gave the army complete control of the Philippines

• provided funds but did not interfere with local government in the Philippines

• would control the Philippines in perpetuity

The Open Door notes __________.

• provided the United States with economic rights in China

• met with the approval of western Europe

• had little effect on American policy in the Far East

• provided the United States with a sphere of influence in China