Unit 5 Review

The entry of the United States into World War I

• Did not affect the outcome of the war

• Added hundreds of thousands of troops to the Allied cause

• Made German soldiers fight much harder than before

• Infused much needed cash into the Allied war effort

Which of the following is not considered a real reason for American imperialism during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• To expand US naval power for national security

• The humanitarian desire to provide jobs for foreigners

• The ethnocentric belief in the cultural superiority of Americans

• The economic desire to gain new markets for a surplus of US trade goods

The belief that a strong nation was supposed to expand and take over weaker foreign territories

• Imperialism

• Exploration

• Manifest Destiny

• Militarism

Yellow journalism refers to

• Spreading lies in order to get people in to trouble

• When your dog pees on the daily newspaper before you can read it

• Newspapers that secretly serve foreign nations

• Using exaggerated stories to sell newspapers or magazines

In the Treaty of Paris, ending the Spanish-American War, the US received all of the following except

• Guam

• The Philippines

• Puerto Rico

• Hawaii

Why was the building of the Panama Canal important to the US?

• The canal encouraged peace between the US and Colombia

• The canal promoted faster transportation for national security and economic benefits

• The canal helped the US to defeat the Spanish navy in Cuba

• The canal allowed the US to maintain an isolationist foreign policy

The major issue debated in the Scopes Trial was the teaching of

• Black History

• Women's History

• Evolution

• Nativism

What was the main goal of President Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?

• To let the imperial powers Germany and Britain know that only the US could intervene in the Americas

• To protect European investments in Mexico

• To encourage American governments to be more independent

• To protect the US from being overpowered by the Latin-American countries

After Roosevelt, President Taft and President Wilson continued to intervene in other countries. Taft used _____ to get results, which came to be known as _____ Diplomacy. Wilson’s _____ Diplomacy meant he intervened when he felt it was _____. 

• Money, Dollar, Moral, Right

• The Army, Militarism, Imperialist, Smart

• Violence, Big Stick, Dollar, Economical

• Food, Fat, Moral, Ethical

This long-term cause of World War I involved the European nations building large armies and new weapons in preparation for future conflicts

• Militarism

• Alliances

• Imperialism

• Nationalism