Topic 13 'The U.S. and WWI' Review

Cuba became a ____ of the United States after the Spanish-American War.

• armistice

• protectorate

• territory

• state

Advocated by President Woodrow Wilson, ___ sought to base U.S. foreign policy on principles of right or wrong behavior.

• armistice

• corollary

• dollar diplomacy

• moral diplomacy

Championed by President William Howard Taft, ___ was the policy of using economic investment to protect U.S. interests in foreign nations.

• armistice

• moral diplomacy

• dollar diplomacy

• territory

Puerto Rico and the Philippines were ___ of the United States.

• territory

• state

• protectorate

• armistice

An agreement between nations at war to end fighting is called an ___.

• truce

• protectorate

• armistice

• diplomacy

After the Spanish-American War, the United States decided to annex the Philippines rather than support Philippine independence. One reason behind this decision was that annexation would...

• give the U.S. a place to relocate Cuban refugees displaced by the war.

• drive the Japanese out of a profitable Asian market.

• provided the U.S. with a naval base in the Pacific.

• force China to agree to the Open Door policy.

The actions that sugarcane planters took to force the annexation of Hawaii included

• setting up a provisional government.

• requestions Congress to vote on annexation.

• driving Queen Liliuokalani from power.

• taking control of most of the land.

Which of the following influenced American anger toward Spain before the Spanish-American War?

• the widespread use of yellow jouranlism

• Spain's attempt to create a sphere of influence in China

• Spain's opposition to the U.S. building the Panama Canal

• the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana harbor

Why did the Untied States develop the Open Door policy toward China?

• to support the European spheres of influence throughout China

• to establish military and naval bases along the Chinese coast

• to prevent Europe and Japan form dominating Chinese trade and markets

• to promote democratic government and practices in China

Hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved north between 1914 and 1920 in the "Great Migration" because they sought...

• job opportunities in factories.

• the ability to buy consumer goods.

• the possibility of owning a farm.

• an escape from wartime rationing.