EOC Topic 4 Practice Test

19th-century book by Alfred Thayer Mahan wrote: "Despite a certain great original superiority by our immense resources..the U.S. is woefully unready..to assert in the Caribbean & Central America a weight of influence proportioned to the extent of her interests." What action is he MOST likely supporting?

• creating military alliances & friendships

• defending our national borders

• acquiring natural resources

• establishing military bases overseas

Alfred Thayer Mahan's list of the importance of sea power to the U.S. foreign policy-Expansion, Territorial expansion for refueling, Battleship development

How did this information influence foreign policy decisions made by the U.S. gov't during the late 1800s?

• diplomats were sent to promote democracy in new territories

• textile factories were encouraged to expand to new territories

• military alliances were created to provide battleships for other nations

• ports were annexed from other nations to be used as refueling stations

Which reason BEST explain why the U.S. adopted the Open Door Policy?

• desire to be military ally with China

• desire to protect trading rights with China

• fear of Chinese investments in U.S. industry

• fear of decline in Chinese immigration to the United States

Look at the political cartoon & answer the question. Which U.S. foreign policy is illustrated by this early 20th-century cartoon?

• Open Door Policy

• Isolationism

• Containment

• Roosevelt Corollary

President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy philosophy was to "speak softly and carry a big stick," which could be interpreted to mean that the U.S. should...

• ensure that all countries were economically stable

• take over any country that did not agree with the U.S. policies

• negotiate peacefully, but with a willingness to use military action

• not to allow diplomats to raise their voice during diplomatic negotiations

During WWI, most Americans came to support the idea of American Imperialism for all of the following reasons EXCEPT..

• a sense of religious obligation

• military competition from other countries

• economic competition with industrial nations

• a lack of concern for the people who lived in the countries being taken over

Which event led to a fierce congressional debate over U.S. expansionism near the end of the 1800s?

• the massacre at Wounded Knee

• the restriction of Asian immigration

• the purchase of the Alaskan territory

• the end of the Spanish-American War

1- Spanish-American War, 2-Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico, & Guam as U.S. protectorates, 3- Open Door Policy, 4-Dollar Diplomacy, 5-Roosevelt Corollary

These events are MOST CLOSELY associated with...

• U.S. Imperialism

• U.S. Isolationism

• U.S. Progressive Movement

• Civil Rights Movement

On January 24, 1898, the USS Maine sailed from Key West, Florida, with a total crew of 355 men. The USS Maine was dispatched to protect American lives in Cuba. This response set in motion a series of events that resulted in which event?

• Boxer Rebellion

• Russo-Japanese War

• Spanish-American War

• the Haitian Revolution

Study the diagram of the reparations after W.W.I, and answer the question.

Which phrase BEST explains why the U.S. supported this plan?

• desire to continue the harsh punishment of Germany

• desire to reduce the influence of the banking industry in Europe

• fears that the continuation of reparations would strengthen Germany

• fears that the collapse of reparation would cause instability in Europe