MUSH Final Review 2023

Imperialism is?

• When a smaller country is able to stop a larger country from taking it over and taking their resources
• When a large country takes over a small country to get their resources
• When two nations compete to take each other over in an attempt to get each other's resources
• When a Latin American, African or Asian country is able to control its own destiny

In the 1890s, the main goal of those who supported United States imperialism was to

• bring self-government to areas under United States control
• obtain overseas markets and naval bases
• defend against attacks by enemy nations
• spread democracy to Africa and Latin America

Yellow journalism before the Spanish-American War did what?

• prevented the war
• wrote articles about Cuba that were fair and balanced
• exaggerated events to build support for war
• ignored the situation in Cuba

As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States saw the need to move the United States navy more quickly between oceans so they decided to

• acquire new colonies in Africa
• take over the island of Puerto Rico
• build a canal in Panama
• rely on United States railroads to move more manufactured goods

To support their view, anti-imperialists argued that

• imperialism would reduce U.S. military forces.
• the United States should get more involved in foreign affairs.
• imperialism rejected the American ideal of “liberty for all.”
• imperialism would make the United States more admired in the world.

An underlying cause of World War I was

• the ongoing dispute over the convoy system.
• American insistence on neutrality.
• an alliance between the autocratic rulers of Germany and Russia
• the system of alliances European nations created for their defense.

The United States decided to enter WWI in response to

• Germany’s return to unrestricted submarine warfare.
• France’s fall to the Central Powers.
• The Czar’s growing support in Russia.
• A filibuster by United States senators.

How did the U.S. government build the large fighting force it would need to enter World War I?

• It encouraged women to enlist as well as men.
• It allowed blacks to train and fight alongside whites.
• It offered high wages to anyone who volunteered to fight.
• It established a national draft for young men aged 21 to 30.

Many historians believe that the harsh terms found in the Treaty of Versailles helped lead to

• Italy’s unification
• another war
• Turkey’s modernization
• revolutions in Russia

The death toll from World War I was

• the highest for American troops.
• extraordinarily high for all sides.
• low, because of advances in weapons
• high for Germany but low for the Allies.