Semester 2 Review Guide

When a country extends their economic, political, or military power over another country is known as:

• industrialism

•  socialism

• imperialism

The main reason the United States built the Panama Canal was to:

• force transcontinental railroads to reduce their rates.

• increase the efficiency of the American Navy.

• fulfill an obligation to Great Britain under the Clayton-Bulwer treaty.

All of the following contributed to the rise of imperialism except:

• a desire to control the seas

• a desire to treat everyone equally

• a feeling of superiority

All of the following were causes of World War I except:

• Capitalism

• assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

• militarism

The Cuban Missile Crisis was:

• a failure of Nixon’s presidency.

• when Cubans invaded Florida.

•  the closest the U.S. came to a nuclear war.

All of the following were causes of the Great Depression except:

• job availability

•  the stock market crash of October 1929

• bank closures

The Spanish American War included all of the following except:

• U.S.S. Maine

• Admiral Perry

• yellow journalism

The presidents after World War II believed Vietnam:

• was important for American national interest.

• should handle its own affairs.

•  should be communist.

The Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka:

• signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States

•  made “Separate but equal” facilities unconstitutional.

• both answers are correct

The Korean War involved all of the following except:

• Communist took over South Korea

• Truman fired General MacArthur

• An armistice ended the fighting