America Becomes a World Power Test 3

Why did Woodrow Wilson order John J. Pershing and his expeditionary force home?

• The border with Mexico was secure.

• “Pancho” Villa had stopped his raids.

• Venustiano Carranza was president of Mexico.

• The United States was facing World War I in Europe.

The main purpose of propaganda during World War 1 was to ______. Choose the TWO best answers.

• sell America on supporting the war.

• limit free speech rights.

• find disloyal Americans.

• encourage Americans to buy war bonds.

After the start of World War 1, American anti-immigrant beliefs led to _________.

• purchasing British war bonds.

• migration of immigrants to the west.

• the changing of names for items associated with the enemy.

• the banning of all new immigration to the United States.

All of the following are components of the Platt Amendment for Cuba except

• Cuba cannot have excessive debt

• Cuba cannot make agreements with foreign powers

• The US could intervene in Cuban affairs

• Cuba was allowed complete independence

The so-called "Zimmerman telegram"

• was intercepted by agents working for the United States.

• included a proposal for the return of the American Southwest to Mexico.

• revealed plans by Germany to expand the use of its submarine fleet.

• revealed that Germans were attempting to foment a race riot in the American South.

What 2 interests did the US have for annexing Hawaii? Choose the TWO correct answers.

• To extend democracy over more Pacific Islands

• Military protection for US trade routes

• Spreading Christianity to areas outside of the US

• Protection for American business and economic interests

The entry of the US into World War I

• had little effect on the war's outcome

• added millions of troops on the side of the Allied powers

• made Germany fight much harder than they had before

• included much-needed cash into the Allied war effort

The country that dropped out of World War I in 1917 based on social, economic and political issues was

• Italy

• Mexico

• Russia

• Germany

President Taft and his Dollar Diplomacy was known for a foreign policy based on

• military intervention

• economic investment

• land concessions

• humanitarian projects

The Treaty of Versailles overlooked the importance of

• identifying the guilty country in a war

• treating all nations justly, including any losers

• including the most powerful nations like the US to help make decisions

• crippling any nation that might be dangerous in the future