2nd Quarterly Assessment Review

Read the following excerpt from President Theodore Roosevelt's 1904 Message to Congress and answer the question

"Chronic wrongdoing...may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence {observance} of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing...to the exercise of an international police power.

-National Archives

To which issue is Roosevelt responding in this message?

• Japanese attacks on US forces

• German U-boat attacks in US waters

• European interference in Latin American affairs

• Asian involvement in South American businesses

Which statement best describes the historical significance of this cartoon?

• The US increased its territory through imperialist policies

• the US expanded its policy of containing communism

• the US established lenient immigration laws

• the US entered a period of isolationism

The information below identifies examples of the work of the muckrakers

-Upton Sinclair exposed the unhealthy practices in meat packing plants

-Ida Tarbell revealed the dishonest business tactics of Standard Oil

-Jacob Riis wrote How the Other Half Lives showing tenement conditions

What was the impact of these muckraking activities during the early 1900s?

• society changed in response to their promotion of Social Darwinism

• voters agreed to let the owners of Big Business create more profitable monopolies

• reports of these works in publication abroad led to a sudden decrease in immigration

• public reaction to their books led to new laws addressing the abuses of industrialization

Which of the following was not part of President Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal?

• women's suffrage

• environmental conservation

• trust busting

• consumer protection

Which of the following amendments granted women the right to vote?

• 15th amendment

• 16th amendment

• 18th amendment

• 19th amendment

Which of the following was not a cause of US imperialism?

• competition

• need for new markets

• to keep Cuba from gaining independence

• belief that the US was culturally superior

What power did the Sedition Act give the federal government during World War 1?

• the power to spy on new immigrants

• the power to draft young men into the military

• the power to fight dissent that could damage the war effort

• the power to control what and how much factories produced

Wilson's plan for peace to put an end to WW1 is known as the

• Fourteen Points

• League of Nations

• Open Door Policy

• Big Stick Diplomacy

Read the following excerpt written by Alfred Thayer Mahan in 1890 and answer the question below

"...the government should make itself felt, to build up for the nation a navy which, if not capable of reaching distant countries, shall at least be able to keep clear the chief approaches to its own...In order to do this, the enemy must be kept not only out of our ports, but far away from our coasts."

-The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783

Based on this excerpt, why did the United States buy the Virgin Islands in 1917?

• to guard local businesses in the Caribbean

• to establish strategic bases in the Caribbean

• to monitor immigrant workers in the Caribbean

• to protect the plantation system in the Caribbean

Why did the US Senate fail to ratify the Treaty of Versailles in 1919?

• many opposed the severe sanctions the treaty placed on Germany

• many feared the League of Nations would involve the US in foreign wars

• many felt the League of Nations would interfere with American plans in the Philippines

• many predicted membership in the League of Nations would make too many new friends