PMA 2 Review Day 2

Which describes a similarity in the experiences of “new” European immigrants and Asian immigrants during the Gilded Age?

• experienced nativism

• were denied entry into the United States

• assimilated to the dominant culture

• experienced the full benefits of citizenship

What was the goal of President Theodore Roosevelt's voyage of the Great White Fleet?

• establish overseas fueling stations for the United States Navy

• demonstrate the United States' ability to defend its international interests

• repair United States' international reputation following the Philippine Rebellion

• increase military spending to establish an Open Door Policy with China

Which led citizens to believe the United States would become involved in World War I?

• publication of the Sussex Pledge and the threat of domestic espionage

• the buildup of arms in Europe and Japan's use of unrestricted submarine warfare

• interception of the Zimmerman telegram and German violation of the Sussex Pledge

• assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and a growing alliance with Great Britain

“The United States is the world's best hope, but... if you tangle her in the [interests] of

Europe, you will destroy her powerful good, and endanger her very existence.”

Henry Cabot Lodge, 1919

Which best reflects Lodge’s view of post-war international relations?

• The United States should reject the Treaty of Versailles in order to avoid entangling

  alliances.

• America has a duty to protect the nations who were granted their independence in the

  Treaty of Versailles.

• Signing the Treaty of Versailles is best for the United States as it separates the western

  hemisphere from European affairs.

• German reparations must be harsh in order to ensure the nation cannot become powerful

  enough to participate in another global conflict.

For places which were not directly exposed to gunfire, or at least were not supposed to be, the girl operators were sent by the hundreds! Many of them have heard the roar of artillery and the whir of Hun¹ air bombers, but what does an American hello girl care for that! Hardly a day passes, even in piping times of peace, but that we read of the telephone heroines. They stay at their posts in burning buildings, they spread news to countryside villages and farms when dams burst and they serve like good soldiers in perils that would daunt the stoutest hearts.
— John Walker Harrington, The Sun (New York, NY), September 29, 1918

This article describes how women contributed to US efforts in World War I by

• assisting in the production of war materials.

• 
  transporting war materials via military aircraft.

• facilitating wartime communications.

• serving in combat on the front lines.

Which identifies a contribution of the Social Gospel Movement?

• Muckrakers exaggerated stories to increase support for imperialist policies in Cuba and

  the Philippines.

• The Women’s Christian Temperance Union protested efforts to ban the manufacture and

  sale of alcohol.

• Settlement houses were built in agrarian areas as meeting places for political machines

  like Boss Tweed.

• The Salvation Army and the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) provided welfare

  services to the public.

The quotation is from George Washington Plunkitt, a Tammany Hall precinct captain, in 1905.

"If there's a fire in Ninth, Tenth, or Eleventh Street, for example, any hour of the day or

night, I'm usually there . . . . If a family is burned out I don't ask them whether they are

Republicans or Democrats... I just get [a place to live] for them, buy clothes for them . .

. and fix them up till they get things runnin' again."

George Washington Plunkitt, 1905

What did Tammany Hall expect in return for providing such help for people?

• their political loyalty

• their testimony in court

• their naturalization as citizens

• their promise to stay out of trouble

Which statement would the cartoonist agree with?

• Industrialists should work together to form trusts through horizontal and vertical

  integration.

• Industrialists should create monopolies in order to become more powerful than the federal

  government.

• The President should ignore laws such as the Interstate Commerce Act in order to protect

  big businesses.

• The President should enforce laws such as the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to eliminate bad

  trusts and regulate good trusts.

"England’s naval bases have been in all parts of the world... Colonies attached to the

mother country afford, therefore, the surest means of supporting abroad the sea power

of a country... Britain’s power was everywhere that her ships could reach."

Alfred Thayer Mahan, 1890

Based on the excerpt, what did Mahan believe was necessary to compete with imperialist

powers such as England?

• build naval bases throughout the world

• develop a large air force build army bases throughout Europe

• develop a large standing army

• develop a large air force

“The working conditions in those days were so horrible it would stagger your

imagination. Death was our constant companion... Malaria with all its horrible meaning

those days was just a household word. I saw mosquitoes... by the thousands attack

one man. There were days that we could only work a few hours because of high fever

racking our bodies...”

Alfred Dottin

Which describes Dottin’s experience when constructing the Panama Canal?

• The workers went on strike demanding shorter work days.

• The construction slowed down because diseases spread and killed workers.

• The conflict between Panamanians and the United States turned violent.

• The housing provided to construction workers was overcrowded.