Rise of a World Power I

Which actions are examples of President Theodore Roosevelt carrying out his Big Stick policy?

• The Unite States fought the Spanish American War

• The Panama Canal increase global trade

• the United States sent troops to Caribbean countries

• the transcontinental railroad improved communications

• the great white fleet sailed around the world

How did this acquistion benefit the United States in the early 20th century?

• By showing other nation the advantages of Dollar Diplomacy

• By securing US presence in the Pacific Ocean

• By demonstrating naval superiorty in the Caribbean Sea

• By proving to other nations that the US would enforce Open Door Policy

These chapter titles are from a book published in 1915

Which chapter titles the MOST DIRECT reasons that the US declared war on Germany in 1917?

Pic THREE

• The Tragic Destruction of the Lusitania

• Destroying the Priceless Monuments of Civilization

• How "Neutral" water are Violated

• Facing death in the Trenches

• The Deadly Submarrine and its Stealthy Destruction

Which statement describes a direct result of the Spanish American War?

• American citizens protested the of the military draft

• The United States gained new overseas markets.

• American business wanted to limit foreign trade

• the US adoped an isolationist foreign policy

Why did the Spanish American War move the US into the position of a world power?

• the US acquired Spanish territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific

• The US proved its nuclear capabilities against Spain in Southeast Asia

• The US stopped the spread of communism in Spain

• The US ended Spanish trade in the Eastern Hemisphere

How did the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine affect the role of the US in the world?

• By establishing military alliances with Asian nations

• By proclaiming a policy of isolationism

• By creatin a plan to stop the spread of communism

• By announcing a willingness to intervene in the affairs of Wester Hemisphere nations

What message about imperialism did this political cartoon convey?

• The closer an acquired territory was, the more self government it should be allowed to excerise

• Imperialism was not likely to improve acces to overseas markets

• It was not worth angering European power to annex new territories

• The farther imperialist expansion extended the harder it would be the the US to control

In the late 1800s, Sanford B. Dole contributed to the expansion of the US by adovcating the annexation of

• Puerto Rico

• the Panama Canal Zone

• Hawaii

• the Philippines

This cartoon comments on tactics use to-

• secure the southern border of California

• protect shipping lanes in the Great Lakes

• create a defensive alliance with France

• obtain control of the Panama Canal Zone

Which numbered territory did the US gain by winning the Spanish American War?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4