Second Industrial Revolution

A major result of the Spanish-American War (1898) was that the United States:

• adopted a policy of isolationism

• assumed a more prominent role in world affairs

• gave up control of territories outside the Western Hemisphere

• increased foreign aid to European allies

Maintaining trading opportunities in China for United States businesses was the primary purpose of:

• the Open Door Policy

• the Roosevelt Corollary

• the Gentlemen's Agreement

• Dollar Diplomacy

Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies. Which United States foreign policy was most often used to carry out the actions shown on the map?

• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

• Wilson’s Fourteen Points

• Kellogg-Briand Pact

• Open Door

Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the newspaper headlines below and on your knowledge of social studies. The headlines in this newspaper are an example of:

• yellow journalism

• investigative reporting

• muckraking literature

• government censorship

As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States saw the need to build the Panama Canal because:

• new colonies had been acquired in Africa

• Spanish opposition to the canal had ended

• the United States navy could then move more quickly between oceans

• United States railroads could not transport enough manufactured goods

A major purpose of both the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) and the Gentlemen's Agreement with Japan (1907) was to:

• limit immigration of certain ethnic groups

• enrich America's cultural diversity

• treat all Asian and European immigrants equally

• relocate Asians displaced by war

The primary goal of the United States foreign policy referred to in the cartoon was to

•    build United States factories in the Caribbean region

•   improve relations with Caribbean nations

• provide defense for nations in the Caribbean

•   protect United States interests in the Caribbean region

The principal that the United States has the right to act as the “policeman of the Western Hemisphere” and intervene in the internal affairs of Latin American nations was established by the

• A. Good Neighbor policy

• B. Open Door policy

• C. Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

• D. Marshall Plan

The Big Stick policy and Dollar Diplomacy were attempts to

• A. increase United States power in Latin America

• B. contain the spread of communism in eastern Europe

• C. protect free trade on the Asian continent

• D. strengthen political ties with western Europe

The Spanish-American War (1898) marked a turning point in United States foreign policy because the United States

• A. developed a plan for peaceful coexistence

• B. emerged as a major world power

• C. pledged neutrality in future European conflicts

• D. refused to become a colonial power