Rise of American Power & WWI

The explosion of the USS Maine & the practice of yellow journalism played a significant role in ?

• the public's support for the Spanish American War

• the acquisition of Florida

• the creation of the Open Door Policy with China

• the purchase of Alaska from Russia

The US became a colonial power as a result of the Spanish American War because?

• the US acquired Texas from Mexico

• the US acquired the Panama Canal from Colombia

• the US acquired colonies in Africa

• the US acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, & the Philippines from Spain

Under the direction of President Theodore Roosevelt, the US saw the need to build a canal through Panama because?

• new colonies had been acquired in Africa

• Spanish opposition to the canal had ended

• the US navy and merchant ships could move quickly between the Atlantic and Pacific

• US railroads could not transport manufactured goods

Which of the following was a cause of the US entering World War 1?

• German practice of unrestricted submarine warfare

• Germany selling Texas to Mexico

• Japan bombing the US navy base in Pearl Harbor

• Hitler's acts of aggression against Britain & France

This was a secret proposal by Germany to Mexico seeking an alliance & asking Mexico to attack the US during WW1?

• Zimmerman Telegram

• Fourteen Points

• Lusitania Agreement

• Treaty of Versailles

During World War I, what was President Woodrow Wilson's purpose for writing the Fourteen Points?

• to ask Congress for additional funding for the war

• to propose war crimes trials for leaders of Germany & Japan

• it was a peace plan to prevent future wars

• to call for the formation of military alliances against aggressor nations

This federal agency was established during WWI to regulate all war industries & make sure there was enough supplies for the troops?

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

• War Industries Board

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Federal Trade Commission

How did women help contribute to the war effort at home in the US?

• women became pilots and navy ship captains

• women collected money to help pay for the war

• women enlisted in the military & fought in combat roles

• women entered the workforce filling men's jobs in the factories

What is one effect of the Supreme Court case Schenck v. United States (1919) ?

• it prohibited the president from implementing a military draft

• it restricted the formation of defense alliances

• it prevented wartime internment of American citizens

• it limited freedom of speech during wartime

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904) proclaims the right of the US to do this?

• impose trade restrictions on European imports

• intervene in the affairs of Latin American nations to protect American interests there

• promote democracy in Africa

• determine the border between Alaska and Canada