Short AE Review

Alfred Thayer Mahan influenced America to become a superpower by....

• promoting imperialism and oversea expansion

• warning against spreading the nation too thin

• promoting going to war with European nations

• warning against a war with Germany

Which was not a cause of the Spanish American War?

• Yellow Journalism

• The sinking of the USS Maine

• The Cuban Struggle for independence

• U.S. gains control of the Philippines

Which was not an effect of the Spanish American War?

• U.S. gains control of Guam and Puerto Rico

• Yellow Journalism

• Cuba gains it's freedom from Spain

• U.S. gains control of the Philippines

Which was not a reason for US declaring war on Germany in World War I?

• Violation of restrictive waters by submarines

• Sinking of the Lusitania

• Submarines attacking merchant ships

• The use of trench warfare

German submarines sinking US ships without warning resulted in

• Wilson asking Congress to declare war on Germany

• Wilson asking Congress to sign the Treaty of Versailles

• Wilson asking Congress to support funds for Russian revolutionaries

• Wilson asking Congress to enforce trade restrictions on Germany

What is one political reason for imperialism?

• To expand a country's power and influence

• To help other nations grow through self-determination

• To help natives run their own nations

• To increase racial diversity

What is one economic reason for imperialism?

• To gather more raw material resources

• To help other nations grow their economy

• To increase trade tariffs

• To promote communism

What is one social reason for imperialism?

• To spread the American way of life to other territories

• To promote racial diversity

• To increase voter participation

• To promote communism

What are 2 reasons Congress did not approve Wilson's Fourteen Points?

• Many wanted to return to isolationism

• Many supported Germany

• Many did not want the League of Nations created

• Many want to continue imperialism

How did the famous words of George Washington's Farewell Address impact the end of World War I?

• Isolationists used it to support their ideas

• Congress would use it to punish Germany.

• Wilson used it to promote his Fourteen Points

• France followed his words to support French Imperialism