Imperialism and WWI Review

What year was the Spanish-American War?

• 1901
• 1896
• 1898
• 1889

What term refers to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy: "speak softly and carry a big stick"

• Moral Diplomacy
• Open Door Policy
• Big Stick Diplomacy
• Dollar Diplomacy

What was the name of the US battleship that exploded in Havana, Cuba in 1898?

• USS Texas
• USS Arizona
• USS Constitution
• USS Maine

What was built from 1904-1914 that connected the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean?

• Suez Canal
• Panama Railway
• Transcontinental Railroad
• Panama Canal

This intercepted note from the German foreign minister to the Mexican government offered territories in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico to Mexico?

• Zimmermann Telegram
• Monroe Doctrine
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Seward's Folly

This allowed each foreign nation in China to trade freely in the other nations' sphere of influence.

• Treaty of Nanking
• Spheres of Influence Agreement
• Open Door Policy
• Boxer Rebellion Act

This WWI soldier who received the congressional medal of honor. He eliminated at least 25 enemy soldiers and captured 132 enemy soldiers.

• George Patton
• Douglas MacArthur
• Alvin York
• John Pershing

Creating headlines by exploiting, distorting, or exaggerating the news to sell newspapers is called what?

• Tabloid journalism
• Investigative reporting
• Sensationalist media
• Yellow journalism

He was president during the Spanish-American War?

• Theodore Roosevelt
• Woodrow Wilson
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• William McKinley

Which battle involved more than one million american soldiers - where the AEF broke through the Germans blockade on the western front?

• Battle of the Bulge
• D-Day Invasion
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Meuse-Argonne Offensive