World Power EOC Warm-up/ Exit Ticket

Why did people such as President William McKinley and Sanford B. Dole argue that the annexation of Hawai'i would benefit the United States?

Select TWO correct answers.

• The United States could establish its policy of isolationism

• The U.S. military would gain bases in the Pacific Ocean

• The United States would gain valuable metal and lumber resources

• The U.S. economy would benefit from new resources such as fruit and sugar

• The U.S. military could protect Latin America from European forces

Which title correctly replaces the question mark in this chart?

• Benefits of U.S. Expansionism

• Benefits of U.S. Neutrality

• Benefits of U.S. Militarism

• Benefits of U.S. Nationalism

Which results occured on the homefront because of U.S. involvement in World War I?

Select TWO correct answers.

• Industrial production decreased as U.S. citizens bought fewer goods and services

• Wages decreased as companies faced rising taxes and governmental restrictions on exports

• Companies hired women to work in jobs traditionally reserved for men

• African Americans migrated to northern cities in order to improve their standard of living

• Job competition caused the U.S. government to expel Mexican Americans to Mexico

Theses chapter titles are from a book published in 1915.

Which chapter titles identify the MOST DIRECT reasons that the United States declared war on Germany in 1917?

Select Three correct answers.

• The Supreme Crime Against Civilization: The Tragic Destruction of the Lusitania

• Destroying the Priceless Monuments of Civilizations

• Facing Death in the Trenches

• How "Neutral" Waters Are Violated

• The Deadly Submarines and Its Stealthy Destruction

Which statement describe a direct result of the Spanish-American War?

• American citizens protested the use of the military draft

• The United States gained new overseas markets

• American businesses wanted to limit foreign trade

• The United States adopted an isolationist foreign policy

Why did the U.S. return to the policy of neutrality after WWI?

• To support the League of Nations' initiatives to prevent another war

• The U.S. Senate did not ratify membership in the League of Nations.

• To strengthen economic alliances in Europe and in the Pacific.

• To expand U.S. territories overseas.

What were reasons for US Imperialism?

• Economic interests in natural resources and new markets

• military expansion of Navy

• Isolationist policies
• Competing against other world powers

What was Theodore Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy?

• A plan to expand the U.S. territory through colonization.

• Economic sanctions against foreign nations.

• A military strategy that rejected diplomacy altogether.

• Strategy that negotiated peacefully while also being prepared to use military force.

Match the advancement in technology to its description

• High death toll in No Man's Land

• Tanks

• Ended Stalemates

• Trenches

• Caused stalemates

• Machine Guns

• Caused the need for Gas Masks

• Chemical Warfare

What was the purpose of Wilson's 14 points?

• To encourage military alliances between countries
• To establish a new world government
• To promote peace and prevent future wars.

• To promote economic competition among nations