U.S. History: Cultural Diffusion and Foreign Policy

Why did Senator Lodge express this opinion about the Treaty of Versailles? Excerpt from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, 1919: "The United States is the world’s best hope, but if you fetter her in the . . . quarrels of other nations, if you tangle her in the intrigues of Europe, you will destroy her powerful good, and endanger her very existence. Leave her to march freely through the centuries to come, as in the years that have gone. Strong, generous, and confident, she has nobly served mankind."

• He wanted to prevent the spread of the global flu epidemic.

• He wanted to protect secret U.S. nuclear technology.

• He wanted the United States to join an international league.

• He wanted to protect U.S. from being involved in international relations.

Which statement correctly summarizes the reason for President Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech on December 8, 1941?

• Axis violations of international law caused the United States to hold criminal trials.

• German expansion in Western Europe caused the United States to assist France.

• Japanese aggression in the Pacific caused the United States to declare war.

• Allied defeats on the battlefield caused the United States to develop new weapons.

The committee mentioned in the statement was investigating suspected members of the —

• Communist Party

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Flying Tigers

What is the meaning of unalienable rights?

• Rights that change over time

• Rights that cannot be taken away or denied

• Rights that only governments can provide

• Rights that cannot be defined and protected

In this excerpt, McCarthy is attempting to incite fear about —

• Japanese Americans confined in internment camps

• organizers of the Civil Rights movement

• accomplices in the Watergate scandal

• members of the Communist Party in government positions

One reason this provision was included in the Treaty of Versailles was to —

• create a democratic government in Germany

• divide Germany into smaller states to be governed by Allied countries

• grant independence to all German colonies

• weaken the power of Germany in the international community

Which U.S. action is Khrushchev challenging in this excerpt?

• Preventing Soviet advisors from meeting with revolutionaries in South America

• Establishing a naval blockade to stop the shipment of missiles to Cuba

• Enforcing a ban on military aid to communist forces in North Vietnam

• Conducting air shipments of vital supplies to East Berlin

The policy outlined in the excerpt was directly influenced by problems that the U.S. Navy had recently confronted during —

• The Cuban Revolution

• The Mexican War

• World War I

• The Spanish-American War

Who were some of the Civil Rights Activists from the Civil Rights Era, and what changes came about as a result of their work?

• Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X; their work led to the end of segregation and the passage of civil rights laws.

• Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson; their work led to the American Revolution.

• Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Sojourner Truth; their work led to the end of World War II.

• John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Theodore Roosevelt; their work led to the Great Depression.

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