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Becoming a World Power

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was one of the major factors that brought the U.S. to enter WWI in 1917?
a)
Sinking of the Maine
b)
Sinking of the Titanic
c)
Sinking of the Lusitania
d)
Sinking of the Arizona
2.
What was one reason the U.S. entered WWI?
a)
To protect U.S. citizens living in Europe
b)
To prevent Germany from taking over Europe
c)
To protect Europe from an invasion by Russia
d)
To protect U.S. trade with other countries
3.
What contributions did the U.S. make during WWI? How did we help?
a)
Soldiers
b)
Weapons
c)
Morale
d)
All of the above
4.
What forced Germany to give up territory to Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France and Poland?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Treaty of Versaille
c)
Treaty of Berlin
d)
Germany did not give up territory
5.
President Mckinley expanded America’s role in the world after the Spanish-American war because America _________.
a)
Got control of Spain
b)
Gained Guam, Philippines and Puerto Rico
c)
Lost the war
d)
Got control of Cuba
6.
President Theodore Roosevelt sent American workers to build the ________ canal in central america to improve trade.
a)
Cuba
b)
Panama
c)
Spanish
d)
U.S.
7.
What were problems that U.S. workers had to overcome while building the canal?
a)
Flu
b)
Seasickness
c)
Natives
d)
Malaria
8.
Explain how Theodore Roosevelt expanded America's role in the world.
a)
He sent American workers to build the Panama Canal to improve trade
b)
He made the first teddy bear
c)
He added the state of Alaska
d)
He added the state of Hawaii