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WorksheetsBecoming A World Power
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. Why did the United States get involved in the Spanish American War?
a)
The Spanish bombed Cuba to force America to join the war.
b)
Concerns for Cuban lives and to demonstrate American power
c)
To protect the lives of the Spanish living in Cuba
d)
o gain recognition in Europe
2.
2. Which territories were annexed as a result of the Spanish American War? (5-3.5)
a)
Alaska, Hawaii, Guam
b)
Guam, Hawaii, Guba
c)
Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico
d)
Cuba, Alaska, Philippines
3.
Arrows "A" and "B" on the map, point to which two territories controlled by the United States? (5-3.5)
a)
Philippines and Japan
b)
Philippines and Hawaii
c)
Hawaii and Japan
d)
Asia and Hawaii
4.
4. What do many historians believe caused the Maine to explode? (5-3.5) *
a)
A gas leak
b)
Spain bombed the ship
c)
France bombed the ship
d)
It was a hoax
5.
5. Why did President Roosevelt want to build the Panama Canal (5-3.5)? *
a)
The people of Panama asked the U.S. to build it
b)
It would allow commerical and war ships to travel from Atlantic to Pacific more quickly
c)
The French insisted that it was easy
d)
It was a challenge made by the United States
6.
6. What is Manifest Destiny? (5-3.5
a)
Exaggerated form of reporting
b)
Improving the lives of the disadvantaged
c)
Belief that the United States should expand
d)
A company that has control of an entire industry
7.
7. The United States began to grow as a world power as a result of the Spanish-American War because it *
a)
Increased military spending
b)
Gained new territories
c)
Signed a treaty with Mexico
d)
Built its industries
8.
8. What type of writing, that greatly exaggerates and makes something sound much worse or better than it really is, helped promote the idea that America needed to declare war on Spain? *
a)
Expose
b)
Yellow Journalism
c)
Fiction
d)
Folktale
9.
9. Which of the following made up the central powers alliance? (5-3.6) *
a)
France, United States, Great Britain
b)
Austria Hungary, Russia, Japan
c)
Germany, Austria Hungary, Ottoman Empire
d)
Ottoman Empire, China, Germany
10.
10. When an alliance is formed between two nations, it means that __________. (5-3.6) *
a)
They trade only with each other
b)
They manufacture good for each other
c)
They sell farm products to each other
d)
They help each other during attacks of war
11.
11. What is isolationism? (5-3.6) *
a)
Exaggerated form of reporting
b)
Where a nation remains neutral and does not take sides
c)
Being by yourself
d)
Belief that the United States should expand
12.
12. Which statement below best explains the U.S. at the beginning of World War 1? *
a)
The U.S. wanted to remain neutral and stay out of the fighting
b)
The U.S. was the first country to declare war
c)
The U.S. gave money to both sides, but never joined the fight
d)
The U.S. started war on the side of the Central Powers
13.
13. Which of the following made up the Allied forces during World War 1? (5-3.6) *
a)
United States, Austria-Hungary, France
b)
Ottoman Empire, Germany, France
c)
France, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
d)
United States, Great Britain, France
14.
14. What were the reasons for the United States to get involved with World War 1? (5-3.6) *
a)
Protect the United States from being invaded by Mexico
b)
Protect the United States' economic interests in Cuba
c)
Zimmerman telegram, unrestricted submarine warfare, sinking of Lusitania
d)
Zimmerman telegram, unrestricted submarine warfare, sinking of Maine
15.
15. What was the name of the document signed in 1919 that ended World War 1? (5-3.6) *
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Common Sense
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
Federalist Papers
16.
16. Which of the following was used during World War 1? (5-3.6) *
a)
Trench Warfare, Propaganda, Atomic Bomb
b)
Trench Warfare, No man's land, Propaganda
c)
Atomic Bomb, Propaganda, No man's land
d)
Propaganda, Trench Warfare, Bomber planes
17.
17. What was the name of the organization that was created to prevent future wars? (5-3.6) *
a)
League of Nations
b)
Zimmerman Telegram
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
Yellow Journalism
18.
18. What is a love of country and the desire to have it free from the control of another is know as _____________. (5-3.6) *
a)
Isolationism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Zimmerman Telegram
d)
Propaganda
19.
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
a)
was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War I against Germany.
b)
was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
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