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Unit 3 Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Newspapers exagerrated the events in Cuba to sell papers. This type of false reporting is called ____.
a)
Fox News
b)
yellow journalism
c)
street reporting
d)
Breitbarting
2.

What happened on the night of February 15, 1898 that angered many Americans?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt became president.

b)

The USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor

c)

The Philippines was invaded

d)

The transcontinental railroad was finished at Promontory Point

3.

Americans felt sorry for these people who were suffering because of the Spanish government.

a)

Spanish people

b)

Puerto Ricans

c)

General Weyler

d)

Cuban Rebels

4.

What country was defeated by the US naval attack at Manila Bay?

a)

the Philippines

b)

Spain

c)

the United States

d)

Cuba

5.

U.S. business men in Cuba were worried about the fighting because...

a)

they liked the Cuban people

b)

they had invested lots of money in sugar plantations

c)

they wanted to grow cotton in Cuba

d)

just because

6.

Which man quit his job at the Navy and created the Rough Riders volunteer cavalry unit?

a)

William McKinley

b)

Admiral Dewey

c)

General Weyler

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

7.

Which of these territories did the United States gain as a result of the Spanish American War?

a)

Cuba

b)

Guam

c)

Puerto Rico

d)

the Philippines

e)

Spain

8.

Headlines such as these are an example of Yellow Journalism. Which are the best descriptions of it?

a)

truthful and objective

b)

fair and balanced

c)

hard to understand

d)

exaggerated and sensational

9.

Construction of the Panama Canal began after Panama became independent from what country?

a)

Nicaragua

b)

Costa Rica

c)

Colombia

d)

the United States

10.

Teddy Roosevelt told European countries that they should...

a)

stay out of the United States

b)

stay out all night

c)

stay in a Motel 6

d)

stay out of the Americas

11.

Why did Teddy Roosevelt want to build the Panama Canal?

a)

so that US Navy ships could get from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean more quickly

b)

so that cargo ships could bring supplies from China

c)

so that they could even out the oceans

d)

so that US Navy ships had to travel further to get from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

12.

The Roosevelt Corollary stated...

a)

that the United States would stay out of other countries

b)

that the United States had a police power in Latin America

c)

that the United States could intervene in European countries

d)

that the United States would send lots of money to Latin America

13.

Teddy Roosevelt's approach to other countries was that he would speak politely and back up what he said with a strong US Navy. What was the name of this approach?

a)

Detente

b)

Big Stick Diplomacy

c)

Dollar Diplomacy

d)

Domino Theory

14.

What is it called when countries claim territories outside of their land to make an empire?

a)

Militarism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Alliances

d)

Nationalism

15.

The sinking of this ship by a German submarine pushed the United States closer to war. Which of these ships is the Lusitania?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

The assassination of this man led to World War I in Europe.

a)

Tsar Nicholas II

b)

Queen Victoria

c)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

d)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

17.

Which of these countries were part of the Allied Powers in World War I? (3 correct)

a)

Germany

b)

Great Britain

c)

Russia

d)

Austria-Hungary

e)

Serbia

18.

Which of the following countries were part of the Central Powers during World War I? (3 correct)

a)

Germany

b)

Great Britain

c)

Austria-Hungary

d)

France

e)

Bulgaria

19.

Which of these was a reason that the United States got involved in World War I?

a)

a song called "Over There"

b)

the Zimmermann Telegram

c)

Food Shortages

d)

Belleau Wood

20.

Economic and political ties to which country led the United States into World War I?

a)

Germany

b)

Great Britain

21.

What was the name of the peace plan that Woodrow Wilson created at the end of World War I?

a)

The 13 Points

b)

The 14 Points

c)

The 15 Points

d)

The 16 Points

22.

the most important part of Wilson's plan for peace was...

a)

The United Nations

b)

The Unique Nations

c)

The League of Nations

d)

The National League

23.

What was the overall purpose of Woodrow Wilson's peace plan?

a)

to make sure the US got the most stuff

b)

the make sure that there would be no more wars

c)

to give the United States more power

24.

The United States didn't join the League of Nations because...

a)

the Supreme Court ruled against it

b)

Woodrow Wilson refused to join

c)

American people didn't want the US to join

d)

the US Senate failed to ratify the treaty

25.

Before and after World War I, the United States practiced ____________________________, meaning the US didn't get involved in other countries fights.

a)

Isolationism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Globalization

d)

Conservationism

26.

This picture shows which cause of the Spanish American War?

a)

the Lusitania

b)

the USS Arizona

c)

the USS Maine

d)

the USS Indianapolis