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Spanish American War, Progressive Era, WWI

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the main reason for annexing Hawaii?

a)

Sugar

b)

Naval Base

c)

Tourism and Beaches

d)

Geography and Climate

2.

What did the use of machine guns and trenches lead to?

a)

Stalemate

b)

Easy victory for the Germans

c)

Short battles

d)

Limited number of casualties

3.

Many smaller political parties in the early 1900s led to

a)

Reform ideas that became laws

b)

Major political parties

c)

Redrawing of state lines

d)

Had little impact

4.

How would troops advance across no-man's land?

a)

Tanks

b)

Large groups

c)

Army crawl

d)

Jeeps

5.

President Woodrow Wilson ultimately appealed for the US to join WWI in his ...

a)

War Message

b)

14 Points

c)

Campaign Speech

d)

Tour to Germany

6.

How would you describe the US policy in Latin America in the early 1900s?

a)

Would intervene in Latin America if it's self interest was involved

b)

US main goal was to bring unification of all Latin American countries

c)

Went against the "Big Stick" policy

d)

US supported European involvement in Latin America

7.

What would an "anti-imperialist" believe about annexing Hawaii?

a)

That the US should not acquire new territories

b)

That the US should continue expanding

c)

Sugar will be more valuable than US currency in the early 20th century

d)

The US will begin to lose it's power if it keeps spreading

8.

What did the creation of initiative, referendum, and recall lead to?

a)

Citizens participating in democracy

b)

A lack of participation by citizens

c)

Redistributing the tax burden

d)

Segregated areas in the south

9.

Which book helped lead to regulations enforced by the Food and Drug Administration?

a)

The Jungle Book

b)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

c)

The Jungle

d)

The Forest

10.

What does this cartoon represent?

a)

The US attempting to control the Panama Canal

b)

Teddy Roosevelt liberating Cuba

c)

Franklin Roosevelt Protecting Latin America from Europe

d)

Teddy Roosevelt is on an abnormally small ship

11.

Ending the Spanish American War, the Treaty of Paris ceded Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the US, establishing the US as a(n)...

a)

Isolationist Nation

b)

Imperial Power

c)

Declining Country

d)

Mainly Rural Nation

12.

The Open Door Policy was a free trade philosophy with

a)

China

b)

Korea

c)

Japan

d)

Spain

13.

Wilson's Fourteen Points addressed...

a)

Maintaining World Peace

b)

Becoming an Imperial Power

c)

Joining World War I

d)

Dissolving European Democracies

14.

Because the United States was afraid to endanger itself by connecting to Europe..

a)

The US did not join the League of Nations

b)

The US joined the League of Nations

c)

The US declared war on France

d)

The US gave Cuba back to Spain

15.

The Monroe Doctrine stated that the US may be an international police power if...

a)

European countries were to threaten intervention in Latin America

b)

European countries were to stop trading their goods with the west

c)

The League of Nations dissolved

d)

Latin America were to invade European countries

16.

What was a cause of increased populations in urban areas from 1865-1900?

a)

Growth of agriculture

b)

Growth of Native American culture

c)

Growth of Industry

d)

Growth of Civil Rights

17.

The construction of this became more important to the US after the Spanish American war because we needed a faster way to get to newly acquired territories in the Pacific

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Panama City

c)

Hoover Dam

d)

Argentinian Pass

18.

Which of the following was an action taken by the US government, which reflected the early 20th-century policy of Dollar Diplomacy?

a)

The United States remained neutral during WWI

b)

Marines were often sent to occupy Central American countries

c)

The US became isolationist following WWI

d)

Military intervention was used in Hawaii

19.

What was an effect of the Homestead Act of 1860?

a)

White settlers and Native Americans had conflict

b)

Settlers and Natives worked together to build communities

c)

African Americans were given free land in the north

d)

It allowed for immigrants to begin working on the Transcontinental Railroad

20.

The use of barbed wire and sod houses were examples of

a)

Great Plains Immigrants adapting to their new environment

b)

Southern planters using technology

c)

Westerners finding new hunting techniques

d)

Northeastern farmers using new inventions

21.

Unfair business practices in favor of impeding smaller companies led to legislation that...

a)

Guaranteed public access to corporate records

b)

Protected consumers by prohibiting monopolies

c)

Protected domestic industries from foreign competition

d)

Required reciprocity agreements between state governments

22.

What was the economic impact of the Spanish American War?

a)

Acquiring new territories to help trade grow

b)

Acquiring new territories to

c)

Discovered an unlimited supply of pineapples in Hawaii

d)

Lost a major trade partner in China because of the newly acquired territories

23.

What caused an increase of urbanization?

a)

Migration to cities due to industrialization

b)

Migration to the south because of growing plantations

c)

Monopolies taking over certain industries

d)

A shift from urban to rural living

24.

The homestead act established what kind of communities on the American Frontier?

a)

Industrial

b)

Native American

c)

Agricultural

d)

European

25.

After The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair was released, the government began to take a role...

a)

Worker salaries

b)

Private industry

c)

Welfare programs

d)

Consumer safety

26.

The Espionage and Sedition Acts (WWI) limited what?

a)

Job Opportunities

b)

Civil Liberties

c)

College Enrollment

d)

Ability to Join the Military

27.

What was created to conserve and manage wild life and land?

a)

National Parks

b)

Civil Rights

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Anti Trust Acts