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Imperialism and WWI

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Muckraking

c)

Big Stick Diplomacy

d)

The Roosevelt Corollary

2.

Ship that explodes off the coast of Cuba in Havana harbor and helps contribute to the start of the Spanish-American War

a)

USS Maine

b)

The Lusitania

c)

The Titantic

d)

USS Arizona

3.

A stronger nation controlling a weaker nation, having colonies

a)

Nationalism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Socialism

d)

Militarism

4.

The author of the book, "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History" and father of US Imperialism

a)

Alfred T. Mahan

b)

T. Roosevelt

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Booker T. Washington

5.

The idea that Americans that the US was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

American Exceptionalism

c)

The Bush Doctrine

d)

City Upon a HIll

6.

Ship canal cut across the isthmus of Panama by United States, it opened in 1915.

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Cuban Cut Through

d)

Transcontinental Railroad

7.

idea that many European countries had a duty to spread their religion and culture to those less civilized

a)

White Man's Burden

b)

Influence of Sea Power Upon History

c)

How to be an Anti-Racist

d)

Protestant Work Ethic

8.

changing a culture to fit in with the dominant culture

a)

Assimilation

b)

Nativism

c)

Ethnic Enclaves

d)

Imperialism

9.

A group of investigative reporters who exposed the corruption and horrible conditions or urban areas

a)

Muckrakers

b)

Yellow Journalism

c)

Fake News

d)

Scalawags

10.

Gave women the right to vote

a)

18th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

26th Amendment

11.

encouarged african americans to learn trades to gain economic equality; founded the tuskgee institute in alabama

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. Dubois

c)

Fredrick Douglass

d)

Ida B. Wells

12.

African American journalist. published statistics about lynching,

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Alice Paul

d)

Jacob Riis

13.

This motivation for imperialism involves the pride and prestige of a nation

a)

Political

b)

Military

c)

Economic

d)

Cultural

14.

Position of the US toward WWI in the beginning

a)

Neutrality

b)

Interventionism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Collective Security

15.

Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire during WWI

a)

The Allies

b)

The Central Powers

c)

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

d)

the Justice League

16.

Russia, France, England, Serbia and the US during WWI

a)

The Central Powers

b)

The Allies

c)

the League of Extraordinary Gentlement

d)

the Justice League

17.

The Zimmerman Note

a)

Proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico.

b)

Proposed an alliance between the US and Mexico

c)

Proposed an alliance between the Soviet Union and Germany

d)

Proposed an alliance between Japan and Italy

18.

Espionage and Sedition Acts

a)

prohibited criticizing the gov't, president & the war.

b)

forced Japanese-Americans into internment camps.

c)

allowed for the segregation of public schools.

d)

encouraged the settlement of the west.

19.

Which of these was NOT granted to the US at the end of the Spanish-Am war?

a)

the Philippines

b)

Hawaii

c)

Puerto Rico

d)

Guam

20.

Which of these statements would most likley be said by an anti-imperialist?

a)

"A strong navy requires taking islands in the Pacific."

b)

"We need the Philippines as a stepping stone to China."

c)

"It is our duty as an Anglo-Saxon nation to civilize & Christianize the Philippines."

d)

"It is not necessary to own people to trade with them."

21.

Which of these longterm causes of WWI pulled most European nations into WWI?

a)

Militarism

b)

Alliances

c)

Imperialism

d)

Nationalism

22.

This ship was sunk in 1917 and killed 128 Americans it contributes to our entering WWI.

a)

the Lusitania

b)

the USS Maine

c)

the Titantic

d)

the USS Minnow

23.

This man was president during WWI.

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

William McKinley

d)

Eugene V. Debs