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US History Exam Review - Imperialism and WWI

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A nation benefited from having a strong navy and the overseas bases needed to maintain it.

a)

Alfred Mahan & The Influence of Sea Power Upon History

b)

Alfred and Batman, The Dark Knight Rising

c)

Ida B Tarbell The History of the Standard Oil Company

d)

Jocko Willink The Dichotomy of Leadership

2.

Acquiring a base to protect U.S. trade interests in the Pacific

a)

Alfred Thayer Mahan expressed what opinion in his book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History?

b)

the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, and/or military control over weaker territories.

c)

Commodore George Dewey´s motive when attacking Spain in Philippine harbor

d)

Anti Imperialist Leage

3.

Opposed U.S. conquest and possession of overseas territories

a)

Moral Diplomacy

b)

Anti Imperialist League

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

Big Stick Diplomacy

4.

the US Constitution did not automatically apply to people in acquired territories.

a)

Boxer Rebellion

b)

Teller Amendment

c)

Open Door Notes

d)

Insular Cases

5.

Latin American countries defaulting on their debts to foreign nations

a)

Social Gospel Movement

b)

Anti Imperialist Leage

c)

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

d)

Open Door Policy

6.

Equal access to trade in areas of China controlled by foreign governments

a)

Goal of Open Door Policy

b)

Goal of Big Stick Diplomacy

c)

Goal of Dollar Diplomacy

d)

Goal of Moral Diplomacy

7.

Colombia refused to ratify an agreement allowing construction of the Panama Canal

a)

Latin American countries defaulting on their debts to foreign nations

b)

US actively encouraged a 1903 revolt in Central America

c)

Equal access to trade in areas of China controlled by foreign governments

d)

Insular Cases

8.

To create stability abroad for the benefit of U.S. commercial interests

a)

Goal of Taft´s Dollar Diplomacy

b)

Goal of Roosevelt Big Stick Diplomacy

c)

Goal of Wilson´s Moral Diplomacy

d)

Goal of Open Door Policy

9.

US economy during WWI?

a)

Struggled greatly

b)

Experienced Tremendous Growth

c)

Was mostly unaffected

d)

Invented Crypto Currency

10.

*Countries competing to build massive navy

* Central Powers & Allies

Competion for New Markets & Colonies

* Germany´s belief they had to be among the top nations

a)

Causes of Spanish American War

b)

Reasons US entered WWI (Great War)

c)

Causes for outbreak of the Great War

d)

Causes for WWII

11.

*Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

* Zimmerman Note

* Sinking US Ships

* Communist Revolution in Russia

a)

Causes of Spanish American War

b)

Reasons US entered WWI (Great War)

c)

Causes for outbreak of the Great War

d)

Causes for WWII

12.

Required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service.

a)

Zimmerman Note

b)

Selective Service Act

c)

American Expenditionary Force

d)

Convoy System

13.

What was the result, for women, of the following statement from President Wilson: “…it is high time that part of debt should be acknowledged.”?

a)

16 Amendment

b)

18 Amendment

c)

20 Amendment

d)

19 Amendment

14.

The idea of a ¨Clear & Present Danger ¨ during a time of war was upheld in the court case ?

a)

Plessy v Ferguson

b)

Schenck V United States

c)

Brown vs Board of Education

d)

Jones vs United States

15.

the laws which made it a crime to say anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort

a)

Selective Service Act

b)

Interstate Commerce Act

c)

Espionage & Sedition Act

d)

007 Bond Act

16.

Wheatless & Sweetless Days in the US during WWI

a)

Voluntary rationing was necessary to feed our soldiers, our allies, and refugees of the war

b)

The main goal of WWI rationing was to feed workers in wartime factories

c)

During times of drought, all Americans need to pitch in to save food

d)

Rationing was a required responsibility of American citizens during WWI

17.

The International Organization that some Americans (especially Henry Cabot Lodge) was afraid would lead the US into another war.

a)

Yalta Conference

b)

Justice League

c)

Armistice Day

d)

League of Nations

18.

The League of Nations was greatly weakened

a)

US Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles

b)

US Senate refused to change the Insular Cases

c)

US Senate refused to send delegates to Colombia

d)

US Senate refused to ratify the 19th Amendment

19.

the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, and/or military control over weaker territories.

a)

Big Stick Diplomacy

b)

Communism

c)

Democracy

d)

Imperialism