WorksheetsRise of American Power
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 20mins
A national foreign policy of avoiding involvement in other countries affairs.
Isolationism
Imperialism
Open Door Policy
Sphere of Influence
The practice gaining territories, to build a empire, and expand a nation's power.
Open Door Policy
Imperialism
Yellow Journalism
Sphere of Influence
An addition to the Monroe Doctrine that warned Latin American nations to pay their debts or the United States would use its international police powers.
Open Door Policy
Sphere of Influence
Dollar Diplomacy
Roosevelt Corollary
The style of reporting that exaggerates stories to increase sales.
Yellow Journalism
Roosevelt Corollary
Dollar Diplomacy
Open Door Policy
A policy of trying to influence foreign governments through economics, and not through the use of the military.
Open Door Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
Imperialism
Roosevelt Corollary
Completed in 1914, this artificial waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Open Door Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
Panama Canal
Sphere of Influence
Filipino rebel leader, who fought with U.S. during the Spanish-American War and after the war against the U.S. in an attempt to gain the Philippine islands independence.
Emilio Aguinaldlo
Theodore Roosevelt
William Seward
Francisco "Pancho" Villa
These events lead the U.S. into war with Spain in 1898. (PICK 2)
America annexing Hawaii
Spain annexing Puerto Rico
Cuban people being placed into (and dying in) reconcentration camps
The U.S.S. Maine sinking
How did the explosion of the USS Maine contribute to start of the Spanish American War?
It was confirmed to be a Spanish attack on the U.S. military
It killed many Cuban people, which made the U.S. want to save them
Journalists used the explosion to write exaggerated articles that made many Americans support the war
It was an example of Germans sinking neutral ships
The United States gained territory after the Spanish-American War. Which of these is not one of those territories?
Cuba
Guam
the Philippines
Puerto Rico
True or False: the US entered WWI strictly because of the sinking of the Lusitania
True
False
What ended World War I?
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Versailles
The League of Nations
Wilson's 14 Point Plan
Which is the correct order of the events that occurred during this time period?
1. Teddy Roosevelt is elected President
2. The Spanish American War starts
3. The U.S. enters World War I
4. The Panama Canal starts to be built
5. World War 1 begins
1 -2 - 3 - 4 - 5
2 - 5 - 3 - 4 - 1
5 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 4
2 - 1 - 4 - 5 - 3
One reason for U.S. involvement in World War I was its economic and political ties with what other country?
Cuba
Germany
Russia
Great Britain
9) WWI began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia one month after:
Serbia tried to take more of Austria-Hungary's land.
Serbia burned their flag.
Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were killed.
The Lusitania was sunk.
What was the Zimmermann Note?
The German policy of attacking all ships entering or leaving Britain
Wilson's speech concerning why the U.S should enter WWI
A proposal by Germany that Mexico attack the US in return for territory
a note left behind by a Serbian Nationalist in Austria-Hungary
Love for one's country/desire to have that country independent.
When nations want to control all countries.
The battle between countries over unclaimed territories
The process of becoming a nation and world power.
Allied Powers (WWI)
Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States
Mexico
Australia
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
Central Powers
Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States
Mexico
Australia
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
What was the name of President Wilson's plan for peace?
Zimmerman Telegram
Sussex Pledge
Treaty of Versailles
Fourteen Points
nativism
Read the source and answer the question...
What was the focus of this speech?
an increase in muckraking publications
the ban of imported raw materials
the annexation of overseas territory
a decrease in yellow journalism
This is a presidential campaign button used in the 1916 election...
In 1917, what happened to cause Wilson to go against the message on this button?
Russia allied with Germany after the Bolshevik Revolution
Germany announced a return to unrestricted submarine warfare
Great Britain was invaded by armies from the Central Powers
The Central Powers refused to buy war materials from the United States
Read the source and answer the question...
Which statement describes the impact of the case Schenck v U.S.?
This case established limits on the freedom of speech.
This case recognized the rights of the individual during a time of war
This ruling led to an amendment being created to expand free speech.
This ruling determined the authorization needed for military mobilization.
Which government action was designed to discourage criticism of U.S. involvement in World War I?
the Fourteen Points
the War Industries Board
the Zimmermann Telegram
the Espionage and Sedition Acts
What was the cause of the Great Migration seeing over half a million African Americans move north?
Demand for labor in cities for wartime production
The Civil War and Reconstruction
Demand for labor in rural communities to grow more food
Yellow Journalism
