WorksheetsImperialism & WWI
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
What was the main advantage for the completion of the canal through Panama?
Added time to the trip between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Destroyed jungle areas in Panama
Short cut (greatly reduced travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans)
Created a friendship between the USA and Colombia
What stands as one of the greatest engineering feats of all time?
The Panama Canal
The Suez Canal
Niagara Falls
Hoover Dam
Theodore Roosevelt believed that a country should negotiate first but if that doesn't work use military force in foreign policy. What was Roosevelt's foreign policy called?
Dollar Diplomacy Policy
Fighting words Policy
Little Stick Policy
Big Stick Policy
Which of these is NOT a reason for Imperialism?
Raw materials/resources
Add population to the USA
New Markets
Military interests (ex: refueling bases)
How did the U.S. acquire Alaska?
Bought it
Fought for it
Signed a treaty
Annexed it
How did the U.S.A. acquire Hawaii?
Fought for it
Signed a treaty
Annexed it
Bought it
On what island did the U.S.A. use land for a naval base? (Guantanamo Bay)
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Guam
Cuba
What island did the USA use land for a naval base? (Pearl Harbor)
Hawaii
Guam
Puerto Rico
Cuba
What type of news reporting did Pulitzer and Hearst use AND what war did this news reporting support US involvement?
Yellow Journalism- World War I
Green Journalism- World War I
Yellow Journalism- Spanish American War
Green Journalism- Spanish American War
What slogan was used to inspire U.S. support for the Spanish American War?
Remember the Demons!
Remember the Alamo!
Remember the Titanic!
Remember the Maine!
According to the Monroe Doctrine the European nations were to stay out of what hemisphere?
The Western Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere
The Eastern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere
A stronger nation takes over weaker regions to take advantage of trade and the resources of that region. What term is being described here?
Imperialism
Urbanization
Isolationism
Industrialization
What U.S. president also fought in the Spanish American war?
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow WIlson
William Howard Taft
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What group was led by T. Roosevelt in the Spanish American war?
The Rough Riders
The Easy Riders
The Horse Riders
The Tank Riders
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the US getting involved in the Spanish-American war?
Sinking of the USS Maine
Protecting American interests in Cuba
Spain creating an embargo on the US eastern border
The United States wanting to expand its power
Which of the following territories did we not get from the Spanish-American war?
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
Guam
What was yellow journalism?
Information spread through the internet
Journalism just went straight off the facts and credible sources
Newspapers published on yellow paper
Overexaggerated information hyping up emotions
Which of the following is NOT a reason for colonial expansion through imperialism?
Need for raw material
Increase trade influence
Increase population of mother nation
Increase the strength of the mother country
The United States became an imperial power as a result of
The Boxer-Rebellion
The Spanish- American War
The Open-Door Policy
The Pan-American Conference
To ensure that all nations would have access to China's markets, President McKinley and Secretary of State John Hay pursued which of the following policies?
The Roosevelt Corollary
Imperialism
Dollar Diplomacy
Open-Door Policy
Under the Treaty of Paris, the United States acquired the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and
Guam
Panama
Samoa
None of the above
In 1900 a group in China killed more than 200 foreigners in what came to be known as the
Chian Rebellion
Secret Rebellion
Beijing Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion
Define Imperialism
To remain neutral in world affairs
to expand a countries territory through diplomacy/military force
to negotiate peace with foreign countries
none of the above
From 1900 to 1915, a basic aim of United States foreign policy was to
Promote United States influence in Latin America and Asia
Prevent the spread of communism in western Europe and Asia
Oppose revolutionary movements in western Europe
Develop close economic ties with African nations
How did most Americans feel about WWI at the beginning of the war?
That they did not like Russia and were going to start a Cold War with them
That we should send troops into the Western Front
That they needed to help Britain and France
That we should stay out of war, we are isolationists
Why did the United States formulate the Open Door policy toward China?
To develop democratic institutions and practices in China
To establish a military presence on the China mainland
To support Japanese efforts to industrialize
To prevent a European and Japanese monopoly of Chinese trade and markets
Throughout the United States history, the most important aim of the countries foreign policy has been
Containment of communism
Advancement of national self-interest
Development of military alliances
Participation in international organizations
Prior to the Spanish-American War, the United States practiced what foreign policy?
Isolationism
Containment
Imperialism
Self-Sufficiency
All of the following territories were gained from our war with Spain except
Panama
Puerto Rico
Guam
Philippines
The Boxer Rebellion, a violent uprising against foreigners, occurred in this country.
Panama
Japan
Cuba
China
Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers
Yellow Journalism
Yellow Reporting
Yellow News
None of the above
What is Militarism?
colonization, expanding a country's empire
extreme patriotism
agreement between countries for mutual defense
building up the nation's army and preparing for war
What are Alliances?
an extreme form of patriotism
building up the nation's army and preparing for war
colonization, expanding a country's empire
agreements between countries for mutual defense
What is nationalism?
extreme patriotism
colonization, expanding a country's empire
agreements between countries for mutual defense
building up the nation's army, preparing for war
What was the immediate cause of World War I?
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Zimmerman Telegram
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Why was WWI considered a "world" war?
Because of Imperialism, people from every continent are involved in fighting this war
Because it was shown on the news all around the world
Because of Social Darwinism, robber barons made all their workers fight in this war
Because there were trenches in every continent from this war
What countries made up the Central Powers?
Germany, Japan, Italy
Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary
Germany, Japan, Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
What was not a technology used in WWI?
agent orange, napalm
machine guns, tanks
mustard gas, chlorine
submarines, torpedoes
How did these new technologies lead to higher casualty rates and a greater feeling of loss?
Because so many people were killing for a senseless cause
Because more people were dying in this war than ever before
Because the United States wanted revenge for being attacked
Because people cared about others less, so they could kill easier
What was the Sedition and Espionage Acts?
when America declared unrestricted submarine warfare was illegal
increased security throughout America, ex: Department of Homeland Security
when government thought free speech could hurt the war effort
to bring Americans out of the Great Depression
Who was U.S. President during WWI?
Harry S. Truman
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Woodrow Wilson
What was not a reason the U.S. joined WWI?
sinking of Lusitania, unrestricted submarine warfare
Zimmerman Telegram
we wanted to help out Great Britain and France
We were attacked at Pearl Harbor
How did the U.S. impact the war?
we brought in fresh troops to help out the British and the French
Americans cared more about the war than any other nation
we rationed food to help give more resources to the Central Powers
we dug new and dry trenches for the British and the French
Who seized control over Russia during the revolution?
Woodrow Wilson
Bolsheviks
Josef Stalin
Khrushchev
What was the main goal of Wilson's 14 points?
providing a just and lasting peace
declaring a Cold War against Soviet Union
creating Czechoslovakia
making Germany reducing their army
What was the League of Nations?
to make bring America out of the Great Depression
It was the means for American's Isolationism policy
It was created in response to the Warsaw Pact
An international peace organization
What was not a way Germany was punished by the Treaty of Versailles?
paying war reparations
war guilt clause
reduction of German military
making it illegal to use gas in war
Which country was punished the worst by the Treaty of Versailles?
Ottoman Empire
Germany
Russia/Soviet Union
Austria-Hungary
Who was assassinated on June 28, 1914?
Adolf Hitler
Woodrow Wilson
Keiser Wilhelm III
Franz Ferdinand
Which was NOT a factor that led to the start of World War I?
Military buildup
Alliances
Nationalism
Manifest Destiny
