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WorksheetsAPUSH Period 7 1890-1945 Review
Total questions: 120
Worksheet time: 2hrs 56mins
Which of the following statements BEST defines the Open Door Policy?
The US would encourage greater immigration from Europe and Asia.
The US would seek spheres of influence in China.
Japan would not be permitted to trade in China.
All nations should have equal trading rights in China.
All nations should have equal trading rights worldwide.
Which of the following statements BEST defines the Open Door Policy?
The US would encourage greater immigration from Europe and Asia.
The US would seek spheres of influence in China.
Japan would not be permitted to trade in China.
All nations should have equal trading rights in China.
All nations should have equal trading rights worldwide.
Which of the following was the most IMMEDIATE cause of the Spanish-American War?
Cuban Nationalism
US expansion policies in Latin America
"Yellow Journalism"
the sinking of the Maine
business needs for raw materials
Which of the following BEST explains the influence of Yellow Journalism on US foreign policy in the 1890s?
Sensational news stories stirred the anger of the American public.
Newspapers failed to report news about Congress.
Most editorials favored China and criticized Europe.
Political cartoons ridiculed "mugwump" politics. (Mugwumps: Clean Republican Politicians who refused to play dirty politics ...their faces/mugs "sat on the fence" while Democrats often rewarded party faithfuls during election season.)
Publishers of NY newspapers/dailies suppressed news that favored Cuban revolutionaries.
1) What was the Foreign Policy of the United States of America from 1789-1898?
Imperialism
Interventionist
Isolationism
Open Door
Secretary of State William Seward purchased this territory in 1867.
Alaska
Hawaii
Louisiana
Texas
The Teller Amendment promised this to the Cuban people...
To restore diplomatic relations between the American and Cuban Governments
To institute a new democratic government in Cuba
To overthrow Fidel Castro
To not annex Cuba after freeing them from Spanish rule
Theodore Roosevelt would resign his post as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to lead this group of volunteers in Cuba…
The Big Red One
The Buffalo Soldiers
The Rough Riders
The Sons of Liberty
Revolutionary Emilio Aguinaldo would lead a revolt in this American-held territory after the conclusion of the Spanish-American War.
Cuba
Guam
Puerto Rico
The Philippines
Progressives tended to be __ (select all that apply).
white
middle-class
women
educated
__________ were journalists who exposed the "hidden" problems of Gilded Age society.
Yellow journalists
muckrakers
Investigative journalists
Jingoism
The __th Amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920.
16
17
18
19
Which of the following territories was NOT annexed by the U.S. in the late 19th century?
Puerto Rico
Guam
China
Philippines
The ______ stated that the U.S. would intervene against any European nation seeking to claim territory in Latin America.
Monroe Doctrine
Big Stick Policy
Roosevelt Corollary
Roosevelt Doctrine
The ______ _____ was constructed beginning in 1904 in order to facilitate trade and naval travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
(a)
“Article X says that every member of the League, and that means every great fighting power in the world, … solemnly engages to respect and preserve … the territorial integrity and existing political independence of the other members of the League. If you do that, you have absolutely stopped ambitious and aggressive war.”
Woodrow Wilson’s statement above was made in justification of his
decision to send troops to northern Russia and Siberia after the Bolshevik Revolution
insistence on “open treaties, openly arrived at”
opposition to the resolution on racial equality put forward at the Paris peace negotiations by the Japanese delegation
refusal to accept the “reservations” proposed by Henry Cabot Lodge in the Senate debate over ratification of the Treaty of Versailles
African American migration to the urban North during the First World War was due primarily to
racially integrated residential neighborhoods in Northern cities
increased educational opportunities resulting from affirmative-action programs
recruitment efforts by labor unions
expanded job opportunities in Northern factories
encouragement by White Protestant churches in the North
In the late nineteenth century, all of the following encouraged American jingoism EXCEPT
yellow journalism
the New Navy policy of Alfred Thayer Mahan and Theodore Roosevelt
the example of European imperialism
the flooding of American markets by foreign producers
Social Darwinism
Many anti-imperialists opposed the annexation of the Philippines in 1898 because they believed that
the Philippines should be returned to Spain
United States colonialism in the Philippines was incompatible with the American belief in self-determination
Philippine agriculture would be competing with United States agriculture
the Philippine government was planning an alliance with Mexico
Which of the following most directly led to the circumstances illustrated by the image?
The United States victory in the Spanish-American War
The Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson
The United States contributions to the Allied victory in the First World War
The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution
Which of the following best characterizes the conservationist approach to the environment that emerged in the Progressive Era?
Designation of national parks and forests for recreation and managed use
Use of federal money to clean up polluted industrial sites
Passage of legislation banning the use of pesticides in agriculture
Passage of legislation to ensure clean air and waterways
Around 1920, the number of children aged 10 to 15 in the industrial workforce began to decline for which of the following reasons?
Introduction of the minimum wage made child labor uneconomical.
The American birth rate declined, thus reducing the number of children available to work.
Factory owners advocated state child labor laws.
States began to require children to attend school until a certain age and to limit the ages at which they could be employed.
Between 1890 and 1910, the United States most strongly pursued a foreign policy promoting
isolationism in world affairs
close military alliances with Great Britain and France
a sphere of influence in Africa
commercial involvement in both Latin America and eastern Asia
a campaign to slow the spread of socialism in eastern Europe
The United States home front during the First World War was marked by an increase in all of the following EXCEPT
tax rates on individuals and estates
government regulation of fuel, food, and transportation
employment opportunities for African Americans and Mexican Americans
participation of women in factory work, government service, and volunteer work
support of individual liberties by the Supreme Court
Woodrow Wilson's purpose in proposing a League of Nations was to --
Prepare for World War II
have countries settle disputes in nonviolent ways
provide Europe with money to rebuild after the war
create a world army
United States
The Red Scare in the US after the war was a fear of _______.
Fascists
Communists
Anarchists
Foreigners
The movement of African Americans & other minorities to the northern US during the war was the Great _______.
Awakening
Migration
Movement
Exodus
Which idea is illustrated by the Supreme Court cases Schenck v. US and Korematsu v. US?
The free speech rights of Communists have often been violated.
During wartime, limitations on civil rights have been upheld by judicial action.
The rights of protesters have been preserved even in times of national stress.
Economic interests of foreign nations are frequently upheld in US courts.
The Fourteen Points reflected Woodrow Wilson's belief that-
Intervention in the affairs of other nations was never justifiable
Travel among nations should be regulated by an international organization
No country should be allowed to spend more on defense than any other country
Cooperation among international leaders was essential to world peace
Who is to blame for World War I according to the Treaty of Versailles?
Great Britain
France
Germany
Serbia
The League of Nations was created after World War One as an international, worldwide:
peace keeping organization
banking system
health organization
delivery system
On August 6, 1945 where was the 1st atomic bomb dropped?
Nagasaki
Beijing
Hiroshima
Berlin
The America First Committee encouraged
Interventionism in the war in Europe
Interventionism in the war in Asia
Isolationism
Interventionism in both Europe and Asia
The agreement where the US agreed to allow nations whose defense was vital to ours to use our war equipment was:
Cash and Carry
Lend Lease
Destroyer Base Deal
Munich Pact
During World War II, posters of Rosie the Riveter were used to:
promote women's suffrage
recruit women into wartime industries
encourage women to serve in the armed forces
support higher education for women
captain of the US navu, for imperialism, needed bigger navy to protect american ships
(a)
secreatary of state: Seward, arranged for US to buy Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million
-alaske= rich in resources
-becomes 49th state in 1956
(a)
crisis by eliminating the duty free status of hawaiian sugar
leads to people wanting annexation to the US so they won't have to pay the duties
(a)
comes to power with a "Hawaii for Hawaiians" campaign
business owners and marines overthrow queen
-1898 hawaii = territory
(a)
McKinley
assertion of US dominance via the military (navy) and great white fleet
"speak softly and carry a big stick"
(a)
preserve natural resources and the enviorment
(a)
(a) party:
-mostly rural
-mostly poor and uneducated
-failed
-considered "too radical"
(a) party:
-mostly urban / cities
-mostly middle class and educated
-succeeded
investigative journalists, exposed corruption but did nothing about it
(a)
Roosevelt along with other VOLUNTEERS fight that in spanish-american wr
(a)
takes over after Roosevelt, busts trusts, lower tariff campaign but doesn't do it
(a)
___-___ party
Roosevelts "New Nationalism" campaign leads to the republican votes splitting and Wilson winning the 1912 election
(a)
1914
prohibited corpoations from aquiring the tock of another if doing so would create a monopoly
better version of shermans antitrust act
(a)
reduced tariff rates (1913)
(a)
Tafts (a) diplomacy:
economic support, imperialize
the policy of using America's financial power, rather than military intervention (the Big Stick), to extend their influence abroad
Wilsons (a) diplomacy:
-economic power, only democratic countries, no imperialism
the system in which support is given only to countries whose beliefs are analogous to that of the nation
lasted from 1914-1918
30 countries
8 mil dead
(a)
Causes of WWI
MANIA
militerism
allianaces
nationalism
imperialism
assasination
triple (a)
england, france, russia
triple (a)
italy, germany, austro-hungary
1. AH attacks Serb bc of assasination
2. Germ backs AH, Rus backs Serb
3. Germ declares war on RUS, then Fran, then Belg
4. GB backs Belg
yes
no
no
no
(a) powers
france, uk, italy, russia, japan, etc
(a) powers
germany, A-H, bulgaria, ottaman empire
british passenger ship sunk by german submarine
(a)
(a) pledge (1916)
germany promises to not use any more submarine warfare, breaks promis in 1917
1917
note from germany- plan to give mexico land back if they declare war on US, intercepted by london
(a)
enters war as allied power in 1917
(a)
"sell" war to americans, propaganda machine, pro-war
(a)
to pay for war, gov makes (a) /victory bonds
african americans unit, assigned to french
(a)
(a) act 1917
illegal to aid enemy, give false reports, interfere w/ war effort
(a) act 1918
illegal to speak out against war or gov publicly
(a) v. US 1919
mailed pamphlets to draftees telling them the draft was wrong and urging them to write protest letters
(a) v. US 1919
pamphlets dencouncing the war and criticizing the decision to send troops to Russia to fight communist forces
(a) presidents:
Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
included prominent people like former president Clevland, Carneige, etc.
concerns on american labor, foreign relations with european powers, concern with US ruling w/o consent of the people
(a)
_____-_____ ___ causes:
-cuba and philippines revolt against spain
-yellow journalism (not true but increases viewership)
-preotection of american business interests in cuba
-explosion of the maine
(a)
Cubas right to independence from spain, US wont annex cuba, america later withdraws
(a)
letter that makes fun of mckinley, helops public support for spanish war
(a)
1898
ended spanish-american war
-US gets cuba, puerto rico, guam, and wake island
-Phillippines for $20 mil
(a)
1901
US intervention in Cuba, US right to lease land in cuba for naval station @ guantanamo bay, no foreign countries can intervene on cuban territory
(a)
1899-1902
lasts 4 years, phillippines lose
Taft becomes govener of philippines
(a)
____ _____ takes trip to Japan, Japan begins to trade with US
(a)
Secratary of state to Mckinley,
proposed open door policy which gave countries with spheres of influence in china trading rights
(a)
1901
sought to end western influence in china and targeted chinese christians
(a)
amendment to the monroe doctrine, stated that the US would intervene in latin americans affairs when necessary to maintain peace and stability in the western hemisphere
(a)
sailed arounf worl to show off the 3rd largest naval fleet in the world
(a)
Which event directly led to the United States entering World War I?
The sinking of the Lusitania
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Zimmerman Telegram
The Russian Revolution
What was the primary goal of the League of Nations?
To promote free trade among nations
To prevent future wars
To establish a global government
To spread democracy worldwide
Which of the following was a major cause of the Great Depression?
Overproduction and underconsumption
High tariffs on imported goods
Excessive government spending
Labor strikes and unrest
What was the main reason for the United States entering World War I?
To support the Central Powers
To protect its economic interests
To respond to unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany
To expand its territory
Which treaty ended World War I?
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Tordesillas
What was the primary objective of President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points?
To punish Germany
To establish a framework for lasting peace
To expand U.S. territories
To create new trade agreements
Which of the following was a major cause of the Great Depression?
Overproduction and underconsumption
High levels of government spending
Increased immigration
Decreased tariffs on foreign goods
What was the primary goal of the New Deal programs introduced by Franklin D. Roosevelt?
To expand the U.S. military
To provide relief, recovery, and reform
To reduce immigration
To promote isolationism
Which event marked the beginning of World War II?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The invasion of Poland by Germany
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
The attack on the Lusitania
