DE US HISTORY (19-21)

The Roosevelt Corollary:

states that the United States could intervene in the affairs of Western Hemisphere countries to forestall the intervention of all powers

Which of the following was NOT an argument of anti-imperialists against American expansionism?

Non-white people would enter the United States.

What did the term "white man's burden" mean?

Domination of non-whites by white people was necessary for the progress of civilization.

American expansionism after the 1890s:

was largely driven by the desire for expanded overseas trade.

When the United States and Columbia could not agree on a price for the Canal Zone:

the Colombian province of Panama rebelled against Colombia

Journalists who worked for newspapers like William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal, which sensationalized events to sell papers, were called:

yellow journalists.

William Gorgas:

Helped eliminate Malaria

What was a primary reason for the establishment of the Open Door Policy?

to protect United States trade in China

This American naval commander forced the Japanese to trade with the United States.

Matthew Perry

The Spanish-American War (1898) marked a turning point in American foreign policy because the United States

emerged as a new world power

The Philippine War

was far longer and bloodier than the Spanish-American War

The Platt Amendment:

authorized the United States to intervene militarily in Cuba.

The Platt Amendment:

sharply restricted the independence of Cuba's new government

Had the Teller Amendment been applied to the Philippines and Cuba, how would it have changed the Spanish-American war?

The United States would have been barred from annexing the archipelago.

Emilio Aguinaldo

was the Filipino rebel leader

He was the Spanish General sent to Cuba to crush the rebellion.

Valeriano Weyler

Which of the following was NOT a reason why the United States became imperialistic during the Gilded Age?

Stop illegal immigration

He was the American Secretary of State responsible for the purchase of Alaska.

William Seward

Of the state progressive reforms, which of the following did the most to end the corrupt power of the political machines?

secret ballots

Sinclair's The Jungle depicts what industry?

Meatpacking

How did the political reforms of Initiative, Referendum, and Recall impact the United States?

Brought power to the people

Which Amendment to the Constitution barred the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors?

18th

This President was assassinated during the Gilded Age?

Garfield

The major problematic issue of the Gilded Age was?

Corruption

In the early 1900s, Progressive Era reformers sought to increase public participation in government by supporting the

direct election of U.S. Senators

During the Progressive Era, public demands for direct consumer protection resulted in passage of the

Pure Food and Drug Act

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Progressives?

Uneducated

The first group of Americans to stop in Hawaii were

Whalers

During the early 1900s, the term "muckrakers' was used to describe

writers who exposed the evils in American society

Which of the following was NOT a major aim of the Progressives?

International Justice

Which of the following was the reason for U.S. control over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?

Control of strategic gateways from which to project American naval and commercial power

What was a Muckraker?

Journalist

What was the Progressive Era?

Period of social and political reform

"In slave times, the Negro was kept subservient and submissive by the frequency and severity of the scourging [whipping], but with freedom, a new system of intimidation came into vogue; the Negro was not only scourged; he was lynched."

The above quotation most closely represents the views held by

Ida B. Wells

Which of the following was NOT a progressive accomplishment to the Taft administration?

enactment of the Hepburn Act to set railroad rates

The Triangle Factory Fire helped usher in what reforms?

Labor Reforms

The Triangle Factory Fire involved what industry?

Clothing

To guarantee an adequate money supply in the national economy, President Wilson introduced

the Federal Reserve System

President William McKinley justified U.S. annexation of the Philippines on all

of the following grounds EXCEPT the United States:

needed to ensure that the Philippines became an independent democracy.

This African American pushed for immediate political rights for African Americans in the Niagara Movement.

W.E.B DuBois

The Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918):

were the first federal restrictions on free speech since 1798.

What kind of warfare defined World War I?

trench warfare

Why did the War Industries Board establish standardized specifications during World War I?

To increase efficiency and speed up production.

During World War I, the federal government:

increased corporate and individual income taxes.

In the presidential election of 1916, Woodrow Wilson:

used the campaign slogan "He kept us out of war."

The completion of the Panama Canal in 1914:

reduced the sea voyage between the East and West coasts of the United States by 8,000 miles.

The German delegation at Versailles objected most bitterly to:

reparation for the entire war

During his presidency, Woodrow Wilson:

dismissed numerous black federal employees.

Which Army doctor contributed to a decline in the mosquito population in Panama by ordering breeding sites drained?

Dr. William Gorgas

Which President focused more on American economic investment in Latin America?

William Howard Taft

Which of the following statements about the Treaty of Versailles is FALSE?

It demonstrated Woodrow Wilson's considerable negotiation skills.

Why did World War I transform Western civilization so profoundly?

The mass slaughter of World War I was hard to reconcile with the optimist claim that Western civilization was the triumph of reason and human progress.

Woodrow Wilson's efforts at the Versailles peace conference in Paris:

did not include support for the independence of peoples still under British and French colonial rule.

Why were Americans divided over the outbreak of the Great War?

Irish-Americans and Russian Jews resented Allied Powers Great Britain and Russia, and some American reformers lobbied against the war in the name of social justice and peace

How were women so influential in the outcome of the election of 1916?

Women were able to vote in the presidential election in 12 westerns states and heavily favored Wilson

The Pendleton Act of 1883 did what?

Federal Employee Examinations

Which of the following is the most likely explanation for the final passage of the Nineteenth Amendment?

The Wilson administration eventually supported the amendment in response to public pressure.

Which of the following statements would have been prosecuted under the Sedition Act of 1918?

"I call on you to boycott the draft."

The Zimmerman telegram

asked for help from Mexico in the case of war between Germany and the United States

Wilson's Fourteen Points included all the following principles EXCEPT:

an end to colonization

Wilson's Fourteen Points endorsed all the following EXCEPT:

U.S. colonies in Africa and Asia

The German sinking of this passenger liner by a submarine outraged Americans and eventually forced the Germans to briefly adopt a policy of restricted submarine warfare.

Lusitania

The Phillippine-American War started due to

Philippines not granted independence

Which statement about the Spanish-American War is true?

The war lasted only 4 months and resulted in less than 400 U.S. battle casualties

Archduke Ferdinand was a representative of which country?

Austria-Hungary

Which of the following was NOT a reason why WWI was important?

rise of European optimism

Which of the following was NOT a NEW weapon used during WWI

sniper rifles