APUSH Chapter 21 QUIZ

"Chronic wrong doing . . . may . . . require intervention by . . . the United States [in adherence to] the Monroe Doctrine . . . , however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrong doing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power."

The philosophy exemplified in this quote reveals that it was taken from

Select one:

A. the Platt Amendment.

B. The Influence of Seapower upon History.

C. the Roosevelt Corollary.

D. a speech by William Jennings Bryan.

C. the Roosevelt Corollary.

After considering his options for the disposition of the Philippines, President McKinley

Select one:

A. approached Germany about a joint protectorate arrangement, which it refused.

B. offered Filipinos independence after five years, but they refused his terms.

C. annexed the entire Philippines on the basis that the Filipinos could not govern themselves.

D. offered to return the islands to Spain, which said that it was no longer interested.

C. annexed the entire Philippines on the basis that the Filipinos could not govern themselves.

After the explosion of the battleship Maine, a U.S. naval board of inquiry blamed the sinking on

Select one:

A. a preemptive strike by the Spanish against U.S. intervention.

B. Cuban patriots who were hoping to provoke U.S. intervention.

C. an unfortunate accident.

D. an underwater mine.

D. an underwater mine.

As a result of the war with Spain in 1898, the United States gained

Select one:

A. Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Panama.

B. Guam, Hawaii, and Bermuda.

C. the Philippines, Cuba, and the Virgin Islands.

D. the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam.

D. the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam.

Besides the League of Nations, which of the following goals did Woodrow Wilson achieve in the post-World War I peace settlement?

Select one:

A. Self-determination for Germany's colonies in Africa

B. Self-determination for Central Europe's newly independent nations

C. Freedom of the seas

D. International free trade

B. Self-determination for Central Europe's newly independent nations

During World War I, federal agencies expanded the national government's role by

Select one:

A. issuing ration cards to every American family in order to conserve food.

B. planting victory gardens in the yards of suburban residents.

C. banning immigration from Germany and Russia.

D. establishing an eight-hour day for war workers with generous overtime pay.

D. establishing an eight-hour day for war workers with generous overtime pay.

Herbert Hoover emerged from World War I as one of the nation's most admired men because of his leadership of the

Select one:

A. Food Administration.

B. Railway War Board.

C. Fuel Administration.

D. National War Labor Board.

A. Food Administration.

How did the United States acquire the land it needed to build the Panama Canal?

Select one:

A. The United States lent covert assistance to free Panama from Colombia.

B. It agreed to buy the isthmus from Columbia.

C. Roosevelt bribed Columbian officials so that they would agree.

D. John Hay negotiated a peaceful transfer treaty with Columbia.

A. The United States lent covert assistance to free Panama from Colombia.

How did the United States curb dissent against World War I on the home front?

Select one:

A. The Committee on Public Information produced government propaganda to support the war.

B. The "One Hundred Percent Americans" campaign provided cash incentives for immigrants to obtain U.S. citizenship.

C. The Committee on Public Information educated Americans about the war's necessity for their safety.

D. The American Protective League sponsored short prowar speeches at movie theaters and other public venues.

A. The Committee on Public Information produced government propaganda to support the war.

How did William McKinley's response to the 1897 rebellion in Cuba differ from that of his predecessor, Grover Cleveland?

Select one:

A. McKinley was not held back by the pacifist views that had determined Cleveland's approach.

B. Whereas Cleveland had been shocked by stories of Spanish atrocities, McKinley was not.

C. McKinley considered the Caribbean less important to U.S. interests than Cleveland had.

D. McKinley took a tougher stance against the Spanish than Cleveland had taken.

D. McKinley took a tougher stance against the Spanish than Cleveland had taken.

In Abrams v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that

Select one:

A. civilians cannot be tried in military courts if a civilian court is available.

B. restrictions on habeas corpus during wartime are legal.

C. authorities may prosecute speech when it represents a clear and present danger.

D. civilians may not attempt to negotiate with foreign nations.

C. authorities may prosecute speech when it represents a clear and present danger.

In his appearance before Congress to ask for a declaration of war in 1917, Woodrow Wilson

Select one:

A. made it clear that the United States would expect colonial territory in return for its participation.

B. promised that American troops would be deployed to Europe only for a finite period of time.

C. emphasized that American involvement would make the world "safe for democracy."

D. asked the European Allies for material compensation for the sacrifices Americans would make.

C. emphasized that American involvement would make the world "safe for democracy."

In the Insular Cases (1901), the Supreme Court ruled that

Select one:

A. inhabitants of newly acquired territories automatically became U.S. citizens.

B. the United States must establish an independent Philippine republic within ten years.

C. McKinley had exceeded his presidential powers in the Philippine settlement.

D. the Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in newly acquired territories.

D. the Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in newly acquired territories.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, which nation's growing power in East Asia most surprised Europe and the United States?

Select one:

A. Japan

B. China

C. Russia

D. Korea

A. Japan

Issued in 1898, the Teller Amendment declared that

Select one:

A. the United States would support Puerto Rican independence.

B. the United States would grant Cuba statehood immediately if it so wished.

C. Americans would support Filipino independence.

D. the United States had no intention of annexing Cuba.

D. the United States had no intention of annexing Cuba

The American victory at San Juan Hill in Cuba can be credited mostly to

Select one:

A. four African American U.S. regiments that bore the brunt of the fighting.

B. Cuban guerrilla fighters who diverted the Spanish while the American attack was developing.

C. the surrender of the Spanish troops after merely token resistance.

D. Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, whose cavalry charge overwhelmed the Spanish defenders.

A. four African American U.S. regiments that bore the brunt of the fighting.

The battle in the Senate over the Treaty of Versailles centered around Article X, which was

Select one:

A. a plan to create a standing international army.

B. a proposal to create new nations in Europe and the Middle East.

C. the League of Nations' right to use collective military action.

D. a plan for German reparation payments to France.

C. the League of Nations' right to use collective military action.

The expansionist foreign policy of the 1890s derived significant inspiration from

Select one:

A. populism.

B. Marxism.

C. isolationism.

D. Social Darwinism

D. Social Darwinism

The open door note, composed by U.S. Secretary of State John Hay, called for

Select one:

A. an end to the Chinese taxing system.

B. equal access for all countries seeking to trade with China.

C. a repeal of the extraterritoriality agreements with China.

D. an end to all foreign spheres of influence in China.

B. equal access for all countries seeking to trade with China.

The term Great Migration refers to

Select one:

A. African Americans moving from the South to the North during the war.

B. Mexican Americans leaving farm labor for industrial jobs in southwestern cities.

C. women moving to the cities to take the jobs vacated by men going off to war.

D. the American Expeditionary Force traveling en masse to Europe to fight.

A. African Americans moving from the South to the North during the war.

The United States was cleared to begin an American-controlled Central American canal project as a result of

Select one:

A. congressional passage of the Enabling Bill.

B. the successful revolution in Nicaragua.

C. its purchase of the rights from France.

D. the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty.

D. the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty.

The War Industries Board was responsible for

Select one:

A. negotiating military contracts based on below-market rates.

B. working with labor unions to ensure their concessions during wartime.

C. recruiting women to take jobs in industry.

D. ordering factories to convert to wartime production.

D. ordering factories to convert to wartime production.

Theodore Roosevelt's big-stick policy was demonstrated

Select one:

A. with the strength and effectiveness of the U.S. Navy.

B. when he mediated the Russo-Japanese War.

C. through his actions with the Rough Riders in Cuba.

D. with his actions in the anthracite coal strike.

A. with the strength and effectiveness of the U.S. Navy.

U.S. wartime beliefs about Germany were exemplified by

Select one:

A. the imprisonment of tens of thousands of Germans in internment camps.

B. school districts' strengthening German language programs.

C. celebration of German culture by renaming sauerkraut "Liberty cabbage."

D. the distribution of posters by the U.S. government warning citizens of German spies.

D. the distribution of posters by the U.S. government warning citizens of German spies.

What changes occurred in American trade with the Allies and the Central Powers between 1914 and 1916?

Select one:

A. Commerce with the Allies rose nearly fourfold, while it dwindled with the Central Powers.

B. Commerce with both sides rose equally because Americans supplied both with food and arms.

C. Trade with both sides was severely curtailed by naval attacks on the high seas.

D. Trade with the Allies dropped by half, whereas trade with the Central Powers tripled.

A. Commerce with the Allies rose nearly fourfold, while it dwindled with the Central Powers.

What did the Venezuelan and Cuban crises of the 1890s have in common?

Select one:

A. They were both settled peacefully.

B. They were both U.S. foreign policy challenges to European nations.

C. The United States invoked the Monroe Doctrine in both crises.

D. Both crises led the United States into war.

B. They were both U.S. foreign policy challenges to European nations.

What was Woodrow Wilson's primary reason for wanting to keep the United States neutral at the outbreak of World War I?

Select one:

A. Wilson admired and hoped to emulate German culture and the German university system.

B. He wanted to arbitrate among the combatants and to influence the settlement of the war.

C. The president could not commit to fighting on behalf of a Catholic country such as France.

D. He was a pacifist who believed that the United States should never go to war.

B. He wanted to arbitrate among the combatants and to influence the settlement of the war.

When Woodrow Wilson became president in 1913, he

Select one:

A. argued that practicality should take precedence over morality in dealings with Latin America.

B. vowed that the United States would not seek further territorial gains by conquest.

C. approved a loan by an international consortium to China for modernizing its infrastructure.

D. promised to continue using American economic leverage in foreign policy.

B. vowed that the United States would not seek further territorial gains by conquest.

Which of the following Americans spoke out vigorously against annexation of the Philippines in the late 1890s?

Select one:

A. William Howard Taft

B. William Jennings Bryan

C. Theodore Roosevelt

D. Jane Addams

D. Jane Addams

Which of the following assesses the impact of World War I on the international balance of power?

Select one:

A. The United States emerged as a world power ready to fulfill its new international role.

B. Germany emerged from the war stronger than ever, while France and Britain were diminished.

C. World War I weakened France and England while it strengthened the United States.

D. Britain emerged from World War I with a firm hold on its colonial empire and Europe itself.

C. World War I weakened France and England while it strengthened the United States.

Which of the following assumptions shaped Theodore Roosevelt's strategic thinking about U.S. foreign policy during his presidency?

Select one:

A. The United States, as the leader of the free world, needed to promote global democracy.

B. Germany was the world's greatest empire and Great Britain was on the decline.

C. It was the duty of the "civilized" countries of the world to police "backward" peoples.

D. Major war among the great powers of Europe was no longer possible.

C. It was the duty of the "civilized" countries of the world to police "backward" peoples.

Which of the following contributed to America expanding its markets into Latin America and Asia in the 1890s?

Select one:

A. The wide-reaching impact of the Panic of 1893

B. A shortage of agricultural products internationally

C. The need to import manufactured items

D. Europe's economic inroads into the Western Hemisphere

A. The wide-reaching impact of the Panic of 1893

Which of the following describes the guerrilla war that followed the conquest of the Philippines?

Select one:

A. The fighting was extremely brutal and continued until 1920.

B. More American troops were killed than Filipino rebels.

C. American troops committed many atrocities, but the Filipino rebels did not.

D. The conflict far exceeded in ferocity the war just concluded with Spain.

D. The conflict far exceeded in ferocity the war just concluded with Spain.

Which of the following developments was a lasting legacy of America's participation in World War I?

Select one:

A. The suspension of antitrust laws

B. The Sixteenth Amendment

C. Lessening of racial tensions between black and white Americans

D. Women's suffrage

D. Women's suffrage

Which of the following factors contributed to the rising tensions in Europe in the early 1900s that eventually resulted in World War I?

Select one:

A. American domination of the Western Hemisphere

B. The growing strength and power of the Ottoman Empire

C. The demilitarization of France and England

D. European competition for African and Asian colonies

D. European competition for African and Asian colonies

Which of the following helped the United States turn the tide and win World War I?

Select one:

A. Psychological warfare

B. Huge numbers of troops and supplies

C. Technological innovations

D. Battlefield tactics and strategy

B. Huge numbers of troops and supplies

Which of the following is correctly matched?

Select one:

A. Venustiano Carranza—Wilson's favored leader during the Mexican Revolution who allied with the United States

B. Pancho Villa—Mexican general whose forces killed dozens of Americans along the border in 1916

C. Porfirio Díaz—Mexican leader who was deposed after the United States intervened in the Mexican Revolution

D. Francisco Madero—Mexican dictator who encouraged private U.S. investment in Mexico in the late 1800s

B. Pancho Villa—Mexican general whose forces killed dozens of Americans along the border in 1916

Which of the following policies did U.S. naval officer Alfred Mahan support in his 1890 book The Influence of Sea Power upon History?

Select one:

A. Cooperation of the United States with the Asian and African peoples

B. Isolationism for the United States

C. An American invasion of Mexico

D. An expansion of the American empire in Asia and Africa

D. An expansion of the American empire in Asia and Africa

Which of the following statements accurately describes the state of American military preparedness in 1898?

Select one:

A. The navy was better prepared than the ground forces.

B. McKinley's preparations made troop deployment efficient.

C. Volunteer cavalry units proved to be the most effective fighting forces.

D. The army of 200,000 troops was well trained and ready for combat.

A. The navy was better prepared than the ground forces.

Which of the following statements characterizes President Taft's foreign policy in Asia?

Select one:

A. He disregarded Asia, believing that Europe and the United States should be dominant.

B. He supported Japan's right to fund and supervise railroad construction in China.

C. Unlike Roosevelt, Taft believed that the United States had no place in Asia.

D. Taft reversed Roosevelt's approaches to both China and Japan.

D. Taft reversed Roosevelt's approaches to both China and Japan.

Which of the following statements describes Americans' views about entering into World War I in 1915 and 1916?

Select one:

A. Eugene V. Debs and other Socialists wanted to enter the war to aid Russia.

B. Industrialists such as Henry Ford lobbied Wilson to get involved so they could manufacture arms.

C. Many Irish Americans viewed England as the enemy because of its occupation of Ireland.

D. Millions of German Americans were ashamed of their homeland.

C. Many Irish Americans viewed England as the enemy because of its occupation of Ireland.

Which of the following statements describes changes in the lives of Mexican Americans during World War I?

Select one:

A. The majority of Mexican American immigrants coming to the United States between 1917 and 1920 did migrant work in rural areas.

B. The Mexican American population diminished because many Mexican Americans returned to their homeland.

C. More than one million Mexicans seeking wartime employment entered the United States between 1917 and 1920.

D. Political instability in Mexico and the lure of wartime jobs caused many Mexicans to relocate to the United States.

D. Political instability in Mexico and the lure of wartime jobs caused many Mexicans to relocate to the United States.

Which of the following statements describes Hawaii in the 1890s?

Select one:

A. President Grover Cleveland annexed it after Americans overthrew its queen.

B. American sugar planters overthrew Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani and applied for U.S. annexation.

C. U.S. military planners desperately wanted to annex Hawaii to gain access to Pearl Harbor.

D. Americans had ignored Hawaii for decades but became interested in it in the 1890s.

B. American sugar planters overthrew Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani and applied for U.S. annexation.

Which of the following was the first woman in Congress and voted against going into World War I?

Select one:

A. Jeannette Rankin

B. Frances Perkins

C. Florence Kelly

D. Carrie Chapman Catt

A. Jeannette Rankin

Which of the following was the immediate cause for American entry into World War I?

Select one:

A. The German's sinking of the Lusitania

B. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

C. Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare

D. Progressives' zeal to correct social injustices

C. Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare

Which of the following was true of race relations during World War I?

Select one:

A. African Americans were often given hazardous military jobs, such as scouts and snipers.

B. Almost 25 percent of the adult male Native American population served in World War I.

C. Native Americans were not allowed into combat during the war in Europe.

D. Blacks and whites were kept separate, eliminating racial violence in the army during the war.

B. Almost 25 percent of the adult male Native American population served in World War I.

Which of these actions constituted the United States' first major contribution to the war effort in World War I?

Select one:

A. Providing relief to the Allies' military forces at the Western Front

B. Using armed convoys to secure Allied shipping against submarine attacks

C. Blockading enemy ports and harbors to limit their military strength

D. Sending troops to the Eastern Front to strengthen the fight against Russia

B. Using armed convoys to secure Allied shipping against submarine attacks

Which of these actions gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuba if its independence was threatened?

Select one:

A. Teller Amendment

B. Platt Amendment

C. Root-Takahira Agreement

D. Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

B. Platt Amendment

Why did President McKinley and the Republicans jump at the chance to hold the Philippine Islands?

Select one:

A. The victory would soothe an American public angered by an unpopular war.

B. The move would quiet Democratic opponents who had criticized the war effort as being unproductive.

C. It provided the United States with a major foothold in the western Pacific and access to Asian markets.

D. It hoped that control of the Philippines would guarantee the territorial integrity of China.

C. It provided the United States with a major foothold in the western Pacific and access to Asian markets.

World War I began as a direct result of the assassination, by a Serbian revolutionary, of the heir to the throne of

Select one:

A. Germany.

B. Russia.

C. Austria-Hungary.

D. Turkey.

C. Austria-Hungary.