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After the Civil War, Americans generally favored __________ in foreign policy.
Isolationism
How did Americans' understanding of manifest destiny change after the Civil War?
embraced the idea of acquiring territories as "colonies"
How did expansionists justify imperialism in the late nineteenth century?
sought to spread their Christian and democratic beliefs
Which of the following statements regarding American imperialism in the Pacic is accurate?
acquisition of Alaska enabled access to large oil and gold deposits
__________ was the largest territorial acquisition of the nineteenth century
Alaska
Why did the United States intervene in the Cuban War for Independence?
sugar & mining companies wanted to protect investments in Cuba
What is the name of the U.S. battleship that famously sank in Havana Harbor in 1898?
Maine
Which of the following is true of the de Lôme letter?
document critical of President McKinley written by the Spanish ambassador.
The Teller Amendment sought to mollify nervous allies by denying any territorial interest in
Cuba
Who was the leader of the Filipino nationalists?
Emilio Aguinaldo
What treaty ended the Spanish-American War?
Treaty of Paris
What happened to the Philippines at the end of the Philippine-American War?
Philippines was essentially an American colony
What did the Platt Amendment mandate?
acknowledged right of the US to intervene in Cuba whenever it saw fit
Ida M. Tarbell is best known for her investigation of
Standard Oil Trust
Which of the following statements characterizes Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom platform?
proposed vigorous anti-trust action to break up corporate concentration
What was the signicance of the events at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911?
tragic fire took the lives of workers, which resulted in meaningful reform
Who was Eugene V. Debs?
Socialist candidate who came out surprisingly strong in the 1912 election
President Taft's domestic policies generated a storm of division
within the Republican party
What was the rst place in the United States to extend equal voting rights to women?
Wyoming Territory
Ultimately, what event led to the end of the organized progressive movement in the United States?
the Great War
Which of the following statements characterizes the Progressive Era?
witnessed extraordinary burst of social activism and political innovation
How did William Howard Taft win the presidency?
Roosevelt urged the Republican party to nominate Taft as his successor
Which of the following statements describes the Sixteenth Amendment?
allowed the creation of a graduated income tax
What was Theodore Roosevelt's position on environmental conservation?
Believed in it, set aside federal land for conservation purposes
What did advocates of the social gospel believe?
Churches needed to help solve the problems created
What did the muckrakers consider their primary objective?
exposing social problems to the public
In which ways did the Great War change the world?
By changing distribution of power among superpowers in Europe & Americas
Which of the following characterized the Great War?
Trench warfare and powerful new weapons
Which statement describes the diplomatic stance of Woodrow Wilson?
In order to protect democracy, American isolationism would have to end
What event triggered the Great War in Europe?
The assassination of the Austrian Archduke
At what point did Russian participation in the Great War end?
When Vladimir Lenin took power
Which of the following occurred when news of the European war first reached the United States?
Wilson publicly promoted neutrality but ensured US would supply allies
What effect did the Great War have on the lives of American women?
Women were encouraged to take jobs previously held by men
Which of the following is an example of how the United States helped the Allied powers prior to joining the war?
American banks & U.S. government offered loans and credits to the Allies
What virulent menace did Americans face in the postwar period that caused more casualties than the war itself?
the Spanish flu pandemic
What did the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution accomplish?
It guaranteed White women the right to vote
What was the significance of the Zimmermann telegram?
showed German intentions to collaborate in possible invasion on the US
Which of the following was true of Wilson's Fourteen Points?
reflected his belief that the world could be improved
Which part of the Versailles negotiations contributed to the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party?
the "war guilt" clause
The Triple Entente, later known as the Allied powers, was composed of which of the following countries?
France, Great Britain, Russia, and Italy
