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100
It exploded and sank in Havana harbor and became a battle cry for the Spanish American War.
What is the USS Maine?
100
This was evidence that Germany was planning for eventual war with the US on North American soil and would support Mexico to regain lost lands.
What is the Zimmerman telegram?
100
What nickname was given to Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy?
What is big stick diplomacy?
100
Which does not belong as an effect of the WWI on labor: 1. increase of women in factories 2. increased membership in labor unions 3. African American migration to the North 4. removal of German Americans from labor unions.
What is 4-- removal of German Americans from labor unions?
100
This attorney general helped stir up the "Red Scare" by gathering information on radicals and violating civil rights of suspected communists.
Who is A. Mitchell Palmer?
200
The Treaty of Paris was not passed without a fight. What populist Democrats helped push the vote through with the reasoning that American control of Cuba and the Philippines would make it possible for those countries to become independent in the future?
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
200
When the Treaty of Versailles came before the Senate for ratification, this group refused to vote for an amended treaty. A. Wilsonians B. Republicans C. reservationists
What is A. Wilsonians?
200
The US annexed this area after whites revolted against the Queen and seized the government.
What is Hawaii?
200
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a man who circulated pamphlets against the draft?
Who is Schneck vs the United States?
200
This agreement, about which the exact details have never been disclosed, was between the US and Japan and halted Japanese immigration to the US.
What is the Gentleman's Agreement of 1907?
300
In order to build ______ the US encouraged Panamanians to rebel against Colombian rule.
What is the Panama Canal?
300
Which group in the US Senate would be most likely to support the League of Nations? A. Midwest senators B. Wilsonians C. Irreconcilables
What is B. Wilsonians?
300
In addition to WWI Europe, the US was occupied with fighting and rebellion in what two areas?
What is Mexico and the Caribbean?
300
These Acts made the following illegal: giving aid to an enemy of the US, interfering with the war effort, saying or writing against the US govt, inciting people to not join the armed forces.
What is the Espionage Act of 1917 and Sedition Act of 1918?
300
Which of the following was not a rationale for US imperialism? 1. new markets 2. spread Christianity and American ideals 3. need for raw materials 4. more territory for world domination 5. military bases
What is 4: more territory for world domination?
400
"The United States has the right to intervene in South or Central America as an international police power."
What is Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?
400
American participation in WWI is demonstrated by all of the following EXCEPT: A. new taxes in the to pay for war costs B. US troops fighting mainly on the western front C. US navy was decisive in the Allied victory D. the US greatly increased the size of the army and national guard.
What is C. US navy was decisive in Allied victory?
400
This country acquired by the US after the Spanish American war struggled for independence from 1899 to 1902?
What is the Philippines?
400
Postwar (WWI) turmoil occurred for all of the following reasons but A. race riots B. govt control of transportation and communication C. rising prices of goods D. chaotic demobilization of the armed forces
What is B. govt control of transportation and communication?
400
Wilson referred Article X (determination of economic and military sancations against aggressor states to League members) as what?
What is "the heart of the League of Nations?"
500
This man said the future success of the US depended on a strong navy, American colonies in Asia and the Americas, Panama Canal, and oversea naval bases.
Who is Alfred T. Mahan? (Asst. Sec. of the Navy, T. Roosevelt ordered a copy of his book for every American ship)
500
Wilson sent American troops to this region in 1918 to encourage anti Bolshevik forces.
What is Russia?
500
This acquistion from Russia in 1867 was called Seward's Folly.
What is Alaska?
500
Nothing!
What is Nothing!
500
The "principle of equal opportunity for commerce and industry in China."
What is the Open Door Policy?
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