AMH2020 test 2
What was the name of American forces in France during world war 1?
AEF: American expeditionary forces
Before 1898 most Americans had opposed imperialism. Why did imperialism suddenly become more popular in the United States by the end of the century
Americans wanted to sell goods to new markets and buy raw materials for new industries.
What was the particular spark that ignited world war 1
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
What European country sold the United States the Virgin Islands
Denmark
The policy the United States used to keep Latin American countries under control through spending was called
Dollar diplomacy
What does the term nationalism mean?
Feeling superior than other countries
What former two-term U.S. president inspired American foreign policy prior to the world war 1?
George Washington
What is militarism
Glorification of the military
What disease proved most deadly during and in the immediate aftermath of world war 1
Influenza
Definition best describes the work of muckrakers
Investigative journalist
How did the Roosevelt corollary modify the Monroe Doctrine
It asserted the right of the US to act as a police power in the Western Hemisphere
Which of the following writers most effectively used photography in their work?
Jacob Riis
Commanding officer of the American expeditionary forces
John jay pershing
The Germans sunk this luxury cruise ship when it entered an area of unrestricted submarine warfare
Lusitania
American naval officer who opened Japan
Matthew perry
Theodore Roosevelt first gained fame as a trustbuster by attacking which monopoly in 1902?
Northern Securities
How did the United states respond to the boxer rebellion in china
President McKinley sent the U.S. Army into China without consulting congress
What legal principle was enshrined by the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson
Separate but equal
What was the red summer of 1919
Summer where there were race riots and racial strive because people wanted their jobs back
President who gave speech after being shot in the chest
Teddy Roosevelt
How did the platt amendment differ from the teller amendment
The Platt Amendment preserved Cuban independence but claimed the right to intervene in Cuban affairs. Teller amendment- promised to not take cuba
Which of the following best describes the social gospel?
The goal of saving society as well as souls
Why did the League of Nations fail?
U.S. did not support it
American battleship that blew up in Havana harbor
U.S.S Marine
The triple entente United all the following nations except
United States
This muckrakers book The Jungle was so shocking that the American government stepped in to regulate the meat packing industry
Upton Sinclair
Who was president during world war 1
Woodrow Wilson
What was the open door policy?
an international agreement to keep China open to trade with all nations.
Why did so many die in the triangle shirtwaist factory fire?
unsafe working conditions
