Imperialism & WWI Regents

11. Base your answer on the cartoon and on your knowledge of social studies. To carry out the foreign policy referred to in the cartoon, President Theodore Roosevelt added a corollary to the 1. Monroe Doctrine 2. Open Door policy 3. Good Neighbor policy 4. Panama Canal Treaty

1. Monroe Doctrine

5. United States Senators who opposed the Treaty of Versailles mainly objected to 1. United States membership in the League of Nations 2. payment of reparations by Germany to the Allied Nations 3. the transfer of Germany's colonial possessions to the League of Nations 4. the creation of new and independent nations in Eastern Europe

1. United States membership in the League of Nations

14. Which policy is supported by this quotation? 1. imperialism 2. self-determination 3. isolationism 4. humanitarianism

1. imperialism

17. The Big Stick policy and Dollar Diplomacy were attempts to 1. increase United States power in Latin America 2. contain the spread of communism in eastern Europe 3. protect free trade on the Asian continent 4. strengthen political ties with western Europe

1. increase United States power in Latin America

21. During the late 19th century, the growth of capitalism encouraged United States imperialism because of the desire of business to 1. obtain new markets for American products 2. compete with foreign industries 3. provide humanitarian aid to poor nations 4. industrialize underdeveloped nations

1. obtain new markets for American products

25. The United States government justified most of the actions shown on the map by citing the 1. terms of the Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe Doctrine 2. threats from Germany after World War I 3. desire to stop illegal immigration from Latin America 4. need to protect Latin America from the threat of communism

1. terms of the Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

23. Early in the 20th century, Presidents William Taft and Woodrow Wilson used the concept of dollar diplomacy to 1. help European nations avoid war 2. expand United States influence in China 3. protect United States investments in Latin America 4. support welfare programs for immigrants to the United States

2. expand United States influence in China

6. The main reason President Theodore Roosevelt supported a Panamanian rebellion against Colombia in 1903 was to 1. increase the number of democratic nations in Latin America 2. gain the right to complete a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans 3. reduce European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere 4. prevent a foreign power from seizing land in Central America

2. gain the right to complete a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

8. This graph supports the idea that the United States entered World War I to 1. limit the spread of communism in Europe 2. protect its economic interests 3. stop attacks on its warships 4. punish Germany for war crimes

2. protect its economic interests

18. Base your answer on the accompanying cartoon and on your knowledge of social studies. Which concept is expressed in this cartoon? 1. support for new military alliances 2. support for United States imperialism 3. opposition to the League of Nations 4. opposition to new immigration laws

2. support for United States imperialism

13. Why did the United States formulate the Open Door policy toward China? 1. to develop democratic institutions and practices in China 2. to prevent a European and Japanese monopoly of Chinese trade and markets 3. to establish a military presence on the Chinese mainland 4. to support Japanese efforts to industrialize China

2. to prevent a European and Japanese monopoly of Chinese trade and markets

4. Late in the 19th century, many Americans believed that the United States should establish a colonial empire because 1. additional farmlands were needed to feed the growing American population 2. many sections of the world wanted to become part of the United States 3. American industries needed raw materials and markets 4. colonies would provide cheap labor for southern plantations

3. American industries needed raw materials and markets

22. The annexation of Hawaii, the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, and Dollar Diplomacy are all associated with United States efforts to 1. meet the demands of antiwar movements 2. isolate itself from international problems 3. expand its power and influence in certain regions of the world 4. implement policies of global cooperation throughout Asia

3. expand its power and influence in certain regions of the world

24. The annexation of Hawaii, the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, and Dollar Diplomacy are all associated with United States efforts to 1. meet the demands of antiwar movements 2. isolate itself from international problems 3. expand its power and influence in certain regions of the world 4. implement policies of global cooperation throughout Asia

3. expand its power and influence in certain regions of the world

7. A major reason that Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door policy in 1899 was to 1. secure important military bases in Europe 2. encourage more immigration from Europe 3. increase United States access to trade in Asia 4. claim new colonial territories in Africa

3. increase United States access to trade in Asia

16. The situation shown in the map threatened the United States policy of 1. intervention 2. containment 3. neutrality 4. collective security

3. neutrality

9. President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points were intended to 1. make the United States, Great Britain, and France into leading world powers 2. redistribute Germany's colonies among the Allied nations 3. prevent international tensions from leading to war 4. punish Germany for causing World War I

3. prevent international tensions from leading to war

12. Early in the 20th century, Presidents William Taft and Woodrow Wilson used the concept of dollar diplomacy to 1. help European nations avoid war 2. expand United States influence in China 3. protect United States investments in Latin America 4. support welfare programs for immigrants to the United States

3. protect United States investments in Latin America

19. What was a major reason for United States entry into World War I? 1. to overthrow the czarist government of Russia 2. to keep Latin America from being attacked by Germany 3. to maintain freedom of the seas 4. to break up the colonial empires of the Allies

3. to maintain freedom of the seas

1. Which situation was the immediate cause of the United States entry into World War I in 1917? 1. The League of Nations requested help. 2. The Maine was blown up in Havana Harbor. 3. Nazi tyranny threatened Western democracy. 4. German submarines sank United States merchant ships.

4. German submarines sank United States merchant ships.

2. Which 1890s headline is the best example of yellow journalism? 1. President Supports Child Labor Legislation 2. McKinley Asks Congress To Annex Hawaii 3. Populists Demand Change in the Gold Standard 4. Spanish Authorities Butcher Innocent Cubans

4. Spanish Authorities Butcher Innocent Cubans

20. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced the Good Neighbor policy primarily to 1. increase immigration from Latin America 2. grant diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union 3. promote free trade with the nations of Europe 4. improve relations with Latin American nations

4. improve relations with Latin American nations

10. Base your answer on the cartoon and on your knowledge of social studies. The primary goal of the United States foreign policy referred to in the cartoon was to 1. build United States factories in the Caribbean region 2. improve relations with Caribbean nations 3. provide defense for nations in the Caribbean 4. protect United States interests in the Caribbean region

4. protect United States interests in the Caribbean region

3. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the intervention of the United States in Latin America was motivated mainly by a desire to 1. reduce the influence of communism 2. control Latin American independence movements 3. promote European colonization of the area 4. protect growing United States investments in Latin America

4. protect growing United States investments in Latin America

15. The major objective of United States foreign policy toward Latin America during the period from 1900 to 1920 was to 1. improve the standard of living of the people in Latin America 2. support land reform throughout the Western Hemisphere 3. protect the human rights of native peoples in Latin America 4. serve as protector and police officer in the Western Hemisphere

4. serve as protector and police officer in the Western Hemisphere