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