history
Prior to World War I, Germany formed a pact called the Triple __________ in order to isolate France.
Alliance
Big Stick Policy
America's defense of the Monroe Doctrine under Roosevelt
Selective Service
America's military draft
Sampson
American admiral who won naval battle near Santiago
World War I was sparked when a Serbian assassinated the heir to the throne of _______.
Austria
Factors increasing tension in pre-WWI Europe included all of these except:
Austrian-French alliance
Boxer Rebellion
Chinese revolt against foreigners
American morale was lifted during the Depression by the fireside chats of President ________.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wilhelm
German emperor in World War I
Which of the following contributed to the Latin American bitterness and fear of the U.S.?
Intervention in Mexico, The Platt Amendment
Perry
Japanese-American treaty
The radical group that opposed African American's rights in rural areas was the:
Ku Klux Klan
Which of the following resulted from American intervention in the Western Hemisphere?
Mexicans revolted against their government., European nations threatened to invade nations indebted to them., Villa raided New Mexico.
The document that forbade European intervention in Western Hemisphere affairs was the _______ Doctrine.
Monroe
The right to intervene in Cuban affairs for the protection of United States and Cuban interests was proclaimed by the ____________ Amendment.
Platt
Roosevelt
President who involved America in world affairs
McKinley
President who was slandered by a Spanish ambassador
New Deal
Roosevelt's Depression recovery plan
The United States became increasingly involved in world affairs through all of the following except:
Roosevelt's Square Deal
Square Deal
Roosevelt's fair treatment of the common man
First Hundred Days
Roosevelt's starting program for recovery
"Seward's Folly" was America's purchase of Alaska from:
Russia
United States involvement in Cuban independence included all of the following except:
Spain's willingness to negotiate
The sinking of the Maine was a factor that led to America's declaration of what war?
Spanish-American War
Roosevelt's plan that offered equal treatment for the common man was known as the _________ Deal.
Square
Which of the following were results of the Spanish-American War?
The United States became a world power, Cuba became independent of Spain
Which president's policy of enforcing the Monroe Doctrine in the Caribbean was known as the Big Stick Policy?
Theodore Roosevelt
Which of these is an accurate conclusion about the relationship between Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy and the Platt Amendment?
They enforced the principles of intervention by the United States in the Caribbean region
Factors leading to unsettled relations among European nations included everything except:
United States interference
The President whose return-to-normalcy program was welcomed by the American people was _______.
Warren G. Harding
Fourteen Points
Wilson's peace proposal
America's involvement in which war came after the sinking of an English ship named the Lusitania?
World War I
Villa
a Mexican bandit and murderer
Factors leading the Germans to sue for peace included all of the following except:
a secret treaty with Russia
Social Security Act
aid to elderly Americans
Prohibition
ban on liquor sales
Goethals
builder of the Panama Canal
Miles
commanded United States army in Puerto Rico
Pershing
commander of the United States forces in World War I
National Industrial Recovery Act
curbed competition practices in big business
Monroe
established American foreign policy for the Western Hemisphere
Spanish-American War
fight for Cuban independence
Tennessee Valley Authority
flood control and conservation of resources
Monroe Doctrine
forbade European intervention in the Western Hemisphere
Gorgas
fought yellow fever in Panama
Federal Emergency Relief Act
gave money to states for work relief
Agriculture Adjustment Act
gave relief to farmers
League of Nations
group for the peaceful settlement of world problems
Home Loan Bank System
helped owners who expected to lose their homes
Dewey
led American naval forces in the Philippines
disarmament
limit on military equipment
nationalism
loyalty to one's own country
urbanization
mass movement to the city
Loyalty and devotion to one's country is called:
nationalism
Hay
originator of a trading policy with China
Treaty of Versailles
peace ending World War I
Causes of the country's Great Depression included all of these except:
poor working conditions
After the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired Cuba as a
protectorate
Civilian Conservation Corps
provided jobs in conservation
Bismarck
the "Iron Chancellor" of Germany
Seward
the Alaskan Purchase
American involvement in the Western Hemisphere included all of the following except:
the Boxer Rebellion
T. Roosevelt
the President backing the Big Stick Policy
Advantages the United States brought to the Allied cause included everything listed except:
the Russian surrender
Which of the following did not contribute to increasing United States involvement in world affairs?
the Square Deal
Ferdinand
the assassinated Austrian Archduke
Aggressive moves by Germany included all the following except:
the defeat of England
What factors led Germany to sue for peace?
the possible invasion of Germany, Wilson's 14 points, the improving military strength of the Entente (Allies), the split of Austria-Hungary
What factors drew the United States to favor the Entente?
the sinking of the Lusitania, the loss of American lives on the oceans
The Monroe Doctrine was established for all of the following reasons except:
to give the United States the exclusive right to colonize in the Caribbean
The rejection of the League of Nations by the United States ______.
ultimately weakened the League's power, lessened the confidence other nations had placed in it, resulted from American fears of getting involved in another war