MCQ Unit 7 Progress Check APUSH

Which of the following contexts between 1900 and 1919 best helps to explain the developments in the excerpt?

Global conflicts led to new United States foreign policy to protect national security.

The speech could best be used by a historian studying which of the following historical situations related to the First World War?

The changes in traditional ideas about United States noninvolvement in Europe

Which of the following is a limitation of using Bryan's speech to study the differences between imperialism and anti-imperialism in the early 1900s?

The imperialist idea in the speech about the United States imitating the model of European activity overseas was similar to the foreign policy of anti-imperialists.

The excerpt best explains which of the following historical situations during the late nineteenth century?

The increased involvement of the United States in Asia and the Pacific

The excerpt could best be used by a historian studying which of the following historical developments?

The persistence of popular isolationist sentiment in the United States in the early 1900s

Which of the following can be concluded based on the historical context in which the excerpt was produced?

Americans were uncertain how to deal with the transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy.

The ideas expressed in the excerpt best reflect which of the following developments?

Debates emerged over the proper role of the United States in the world.

The situation depicted in the excerpt was most significant because it led to which of the following outcomes?

Progressive Era reformers sought federal legislation and court action to help regulate economic markets.

The point of view of the first two paragraphs of the excerpt can best be used to support which of the following historical arguments?

Some political leaders pointed to traditions of self-determination when making foreign policy.

The purpose of the speech in the excerpt best supports which of the following arguments about United States foreign policy in the 1910s?

Political leaders advocated applying democratic principles to relationships between countries.

Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to support the argument made in the excerpt?

The United States experienced persistent racial violence throughout the early twentieth century.

Which of the following developments during the mid-to-late 1910s could best be used as evidence to refute the argument made in the excerpt?

The economic situation of many African Americans in urban areas improved.

The excerpt can best be used to explain which of the following situations that resulted from the Spanish-American War?

The emergence of nationalist movements in areas under United States control

Evidence from the excerpt could best be used to support which of the following arguments about journalists during the Progressive Era?

They feared that unfair corporate practices were undermining smaller companies and promoting economic inequality.

The publication of the excerpt most likely had which of the following purposes?

To increase opposition to the United States annexation of the Philippines

Which of the following would most likely be considered a significant limitation of the excerpt resulting from its purpose?

Because the excerpt suggests that the Standard Oil Company was undemocratic and unethical, it overlooks the benefits of economic consolidation.

Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to modify the argument made in the excerpt?

Population growth in the South slowed as many people moved to the North and West.

A limitation of using the speech excerpted to study opposition to the League of Nations is that the speech

was given before the Treaty of Versailles was concluded