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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


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