Unit X Review Guide
1. Who was the Protestant Clergy that was well-known and influential work was
entitled Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis? JOSIAH
STRONG
2. Frederick Jackson Turner is best remembered for? FRONTEIR THESISNOTION THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER
HELPED TO SHAPE NOT ONLY THE CHARACTER OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE BUT ALSO THE NATURE OF ITS INSTITUTIONS.
3. What Hungarian immigrant became to publisher of the NY World?
JOSEPH PULITZER
4. Who was the owner of the NY Morning Journal that printed exaggerated stories to
(WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
sell papers?
5. From whom did the United States purchase Alaska from in 1866 for $7.2 million? (it is
known as Seward’s Folly) RUSSIA
6. Name 3 territories acquired by the U.S. through the Spanish American War.
GUAM, PHILIPPINES, AND PUERTO RICO
7. Why did the U.S. develop a policy of imperialism? NEED FOR OVERSEAS
MARKETS
8. What policy was the result of American companies looking for places to sell
their goods? IMPERIALISM
9. What foreign policy affected the U.S. relationship with Latin America?
MONROE DOCTRINE- CLOSES THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TO
FURTHER EUROPEAN COLONIZATION
10. What was the 1903 event that occurred when Chinese rebels tried to “rid
China of foreign devils”? BOXER REBELLION
11. What country was involved in the Open Door policy? CHINA
12. What American Policy prevented China from being divided into spheres of
influence? OPEN DOOR POLICY
13. What waterway was the result of the Spanish-American War? PANAMA
CANAL
14. Why did the U.S. want to see the Hawaii government overthrown? SO IT
COULD BUILD MILITARY BASES AT PEARL HARBOR
15. What impact did the Spanish-American War have on U.S. relations with
other nations? U.S. BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE
16. What was the result of Admiral Mahan’s argument for a stronger two-ocean
navy? PANAMA CANAL
17. What idea does a pacifist support? PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT BE
SETTLED BY WAR
18. Why did President Cleveland refuse to annex Hawaii? AMERICAN
BUSINESS MEN HAD LED THE REVOLUTION
19. What was the major influence in turning U.S. public opinion against Spain in
1898? YELLOW JOURNALISM OR YELLOW PRESS
20. What events contributed to the U.S. declaration of war against Spain in
1898? DE LOME LETTER, SINKING OF THE MAINE
21. Who was the most famous military hero of the Spanish-American War in
Cuba? TEDDY ROOSEVELT
22. What was the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba after the SpanishAmerican War? CUBA WAS A U.S. PROTECTORATE
23. What was another name for the “big stick” policy used in Latin America?
ROOSEVELT COROLLARY
24. What name is given to Taft’s policy that justified intervention in Latin
America? DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
25. What did John Hay, secretary of State of the United States, call “a splendid
little war”? SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
26. Where was the first major battle of the Spanish-American War fought?
MANILA BAY
27. Who led the U.S. Navy at the battle of Manila Bay? GEORGE DEWEY
28. Who led American troops into Mexico in 1914 in an attempt to capture the
Mexican bandit Poncho Villa but latter President Woodrow Wilson
eventually recalled him? JOHN J. PERSHING
29. What were 2 trends that fueled the American Imperialism? BELIEF IN
ANGLO-SAXON “SUPERIORITY” AND AMERICANS DID NOT WANT
TO FALL BEHIND EUROPEAN COUNTIRES IN THE RACE FOR
COLONIES.
30. What did Admiral Alfred T. Martin believe the U.S. needed in order to
become a sea power? A MODERN NAVAL FLEET, NAVAL BASES IN
THE CARIBBEAN, A CANAL ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA,
PACIFIC ISLANDS-INCLUDING HAWAII
31. What did the Platt Amendment accomplish? THE U.S. HAD RIGHTS OF
CONTROL OF CUBA
32. What is the association between the United States and Puerto Rico?
PUERTO RICO IS A COMMONWEALTH OF THE UNITED STATES
33. What was President Woodrow Wilson’s policy “to deny recognition to any
Latin American government if viewed as oppressive, undemocratic, or
hostile to the U.S. interest” called? MISSIONARY DIPLOMACY
34. How did the building of the Panama Canal support United States efforts to
become a world power? BY PROVIDING A SHORTCUT BETWEEN THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN AND PACIFIC OCEAN, IT OPENED UP NEW
TRADING OPPORTUNITES.
35. What did Wilson’s Policy of “missionary diplomacy” pressure nations in the
Western Hemisphere into doing? ESTABLISHING DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNMENTS
36. What event was the first test to Wilson’s “missionary diplomacy”?
MEXICAN REVOLUTION IN 1911
37. What term was an extreme nationalism marked by an aggressive foreign
policy?
JINGOISM
38. What did the Anti-Imperialist league was founded in Boston in 1898 believe
in?
AMERICAN COLONIZATION WAS UNJUST.
40.During the Spanish American War, more American soldiers were killed by
_________________ than any other reason.
(DISEASE)
41 In 1898 Frederic Remington cabled William Randolph Hearst, as follows:
“Everything is quiet. There is no trouble here. There will be no war. I wish to
return.” Hearst is said to have replied: “Please remain. You furnish the pictures and
I’ll furnish the war.” To which war were they most likely referring?
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
42. Name four motives of American imperialism.
NEED FOR NATURAL RESOURCES SUCH AS RUBBER; NEED OF NEW
MARKETS FOR MANUFACTURED GOODS; NEED FOR NAVAL BASES IN
STRATEGIC AREAS; RACIST BELIEF IN CIVILIZING OTHER CULTURES;
DESIRE TO CHECK SPREAD OF INFLUENCE OF OTHER POWERS
43. What war did the Treaty of Versailles end?
WORLD WAR I
44. What law was the subject of Schenck v. United States?
ESPIONAGE AND SEDITION ACT
45. What sinking ship was involved in World War I?
LUSITANIA
46. What specific event is associated with the beginning of World War I in Europe?
ASSASSINATION OF FRANZ FERDINAND
47. Who said, “The world must be made safe for democracy.”
WOODROW WILSON
48. What government action was the result of U.S. participation in World War I?
GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF PRODUCTION
49. Why would the Treaty of Versailles be considered the cause of World War II?
GERMANY WAS FORCED TO PAY REPARATIONS
50. What was the official position of the U.S. when World War I started in 1914?
NEUTRAL
51. What military strategy did both sides use in the fighting on the Western Front?
TRENCH WARFARE
52. What new weapon did the German navy use almost exclusively?
SUBMARINES
53. What tactic did the U.S. and Britain use to transport goods across the Atlantic?
CONVOY
54. What government agency was responsible for raising an army?
SELECTIVE SERVICE
55. Who was re-elected in 1916 because “he kept us out of war”?
WOODROW WILSON
56. What was the general policy of the National War Labor Board?
WORK OR FIGHT
57. Name 3 situations involving African-Americans during World War I.
GREAT MIGRATION, SEGREGATION IN MILITARY, NEW JOB
OPPORTUNITIES
58. Name 3 long-term causes of World War I.
NATIONALISM, IMPERIALISM, SYSTEM OF ALLIANCES
59. What situation led to the rapid declarations of war in July and August, 1914?
ALLIANCES
60. What British strategy created famine and starvation in Germany?
BLOCKADE
61. Name 3 Central Powers in World War I.
GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, TURKEY
62. What leader is credited with saying, “the war to end all wars”?
WOODROW WILSON
63. What program was not used to conserve food?
RATIONING
64. He will become a War Hero for capturing 132 German soldiers with the help of 6
other US Soldiers at the battle of Meuse-Argonne? Alvin York
65. What idea does a pacifist support?
PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT BE SETTLED BY WAR
66. What attitude controlled U.S. foreign policy after World War I?
ISOLATIONISM
67. Name 3 events that were factors in the U.S. entering World War I?
ZIMMERMAN NOTE, LUSITANIA, SUSSEX
68. What U.S. foreign policy warned Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere
in the 1930’s?
GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY
69. Name 3 new weapons used in World War I.
POISON GAS, MACHINE GUNS, TANKS, SUBMARINES, HAND GRENADES,
PLANES
70. What international peacekeeping organization did Wilson propose?
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
71. Name 3 results of the Treaty of Versailles.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS, RISE OF ADOLF HITLER, GERMAN ECONOMY
COLLAPSED
72. What was the goal of the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
PREVENT OFFENSIVE MILITARY ATTACKS
73. How did the U.S. react to growing immigration after World War I?
QUOTA SYSTEM
74. Who was Harding’s Secretary of State who helped organize the Washington
Naval Conference?
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
75. What foreign event was a factor in the Red Scare in the U.S.?
COMMUNIST REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA
76. What proposal in Wilson’s 14 Points was not applied to Asia?
SELF-DETERMINATION
77. Name 3 situations that resulted from the Red Scare?
PALMER RAIDS
ARREST OF INNOCENT AMERICANS
VIOLATIONS OF LEGAL RIGHTS
78. Name 3 events that were related to the growing fear of immigrants in the 1920’s.
QUOTA SYSTEM
SACCO AND VANZETTI
JAPANESE EXCLUSION
79. Who was a leading voice for the pacifist movement in our country?
JEANETTE RANKIN
80. Who was the attorney general that led raid against suspected Communist (Known as
the Palmer raids)?
A. MITCHEL PALMER
81. The members of the big four that meet to discuss the terms of the treaty to end World
War I were?
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID LLOYD
GEORGE, FRENCH PREMEIR GEORGES CLEMENCEAU, ITALIAN PRIME
MINISTER VITTORIO ORLANDO
82. What was the nickname for the American soldiers who fought in World War I?
DOUGHBOYS
83. What was the name given to the space between the opposing trenches?
NO MAN’S LAND
84. This Senate "reservations" had qualms about U. S. membership in the League of
Nations, but otherwise supported the Treaty of Versailles.
HENRY CABOT LODGE,SR.
85. What court case proves that American was very afraid of foreigners after the fall of
the Russia to communisms?
SACCO AND VANZETTI
86. Why was it important for the American Expeditionary Force to function as an
independent army?
SO THAT THE UNITED STATES DID NOT HAVE TO ANSWER TO ANY
OTHER NATION
87. What group of Senator wanted nothing to do with the League of Nations?
IRRECONCILABLES