Question 1

How did Wilson's policies toward Mexico evolve amid the Mexican Revolution? What were the consequences of Wilson's policies?

Accepted Answer

- Consequences: Wilson's heavy-handed military interference in Mexico caused lasting mistrust between the two nations.In 1916,General Pancho Villa stirred up trouble on the U.S.-Mexico border,killing sixteen American civilians and raiding the town of Columbus,New Mexico.Wilson sent eleven thousand troops under General John J.Pershing across the border after Villa.Soon Pershing's force resembled an army of occupation.Mexican public opinion demanded withdrawal,and armed clashes broke out between U.S.and Mexican troops.At the brink of war,both governments backed off,and U.S.forces withdrew.

Question 2

Answer the following  questions :
-Root-Takahira Agreement

Accepted Answer

A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic. 
A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic. F

Question 3

What did the Venezuelan and Cuban crises of the 1890s have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were both U.S.foreign policy challenges to European nations. 
B)  The United States invoked the Monroe Doctrine in both crises. 
C)  Both crises led the United States into war. 
D)  They were both settled peacefully. 
A)  They were both U.S.foreign policy challenges to European nations. 
B)  The United States invoked the Monroe Doctrine in both crises. 
C)  Both crises led the United States into war. 
D)  They were both settled peacefully. A

Question 4

How did U.S.involvement affect the course of the war? What effect did military service have on those who served?

Accepted Answer

Over four hundred thousand African Ameri

Question 5

The United States was cleared to begin an American-controlled Central American canal project as a result of

Accepted Answer

A)  its purchase of the rights from France. 
B)  the successful revolution in Nicaragua. 
C)  the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty. 
D)  congressional passage of the Enabling Bill. 
A)  its purchase of the rights from France. 
B)  the successful revolution in Nicaragua. 
C)  the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty. 
D)  congressional passage of the Enabling Bill.

Question 6

As a result of the war with Spain in 1898,the United States gained

Accepted Answer

A)  Guam,Hawaii,and Bermuda. 
B)  the Philippines,Puerto Rico,and Guam. 
C)  Puerto Rico,Hawaii,and Panama. 
D)  the Philippines,Cuba,and the Virgin Islands. 
A)  Guam,Hawaii,and Bermuda. 
B)  the Philippines,Puerto Rico,and Guam. 
C)  Puerto Rico,Hawaii,and Panama. 
D)  the Philippines,Cuba,and the Virgin Islands.

Question 7

By 1899,the United States had acquired an overseas empire.How did that happen?

Accepted Answer

Answer should ideally include:
- Ideolog

Question 8

Answer the following  questions :
-Sedition Act of 1918

Accepted Answer

A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic. 
A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic.

Question 9

Which of the following developments was a lasting legacy of America's participation in World War I?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women's suffrage 
B)  The Sixteenth Amendment 
C)  Lessening of racial tensions between black and white Americans 
D)  The suspension of antitrust laws 
A)  Women's suffrage 
B)  The Sixteenth Amendment 
C)  Lessening of racial tensions between black and white Americans 
D)  The suspension of antitrust laws

Question 10

Which of the following Americans spoke out vigorously against annexation of the Philippines in the late 1890s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jane Addams 
B)  William Howard Taft 
C)  Theodore Roosevelt 
D)  William Jennings Bryan 
A)  Jane Addams 
B)  William Howard Taft 
C)  Theodore Roosevelt 
D)  William Jennings Bryan

Question 11

The term Great Migration refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  women moving to the cities to take the jobs vacated by men going off to war. 
B)  African Americans moving from the South to the North during the war. 
C)  the American Expeditionary Force traveling en masse to Europe to fight. 
D)  Mexican Americans leaving farm labor for industrial jobs in southwestern cities. 
A)  women moving to the cities to take the jobs vacated by men going off to war. 
B)  African Americans moving from the South to the North during the war. 
C)  the American Expeditionary Force traveling en masse to Europe to fight. 
D)  Mexican Americans leaving farm labor for industrial jobs in southwestern cities.

Question 12

Besides the League of Nations,which of the following goals did Woodrow Wilson achieve in the post-World War I peace settlement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Self-determination for Central Europe's newly independent nations 
B)  Self-determination for Germany's colonies in Africa 
C)  Freedom of the seas 
D)  International free trade 
A)  Self-determination for Central Europe's newly independent nations 
B)  Self-determination for Germany's colonies in Africa 
C)  Freedom of the seas 
D)  International free trade

Question 13

How did U.S.policymakers justify their policies in the Caribbean,and how did the United States achieve control of the region?

Accepted Answer

Answer should ideally include:
- America

Question 14

Which of the following was the immediate cause for American entry into World War I?

Accepted Answer

A)  Progressives' zeal to correct social injustices 
B)  The German's sinking of the Lusitania 
C)  The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand 
D)  Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare 
A)  Progressives' zeal to correct social injustices 
B)  The German's sinking of the Lusitania 
C)  The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand 
D)  Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare

Question 15

Answer the following  questions :
-American exceptionalism

Accepted Answer

A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic. 
A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic.

Question 16

How did the United States acquire the land it needed to build the Panama Canal?

Accepted Answer

A)  It agreed to buy the isthmus from Colombia. 
B)  The United States lent covert assistance to free Panama from Colombia. 
C)  Roosevelt bribed Colombian officials so that they would agree. 
D)  John Hay negotiated a peaceful transfer treaty with Colombia. 
A)  It agreed to buy the isthmus from Colombia. 
B)  The United States lent covert assistance to free Panama from Colombia. 
C)  Roosevelt bribed Colombian officials so that they would agree. 
D)  John Hay negotiated a peaceful transfer treaty with Colombia.

Question 17

Answer the following  questions :
-Great Migration

Accepted Answer

A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic. 
A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic.

Question 18

Answer the following  questions :
-Fourteen Points

Accepted Answer

A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic. 
A) The idea that the United States has a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization on the world stage. 
B) An amendment to the 1898 U.S.declaration of war against Spain disclaiming any intention by the United States to occupy Cuba.The amendment assured the public that the United States would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home. 
C) A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901 that declared that the U.S.Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories;only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship. 
D) A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution that blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.The amendment was a condition for U.S.withdrawal from the newly independent island. 
E) A claim put forth by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
F)A 1908 agreement between the United States and Japan confirming principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan's authority over Manchuria.
G)A canal across the Isthmus of Panama connecting trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Built by the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1914,the canal gave U.S.naval vessels quick access to the Pacific and provided the United States with a commanding position in the Western Hemisphere.
H)The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a "policeman" in the Caribbean region and intervene in the affairs of nations that were guilty of "wrongdoing or impotence" in order to protect U.S.interests in Latin America.
I)A 1917 intercepted dispatch in which German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman urged Mexico to join the Central Powers and promised that if the United States entered the war,Germany would help Mexico recover Texas,New Mexico,and Arizona.Published by American newspapers,the telegram outraged the American public and helped precipitate the move toward U.S.entry in the war on the Allied side.
J)A federal board established in July 1917 to direct military production,including allocation of resources,conversion of factories to war production,and setting of prices.
K)A federal agency founded in 1918 that established an eight-hour day for war workers (with time-and-a-half pay for overtime),endorsed equal pay for women,and supported workers' right to organize.
L)Name given to thousands of volunteers enlisted by the Committee on Public Information to deliver short prowar speeches at movie theaters,as part of an effort to galvanize public support for the war.Their work,as part of the broader objectives of the CPI,helped create a political climate intolerant of dissent.
M)Wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies.
N)The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I.
O)A political party founded in 1916 that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.Constitution in the early twentieth century.
P)Principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles.Among them were open diplomacy,freedom of the seas,free trade,territorial integrity,arms reduction,national self-determination,and creation of the League of Nations.
Q)The international organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities,proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.Although this international organization did form,the United States never became a member state.
R)The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.The agreement redrew the map of the world,assigned Germany sole responsibility for the war,and saddled it with a debt of $33 billion in war damages.Its long-term impact around the globe-including the creation of British and French imperial "mandates"-was catastrophic.

Question 19

For this question,refer to the following table.Note that the figures below for military casualties are rough estimates.Civilian casualties are even more uncertain.   The statistical data presented in the table above led most directly to political controversies in the 1920s and 1930s over

Accepted Answer

A)  American overseas expansion and territorial acquisitions. 
B)  the efforts of the United States to stem the growth of communist military power and ideological influence. 
C)  the departure from the U.S.foreign policy tradition of noninvolvement in European affairs. 
D)  the appropriate power of the executive branch in conducting foreign and military policy. 
A)  American overseas expansion and territorial acquisitions. 
B)  the efforts of the United States to stem the growth of communist military power and ideological influence. 
C)  the departure from the U.S.foreign policy tradition of noninvolvement in European affairs. 
D)  the appropriate power of the executive branch in conducting foreign and military policy.

Question 20

The open door note,composed by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay,called for

Accepted Answer

A)  an end to all foreign spheres of influence in China. 
B)  an end to the Chinese taxing system. 
C)  a repeal of the extraterritoriality agreements with China. 
D)  equal access for all countries seeking to trade with China. 
A)  an end to all foreign spheres of influence in China. 
B)  an end to the Chinese taxing system. 
C)  a repeal of the extraterritoriality agreements with China. 
D)  equal access for all countries seeking to trade with China.

Exam 20: An Emerging World Power, 1890-1918

How did Wilson's policies toward Mexico evolve amid the Mexican Revolution? What were the consequences of Wilson's policies?

Answer the following questions : -Root-Takahira Agreement

What did the Venezuelan and Cuban crises of the 1890s have in common?

How did U.S.involvement affect the course of the war? What effect did military service have on those who served?

The United States was cleared to begin an American-controlled Central American canal project as a result of

As a result of the war with Spain in 1898,the United States gained

By 1899,the United States had acquired an overseas empire.How did that happen?

Answer the following questions : -Sedition Act of 1918

Which of the following developments was a lasting legacy of America's participation in World War I?

Which of the following Americans spoke out vigorously against annexation of the Philippines in the late 1890s?

The term Great Migration refers to

Besides the League of Nations,which of the following goals did Woodrow Wilson achieve in the post-World War I peace settlement?

How did U.S.policymakers justify their policies in the Caribbean,and how did the United States achieve control of the region?

Which of the following was the immediate cause for American entry into World War I?

Answer the following questions : -American exceptionalism

How did the United States acquire the land it needed to build the Panama Canal?

Answer the following questions : -Great Migration

Answer the following questions : -Fourteen Points

For this question,refer to the following table.Note that the figures below for military casualties are rough estimates.Civilian casualties are even more uncertain. The statistical data presented in the table above led most directly to political controversies in the 1920s and 1930s over

The open door note,composed by U.S.Secretary of State John Hay,called for

Colliding Worlds, 1491-1600

American Experiments, 1521-1700

The British Atlantic World, 1607-1750

Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720-1763

The Problem of Empire, 1754-1776

Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789

Hammering Out a Federal Republic, 1787-1820

Economic Transformations, 1800-1848

A Democratic Revolution, 1800-1848

Religion, Reform, and Culture, 1820-1848

Imperial Ambitions, 1820-1848

Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1844-1860

Bloody Ground: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Conquering a Continent, 1860-1890

Industrial America: Corporations and Conflicts, 1877-1910

Making Modern American Culture, 1880-1917

Civilizations Inferno: the Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities, 1880-1917

Whose Government Politics, Populists, and Progressives, 1880-1917

Unsettled Prosperity: From War to Depression, 1919-1932

Managing the Great Depression, Forging the New Deal, 1929-1938

The World at War, 1937-1945

Cold War America, 1945-1963

Triumph of the Middle Class, 1945-1963

Walking Into Freedom Land: the Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1973

Uncivil Wars:liberal Crisis and Conservative Rebirth, 1961-1972

The Search for Order in an Era of Limits, 1973-1980

Conservative America in the Ascent, 1980-1991

Confronting Global and National Dilemmas, 1989 to the Present

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