Unit 4- United States as a World Power

Question 1

What was President Taft's plan to increase US involvement in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

Dollar Diplomacy

Question 2

Which treaty ended WW1 and redrew the map of Europe?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Versailles

Question 3

Who believed that in order to become a world power the US needed a strong navy?

Accepted Answer

Alfred T Mahan

Question 4

What year did World War One end?

Accepted Answer

1918

Question 5

How did the Spanish American War and World War 1 affect the US economy?

Accepted Answer

increased industrial and agricultural output

Question 6

Who led the American Expeditionary Forces in WW1?

Accepted Answer

John J Pershing

Question 7

Which territory did the United States NOT acquire after the Spanish-American War?

Accepted Answer

Cuba

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a reason for US expansionism?

Accepted Answer

help poor nations of the world

Question 9

Which of the following was NOT a reason the United States got involved in WW1?

Accepted Answer

explosion of the USS Maine

Question 10

Which annexation gave the United States a military base in the Pacific Ocean?

Accepted Answer

Hawaii

Question 11

Who first traveled to Hawaii and spread the culture of the United States?

Accepted Answer

missionaries

Question 12

Which event started the Spanish-American War?

Accepted Answer

explosion of the U.S.S. Maine

Question 13

In which region of the world did Theodore Roosevelt want to increase American influence?

Accepted Answer

Latin America

Question 14

What are statements that are often exaggerated that are spread in order to help a government?

Accepted Answer

propaganda

Question 15

How was the Battle of Argonne Forest a turning point in WW1?

Accepted Answer

led to the surrender of Germany

Question 16

What year did America enter WW1?

Accepted Answer

1917

Question 17

Who was the most decorated soldier in WW1 and won the Medal of Honor?

Accepted Answer

Alvin York

Question 18

How did the Spanish American War make the US a world power?

Accepted Answer

showed that the US had a strong military

Question 19

Who became the first president of Hawaii and pushed for annexation to the United States?

Accepted Answer

Sanford B Dole

Question 20

What is a policy of avoiding political or economic relations with another country?

Accepted Answer

isolationism

Question 21

What year was the Spanish American War fought?

Accepted Answer

1898

Question 22

How did America become more involved in Central American politics?

Accepted Answer

controlling the Panama Canal Zone

Question 23

Which US foreign policy planned to increase US involvement and trade in China?

Accepted Answer

Open Door Policy

Question 24

The Zimmerman Telegram was a German attempt to create an alliance with which country?

Accepted Answer

Mexico

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT a way that the government increased its power during WW1?

Accepted Answer

sold goods to Great Britain

Question 26

Who supported American expansion as a way to increase national pride and spread US culture?

Accepted Answer

Henry Cabot Lodge

Question 27

Which new technology of WW1 led to trench warfare?

Accepted Answer

machine guns

Question 28

What is one reason the US refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles that ended WW1?

Accepted Answer

it created unwanted alliances

Question 29

What international organization was created after WW1 to prevent future wars from starting?

Accepted Answer

League of Nations

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