US History Final C

21 August 2022
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What was the main reason that President Theodore Roosevelt used the Big Stick policy?
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He wanted to show the world that the United States was a strong country.
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An argument made by anti-imperialists in the late 1800s was that the United States:
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might have to go to war over distant territories.
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Why did the United States encourage Panama's declaration of independence from
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Colombia had raised the price for the rights to build the Panama Canal.
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How did President Theodore Roosevelt resolve a dispute with Japan over immigration?
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He stopped schools in San Francisco from discriminating against Japanese immigrants with Japan's promise to send fewer immigrants.
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Why did supporters of Manifest Destiny argue that US expansionism was not imperialism?
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The United States believed expansion would benefit other countries, not exploit them.
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The United States decided to try to build a canal across Panama instead of Nicaragua because:
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the land was less expensive and offered a shorter route.
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How did the weather affect the building of the Panama Canal?
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The hot, humid weather made the work exhausting.
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Why did President Theodore Roosevelt use the Roosevelt Corollary in the Dominican Republic?
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Roosevelt was concerned European countries would take action if the Dominican Republic failed to pay its debts.
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Why were US businesses upset by Spanish reactions to the Cuban Revolution during the late 1800s?
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US businesses were afraid they would lose money that they had invested.
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What was the main similarity between the Teller Amendment of 1898 and the Platt Amendment of 1901?
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They both were concerned with the rights of Cuba.
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The first battle of the Spanish-American War was fought in
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the Phillipines
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Which city had two newspapers that used yellow journalism to increase their popularity and call for war against Spain in Cuba?
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New York
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Why was acquiring Guam important for the United States in the Spanish-American War?
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Acquiring Guam allowed the United States to have a naval base in the Pacific.
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What was the main reason that yellow journalism strongly affected American attitudes about Cuba and the Spanish-American War?
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People got most of their information about world events from newspapers.
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Which of the following describes an effect of the Spanish-American War?
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Puerto Rico became a US territory.
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How did the acquisition of Guam in the Spanish-American War affect US trade?
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It allowed the US to increase trade with China.
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By gaining possessions and influence in Asia and the Americas during the Spanish-American War, the United States
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became a worldwide power with an extended empire.
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Which was not a challenge faced by America during the start of WWI?
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establishing boarders with Canada and Mexico
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Why did many European nations quickly join World War I following the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914?
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They had pledged to fight with other countries.
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Which country directly supported the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914?
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Serbia
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The feeling of fervent devotion toward one's nation above all others is known as
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Nationalism
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Which other member of the Triple Alliance first supported Austria-Hungary's invasion of Serbia?
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Germany
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Which military action led to the start of World War I?
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Austria-Hungary's invasion of Serbia
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In 1914, Americans believed that the Monroe Doctrine encouraged them to follow a policy of
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neutrality.
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What did most Americans understand before their country entered World War I?
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that the war would cost American lives
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Austria-Hungary's takeover of Bosnia in 1908 was an example of how tensions increased when
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large nations dominated small nations
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Which of the following upset the United States and moved it closer to entering the war?
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the Zimmerman Telegram
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During the early years of World War I, which of the following did the Germans use to great advantage?
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the submarine
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Why did the Zimmermann Telegram between Germany and Mexico concern the United States?
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Germany promised to help Mexico reconquer Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
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What was the main result of Germany's use of unrestricted submarine warfare during World War I?
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It helped push the United States into entering the war on the Allied side.
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American leaders explained their decision to enter World War I by saying they wanted to
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make the world safe for democracy.
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Which of the following describes an effect of the war that Americans experienced on the home front?
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How did people on the home front use liberty bonds to support the World War I
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Why were tanks developed during World War I?
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to protect soldiers when they attacked trenches
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During World War I, which weapon was most likely to cause unintended deaths?
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poison gas
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Which of the following weapons helped continue the stalemate on battlefields during World War I?
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the machine gun
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The Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917 and 1918
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targeted spying, dissent, and disapproval of the war.
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As a result of the Palmer raids, hundreds of immigrants were
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deported
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The main goal of the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 was to
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limit the number of immigrants from a given country.
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Which event contributed to the rise of anti-immigrant, anti-socialist, and anti-anarchist feelings in the United States in the years during and just after World War I?
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the outbreak of the Russian Revolution in 1917
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What crime was Eugene Debs accused of committing in 1918?
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He gave a speech praising men who refused to serve in the military.
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What was the goal of the Espionage Act of 1917?
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to make spying illegal
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The Haymarket Riot of 1886 had a major influence on American attitudes toward which of the following?
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anarchists
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Which of the following resulted from the Palmer Raids of 1919 and 1920?
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the formation of the American Civil Liberties
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Feelings of resentment toward those who were not native citizens rose during World War I. This was known as
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nativism
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A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney general under President Wilson, was strongly
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anti-radical.
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What was one of President Wilson's Fourteen Points?
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establishing a League of Nations
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Treaty that ended WWI
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Treaty of Versailles
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What best describes why Germany felt the Treaty of Versailles was unfair?
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The treaty did not honor earlier agreements about surrender.
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How did Henry Cabot Lodge respond to the end of World War I?
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He opposed the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations.
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The fact that the United States did not join the League of Nations supports the idea that many Americans
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agreed with the ideas of the isolationists.
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At the end of World War I, President Wilson offended members of the US Senate by
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excluding them from the peace process.
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Which of the following best describes the relationship between President Wilson's Fourteen Points and the Treaty of Versailles?
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The Fourteen Points added the League of Nations to the Treaty of Versailles.
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How were the views of France and the United Kingdom similar at the end of World War I?
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They wanted Germany to be punished for the destruction caused during the war.
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How did the Treaty of Versailles affect lands controlled by Germany?
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Germany lost colonies in Asia and Africa.
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During the 1925 Scopes trial, the prosecution's main argument was that
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schools had to teach biblical creationism.
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Why was the 1920s called the Roaring Twenties?
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The decade ushered in an era of prosperity and rebellion.
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A major theme of F. Scott Fitzgerald's work was the idea that the post-war world
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was empty and meaningless.
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Which statement best explains how manufacturers contributed to the economic slowdown that led to the Great Depression?
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They were overproducing goods.
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In what year did the Great Depression begin?
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1929
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A current federal program from the New Deal that is directly related to the banking industry is the
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President Franklin Roosevelt's judicial reform bill would have allowed him to
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President Franklin Roosevelt's judicial reform bill would have allowed him to
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appoint as many as six additional Supreme Court justices.
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Which of the following would have most likely occurred if Franklin Roosevelt's judicial reform bill had become law?
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It would have concentrated power in the executive branch of the government.
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The Social Security Administration faces new challenges in the twenty-first century because
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there are a greater number of retirees in the system.
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What was the purpose of the Wagner Act in 1935?
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to give workers the right to form unions
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Why did President Roosevelt need to create a Second New Deal?
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The economy continued to struggle with high unemployment rates and widespread poverty.
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How did critics view the judicial reform bill under Roosevelt?
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They felt that it was an attempt to gain influence on the Supreme Court.
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How did the Supreme Court frustrate Roosevelt's New Deal legislation?
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by declaring parts of it unconstitutional
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Which statement best describes the relationship between the programs of the New Deal and the end of the Great Depression?
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The New Deal had some impact on bringing about an end to the Great Depression.
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Which of the following oversaw the Federal One project in the 1930s?
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the Works Progress Administration