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The expansionist foreign policy of the 1890s derived significant inspiration from |
social darwinism |
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Which of the following policies did US naval officer Alfred Mahan support in his 1890 book ‘The Influence of Sea Power upon History?’ |
an expansion of the American empire in Asia and Africa |
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After the explosion of the battleship USS Maine, US naval board of inquiry blamed the sinking on |
an underwater mine |
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Which of the following statements accurately describes the state of American military preparedness in 1898? |
the navy was better prepared than the ground forces |
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Which of the following statements describes Hawaii in the 1890s? |
American sugar planters overthrew Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani and applied for US annexation |
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The American victory at San Juan Hill in Cuba can be credited mostly to |
4 African American US regiments that bore the brunt of the fighting |
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As a result of the war with Spain in 1898, the US gained |
the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam |
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Which of the following describes the guerilla war that followed the conquest of the Philippines? |
The conflict far exceeded in ferocity the war just concluded with Spain |
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In the ‘Insular Cases’ 1901, the Supreme Court ruled that |
the Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in newly acquired territories |
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Which of the following assumptions shaped Theodore Roosevelt’s strategic thinking about US foreign policy during his presidency? |
It was the duty of the "civilized" countries of the world to police "backward" peoples |
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The open door note, composed by US secretary of state John Hay, called for |
equal access for all countries seeking to trade with China |
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Which of the following statements characterizes President Taft’s foreign policy in Asia? |
Taft reversed Roosevelt’s approaches to both China and Japan |
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Theodore Roosevelt’s big-stick policy was demonstrated |
with the strength and effectiveness of the US navy |
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When Woodrow Wilson became president in 1913 he |
vowed that the US would not seek further territorial gains by conquest |
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Which of the following is correctly matched? |
Pancho Villa- Mexican general whose forces killed dozens of Americans along the border in 1916 |
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What was Woodrow Wilson’s primary reason for wanting to keep the US neutral at the outbreak of WW1? |
he wanted to arbitrate among the combatants and to influence the settlement of the war |
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Which of the following statements describes American’s views about entering into WW1 in 1915 and 1916 |
Many Irish Americans viewed England as the enemy because of its occupation of Ireland |
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Which of the following was the immediate cause for American entry into WW1? |
Germany’s resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare |
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In his appearance before Congress to ask for a declaration of war in 1912, Woodrow Wilson |
emphasized that American involvement would make the world ‘safe for democracy’ |
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Which of these actions constituted the US’ first major contribution to the war effort in WW1? |
Using armed convoys to secure Allied shipping against submarine attacks |
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Which of the following helped the US turn the tide and win WW1? |
huge numbers of troops and supplies |
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Which of the following was true of race relations during WW1? |
almost 25% of the adult male Native American population served in WW1 |
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In Abrams v. US, the Supreme Court ruled that |
authorities may prosecute speech when it represents a clear and present danger |
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The term great migration refers to |
African Americans moving from the South to the North during the war |
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The battle in the Senate over the Treaty of Versailles centered around Article X which was |
the League of Nations’ right to use collective military action |
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Which of the following statements characterizes race relations in the aftermath of WW1? |
At least 120 blacks were killed in racial violence in the US by 1919 |
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Which of the following factors contributed to the incredible number of militant strikes that occurred during 1919? |
employers tried to root out labor unions after the war |
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Welfare capitalism emerged in the 1920s in part to |
stop unionization |
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Which of the following statements characterizes the Red Scare of 1919-1921? |
a series of 1919 bombings led Americans to associate radical political groups with violence |
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Which of the following statements describes the proceedings against Sacco and Vanzetti? |
scholars still debate their guilt, but most agree that they did not receive a fair trial |
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Which of the following most accurately characterized women’s political participation during the 1920s? |
women did not vote as a bloc, even though politicians had expected them to do so |
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Harding campaigned on the platform of returning to normalcy which meant |
a strong pro-business stance and conservative cultural values |
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Which major scandal in Harding’s administration was named after the national oil reserves it involved? |
teapot dome |
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Which of the following was one of Calvin Coolidge’s political virtues at the time he became president after Harding’s death in 1923? |
austere morality which contrasted with Harding’s cronyism |
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Which of the following statements characterized US foreign policy during the 1920s? |
the US actively sought to facilitate American economic expansion abroad |
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The culture wars of the 1920s were due in part of |
the tremendous growth of cities from immigration and rural migration |
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Which of the following statements characterizes the Scopes monkey trial of 1925? |
the trial quickly became a media circus |
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How did the rejuvenated KKK of the 1920s differ from its reconstruction era form? |
the group targeted catholics and jews as well as blacks |
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Which of the following describes Governor Alfred E Smith the democratic presidential candidate in 1928? |
he was the first major-party presidential candidate to reflect the aspirations of the urban working class |
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Which of the following statements was true of the Harlem Renaissance? |
the most visible part of the Harlem Renaissance to most whites was jazz music |
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Which of the following describes 1920s jazz? |
jazz represented a synthesis of African American music forms such as ragtime and the blues |
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What was the significance of the universal negro improvement association in the 1920s? |
it left a legacy of activism among working class blacks |
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Which of the following terms did American writer Gertrude Stein use to describe Americans who had experienced WW1 firsthand? |
The lost generation |
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Which of the following statements describes the American literary figures of the 1920s such as ernest hemingway and f scott fitzgerald? |
they rejected American materialism, complacency, and anti intellectualism |
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Throughout the 1920s the sector of the american economy in the worst shape was |
agriculture |
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Which of the following sectors of American society saw the greatest amount of improvement in the 1920s? |
industrial output |
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A major weakness of the 1920s economy was the |
unequal distribution of wealth |
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Which of the following statements characterizes consumer spending during the 1920s? |
installment buying boosted consumerism |
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The flapper, an icon of American culture, represented |
the emancipated woman of the 1920s |
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What was the outcome of the stock market crash of October 1929? |
many middle class americans without stock investments lost their life savings when banks failed |
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