US History Final Review - Part 2 Question Preview (ID: 34523)

a) shortest water route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

b) Columbia and other Latin American countries resented US intervention in Panamanian revolt against Columbia

c) vast quantities of war materials and troops could now move quickly between the East and West Coast

d) large number of ocean-going merchant vessels could pass through the canal annually.

a) Alfred Thayer Mahan....led senators during the 1890 debates

b) Sanford Dole....writings demonstrated importance of expansion

c) Theodore Roosevelt....established US control over Panama Canal Zone

d) Henry Cabot Lodge....led American sugar and plantation owners who seized power in Hawaii

a) he wrote articles for Hearst and Pulitzer newspapers urging US intervention to protect Cuban rebels from the Spanish

b) he demonstrated in his writings the importance of obtaining colonies and increasing overseas trade,

c) he led the American sugar and plantation owners who seized power in Hawaii, and asked to be annexed to the US

d) he led those senators who favored overseas expansion during the debates in the US Senate in 1890s

a) the US gained territories in North America reaching to the Pacific Ocean

b) the US defeated a European power and annexed overseas territories

c) the US demonstrated it could maintain its neutrality during a European war

d) the US warned European countries not to establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere

a) The Platt Amendment promised that the US would never intervene again in Cuba

b) the Platt Amendment overturned the Teller Resolution by authorizing the US to annex Cuba

c) the Platt Amendment preserved Cuban independence but claimed the right to intervene in Cuban affairs

d) the Platt Amendment promised that the US would leave Cuba as soon as its independence from Spain was secured

a) Americans felt it was against the principles of democracy to rule over others

b) Americans feared it would bring the US into conflict with other powers

c) Americans wanted to rule over others because America had once been a British colony

d) Americans wanted to sell goods to new markets and buy raw materials for new industries

a) disappointed

b) angry

c) optimistic

d) anxious

a) they worried that the costs of urban housing would go down

b) they feared that the immigrants might take their jobs for lower wages

c) they hoped that the growth of cities would bring more concerts and parks

d) they welcomed the arrival of diverse peoples with different food and traditions

a) processing permanent residents applying for U.S. citizenship

b) processing highly skilled workers arriving from China and Japan

c) processing first-class passengers arriving on European steamship lines

d) processing immigrants who mainly came from Southern and Eastern Europe

a) they faced few hardships in the US

b) the enjoyed more opportunities than in their native land

c) they were generally welcomed by native-born Americans

d) they received government support during their adjustment period

a) Aliiance system

b) economic depression

c) assassination of Franz Ferdinand

d) sinking of Lusitania

a) German invasion of Belgium....assassination of Franz Ferdinand....Austro-Hungarian invasion of Serbia....US entry into war

b) assassination of Franz Ferdinand....US entry into war....Austro-Hungarian invasion of Serbia....German invasion of Belgium

c) assassination of Franz Ferdinand....Austro-Hungarian invasion of Serbia....German invasion of Belgium....US entry into war

d) assassination of Franz Ferdinand....German invasion of Belgium....Austro-Hungarian invasion of Serbia....US entry into war

a) they captured Panch Villa in Mexico

b) they ended Filipino resistance to US rule in the Philippines

c) they defended the Panamanian Revolution form Columbia

d) they helped the allies defeat the German army in France

a) casualties were low because soldiers were protected

b) soldiers were able to advance rapidly on one another

c) field commanders no longer thought it mattered who attacked first

d) soldiers dug trenches because they could not advance without heavy casualties