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Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative of the American Republic, 3/e

James West Davidson, Historian
William E. Gienapp, Harvard University
Christine Leigh Heyrman, University of Delaware
Mark H. Lytle, Bard College
Michael B. Stoff, University of Texas, Austin

The United States and the Old World Order (1901-1920)

Multiple Choice


1	In order to smooth the way for construction of the Panama Canal, the U.S. helped promote Panama's independence from:
		A)	Colombia.
		B)	Honduras.
		C)	Spain.
		D)	Portugal.


2	The Platt Amendment, allowing the U.S. to intervene if national security or internal disorder was threatened, was forced upon:
		A)	Mexico.
		B)	the Philippines.
		C)	Canada.
		D)	Cuba.


3	The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine:
		A)	reaffirmed U.S. opposition to colonization of any kind.
		B)	proclaimed the U.S. right to seek colonial territories.
		C)	claimed the U.S. right to intervene in Latin America.
		D)	renounced U.S. intervention in Latin American countries.


4	The "gentlemen's agreement" of 1907 restricted immigration from:
		A)	Mexico.
		B)	Ireland.
		C)	China.
		D)	Japan.


5	President Taft's "dollar diplomacy" involved:
		A)	promoting private U.S. investment in Latin American countries and China to tie nations to the U.S.
		B)	purchasing colonies in the Caribbean and Far East.
		C)	demanding payments from Latin American countries and China in return for U.S. nonintervention.
		D)	U.S. foreign aid to help poorer countries become financially sound.


6	In World War I, the Central Powers included all of the following EXCEPT:
		A)	Russia.
		B)	Germany.
		C)	Austria-Hungary.
		D)	Bulgaria.


7	At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, President Wilson:
		A)	declared U.S. neutrality.
		B)	proclaimed U.S. sympathy for the Allies, but refused military support.
		C)	traveled to Europe to seek a negotiated settlement.
		D)	immediately asked Congress for a declaration of war.


8	The interception of the "Zimmermann telegram" in 1917:
		A)	proved that German agents ran a spy network in the United States.
		B)	offered evidence that the Lusitania sinking had been done by Britain as a scheme to draw the U.S. into the war.
		C)	showed that the Germans wanted to win Mexico as an ally in the event the U.S. entered on the side of the Allies.
		D)	convinced Americans that Germany had committed atrocities.


9	The "Great Migration" in the U.S. during the First World War consisted of:
		A)	African-Americans moving from the rural South to the urban North.
		B)	Americans moving from eastern states to the West.
		C)	German-Americans migrating to South America.
		D)	the exodus of middle-class Americans to the suburbs.


10	The Committee on Public Information:
		A)	attacked the U.S. propaganda machine in World War I.
		B)	was the government agency charged with cementing American commitment to the war effort.
		C)	published German propaganda in the U.S. claiming the right to free speech.
		D)	organized a legal defense fund for those convicted under the wartime Sedition Act.


11	The Treaty of Versailles was never signed by the U.S. because:
		A)	President Wilson was furious over the final version.
		B)	of Senate opposition to the final version's punishment of Germany.
		C)	of Senate opposition to the specifics for the League of Nations.
		D)	of Senate opposition to the Treaty's recognizing the legitimacy of the Bolshevik regime in Russia.


12	The so-called Red Scare following World War I was fueled by all of the following EXCEPT:
		A)	fear of a Bolshevik-like revolution in the United States.
		B)	several incidents involving bombs sent through the mails.
		C)	unrest caused by labor strikes.
		D)	the punishment of Germany in the Treaty of Versailles.

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