MAH Sem 1 Review Imperialism & WWI

What was the Monroe Doctrine?

• Document which stated that the United States would keep European countries out of Latin America.
• Excluded Chinese Immigrants
• Limited trade with non- European Countries
• Provided relief to Germany after WWI

Which of the following DID NOT encourage U.S. imperialism? 

• A lack of confidence in America’s destiny 
• A thirst for new economic markets
• A desire for military strength
• A belief in the cultural superiority of the American Culture

When the news papers published headlines like "U.S.S. Maine Destroyed by Secret Spanish Weapon" this was an example of?

• Yellow Journalism
• Reporting the Facts
• Muckraking
• Advertisement

The belief that your culture or ethnicity is superior to all others is called:  

• Militarism
• Cultural Superiority

• Nationalism
• Ethnocentrism

A stronger nation controlling or influencing a weaker nation for economic, cultural or political reasons is called:

• Imperialism
• Ethnocentrism
• Nationalism
• Militarism

How did the outcome of the Spanish-American War change U.S. foreign policy?

• It shifted U.S. policy toward neutrality.

• It shifted U.S. policy toward imperialism

• It shifted U.S. policy toward unilateralism

• It shifted U.S. policy toward noncolonialism.

People who OPPOSED imperialism said that annexing the Philippines would: 

• Violate the United States Core Democratic Values outlined in the Constitution
• Discourage U.S. industry
• Bring Democracy to the Philippines
• Help the U.S. Military

Which President used Dollar Diplomacy to guarantee loans to Latin American Countries?

• Roosevelt
• Monroe
• Taft
• McKinley

In 1898, President McKinley asked congress to declare war on Spain: 

• To protect U.S. investments in Cuba
• To avenge the sinking of the Maine 
• To help Cuba win its independence from Spain
• All of the above

Leaders in Europe knew that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand might mean war because of the: 

•  Alliance system between powerful nations
• Urging of Woodrow Wilson to avenge the death of Americans in Mexico
• European countries’ commitments to neutrality
• Declaration by Belgium that Serbia must be punished for the crime.