HIST 1302 Mid-Term Review

What are the differences between 19^th century imperialism and earlier European and American colonialism?

• Imperialism relied little on settlers moving to new colonial holdings

• Imperialists had little interest in exploiting natural resources of their new holdings

• People colonized by imperialism were happier than under earlier forms of colonialism

• Imperialism placed greater emphasis on “civilizing” nonwhites and non-white Christians

What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

• international agreement renouncing aggression and condemning war

• agreement where the U.S. withdrew its commitment to free trade

• plan to start an arms race with European powers

• plan to limit industrial overproduction

How does actual cowboy life reflect cowboy life portrayed in pop culture?

• Cowboy attire was often more flamboyant than what Russell’s painting depicts

• Cowboys herded cattle in various geographical environments, not just the open plains

• Cowboy work was unexciting and filled with drudgery

• Cowboys came from many racial and ethnic backgrounds

What was the result of Margaret Sanger’s 1929 appearance with her mouth bandaged at Boston’s Ford Hall Forum?

• There was an increase in the number of female deaths due to illegal abortions

• She was arrested and served 30 days in jail for distributing information about birth control

• Her protest against censorship gave the birth control movement more national publicity

• Her birth control clinic in Brooklyn was permanently shut down by the government

What event forced the U.S. to get involved in the Cuban Revolt against Spain?

• the intent to protect both Cuban and American economic interests in Cuba

• apprehension about the revolutionary ideology of the Cubans

• the wish to halt British expansionism and secure markets in the Caribbean

• the Republicans’ hope to open new markets in the Caribbean

What were “paper sons”?

• Chinese boys who immigrated to Hawaii to work on the sugar plantations

• Chinese men who successfully claimed they were American-born after birth records were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

• Chinese boys whose families paid a fee to Chinese men already in the United States to fraudulently claim to be their fathers

• Chinese men who were detained at Angel Island and returned to China

How did a large population of Americans view Andrew Carnegie’s decisions or lack thereof, during the Homestead Strike?

• They viewed him as an entrepreneur who was willing to negotiate with union leaders for better workers’ rights

• Critics viewed him as a follower of “The Gospel of Wealth” who stated the rich should do good deeds with their money

• He was viewed as a proponent of new technology that included labor-saving machinery

• He was viewed as a hypocrite who cut his workers’ wages in order to fund philanthropic projects

What type of Americans were typically supporters of the progressive movement?

• wealthy

• middle-class

• working class

• immigrants

What was the purpose of the 1904 Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?

• It was an important step in making the United States more isolated from the rest of the world

• It announced that the United States would play an economic role in China

• It specifically set up an economic plan where the United States would establish American banks in Latin America

• It declared that the United States would act as an international police power in Latin America so that Europeans would not intervene

What was the White Man’s Burden?

• responsibility to manage global affairs

• responsibility to civilize so-called racially inferior peoples

• responsibility to manage global affairs

• responsibility to maintain economic dominance