History EOC: USA 3

 Look at the following diagram about the United States and China during the late  nineteenth century and answer the question below.

How did these actions affect the United States?

• They opposed anarchism.

• They promoted isolationism.

• They discouraged absolutism.

• They encouraged imperialism.

Study the following political cartoons from 1898 and 1911 and answer the  question below.

Which statement is most directly related to the issues that both political  cartoons illustrate?

• Robber barons control U.S. industry.

• Isolationism dominated U.S. foreign policy.

•  Imperialism expands the scope of U.S. power beyond its borders. 

• Nationalist movements necessitate the building of U.S. bases beyond its  borders.

 Read the excerpt below, which is from Frederick Jackson Turner’s “Frontier  Thesis.” Then answer the question below.

The peculiarity of American institutions is, the fact that they have been  compelled to adapt themselves to the changes of an expanding people—to the  changes involved in crossing a continent, in winning a wilderness, and in  developing at each area of this progress out of the primitive economic and  political conditions of the frontier into the complexity of city life.

Which action was an example of the process described in this excerpt?

• aiding Cuba to gain independence

• allying with Canada to establish free trade

• meeting with Japan to discuss immigration

• annexing Hawaii to acquire natural resources

Read the excerpt and answer the question below.

Incidental to our tenure in the Philippines is the commercial opportunity to  which American statesmanship cannot be indifferent. It is just to use every  legitimate means for the enlargement of American trade; but we seek no  advantages in the Orient which are not common to all. 

–President William McKinley, 1898

Which phrase best describes the motivation discussed in this excerpt?

• the desire to open new markets for trade

• the need to create a military alliance with Spain

• the plan to expand territorial holdings throughout Asia

• the belief that commercial interests would prevent wars

Look at the following diagram, which shows two results of the Spanish-American  War, and answer the question below.

Which result best replaces the question mark?

• admitted to the United States as states

• ceded to the United States as protectorates

• seized by the United States as imperial colonies

• occupied by the United States as enemy powers

Read the following information and answer the question below.

The Panama Canal was built to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It was  completed in 1914. Since then, millions of cargo, military, and travel ships have  crossed through the Panama Canal.

How has the United States directly benefited economically from the Panama  Canal?

• Military and expedition ships have used the canal as a coal refueling station.

•  Businesses have used the canal to move exports and imports efficiently.

• Immigrants have crossed through the canal to find new places to settle.

• European interests have been deterred from expansion by the canal.

Which statement best describes an important but unintended consequence of the  construction of the Panama Canal?

• Panama became a powerful trading country.

• Medical science advanced in fighting tropical disease.

• Canal locks were continually troubled by mechanical failures.

• Panama became a temporary United States territory after construction.

Read the poster and answer the question below.

What was the purpose of this 1917 poster?

• to persuade people to help fund military efforts

• to encourage people to enlist in the armed forces

• to publicize people's efforts to support isolationist policies

• to improve people's ability to use technology in agriculture

Why does the U.S. government require men to register with the Selective  Service?

•  to gather data for the census

• to limit the number of naturalized citizens

• to increase the potential number of military soldiers

• to monitor the activities of suspected communist spies

Look at the following photograph of a machine gun used during World War I and  answer the question below.

Which statement best describes the effect of this technology?

• It decreased the number of military casualties.

•  It encouraged the use of hand-to-hand combat.

• It made determining the location of enemy soldiers easier.

• It made the movement of soldiers across open land more difficult.