Chapter 7: America as a World Power

President Woodrow Wilson sent General John J Pershing to Mexico in 1916 to

• catch the rebel leader Francisco "Pancho" Villa
• protect a German ship carrying weapons
• lead the attack against dictator Diaz
• seize the rebel city of Veracruz

The Bayonet Constitution

• granted more power to the Hawaiian king
• allowed Hawaiian sugar to be shipped duty-free into the US
• allowed American missionaries to convert Hawaiians to Christianity
• granted more power to planter-controlled parliament

How was the conflict between Cuba & Spain that erupted in 1897 covered by the American press?

• it was revealed through pictures taken by the first photo reporters in war journalism
• it was exaggerated by competing newspaper to get more readers
• it was concealed so as not to hurt the readers' sensibilities
• it was ignored

Japan's foreign policy up to the mid-1800s could best be characterized as

• barbaric
• isolationist
• diplomatic
• imperialistic

The growth of imperialism from the late 1870s to 1914 was sparked by the desire of

• nations to become culturally varied by attracting new immigrants
• business people for their county to become isolationist
• political leaders to improve the conditions of poorer countries
• nations to find sources of raw materials to help industrial growth

More than 120,000 Mexicans immigrated to the United States from 1905-1915 to

• avoid political persecution
• seek employment
• escape the violence of the Mexican Revolution
• avoid jail sentences

The Rough Riders

• drafted soldiers that included college athletes & ranchers
• volunteer soldiers led by Emilio Aguinaldo
• drafted soldiers led by Lt. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
• volunteer soldiers that included Native Americans and cowboys

The Teller Amendment stated that the Untied States

• assumed control over newly independent Cuba & would annex it
• would go to war with Spain to protect newly independent Cuba
• had no interest in annexing or assuming control of newly independent Cuba
• would provide $50 million to prepare for war with Spain over newly independent Cuba

The Open Door Policy stated that

• France could trade freely with Russia
• Germany could trade freely with Great Britain
• all nations should have equal access to trade with China
• all nations should have equal  access to trade with Japan

Until the early 1900s European nations exerted control over Latin American countries by

• keeping Latin America deeply in debt
• exporting primary resources to Latin America
  
• placing European politicians in power
• establishing army bases all over the territory