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American Imperialism and World War I TEST REVIEW
1. List reasons for U.S. Imperialism in the late 1800s/early 1900s
2. Complete the Chart.
Triggers for the Spanish
American War
Description
Results of the Spanish American
War
3. What colony acquired during the Spanish American War does the U.S. still have and the
residents are U.S. citizens?
4.
Complete the chart.
Foreign Policy
Proponent
Description
Monroe Doctrine
Big Stick Policy/
Roosevelt Corollary
Dollar Diplomacy
Open Door Policy
5. Who believed in order for the U.S. to be a world power we needed to have a strong navy and
expand overseas?
6. What is the Panama Canal? Importance?
7. What is the Great White Fleet? What did show about America?
8. List the colonies the U.S. acquired in the Pacific Ocean.
9.
Complete the chart
Factors that contributed to Description
the outbreak of WWI.
Spark
10. What new type of warfare was used during WWI? Why?
11. What were the new weapons that were used during WWI? What were the effects of the
weapons on the war?
12. How did World War I effect the U.S. economy?
13. How did the U.S. stay neutral in the beginning of World War I?
14. Complete the chart
Reasons US Entered WWI
Description
President Wilson Quote
15. What is the American Expeditionary Force? What were they important?
16. Complete the chart
Person
Importance
John J. Pershing
Alvin York
17. How did the role of women change during WWI?
18. What is the Great Migration?
19. What civil liberty was affected with the Espionage Act? Why?
20. How could citizens help finance the war effort?
21. Describe Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points.
22. Did the U.S. ever ratify the Treaty of Versailles? Join the League of Nations? Why/Why
not?
22. What policy did the U.S. adopt after WWI to keep us out of war? Why?
23. List following events of WWI in chronological order: Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand,
U.S. declares war on Germany, Lusitania Sunk, Battle of Argonne Forrest, and World War I
begins.
24. List the following eras in chronological order: Gilded Age, American Revolution, Westward
Expansion, American Expansionism, Progressive Era, World War I.
Review from previous test.
List the goals of the Social Gospel Movement.
Belief that is our religious duty to help the poor. Closely related to the philosophies of the
Progressives. Helped correct the problems of our rapid industrialization and urbanization
List the ideas/importance of W.E.B. Dubois.
Help Start the NAACP-Believed African Americans needed to have a classical education for racial
equality
What is the Pendleton Act? Which Gilded Age problem was addressed with the Pendleton Act?
United States federal law established in 1883 that stipulated that government jobs should be awarded
on the basis of merit. Political corruption and Civil Service Corruption
What effects can a 3rd party candidate have on elections?
Can effect who wins the election (acts as a spoiler) by dividing the votes of a political party.
Can change the focus of the major party candidates
List 3 pieces of legislation that increase the federal government’s power to regulate business.
Interstate Commerce Act, Sherman Anti-Trust Act, and Clayton Anti-Trust Act