Social Studies Grade 11 Unit 2 Pre-Test _______________________________
Directions
Read each question and choose the best answer.
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The speakers below are discussing foreign policies that the United States has followed at
various times. Use their statements and your knowledge of social studies to answer the
question below.
Speaker A: Steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.
Speaker B: The United States will give economic aid to needy countries anywhere in the world but will
not provide military aid.
Speaker C: The United States must prevent the growth of communism.
Speaker D: The United States can take over other countries to help them become more like us.
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Which speakers would most likely support a United States foreign policy of
intervention?
Ⓐ A and B
Ⓑ A and C
Ⓒ C and D
Ⓓ B and D
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"I took the Canal and let Congress debate." -Theodore Roosevelt
This quotation best demonstrated
Ⓐ an effort by the President to maintain a policy of isolationism
Ⓑ a decline in the use of militarism as a defense policy.
Ⓒ an increased reliance on the legislative process.
Ⓓ a Presidential action that achieved a foreign policy objective.
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To which continent did United States expansionism extend after the
Spanish-American War?
Ⓐ Asia
Ⓑ Africa
Ⓒ Europe
Ⓓ South America
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All of the following describe the role the news media played in causing
the Spanish-American War EXCEPT:
Ⓐ They shaped American public opinion in favor of Cuba.
Ⓑ They exaggerated news stories about Spanish actions in Cuba.
Ⓒ They blamed Spain for the sinking of the battleship U.S.S. Maine.
Ⓓ They accused Spain of forcing an increase in the price of sugar.
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Involvement in the Spanish-American War, acquisition of Hawaii, and
introduction of the Open Door policy in China were actions taken by the
United States government in order to
Ⓐ establish military alliances with other nations.
Ⓑ gain overseas markets and sources of raw materials.
Ⓒ begin the policy of Manifest Destiny.
Ⓓ support isolationist forces in Congress.
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Social Studies Grade 11 Unit 2 Pre-Test _______________________________
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Which third-party candidate split the Republican Party in 1912 and
prevented the reelection of President Taft?
Ⓐ William Jennings Bryan
Ⓑ Eugene V. Debs
Ⓒ Theodore Roosevelt
Ⓓ Woodrow Wilson
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What lured many African Americans to northern cities during and after
World War I?
Ⓐ an abundance of factory jobs
Ⓑ new cultural activities
Ⓒ greater racial tolerance
Ⓓ a huge housing boom
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What caused the United States to enter World War I?
Ⓐ the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Ⓑ German sinking of American ships
Ⓒ isolationist policies
Ⓓ the United States’ distrust of Serbia
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America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums
(ineffective remedies), but normalcy; not revolution, but
restoration; not agitation, but adjustment, not submergence in
internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.
-Warren G. Harding, 1920 campaign speech
Based on the speech and Harding’s landslide victory, which ideal
was most likely supported by the majority of U.S. voters?
A isolation from foreign entanglements
B toleration of radical political activities
C continuation of the reforms of the Progressive Era
D dedication to providing support for the rebuilding of Germany
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XIV. A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose
of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and
small states alike.
Except from President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points,
1918
One goal for a lasting peace that President Woodrow Wilson included in
his Fourteen Points was
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Ⓐ establishing a League of Nations.
Ⓑ maintaining a permanent military force in Europe.
Ⓒ returning the United states to a policy of isolationism.
Ⓓ blaming Germany for causing World War I.
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