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US History Immigration and Foreign policy Blizzard Bag 2014 - 2015
1. In a 1904 address to Congress, President Theodore Roosevelt stated that the United States
would intervene in the finances of countries in the Western Hemisphere who were unable to
pay their debts to foreign creditors. Known as the Roosevelt Corollary, this was an addition to
which U.S. foreign policy?
A. the Monroe Doctrine
B. the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
C. the Treaty of Paris of 1898
D. the Open Door Policy
2. Which term describes Americans who were opposed to immigrants?
A. nativists
B. suffragists
C. anarchists
D. industrialists
3. What was the last armed conflict to take place between the Native Americans and the U.S.
Army?
A. Wounded Knee
B. The Battle of Little Bighorn
C. The Battle of Tippecanoe
D. Sand Creek Massacre
4. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, what was the difference between "new" immigration and
"old" immigration?
A. "Old" immigrants were from Asia, and "new" immigrants were from South
America.
B. "Old" immigrants were from western Europe, and "new" immigrants were from
eastern and southern Europe.
C. "Old" immigrants were from South America, and "new" immigrants were from
Africa.
D. "Old" immigrants were from eastern and southern Europe, and "new" immigrants
were from western Europe.
5.
• Discrimination
• Language barriers
• _______
The difficulties above were experienced by immigrants in America during the era 1877-1898.
Which of the following items should be added to the list?
A. high income tax
B. limited job availability
C. slum living conditions
D. denied suffrage
6. One reason the United States was interested in acquiring Hawaii was that trade with Hawaii
had become quite important. What was Hawaii's primary export to the United States?
A. sugar cane
B. cotton
C. corn
D. fish
7. President William Howard Taft's foreign policy encouraged American investment in foreign
countries and increased trade. What was the name given to Taft's foreign policy?
A. shuttle diplomacy
B. big stick diplomacy
C. dollar diplomacy
D. missionary diplomacy
8.
Certain ills belong to the hardships of human life. They are natural. They are part of the
struggle with Nature for existence. We cannot blame our fellow-men for our share of these.
My neighbor and I are both struggling to free ourselves from these ills. The fact that my
neighbor has succeeded in this struggle better than I constitutes no grievance for me.
—William Graham Sumner
The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us
and incorporated into our common life.
—Jane Addams
Based on the quotations above, which of the following would Sumner and Addams most likely
have disagreed on?
A. whether society is responsible for its lowest classes
B. whether it is immoral to acquire a large amount of wealth and success
C. whether the profits of businesses lead to the overall well-being of everyone
D. whether Christian teachings should influence the law
9. Which of these territories did the United States acquire as a result of the Spanish-American
War?
A. the Philippines
B. Panama
C. the Dominican Republic
D. Hawaii
10. One of President Theodore Roosevelt's favorite phrases was an African proverb which was
"Speak softly, and carry a big stick, you will go far." Roosevelt's foreign policy became known as
big stick diplomacy. Which statement best describes big stick diplomacy?
A. the creation of economic policies to benefit the U.S.
B. the threat of using military force in foreign policy
C. the promotion of democracy in all countries
D. the pledge to remain neutral in the foreign affairs
11. What was the first territory that the United States acquired in the Pacific Ocean?
A. Hawaii
B. Samoa
C. Guam
D. The Philippines
12. Which group believed that society was a competition in which the fittest came out on top,
justifying the inequality faced by immigrants and minorities during the Gilded Age?
A. Union members
B. Socialists
C. Transcendentalists
D. Social Darwinists
13. The first laws Congress passed to reduce immigration to the U.S. placed restrictions on
immigrants from which country?
A. China
B. Great Britain
C. Russia
D. Cuba
14. Following the Civil War, settlement of the West increased rapidly. The building of the
Transcontinental Railroad, for example, allowed settlers to travel to western territories in a
week, rather than the six to eight months the same trip would normally have taken in a wagon.
More settlers moving to the western territories resulted in which of the following?
A. Native Americans were forced into slavery.
B. Settlers shared the land with Native Americans.
C. Settlers sold land to the Native Americans.
D. Native Americans were moved onto reservations.
15. On April 11, 1898, President William McKinley asked Congress to declare war on Spain in
order to liberate Cuba from Spanish control. Before Congress approved the declaration of war,
the Teller Amendment was added to it. What was the purpose of the Teller Amendment?
A. The amendment stated that the United States would not annex Cuba after the war.
B. The amendment stated that the United States intended to annex all territories in
the Caribbean Sea after the war.
C. The amendment included funding for the United States to build a canal in Central
America.
D. The amendment stated that the United States intended to annex Cuba after the
war.