Download Winter Break Assignment 2012 The following assignment will be

Winter Break Assignment 2012
The following assignment will be due upon the first day we return from
the winter break. This assignment is worthy of an exam grade.
1. Read Chapter 30 in your textbook and Chapter 14 in Zinn's book.
2. (40%) Answer the multiple-choice questions below. You must print
out the questions and show the strategy you used to answer the
questions by underlining key terms. Operative words, crossing -out
wrong answers, and using the true/false strategy for the "except"
questions. You will submit the questions sheet with this work and your
answers.
3. (50%) 7 paragraph essay answering the following question in pen:
Trace the impact of American involvement in World War I in the
following areas; women’s rights, the role of the African
American, civil liberties, labor rights, prohibition.
4. (10%) Short answer in pen: Was the Treaty of Versailles a
violation of Wilson's high war time ideals or the best that could
have been achieved under the circumstances?(include a focus on
the Wilson-Lodge debate over the amendments to the treaty).
U.S. Imperialism – World War I
1. A major factor in the shift in American foreign policy toward imperialism in the late nineteenth century
was the
a)
need for subservient populations to replace the freed slaves.
b)
desire for more farmland.
c)
construction of an American-built isthmian canal between the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific
Ocean.
d)
closing of the frontier.
e)
need for overseas markets for increased industrial and agricultural production.
2. Alfred Thayer Mahan argued that
a)
free trade was essential to a nation's economic health.
b)
control of the sea was the key to world domination.
c)
the United States should continue its policy of isolationism.
d)
the United States should immediately build an isthmian canal between the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans.
e)
the United States should construct a fleet of battleships.
3. To justify American intervention in the Venezuela boundary dispute with Britain, Secretary of State
Olney invoked the
a)Platt Amendment. b)Open Door policy. c) Monroe Doctrine. d)Foraker Act. e) Gentlemen’s
Agreement.
4. Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani was forced from power in 1893 because
a)
she refused to allow Christian missionaries in her country.
b)
many Hawaiians found her rule corrupt.
c)
Hawaiian agriculture had failed under her leadership.
d)
President Grover Cleveland believed that U.S. national honor required control of the Hawaiian
government.
e)
she opposed annexation to the United States and insisted that native Hawaiians should continue
to control Hawaii.
5. Americans favored providing aid to the Cuban revolutionaries for all of the following reasons except
a)
fear that the substantial American investment in Cuban sugar and other businesses would be
lost.
b)
a belief that Spain's control of Cuba presented a national security threat to the United States.
c)
fear that Spanish misrule in Cuba menaced the Gulf of Mexico and the route to the proposed
Panama Canal. .
d)
sympathy for Cuban patriots fighting for their freedom.
e)
the atrocity stories reported in the yellow press of William Randolph Hearst.
6. The battleship Maine was sunk by
a)
the Spanish.
b)
an accidental internal explosion on the ship.
c)
Cuban rebels.
d)
pro-war agents of William Randolph Hearst.
e)
a mine planted by pro-Cuban Americans.
7. The Teller Amendment
a)
guaranteed that the United States would support Cuban independence after Spain was ousted.
b)
stated that Cuba would become an American possession.
c)
directed President McKinley to order American troops into Cuba.
d)
appropriated funds to combat yellow fever in Cuba.
e)
granted the United States a permanent base at Guantanamo Bay.
8. At the time, the greatest controversy emerging from the Spanish-American War was over
a)
whether the declaration of war against Spain had been justified.
b)
whether the Teller Amendment promising Cuban independence was wise.
c)
the U.S. insistence on gaining a permanent military base at Guantanamo Bay.
d)
the U.S. colonial acquisition of the Philippines.
e)
the U.S. colonial acquisition of Puerto Rico.
9. All of the following became possessions of the United States under the provisions of the Treaty of Paris
with Spain except
a)
Puerto Rico. b) Guam. c) the Philippine Islands. d) Hawaii. e) Manila.
10. On the question of whether American laws applied to the overseas territory acquired in the SpanishAmerican War, the Supreme Court ruled in the Insular Cases that
a)
the American Constitution and laws did not apply to U.S. colonies.
b)
the president could determine which U.S. laws applied in U.S. colonies.
c)
federal but not state laws applied.
d)
only tariff laws could be forced.
e)
only the Bill of Rights applied.
11. The United States asserted that it had a virtual right of continuing intervention in Cuba in the
a) insular cases. b) Platt Amendment. c) Teller Amendment. d) Foraker Act. e) Guantanamo Bay
Treaty.
12. Match each 1912 presidential candidate below with his political party.
A. Woodrow Wilson
1. Socialist
B. Theodore Roosevelt
2. Democratic
C. William Howard Taft
3. Republican
D. Eugene V. Debs
4. Progressive
a)
A—1, B—2, C—4, D—3
c)
A—4, B—3, C—2, D—l
b)
A—1, B—3, C—4, D—2
d)
A—3, B—1, C—2, D—4
e)
A—2, B—4, C—3, D—l
13. With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the great majority of Americans
a)
earnestly hoped to stay out of the war.
b)
favored entering the war in support of the Allies.
c)
supported the Central Powers.
d)
wanted to form a military alliance of neutral nations.
e)
favored U.S. mediation of the conflict.
14. One primary effect of World War I on the United States was that it
a)
opened new markets in Germany and Austria-Hungary.
b)
suffered severe business losses.
c)
conducted an immense amount of trade with the Allies.
d)
turned more of its economic activity toward Latin America and Asia.
e)
virtually ended American international trade.
15. The Zimmermann note involved a proposed secret agreement between
a)
Britain and France. b) Russia and Germany. c) Germany and Mexico.
d)
Mexico and France. e) Germany and Canada.
16. The United States declared war on Germany
a)
in response to demands by American munitions makers.
b)
because it appeared that France was about to surrender.
c)
because Wall Street bankers demanded it.
d)
after Mexico signed an alliance with Germany.
e)
after German U-boats sank four unarmed American merchant vessels.
17. President Woodrow Wilson persuaded the American people to enter World War I by
a)
appealing to America's tradition of intervention in Europe.
b)
convincing the public of the need to make the world safe from the German submarine.
c)
declaring it a crusade to "make the world safe for democracy."
d)
demonstrating how American national security would be threatened by a German victory.
e)
insisting that the war would be fought primarily by the navy.
18. Which one of the following was not among Wilson's Fourteen Points, upon which he based America's
idealistic foreign policy in World War I?
a)
Reduction of armaments
b)
An international guarantee of freedom of religion
c)
Abolition of secret treaties
d)
A new international organization to guarantee collective security
e)
The principle of national self-determination for subject peoples
19. Match each civilian administrator below with the World War I mobilization agency that he
directed.
A. George Creel
1. War Industries Board
B. Herbert Hoover
2. Committee on Public Information
C. Bernard Baruch
3. Food Administration
D. William Howard Taft
4. National War Labor Board
a) A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2 b)A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3 c)A-3, B-2, C-l, D-4 d)A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 e) A-1, B-2, C-4,
D-3
20. During World I, civil liberties in America were
a)
threatened by President Wilson but protected by the courts.
b)
limited, but no one was actually imprisoned for his or her convictions.
c)
violated mostly in the western United States.
d)
protected for everyone except German Americans.
e)
severely damaged by the pressures for loyalty and conformity.
21. Two constitutional amendments, adopted in part because of World War I, were the Eighteenth, which
dealt with _______________, and the Nineteenth, whose subject was _______________.
a)
prohibition; an income tax
b) direct election of senators; woman suffrage
c)
prohibition; woman suffrage
d) an income tax; direct election of senators
22. Women's participation in the war effort contributed greatly to the fact that they
a)
became a large, permanent part of the American workforce.
b)
finally received the right to vote.
c) were allowed to join the air force.
d)
organized the National Women's party. e) All of these
23. The two groups who suffered most from the violation of civil liberties during World War I were
a)
Catholics and atheists.
b) Irish Americans and Japanese Americans.
c)
African Americans and Latinos.
d) labor unions and women's groups.
e)
German Americans and social radicals.
24. The movement of tens of thousands of Southern blacks north during World War I resulted in
a)
better race relations in the South.
b) racial violence in the North.
c)
fewer blacks willing to be used as strikebreakers. d) a new black middle class.
e)
All of these
25. Most of the money raised to finance World War I came from
a)
confiscation of German property.
b) income taxes.
c) tariffs.
d)
sale of armaments to Britain and France. e) loans from the American public.
26. Despite reluctance by both the president and Congress, the United States resorted to forced conscription
in 1917 because
a)
there was no other way to raise the vast American army that would have to be sent to Europe.
b)
it was the most effective way to destroy the opposition to the war.
c)
all the Allied and Central powers had already enacted conscription.
d)
it seemed like the most fair way of determining who would serve.
e)
they were unwilling to accept female volunteers in the military.
27. Russia's withdrawal from World War I in 1918 resulted in
a)
a communist takeover of that country.
b)
the United States' entry into the war.
c)
the release of hundreds of thousands of German troops for deployment on the front in France.
d)
Germany's surrender to the Allies.
e)
a setback for the idea of a “war for democracy.”
28. The Germans were heavily demoralized by
a)
the United States' military performance.
b)
their defeat at the Battle of Meuse-Argonne.
c)
the United States' unlimited troop reserves.
d)
Russia's entry into the war.
e)
American propaganda.
29. In the United States, the most controversial aspect of the Treaty of Versailles was the
a)
principle of self-determination for smaller nations in Europe and elsewhere.
b)
severe reparations that Germany would have to pay.
c)
permanent U.S. alliance with France.
d)
provision for trusteeship of former German colonies.
e)
League of Nations.
30. Senate opponents of the League of Nations, as proposed in the Treaty of Versailles, argued that it
a)
failed to provide enough German financial reparations to the United States.
b)
violated Wilson's own Fourteen Points.
c)
robbed Congress of its war-declaring powers.
d)
isolated the United States from postwar world affairs.
e)
was not fair enough to oppressed colonial peoples.
31. The Senate likely would have accepted American participation in the League of Nations if Wilson had
a)
stuck to the principles of his own Fourteen Points.
b)
guaranteed that American troops would never be used in League peacemaking operations.
c)
actively campaigned for support from the American public.
d)
been willing to compromise with League opponents in Congress.
e)
run for re-election and won on a pro-League platform.
32. Who was finally most responsible for the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Henry Cabot Lodge b) Woodrow Wilson c) Isolationists d) Republicans e)Liberals
33. The major weakness of the League of Nations was that it
a)
had no military power.
b)
did not include the Soviet Union.
c)
was used by Adolf Hitler to gain power.
d)
did not include the United States.
e)
permitted a veto by the great powers.
34. In his book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History (1890), Alfred T. Mahan argued which of the
following?:
a. that colonial possessions are a drain on the nation's resources.
b. that a strong merchant marine is less important than a navy.
c. that naval bases are unnecessary for the protection of colonial possessions.
d. that great empires are based on naval supremacy.
e. that land forces are more important than naval forces.
35. When President Taft called for "Dollar Diplomacy," he advocated?:
a. that American government money be loaned to underdeveloped countries.
b. purchasing foreign-owned territories.
c. the rejection of the Open Door Policy.
d. encouraging foreign exports by reducing tariffs.
e. that American businessmen should invest in underdeveloped countries rather than lend those
countries U. S. dollars
36. The opening of Japan by the United States in the mid-19c was followed by a period of major
change known as the Meiji Restoration. Which of the following was one of the major characteristics
of the Meiji Restoration?:
a. the destruction of the "emperor system."
b. the complete rejection of Shintom and other traditional values.
c. the colonization of Japan by Western Europe and the United States.
d. the "refeudalization" of the agricultural economy.
e. the creation of a modern political state which paved the way for industrialization.
37. To justify their policies, the new American expansionists of the late 1800s offered all of the
following reasons EXCEPT?:
a. strong nations were destined by natural law to dominate weak ones.
b. the U. S. should try to create a community of nations to guarantee world peace.
c. a strong navy was the key to becoming a great nation, and colonies would serve as bases for such
a navy.
d. the U. S. had a duty to spread its superior institutions to less civilized peoples.
38. President Grover Cleveland rejected the effort to annex Hawaii because?:
a. the islands were not particularly productive.
b. the United States did not have the naval power to protect the islands.
c. passage of the McKinley tariff made Hawaiian sugar unprofitable.
d. a majority of native Hawaiian opposed annexation to the United States.
39. The policy of imperialism in the U. S. from 1890 to 1910 was largely the result of?:
a. demands for commercial expansion.
b. the theory of isolation.
c. a desire to build up a colonial empire.
d. a widespread desire to become a world power.
e. missionary zeal.
40. The anti-imperialists in the 1890s opposed U. S. acquisition of an empire for all of the following
reasons EXCEPT?:
a. acquiring Pacific territories would bring "inferior" Asian races into the nation as potential
citizens.
b. an empire would require a large standing army and entangling foreign alliances.
c. the vast majority of Americans opposed such empire-building.
d. imperialism was simply immoral, a repudiation of America's commitment to human freedom.
41. Extra Credit (Identify all the answer(s) that apply and place them on your
scantron)
President Wilson's Fourteen Points included
a)
arms limitation.
b)
self-determination.
c)
spheres of influence.
d)
freedom of the seas.
e)
a permanent international organization.