US History EOC Review

1. US History EOC Review

2. World Affairs through World War I Demonstrate an understanding of the changing role of the United States in world affairs through the end of World War I.

3. A primary reason for the establishment of the Open Door policy (1899) was to protect United States trade in the Far East gain control of the Panama Canal Zone encourage Chinese immigration to the United States improve relations with Russia

4. Between the 1890s and the start of World War I, the United States expanded its access to overseas markets and raw materials through the policy of containment imperialism isolationism neutrality

5. The headlines in this newspaper are an example of yellow journalism investigative reporting muckraking literature government censorship

6. Publication of this and similar news stories encouraged Congress to declare war on Spain improve naval safety pass antiterrorist legislation conduct a criminal investigation

7. The Spanish-American War (1898) marked a turning point in United States foreign policy because the United States developed a plan for peaceful coexistence emerged as a major world power pledged neutrality in future European conflicts refused to become a colonial power

8. Which foreign policy is the main issue of this cartoon? containment imperialism internationalism neutrality

9. Why was there increased interest in building a canal across Central America in the late 1800s? US had acquired colonies in the Pacific region tariffs on Chinese and Japanese products had ended the main source of immigration had shifted from northern Europe to southern Europe transcontinental railroads had not yet been completed

10. Which factor is most closely associated with the decision of the United States to declare war on Spain in 1898? isolationist policy labor union pressure yellow journalism unrestricted submarine warfare

11. The main reason the United States implemented the Open Door policy in China was to promote immigration expand democratic reforms encourage religious freedom guarantee access to markets

12. What was a major reason the United States entered WW I? Japanese occupation of Manchuria Foreign troops had landed on American soil Austro-Hungarian Empire had invaded Belgium Germany had resumed unrestricted submarine warfare

13. During World War I, many American women helped gain support for the suffrage movement by protesting against the war joining the military service lobbying for child-care facilities working in wartime industries

14. Following World War I, the United States Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles primarily because the treaty failed to include most of President Wilson’s 14 Points did not punish Germany for starting the war contained provisions that might lead the US into foreign conflicts made no provisions for reduction of military weapons

15. What was the effect of the “clear and present danger” ruling established in Schenck v. United States (1919)? placing limits on constitutional freedoms decreasing the president’s powers during wartime limiting the hours women could work in industry upholding the right of states to regulate child labor

16. The “clear and present danger” doctrine established in Schenck v. United States (1919) concerned the issue of freedom of speech the right to bear arms the right to an attorney separation of church and state

17. What was one effect of the Bolshevik Revolution (October 1917) on the United States? Nativism increased, leading to the Red Scare Federal courts banned anti-immigrant groups Allied powers needed fewer United States troops Immigration laws were changed to allow refugees from Russia

18. A major purpose of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points (1918) was to ask Congress to enter World War I set goals for achieving peace after World War I provide an aid program for rebuilding war-torn nations retaliate for the sinking of the Lusitania

19. One goal for a lasting peace that President Wilson included in his Fourteen Points was 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