Benchmark 5

Question 1

What is yellow journalism and how did it help lead to the war with Spain?

Answer 1

Propaganda lead to the overdramatization of the Maine blowing up and the note calling the politicians stupid and it infuriated the very nationalist country

Question 2

How did the increased of manufactured goods in US play a role in imperialism?

Answer 2

Needed more people to trade with and had the resources to take over smaller nations

Question 3

What were the causes of imperialism?

Answer 3

Wanted more places to trade with and the want/need for new military bases

Question 4

Why did the US go to war with Spain?

Answer 4

Because we were offended by the note and we accused them of sinking our ship

Question 5

What did the Platt amendment do?

Answer 5

Placed restrictions on Cuba with the US of what they can and can’t do

Question 6

The big question that came up with the US acquiring new territories was “what rights would the new territories have?” And were they all treated the same?

Answer 6

They were not all treated the same the Filipinos had much more freedoms and rights than the Cubans

Question 7

Why did the US want a canal across Central America? Did Latin American countries like Panama like our actions?

Answer 7

The US helped the Latin American countries win their independence from the Spanish so they were willing to let us build the canal through their country

Question 8

What policy did Teddy Roosevelt add to the Monroe Doctrine?

Answer 8

The Roosevelt Corollary; restated the Monroe Doctrine

Question 9

What was the Boxer Rebellion?

Answer 9

Chinese nationalists who didn’t want any foreign influence

Question 10

What were the three different types of diplomacy?

Answer 10

TR: big stick; strong military
Taft: dollar diplomacy; wise investments
Wilson: moral diplomacy; human rights

Question 11

What policy declared the United States the policeman of the world?

Answer 11

Roosevelt Corollary

Question 12

How did the US obtain land to build the canal?

Answer 12

Helped the countries obtain independent from Spain and then paid them to use the land

Question 13

What was the open door policy?

Answer 13

Chinese had to trade with all nations

Question 14

How did militarism lead to WW1?

Answer 14

Every country had a ready to go army with bountiful troops and supplies and arms

Question 15

What is the spark that started WW1?

Answer 15

The killing of Archduke Ferdinand

Question 16

How did all the alliances being in place make the war bigger?

Answer 16

What would have been a short war between two countries turned into several countries all fighting against each other

Question 17

What was Wilson’s policy at the beginning of WW1?

Answer 17

To stay neutral and isolate the United States from the war

Question 18

What actions did Germany take to bring the US into the war?

Answer 18

Attacked passenger ships and any other ships going through the ocean

Question 19

What was the US reaction to the Zimmerman note?

Answer 19

The US was offended and angry at the note

Question 20

What was the US stated purpose for entering the war?

Answer 20

The Germans sunk our passenger ship the Lusitania and we considered that an act of war

Question 21

How were first amendment rights challenged during WW1?

Answer 21

Anyone who spoke out against the war during the war got put in jail

Question 22

How did the US use propaganda to encourage support for WW1?

Answer 22

By making it seem like the bad guys were worse than they were and push hard for nationalism to make people want to stay in the war

Question 23

What the purpose of Wilson’s plan for peace? What was it called?

Answer 23

14 Points; wanted to fix everything that caused WW1

Question 24

What was the primary goal of the European powers after the war?

Answer 24

Punish Germany

Question 25

Why did some members of congress disagree with Wilson’s peace plan?

Answer 25

They thought it would drag the United States into another European war and their affairs

Question 26

Post WW1 the United States went into a policy of ______

Answer 26

Isolation

Question 27

In 1920 we elect _____ as president. He promised to __________

Answer 27

Warren Harding; keep the United States out of foreign affairs

Question 28

The presidents that followed also kept a policy of ______

Answer 28

Isolation

Question 29

What was the effect of WW1 on the economy?

Answer 29

Boosted it due all the manufacturing during the war