Chapter 27

Question 1

The practice of building an empire by taking control of the government and economies of other countries is called

Answer 1

Imperialism

Question 2

Why did American business leaders want to build an empire

Answer 2

To gain control over more resources and create new markets

Question 3

The US government was pressured to annex Hawaii by

Answer 3

Sugar planters

Question 4

Americans were convinced to go to war for Cuban independence by

Answer 4

Yellow journalism

Question 5

After the brief Spanish American war, Cuba

Answer 5

gained its independence

Question 6

What did the Filipinos initially think about American involvement in the Philippines

Answer 6

They believe that the United States would help them gain independence

Question 7

How did the Spanish American war affect the Philippines

Answer 7

The United States annex the Philippines is an American territory

Question 8

What did Theodore Roosevelt want to do with the canal

Answer 8

Do you want to join the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

Question 9

How would is canal through Panama benefit the United States

Answer 9

It would allow the Navy to better defend new American territories

Question 10

Why did the United States send a warship to Panama

Answer 10

To help Panama win independence in exchange for control over the canal zone

Question 11

The cause of World War I was an intense rivalry among nations based on nationalism, alliances and

Answer 11

Militarism

Question 12

How did the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife led to the outbreak of World War I

Answer 12

The system of alliances Drew many nations into war after Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia

Question 13

What new weapons added to the horror of trench warfare

Answer 13

Machine guns in chemical weapons

Question 14

What event led many Americans to side with allied countries instead of the central powers

Answer 14

German U-boats continue to torpedo American merchant ships

Question 15

How did US forces help turn the tide during World War I

Answer 15

They reinforce the exhausted allies and push the Germans back to their own border

Question 16

Which statement about the treaty of Versailles is true

Answer 16

The allies use the treaty to punish Germany harshly for its role in the war

Question 17

How did the US senate react to the treaty of Versailles

Answer 17

The senate reject the treaty because it did not want to join the league of nations

Question 18

The league of nations was an organization that called for nations to

Answer 18

Join a general association were they could protect each other’s independence

Question 19

What did the senates rejection of the treaty of Versailles do for the position of the US in the world

Answer 19

it turned the United States toward isolationism

Question 20

Seward’s folly

Answer 20

what people thought the US purchasing Alaska was 

Question 21

What started World War I

Answer 21

When archduke Franz Ferdinand got shot

Question 22

what was the lusitania?

Answer 22

a british luxury liner

Question 23

What events led to President Wilson to ask Congress to declare war on Germany on April 6, 1917?

Answer 23

When Germany attacked the U.S.’s battleship, the Lusitania, and killed a lot of men. Also, Germany wanted to help next to go read game territory from the U.S.

Question 24

In 1916, Wilson one reelection under what slogan?

Answer 24

He kept us out of war

Question 25

propaganda

Answer 25

Information or ideas spread by a group or government to promote its cause or ideas or to damage an opposing cause or idea.

Question 26

pacifists

Answer 26

people who oppose war for religious, political or moral reasons

Question 27

How did American show their support for the war effort?

Answer 27

Families saved tin cans, paper, old toothpaste tubes for recycling into war materials. Women went to churches to knit blankets and socks were soldiers. Many joined Red Cross

Question 28

How did the government raise money for the war?

Answer 28

One third was taxes, rest was by selling bonds. A bond is a document issued by government or company that promises to pay back the money and an additional amount.

Question 29

espionage act

Answer 29

This law made it a crime to say anything that was disloyal about the government

Question 30

sedition act

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This law made it a crime to try to interfere with the military draft

Question 31

who presented 14 point peace plan to congress

Answer 31

wilson

Question 32

points 1-5

Answer 32

Aimed to prevent conflict. Nations were asked to avoid secret treaties, to practice free-trade, and to reduce their weapon supplies

Question 33

points 6-13

Answer 33

Described the new boundaries many European countries

Question 34

point 14

Answer 34

Called for nations to join a general association of countries to protect each other’s independence. Wilson called this organization the league of Nations.

Question 35

How was Germany treated at the peace conference?

Answer 35

German representatives were not allowed to speak. They created a treaty that forced Germany to disband almost all of its armed forces, give up its colonies, and surrender territory in Europe. Also, pay reparations, $33 billion.

Question 36

isolationism

Answer 36

When the League of Nations opened in Geneva, Switzerland, the United States did not participate

Question 37

Adolf Hitler in the Treaty of Versailles

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Hitler felt betrayed by the treaty. Hitler’s rise to power in the 1930s would pose fresh challenge to US isolationism.

Question 38

US allies

Answer 38

britain france

Question 39

US enemies

Answer 39

russia, germany