9 Weeks Test ReviewUS History

All of the following, championed in a book by Alfred Thayer Mahan, stimulated American expansionism abroad:

• Naval dominance• Need to protect American

commerce during external wars• W/out Foreign ports we could not “fly”

far from our own shores

The following are effects of the Spanish American War on the United States:

• The acquisition of territory meant more resources and trade routes.

• USA seen as a World Power• Most powerful Navy – Great White Fleet

Throughout history many non-violent methods have been used in order to expand voting rights in the United States:

I. Public Protests

III. Amendments to the Constitution

• Passenger ships would not be targeted• Merchant ships would not be sunk until the presence of weapons had

been established• Merchant ships would not be sunk without provision for the safety of

passengers and crew

Which title concerning U.S. entry into World War I BEST fits the above list?

Germany’s Sussex Pledge

What reasons did the U.S. have to annex Hawaii?

• supply station for naval vessels• Half way point between China and USA in the

Pacific

Frances Willard’s efforts as a

Progressive reformer included:

• expanding the temperance movement• Women’s suffrage

Which title best completes the diagram?

The Rise to World Power Era

What were the effects of the Progressive Era political reforms of initiative, referendum, and recall?

• Government officials responding to the needs of the voters more rapidly

• more direct participation of voters in the democratic process

• 17th Amendment – Direct election of Senators.

This chemical warfare was a major component of the first global war and first total war of the 20th century. The killing capacity of mustard gas, however, was limited – only four percent of combat deaths were due to this weapon. Because it was possible to develop effective countermeasures against attacks, mustard gas was unlike most other weapons of the period. In the later stages of the war, as the use of it increased, its overall effectiveness diminished. This widespread use of these agents of chemical warfare, and wartime advances in the composition of high explosives, gave rise to an occasionally expressed view of World War I as “the chemists’ war.”

What was one of the main reasons for the development of a stalemate on the Western Front?

• The use of technological innovations such as poison gas – mustard gas.

• Use of machine guns• No man’s land

Which reason best completes the following list?• Zimmerman telegram is intercepted.• Germany sinks the Lusitania.• Propaganda fuels anti-German feelings.• Germany resumes U-boat attacks on U.S. ships• Reasons for U.S. involvement in World War I

The following concerns led some in the U.S. Senate to decline the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles and the Covenant for the League of Nations:

• The treaty would involve the United States in entangling alliances.

• The treaty would give only one person too much power as the representative in the League for U.S.

• There was nothing written about who had the overall voting power within the League.

Arrange the following sequence of events in correct chronological order:

• Guam and Puerto Rico become territories of the U.S.

• Liberation of Cuba• Sinking of the battleship USS Maine.• Rough Riders fight in Cuba

3

4

1

2

The map shows portions of Germany given to other nations, as designated by the flags. These boundary changes are the result of the ___.

• Treaty of Versailles

List characteristics that exemplify laissez-faire business practices:

• Combination of trusts• Vertical and horizontal integrations

(alignments)• Monopolies

Describe the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act. What criteria did an applicant

have to meet to get a federal job?

• Candidates had to pass an entrance exam, only those who took the exam could be appointed to a federal job.

• President could decide who could fill a federal job according to rules written by the Civil Service Commission

• Once appointed a civil service official could not be removed for political reasons