Imperialism

Previous multiple choice questions have covered the following topics:

Turner Thesis (or Frontier Thesis) Why the US declared war on Spain in 1898 Yellow journalism Open Door Policy Joseph Pulitzer US acquisitions in Spanish-American War Jingoism Roosevelt Corollary William Howard Taft Dollar Diplomacy Controversy with the Philippines after the Spanish-American War Why blacks migrated north during WWI "Birth of a Nation" Committee on Public Information Liberty Loans Neutrality at the beginning of WWI Wilson's Fourteen Points League of Nations (what it was and why the US never joined)

The following is a list of DBQs and FRQs from previous exams:

__ **DBQs** __ 1. "It was the strength of opposition forces, rather than the ineptitude and stubbornness of President Wilson that led to the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles." Using the documents and your knowledge of the period from 1917 to 1921, assess the validity of this statement.

2. To what extent was late nineteenth century and early twentieth century United States expansionism a continuation of the past United States expansionism and to what extent was it a departure? Use the documents and your knowledge of United States history to 1914 to construct your answer.

3. Relying on a critical evaluation of the accompanying documents, analyze the factors that probably influenced Congress to pass the Immigration Act of 1924.

__ **FRQs** __ 1. To what extent and why did the United States adopt an isolationist policy in the 1920s and 1930s?

2. Assess the relative influence of THREE of the following in the American decision to declare war on Germany in 1917: (1) German naval policy, (2) American economic interests, (3) Woodrow Wilson's idealism, (4) Allied propaganda, and (5) America's claim to world power.

3. To what extent did the United States achieve the objectives that led it to enter the First World War?

4. Describe and account for the rise of nativism in American society from 1900 to 1930.

__ **AP Topics** __ American imperialism: political and economic expansion War in Europe and American neutrality The First World War at home and abroad Treaty of Versailles Society and economy in the postwar years
 * The Emergence of America as a World Power **

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