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Unit 3 Questions
Social Studies Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| • What was George Washington’s warning when he completed his term as president? | o Political dangers they must avoid if they are to remain true to remain true to their values |
| What word means "non-involvement" in world affairs? | o Isolationism o Not participating in international economic and political relations |
| What was reconstruction? | o Effort to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back into the union o Building again |
| What is imperialism? | o Policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically |
| Which president was most involved in imperialism? | o Teddy Roosevelt o He sought colonies and ports all over the world to exert American influence |
| What were some conflicts caused by it, and the results? | o Anti-imperialists fought approval of the treaty and didn’t want them to expand into foreign land o Americans said rule over Philippines contradicted US principles |
| Where in the world was it taking place? | Phillipines, Cuba, Puerto Rico. |
| What is "white man's burden"? | o White race to provide care for nonwhite subjects o Duty of Europeans to spread Christianity and western civilization |
| How many immigrants arrived in the US in 1907? | More than 1 million (1,285,000) 60% from Europe |
| How many returned home in 1908? | Not very accurate, leaving without mentioning-very common. |
| What is yellow journalism? | o Exploits, distorts, exaggerates news to create sensations and attract readers (Pat Tillman) |
| Can Yellow Journalism happen today? | Yes. |
| What is the Maine? | o Mine exploded accidently in Cuba’s Havana Bay crippling the American Maine Warship in 1898 |
| Where is Panama? | Central America |
| Identify four lands the US gained control of following the Spanish-American War? | Philippines, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Panama. |
| What did Teddy Roosevelt want to build in Panama? | A canal |
| Why was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated? | o Austria-Hungary Prince of Hungary and Bohemia and his wife killed in 1914 due to ethnic and nationalistic intentions by Serbia |
| Define Allied Powers | The triple entente Great Britain United Kingdom France Russia (Later US and Italy) |
| Define Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire |
| What were four new methods to kill people during world war 1? | better guns, gas (chemical warfare), tanks, and airplanes |
| what was americas attitude after the war? | women showed strength and independence, politicians weren't ready to give them the right vote, men were serving over seas, women held up jobs |
| what did we fear? | foreign people, the red scare |
| what is an armistice? | an agreement to end the fighting |
| when did WWI armistice occur? | o Allies and Germany ended the first World War on November 11, 1918 |
| how was germany punished? |
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