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US History STAAR Test/169 questionsand Answers
5. What was the effect of the "clear and present danger" ruling established in
Schenck v. United States (1919)?
a. placing limits on constitutional freedoms
b. decreasing the president's powers during wartime
c. limiting the hours women could work in industry
d. upholding the right of states to regulate child labor - - a. placing limits on
constitutional freedoms
- Read the following excerpt. This excerpt is a part of which document? The
government of Cuba will sell or lease to the
United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specific
points to be agreed upon with the
President of the United States.
a. the de Lome letter
b. the Platt Amendment
c. the Roosevelt Corollary
d. the Treaty of Ghent - - b. the Platt Amendment
- In 1899, the United States urged other nations to allow free trade in China.
This approach to dealing with China was
known as the
a. Monroe Doctrine
b. Open Door Policy
c. Teller Amendment
d. Roosevelt Corollary - - b. Open Door Policy
- The Spanish American War
a. was a long, drawn out war
b. required the United States to make concessions to the Spanish
c. required Cuba to negotiate with the Philippines
d. was short and successful for the United States - - d. was short and
successful for the United States
- Which of the following newspaper headlines best illustrates the practice of
yellow journalism in 1898?
a. "266 Killed in USS Maine Accident"
b. "USS Maine Sinks in Havana Harbor"
c. "USS Maine Destroyed by Spanish Treachery"
d. "Investigators Search for Cause of USS Maine Explosion" - - c. "USS Maine
Destroyed by Spanish Treachery"
, - 9. An important result of the Spanish American War of 1898 was that the
United States
a. acquired territories in Asia
b. became a world power with an overseas empire
c. improved its relations with Germany
d. lost interest in Latin American affairs - - b. became a world power with an
overseas empire
- 10. During the 1890s, Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst used
yellow journalism to generate public support for
the
a. presidential candidacy of William McKinley
b. goals of workers in the Pullman strike
c. Spanish American War
d. election of Populist Party candidates - - c. Spanish American War
- 11. The annexation of Hawaii, the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe
Doctrine, and Dollar Diplomacy are all associated with
United States effort to
a. isolate itself from international problems
b. meet the demands of antiwar movements
c. expand its power and influence in certain regions of the world
d. implement policies of global cooperation throughout Asia - - c. expand its
power and influence in certain regions of the world
- 13. The chief reason the United States built the Panama Canal was to
a. promote an isolationist foreign policy
b. close the Western Hemisphere to new European colonization
c. prevent the spread of communism
d. reduce travel time for commercial and military shipping - - d. reduce
travel time for commercial and military shipping
- 2. What was a major reason the United States entered WW I?
a. Japanese occupation of Manchuria
b. Foreign troops had landed on American soil
c. Austro-Hungarian Empire had invaded Belgium
d. Germany had resumed unrestricted submarine warfare - - d. Germany
had resumed unrestricted submarine warfare
- Between the 1890s and the start of World War I, the United States
expanded its access to overseas markets and raw
materials through the policy of
a. containment
b. imperialism
c. isolationism
d. neutrality - - b. imperialism
, - 3. During World War I, many American women helped gain support for the
suffrage movement by
a. protesting against the war
b. joining the military service
c. lobbying for child-care facilities
d. working in wartime industries - - d. working in wartime industries
- 4. Following World War I, the United States Senate refused to ratify the
Treaty of Versailles primarily because the treaty
a. failed to include most of President Wilson's 14 Points
b. did not punish Germany for starting the war
c. contained provisions that might lead the US into foreign conflicts
d. made no provisions for reduction of military weapons - - c. contained
provisions that might lead the US into foreign conflicts
- 6. The "clear and present danger" doctrine established in Schenck v.
United States (1919) concerned the issue of
a. freedom of speech
b. the right to bear arms
c. the right to an attorney
d. separation of church and state - - a. freedom of speech
- 7. What was one effect of the Bolshevik Revolution (October 1917) on the
United States?
a. Nativism increased, leading to the Red Scare
b. Federal courts banned anti-immigrant groups
c. Allied powers needed fewer United States troops
d. Immigration laws were changed to allow refugees from Russia - - a.
Nativism increased, leading to the Red Scare
- 8. A major purpose of President Wilson's Fourteen Points (1918) was to
a. ask Congress to enter World War I
b. set goals for achieving peace after World War I
c. provide an aid program for rebuilding war-torn nations
d. retaliate for the sinking of the Lusitania - - b. set goals for achieving
peace after World War I
- 9. One goal for a lasting peace that President Wilson included in his
Fourteen Points was
a. establishing a League of Nations
b. maintaining a permanent military force in Europe
c. returning the United States to a policy of isolationism
d. blaming Germany for causing World War - - a. establishing a League of
Nations
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