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Unit 6 Quick Check

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Question 1

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How did World War I hurt the Progressive movement?

Experiences of the war led Americans to believe changing society was less possible, and they craved a return to normalcy.

America saw the world as a place that did not need changing.

Women in the suffrage movement demanded an amendment to allow women to be drafted.

So many deaths caused America to attack even its neighbors.

Question 2

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Why did many businessmen in the US who favored imperialism consider the Pacific to be so important?

They could not compete in markets on the other side of the Atlantic and saw nations across the Pacific as their last hope.

They wanted access to the foreign markets of China & Southeast Asia.

They feared the Japanese were planning an attack & wanted to strike first.

War with Hawaii meant that the US needed to establish military bases close to the islands.

Question 3

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Which of the following was a major economic argument for American imperialism?

Americans needed the respect of foreign countries.

The United States needed new markets for its goods.

Many United States industries were short of labor.

Foreign goods were often superior to American products.

Question 4

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Which was a result of the Spanish-American War?

Spain admitted it blew up the USS Maine.

Cuba became a Spanish protectorate.

The Philippines won independence from foreign rule.

Puerto Rico and Guam became US territories.

Question 5

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How did the American armed forces aid in World War I when they entered the war?

The US stopped the last push of the Germans on the western front.

The US encouraged Russia to drop out of the war.

The US brought the world into the nuclear age with the use of atomic weaponry.

The US introduced poison gas as a weapon of war.