Roaring 20s

The main reason for the increased migration of African Americans out of the rural South during and following World War I was the:

A. availability of cheap farmland in the West

B. elimination of the Ku Klux Klan in the northern states

C. chance to escape racial segregation by joining the military

D. opportunity for factory jobs in the North

The Teller Amendment promised that the United States would not annex Cuba after the Spanish-American War. How was the Platt Amendment a change in U.S. policy?

A. It claimed the U.S. had a right to intervene in Cuban affairs

B. It promised independence for Cuba once it was deemed ready

C. It refused to acknowledge Cuba’s government unless it was democratically elected

D. It enforced Teddy Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy in the Caribbean

Use the timeline providing details about American imperialism.

All of the following are arguments for the United States actions above EXCEPT

A. American industries needed raw materials and markets found overseas

B. The U.S. had a duty to spread Christianity and civilization to less fortunate places

C. The U.S. needed to reverse the flow of immigrants into the United States

D. America had become a more advanced nation with a superior navy

Analyze both photographs and captions below from 1917.

Why are the events depicted in the photographs significant?

A. American troops would help end the war

B. The American Expeditionary Force helped train allies in the Triple Entente

C. D-Day operations led to the ultimate fall of Nazi Germany

D. German forces took American soldiers as prisoners of war

What did President Theodore Roosevelt’s negotiations in the Treaty of Portsmouth reveal?

A. that peace between Russia and Japan was not possible

B. the Japanese would continue to expand their imperial influence towards U.S. territory

C. that the U.S. did not want to admit Japanese immigrants

D. the U.S. had grown into a world power that could create peace

What does this cartoon imply about the many treaties post-WWI?