"Today we are raising more than we can consume. Today we are making more than we can use. Today our industrial society is congested; there are more workers than there is work. … Therefore we must find new markets for our produce, new occupations for our capital, new work for our labor."
—Albert Beveridge, quoted in Beveridge and the Progressive Era (Bowers)
Use the quote to answer the question.
In what way did Beveridge think overseas expansion would help solve labor problems in the United States?
A.
Expansion would bring new foreign markets for American goods, providing more jobs for workers.
B.
Expansion would bring more immigration to the United States and a stronger labor force.
C.
Expansion would provide the United States with access to overseas labor.
D.
Expansion would create demand for excess American workers overseas.
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1. "Today we are raising more than we can consume. Today we are making more than we can use. Today our industrial society is congested; there are more workers than there is work. … Therefore we must find new markets for our produce, new occupations for our capital, new work for our labor."
—Albert Beveridge, quoted in Beveridge and the Progressive Era (Bowers)
Use the quote to answer the question. In what way did Beveridge think overseas expansion would help solve labor problems in the United States?
A. Expansion would bring new foreign markets for American goods, providing more jobs for workers.
2. Why did the United States formulate the Open Door Policy toward China, ultimately contributing to the Boxer Rebellion?
B. to prevent European nations and Japan from monopolizing Chinese trade
3. Use the passage to answer the question. In the text, you read this about American policies toward its new territories:
Americans had to decide how to rule their new territories. When the war with Spain began, the United States pledged to “leave the government and control of [Cuba] to its people.”
In what way did the United States fail to keep the promise referred to in the quotation?
B. The United States forced Cuba to accept an agreement that allowed the United States to intervene there.
4. Which of the following describes the difference between William Howard Taft’s policy toward Latin America and Theodore Roosevelt’s?
C. Taft encouraged American investment in Latin America more than Roosevelt.
5. Use the passage to answer the question.
In the text, you read this about President Wilson's policy towards Mexico:
As civil war raged [in Mexico], [President] Wilson refused to recognize what he called Huerta’s “government of butchers.”
Based on the text and this quotation, why did Wilson refuse to recognize the Mexican government of General Victoriano Huerta?
D. Huerta and his followers overthrew and killed a governmental leader who promised democratic reform in Mexico.
6. In what way was the sinking of the Lusitania a turning point in World War I?
C. The incident heightened United States anger at Germany and made it more difficult to remain neutral.
7. Why did sugar plantation owners overthrow Queen Liliuokalani?
B. She wanted to restore political power to the native Hawaiians.
8. Which of the following was directly weakened by the laws prohibiting protests against the U.S. war effort?
D. freedom of speech protected by the Constitution
9. How many people died in battle during World War I?
A. 8–9 million
10. Use the quote to answer the question.
“An evident principle runs through the whole program [the Fourteen Points] that I have outlined. It is the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities, and their right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety with one another, whether weak or strong.”
—Woodrow Wilson, Speech, January 8, 1918
Based on this excerpt from a speech by Woodrow Wilson, what were Wilson’s hopes for the League of Nations?
B. that the League would protect the independence of all countries, large or small
11. What was the primary result of the Treaty of Versailles?
B. It forced Germany to accept responsibility for the war.
12. In what way did the Zimmerman Telegram anger the United States and move it closer to war?
B. The telegram showed that Germany was encouraging Mexico to attack the United States.