U.S. Foreign Policy History Quiz

An area between Panama and Columbia that was separated to build a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, operated by the United States.

To defend the Western Hemisphere from European intervention.

An addition to the Monroe Doctrine stating that the US should act as an 'International Police Power' in the Western Hemisphere.

<p>Taft's foreign policy that promoted investment in foreign economies to strengthen relations and exert influence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Woodrow Wilson.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The name given to World War I, which began after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A British ship that was sunk by Germans, resulting in the deaths of 124 Americans.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The principle that neutral nations have the right to trade without interference during wartime.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A crash program to expand the American army and navy in preparation for World War I.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A secret communication from Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance against the United States.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A statement of principles for peace proposed by President Wilson to end World War I.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An international organization envisioned by Wilson to promote peace, which the U.S. never joined.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An American general who led the Meuse-Argonne Campaign during World War I.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It required men to register for the draft, expanding the army significantly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bernard Baruch.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organization directed by Herbert Hoover that ensured food supply for the Allies during WWI.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bonds bought by citizens to fund the war, with repayment after the conflict.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A group that opposed American involvement in World War I.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A government organization that disseminated pro-war propaganda during WWI.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first woman in Congress who opposed World War I.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organization that fought for women's suffrage using militant tactics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The amendment that granted women the right to vote.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A leader advocating for birth control legalization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A law that restricted freedom of speech regarding military success and prohibited spying.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Spoken or written statements that criticized the government or interfered with the war.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A socialist leader convicted under the Espionage Act for an anti-war speech.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tensions stemming from America's diverse ethnic composition, recognizing over 45 races.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The study of alleged mental characteristics of different races.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process wherein immigrants adopt American customs and culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The idea that new immigrants should merge into the existing American nationality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A psychologist who created the term IQ, measuring mental capacity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An agreement to limit Japanese immigration in exchange for allowing families of current workers to join them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A film that glorified the Ku Klux Klan and was premiered at the White House.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The founder of the NAACP who advocated for black equality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A book by W.E.B. Du Bois emphasizing the need for equality for blacks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An initiative led by W.E.B. Du Bois to secure rights for African Americans.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The monthly magazine of the NAACP, advocating for civil rights.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The movement of thousands of African Americans from the South to the North between 1910 and 1920.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Murder by a mob, often publicized and racially motivated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organization led by Marcus Garvey aimed at African American empowerment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association who advocated for black independence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A strike that involves workers from multiple industries simultaneously.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Attorney General who believed labor strikes were linked to a global communist threat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A strike centered in Chicago uniting immigrant workers for higher wages and better conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A period of political repression and fear of communism following World War I.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Government actions against labor and radical organizations overseen by Edgar Hoover.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The director of the Radical Division who later became head of the FBI.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A radical activist deported after charges of anarchism and labor agitation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A treaty imposed on Germany after WWI that established the League of Nations.</p> Signup and view all the answers