The term "manifest destiny" is associated with what country?
United States
Japan
Germany
Russia
Great Britain
In 1803, the United States doubled in size after the Louisiana territory was purchased from
Mexico
Spain
Canada
France
The last major Indian victory against the United States armed forces came in 1876 at the Battle of
Little Big Horn
the Plains
Topeka
Bleeding Knee
Wounded Knee
Which of the following was not one of the chief factors for the outbreak of the American Civil War?
the election of Abraham Lincoln
the issue of slavery
he imperatives of building industrial-capitalist system against those of an export-oriented plantation economy
the traditional argument between British and French alliance
states' rights as opposed to the federal government's authority
The U.S Civil War changed character on January 1, 1863, after
the Battle of Gettysburg
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
the Nat Turner slave rebellion
the Battle of Antietam
The Confederate states signed an alliance with the British
New France passed into British control after
the War of 1812
the Thirty Years' War
the Seven Years' War
the American Revolution
the War of the Spanish Succession
The main spark for the outbreak of the Mexican-American War in 1845 was the United States' acceptance of the new state of
New Mexico
Missouri
Arizona
Texas
California
The War of 1812
cost Canada almost one third of their territory
split the country along ethics lines
split the country along religious lines
led to a Canadian-U.S. alliance against Great Britain
stimulated a new sense of Canadian unity against an external threat
The U.S. invasion of Canada in the War of 1812
allowed for the Americans to claim the Dakotas, Idaho, and Montana
ensured Quebec would remain independent from the rest of Canada
was the key event in ensuring the American victory over the British
was repelled
resulted in a humiliating defeat for the Canadian and a long-standing hatred for the U.S
The first Prime Minister of Canada was
Louis Riel
Martin Fierro
John Macdonald
Pierre Trudeau
Viscount Macartney
Emiliano Zapata was
a caudillo who dominated Argentina in the 1840s
a Mexican agrarian rebel who fought for the goals of La Reforma
the "Mechiavelli of the pampas"
the first influential Brazilian writer
the president of Mexico in the 1920s
The early stages of industrial development in the United States depended in large part on investment captial from whic of the following nations?
China
In terms of the industrial development in the United States in the late nineteenth century, the most important economic development was
the introduction of the steam engine
the introduction of the factory system
the rise of trade unions
the construction of the railroad lines that lined all U.S. regions
the vast increase in the merchant marine fleet for overseas commerce
The National Policy, which was designed to attract migrants, protect nascent industries through traiffs, and build national transportation systems was a policy in
the United States
Argentina
The primary goal of the Creole leaders on the Latin American independence movements was to
established a unifies Latin American state
seize political power and keep it
establish democracy
redistribute property and restructure society
eliminate the racial categorization of the people
By the 1860s, Britain's leading supplier of beef was
Holland
Brazil
Immigration to Latin America
Was almost nonexistent after the abolition of th slave trade
was limited to Africans
was limited to Europeans
Included peoples from all over Europe and Asia
Had little impact of social and economic development
After the conclusion of the American Civil War, freed blacks
achieved economic and political equality with whites
received enough grants of land to become substantial economic competitors to the white population
flocked to take advantage of the Back to Africa program
quickly lost their political and civil liberties in the South
almost unanimously migrated to the west in pursuit of economic opportunity
in 1882, the United States government ordered a halt to migration from
Ireland
India
The Northwest Rebellion was led by
Jefferson Davis
Jourdan Anderson
Porfirio Diaz
The Suez Canal was essential for
facilitating trade between both U.S. coasts
British control over India
Spanish control over the Philippines
French control over Vietnam
the maintenance of the Ottoman Empire
All of the following were motivations driving European powers to seek new colonies during the era of new imperialism except
the search for overseas markets for goods and investments
the search for natural resources
consideration of national prestige
the need for coaling stations for steam-powered navies
the search for cheap labor to import into Europe as "guest-workers"
The battle of Omdurman
ensured British domination over New Zealand
allowed France to establish a colony in Vietnam
led to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire
opened the doors for British colonial rule in Sudan
doomed Russia to defeat in the Russo-Japanese War
the "White Mans Burden" refers to
Europeans punitive civilization mission
the relentless search for markets
the physical and mental inferiority of the white race
Ottoman Empire
The most important figures in the uprising in 1857 in India were
Russian military officials looking for advantage in the Great Game
disgruntled sepoy troops
french agents working to cause unrest in an important British colony
the representatives of the Indian National Congress
American soldiers looking for an excuse to pry India away from British control
In the 1820's the British were able to reverse the balance of trade with China, long unfavorable to them, by selling the Chinese
weapons
drugs
steamships
tea
machines
Hong Xiuguian, leader of the Taiping rebellion, claimed to be
descended from the Ming Emperors
Jesus' younger brother
the hidden imam
Shogun
Manchus
Between 1859 and 1893, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos all fell under the control of
England
the Dutch
By 1900, the only part of Southeast Asia not under European imperial rule was
Vietnam
Cambodia
Malaysia
Siam
Laos
The Congo Free State was established in the 1870s by
Italy
Belgium
The Berlin Conference
set up a timetable for decolonization in Africa
devised the ground rules for the European colonization of Africa
Ended the Crimean War
established the Triple Alliance
legitimized the German colonization of the Marshal Islands
The Boers were
east African coastal merchants
Indians who served as soldiers for the British
Malaysian tribal chieftains who allied with the Dutch
Australian aborigines
Dutch settlers in South Africa
In 1770, Captain James Cook anchored his fleet at Botany Bay, near what modern city?
Melbourne
Sydney
Cape Town
New South Wales
Wellington
Which matching of imperial power and colony is not correct?
England and New Zealand
Germany and the Marshall Islands
Dutch and Indonesia
United States and Fiji
France and Tahiti
The Monroe Doctrine
ensured the neither the Europeans or the Americans would ever interfere in western hemisphere affairs
opened Japan to U.S. trade
gave the British an inroad into New Zealand
worked as a justification for the U.S. intervention in western hemispheric affairs
handed the Philippines over to the United States
The United Stats occupied Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guan, and the Philippines after its victory in
World War I
the Opium War
the Filipino Civil War
the Spanish-Cuban-American War
Emilio Aguinaldo led and uprising in
Mexico against the Spanish
Fiji against the British
Indonesia against the Dutch
the Philippines against the United States
Brazil against the Portuguese
Which one of the following Pacific island remained independent from European, American, and Japanese colonial powers in the 19th century?
Micronesia Islands
Philippine Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Samoan Islands
Tonga Islands
The Sino-Japanese War began with a dispute over
Burma
Korea
Mongolia
Siberia
Japan became a major imperial power after its victory in the
Sino-Japanese War
Crimean War
Korean War
Russo-Japanese War
Opium War
The author of the Essay of the Inequality of the Human Races was..
Josiah Clark Nott
Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau
Charles Darwin
Herbert Spencer
Ram Mohan Roy
Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau viewed Europeans as
smart but docile
somewhat intelligent but remarkably energetic
intelligent and morally superior to all other peoples in the world
dull and arrogant
unintelligent and lazy
The social Darwinist believed that
a sharp distinction had to be made between the biological and social worlds
only socialist political and social structure would keep humans from destroying themselves
more powerful nations had to protect weaker nations
powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker nations
human beings had reached the point at which competition among nations was no longer necessary
The term social Darwinism is associated with
Cecil Rhodes
Otto van Bisemarck
The spark for World War I was provided when Gavrilo Princip assassinated
Francis Joseph
Nicholas II
Alexander Kerensky
Francis Ferdinand
Otto van Bismark
The first total war in world history was
the Crimean War
the American Civil War
World War II
the Franco-Prussian War
Approximately how many combatants dies in World War I?
one million
three million
four million
nine million
fifteen million
The term for the idea that people with the same ethic origins, language, and political ideals had the right to form sovereign state was
Utopian socialism
positive nationalism
democratic republicanism
Fabianism
self-detemination
The nationalistic aspirations of subject minorities was most threatening to a state such as
Austria-Hungray
What affect did World War I have on the status of women?
working class women enjoyed the greatest advancement in economic opportunity
the demands of total war actually reduced the opportunities for women
all women took advantage of the new economic opportunities which lasted long past the war
the slaughter caused by the capitalistic tensions caused 32 percent of women to join socialist or communist parties
women in many countries received the vote in the years after the war.
The Twenty-One Demands were issued
by the United Stats to Japan
by Japan to China
by Austria to Serbia
by England to Germany
by Germany to France
The Japanese fought in World War I due to their
anger over German atrocities against Chinese civilians
long-standing Franco-Japanese alliance
fear of Americans entering into China
desire to acquire German colonies in Asia
erupted after the assassination of Nicholas II
The March Revolution of 1917
swept Lenin into power in Russia and led to the creation of the Soviet Union
resulted in the long-anticipated collapse of the Ottoman Empire
forced France out of the war
led to the establishment of a reform-minded provisional government in Russia
The last tsar of Russia was
Alexander II
Ivan IV
Ivan III
Alexander III
The main reason for the failure of the provisional government in Russia in 1917 was
Lenin's inexperience in actually running a government
the growing rivalry between Stalin and Trotsky
the strain placed on the government by the unpopular alliance with Germany
the public's desire for total victory, which clashed with the government's pacifistic approach
the inability to satisfy popular demands for an end of the war
The Treaty of Brest Litovsk
was harsh toward the Germans and led to resentment after the war
forged the alliance between England and France that would later be expanded to the Triple Entente
forced the Chinese to give Hong Kong to the British
ended Russia's involvement in World War I
was shaped by American desires
Woodrow Wilson agreed to many harsh stipulations to the Treaty of Versailles
because he felt that Germany had to be punished on a world stage
because of his personal hatred of the French
in return for the creation of the League of Nations
because of his hatred for Germany, caused by the sinking of the Lusitania
as a means of showing that democracy was the single best form of government
In wake of World War I, Mustapha Kemal became president of
Egypt
Persia
Syria
TUrkey
The mandate system
led to the occupation of Germany after the war
allowed the Germans to repay their reparations to the Allied powers
allowed for the rapid spread of communism
angered the Arab world because it was little more than a glorified form of imperialism
was one of Windrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
In the years after World War I, the idea of progress
gave a sense of hope in the midst of terrible human suffering
remained the foundation of Asian thought
became even more popular among liberal Christian thinkers
was bolstered by the growing popularity of Confucian thought
was roundly attacked
The uncertainty principle is associated with
Einstein
Spengler
Heisenberg
Freud
Keynes
The spread of photography
led many painters to choose the camera as their instrument of expression
resulted in a lack of creative artistic expression because of general pessimism
led to a new artistic genre that tried to produce paintings that were more accurate than the camera
led many painters to take an almost Luddite-like glee in smashing cameras
led many painters to believe that the purpose of painting was not to mirror reality but to create it
One of the biggest results of the artistic experimentation of the 1920s and 1930s was that
artists learned to adhere to accepted public definitions of reality
photography was no longer considered a legitimate art form
generally accepted standards that distinguished between "good" and "bad" art disappeared
impressionism was recognized as the single best art form
a set of criteria was established that allowed art students to distinguish between "good" and "bad" art
IN response to the Great Depression, economist John Maynard Keynes
proposed that the government should do nothing and wait out the economic hard times
was a big supporter of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff
felt that the government should tighten the money supply
wrote the capitalism had failed and that it was time for the United States to experiment with communism
urged the government to expand the money supply and undertake public works to provide jobs
Which of the following was not one of the chief actions Roosevelt's New Deal?
tighten the money supply
give workers the right to organize and bargain collectively
provide social security in old age
guarantee minimum wages
create jobs through public work projects
War Communism
was a term first used by Marx in the Communist Manifesto
called for carrying the communist revolution to the rest of the world by force
was an unplanned course of nationalization
instituted free market reforms
had been the central feature of Lenin's philosophy for twenty years before the revolution
Lenin's New Economic Policy of 1921
pushed the peasants onto large state-run collectives
stripped all land ownership away from the peasants
called for a trading alliance with Communist China
temporarily restored the market economy
initiated the First Five-Year Plan
The First Five-Year Plan
was a military scheme that called for a massive increase in arms production
was designed to transform the Soviet Union from an agricultural nation into an industrial one
was designed to increase the agricultural production of the Soviet Union and make it the world's leading food producer
was a communist plan to embrace capitalism in order to promote economic growth
was a politcal plan to spark a communist revolution in the United States
All of the following constitute steps taken by Benito Mussolini to consolidate power expect
the elimination of all other political parties
outlawing freedom of speech
instituting a communist system of government
decreasing freedom of the press
exiling, imprisoning, or killing Italians who spoke out openly against his regime
In decades following World War I, nationalism was most powerful in Asia in the regions of
China and India
The most influential organization dedicated to the end of British rule in India was
the Muslim League
the Pan-Indian Association
the Indian National Congress
League of the Fourteen Points
Indian Communist Party
Gandhi's greatest accomplishment was
reconciling Hindus and Muslims
preventing a bloody revolution in 1929
were subject to discriminatory laws and white prejudice
a lawyer for Africans
transforming Indian nationalism into a mass movement
The Indian Act of 1937
gave total independence to India from Britain
instituted new measures of oppression that the British used to quell opposition to their rule in India
gave the institutions of a self-governing state to India, although the British government still exercised overall control
created the Muslim state of Pakistan
provided a clear timetable for the independence of India
Muhammad Ali Jinnah called for the creation of
Pakistan
Iraq
Palestine
Saudi Arabia
Indonesia
The Great Depression aggravated the tense situation between Muslims and Hindus in India in part because
Muslims precieved that they were economically controlled by the Hindu majority of India
all British economic assistance went to Hindus rather than Muslims
the Hindu majority of India refused to do business with Muslims
Hindus accused Muslims of being the cause of the depression in India
no answer is correct
The May Fourth Movement
disguised the beginning of Stalin's great purge of his enemies
was Lenin's shocking free market reforms
perfectly expressed growing Japanese nationalism
galvanized the Chinese against foreign interference
is the perfect representation of Ghandi's nonviolent movement
The former teacher and librarian that became the leader of the Chinese communist movement was
Jiang Jieshi
Sun Yatsen
Shanfei
Mao Zedong
Guomindang
Who launched the Northern Expedition?
Sun Yat-sen
Mohandas Gandhi
Puyi
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
The Long March
destroyed Mao Zedong credibility with the Chinese
left Jiang Jieshi in complete control of the Chinese Communist Party
forced Mao Zedong to flee China and hide in the Soviet Union
greatly strengthened Mao Zedong's leadership position
a revolution that placed the Japanese communist party in power
The Mukden incident
started active warfare between the Chinese nationalists and communists
started the career of Mao Zedong
resulted in the signing of the of the Sino-Russian Pact
provided Germany with an excuse to send troops into Poland
provided Japan with the excuse to send troops into Manchuria
Manchukuo was the
Japanese nationalist leader who led Japan into World War II
Korean leader who vainly fought to push the Japanese out of Korea
Japanese puppet state in the former Manchuria
the code name for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
scene of the biggest naval battle in the Pacific during World War II
Africans were participants in World War I because
they were paid a great deal of money by the Europeans to participate
many believed in the cause of the Entente powers versus the Central powers
many believed in the cause of the Central powers versus the Entente powers
they were bound by colonial ties to European powers
they were paid a great deal of money by the Europeans to participate and many believed in the cause of the Entente powers versus the Central powers
All of the following African colonies were compelled by European colonial powers to participate in World War I excpet
British colonies
Spanish colonies
Beligian colonies
Italian colonies
German colonies
After World War I, colonial powers
let go of their colonial holdings
gave the colonials the right to vote
shut down exportation
made the colonies dependent on the European economy
granted independence for those colonies that served during the war
Pan-Africanism is an idea that advocated
the formation of individual African states whose boarder were the same as those established by the European colonial powers
the creation of individual African states based solely on religious affiliation
the creation of individual African stats based on language groups
the establishment of Muslim stats throughout Africa
the unification of all people of African descent around the globe into one African state
One of the greatest proponents of Pan-Africanism was
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Jomo Kenyatta
Marchus Garvey
Jesse Jackson
Which of the following are U.S. policies towards Latin America?
New Deal
Dollar Diplomacy
Good Neighbor Policy
Latin American Assistance Plan
Dolor Diplomacy and Good Neighbor Policy
Who of the following is most closely associated with the Good Neighbor Policy?
Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
World War II began with
the assassination of Francis Ferdinand
Japanese attacks to China
A Russian invasion of Poland
the Nazi invasion of Poland
the German takeover of Czechoslovakia
The height of Japanese atrocity in China was reached at the rape of
Beijing
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Nanjing
Manchukuo
The Guomindang during World War II was
an Asian economic organization
a Japanese government that rules the Philippines
the resistance government of the Chinese versus Japan's invasion of China
the resistance government of Korea versus Japan's invasion of Korea
an Asian political action group in the United States that campaigned against discrimination versus Asians
The Tripartite Pact brought together
England, France, and the Soviet Union
China, England, and the United States
Germany, Italy, and Japan
England, the Soviet Union, and the United States
Germany, Italy, and Austria
The Italian fascists used which war as an excuse to intervene and gain valuable military experience?
Russian Civil War
Ethiopian Civil War
Czechoslovakian Civil War
Algerian Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The high point of appeasement was
the Munich Conference
the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Pact
the German invasion of Poland
Germany sending troops into the demilitarized Rhineland
the Washington Conference
In the wake of the Munich Conference, what leader proposed that the meeting had ensured "peace in our time"?
Winston Churchill
Aldolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Neville Chamberlain
