Quiz for Sources for America’s History, Chapter 21

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1. In his 1898 speech “The March of the Flag” (Document 21-1), Indiana Senator Albert Beveridge justified his call for U.S. expansion into the Pacific and Asia using which of the following rationales?

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Correct. The answer is b. Beveridge justified his call to “follow the flag” by appealing to arguments that emphasized American exceptionalism, calling Americans “God’s chosen people” and characterizing them as “a people sprung from the most masterful blood of history; a people perpetually revitalized by the virile, man-producing working-folk of all the earth; a people imperial by virtue of their power, by right of their institutions, by authority of their Heaven-directed purposes—the propagandists and not the misers of liberty.”
Incorrect. The answer is b. Beveridge justified his call to “follow the flag” by appealing to arguments that emphasized American exceptionalism, calling Americans “God’s chosen people” and characterizing them as “a people sprung from the most masterful blood of history; a people perpetually revitalized by the virile, man-producing working-folk of all the earth; a people imperial by virtue of their power, by right of their institutions, by authority of their Heaven-directed purposes—the propagandists and not the misers of liberty.”

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2. In her 1898 memoir, Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen (Document 21-2), Liliuokalani wrote about an annexationist party in Hawaii consisting of “men of energy and determination, well able to carry through what they undertake, but not scrupulous respecting their methods,” which “might prove to be a dangerous accession even to American politics, both on account of natural abilities, and because of the training of an autocratic life from earliest youth.” Who made up this group that Liliuokalani described?

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Correct. The answer is c. Liliuokalani was referring to the resident American sugarcane planters who secretly organized the Annexation Club in 1892. With the help of U.S. Marines, this group overthrew the queen and then negotiated a treaty of annexation. Grover Cleveland rejected it when he entered office, declaring that it would violate America’s “unbroken tradition” against acquiring territory overseas. After Dewey’s victory in Manila, however, Hawaii gained strategic value as a halfway, and in July 1898, Congress voted for annexation.
Incorrect. The answer is c. Liliuokalani was referring to the resident American sugarcane planters who secretly organized the Annexation Club in 1892. With the help of U.S. Marines, this group overthrew the queen and then negotiated a treaty of annexation. Grover Cleveland rejected it when he entered office, declaring that it would violate America’s “unbroken tradition” against acquiring territory overseas. After Dewey’s victory in Manila, however, Hawaii gained strategic value as a halfway, and in July 1898, Congress voted for annexation.

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3. In his 1899 letter published in the North American Review (Document 21-3), the writer who called himself Semper Vigilans countered the arguments that the United States used to justify its effort to conquer the Filipino resistance movement. To bolster his case, Semper Vigilans drew a comparison between the struggle of Aguinaldo and his supporters against the United States and what other conflict?

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Correct. The answer is c. The letter’s author condemned the U.S. actions against Aguinaldo’s movement in the Philippines by comparing it to Great Britain’s actions against the U.S. colonies in 1776. Arguing that other nations helped the United States to establish itself as an independent nation in the 1780s, the author wrote, “Now, the moral of all this obviously is: Give us the chance; treat us exactly as you demanded to be treated at the hands of England, when you rebelled against her autocratic methods.”
Incorrect. The answer is c. The letter’s author condemned the U.S. actions against Aguinaldo’s movement in the Philippines by comparing it to Great Britain’s actions against the U.S. colonies in 1776. Arguing that other nations helped the United States to establish itself as an independent nation in the 1780s, the author wrote, “Now, the moral of all this obviously is: Give us the chance; treat us exactly as you demanded to be treated at the hands of England, when you rebelled against her autocratic methods.”

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4. In addition to its pro-peace and antiwar messages, the lyrics of the popular 1915 song “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier” (Document 21-4) express which of the following sentiments?

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Correct. The answer is d. In addition to expressing a pacifist message, the lyrics of this song implied that motherhood made women inherently more peaceful than men and that if mothers could all exercise their influence, there would be no more war. This song expressed the maternalist arguments that many made in favor of woman suffrage in the World War I era.
Incorrect. The answer is d. In addition to expressing a pacifist message, the lyrics of this song implied that motherhood made women inherently more peaceful than men and that if mothers could all exercise their influence, there would be no more war. This song expressed the maternalist arguments that many made in favor of woman suffrage in the World War I era.

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5. According to the article published in The Liberator in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1918 (Document 21-5), the local police and Ku Klux Klan members joined forces to harass and attack Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) members for which of the following reasons?

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Correct. The answer is b. The IWW in Tulsa was working to organize workers on the oil fields during World War I and had had some success. Stimulated by wartime patriotic fervor and propaganda that suggested that the IWW intended to interrupt petroleum production and distribution in Tulsa, thereby harming the war effort, the police and Klansmen attacked the IWW members in the name of patriotism.
Incorrect. The answer is b. The IWW in Tulsa was working to organize workers on the oil fields during World War I and had had some success. Stimulated by wartime patriotic fervor and propaganda that suggested that the IWW intended to interrupt petroleum production and distribution in Tulsa, thereby harming the war effort, the police and Klansmen attacked the IWW members in the name of patriotism.

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6. Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (Document 21-6), the blueprint for peace that he presented to the U.S. Congress in 1918 and to the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919, embodied the goals and priorities of which of the following early-twentieth-century ideologies?

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Correct. The answer is a. Wilson’s Fourteen Points, which sought to extend democracy and to rationalize diplomacy and international relations, embodied important strands of Progressivism. By creating open diplomacy, freedom of the seas, arms reduction, free trade, self-determination, and the League of Nations, Wilson hoped the Fourteen Points could lay the groundwork to prevent future wars, empower subjected peoples, and guarantee social progress.
Incorrect. The answer is a. Wilson’s Fourteen Points, which sought to extend democracy and to rationalize diplomacy and international relations, embodied important strands of Progressivism. By creating open diplomacy, freedom of the seas, arms reduction, free trade, self-determination, and the League of Nations, Wilson hoped the Fourteen Points could lay the groundwork to prevent future wars, empower subjected peoples, and guarantee social progress.