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Question 1

Why did American's believe that they could found a different kind of empire after 1776?

a) This would be an 'empire of liberty'

b) This empire would be multi-cultural

c) This type of empire would be based on expansion

d) This would be empire free of slavery

Question 2

'Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none'. Identify the speaker.

a) James Madison

b) Abraham Lincoln

c) Woodrow Wilson

d) Thomas Jefferson

Question 3

What was meant by the term 'American multiplication table'?

a) Increase in the US population

b) Increase in US finances

c) Increase in US military capability

d) Increase in US international influence

Question 4

What accounted for the US avoidance of catastrophe at the hands of the British in 1814

a) Naval victories

b) Diplomacy

c) British preoccupation with Europe

d) All of the above

Question 5

Why did Lincoln oppose the southward expansion of the US?

a) It would have drained the US economically

b) It would have involved compromising opposition to slavery

c) It would have increased immigration to the US

d) None of the above

Question 6

What was the key difference between US expansion pre- and post- 1865?

a) US expansion was based on territory rather than markets post-1865

b) US expansion was based on markets rather than territory post-1865

c) US expansion was limited to Latin America post-1865

d) US expansion ended after 1865

Question 7

What were the 'open-door notes'?

a) An American declaration that the US was always open to Chinese immigration

b) An American proclamation that China should be divided up between the US, Japan and the European empires

c) An American proclamation that China should be open to US trade and missionaries

d) An American declaration of support for Chinese economic protectionism

Question 8

What fact impinged upon America's 'neutral' stance towards the belligerent in World War between 1915 and 1917?

a) US banks funded the allies much more that Germany and Austria-Hungary

b) US banks funded Germany and Austria-Hungary much more than the allies

c) Wilson secretly favoured the German position

d) None of the above

Question 9

Why did Congress oppose Wilson's proposal for the League of Nations?

a) It feared the League would encourage Soviet influence in the US

b) It feared the League would be anti-democratic

c) It feared the League would commit the US to an international alliance

d) Both a and b

Question 10

Why did Franklin D. Roosevelt initially favour an 'isolationist' stance on the part of the US during the 1930s?

a) He believed that internal reform rather than international negotiation was they key to economic regeneration of the US

b) He believed that German domination of Europe would be in US interests

c) He always favoured isolationism