HIST 1302 MIDTERM EXAM 2 REVIEW QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
(TR) , The United States built the ______ _____ to have a quicker passage to the Pacific from the
Atlantic and vice versa. It cost $400,000,000 to build. Columbians would not let Americans build
it, but then with the assistance of the United States a Panamanian Revolution occurred. The
new ruling people allowed the United States to build the canal. - CORRECT ANSWER -Panama
Canal
Particularly used during President Taft's term, this was a form of American foreign policy to
further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of economic power and guaranteed
loans. - CORRECT ANSWER -Dollar Diplomacy (1909-1913)
Woodrow Wilson's idea of the United States' moral responsibility to deny recognition to any
Latin American government that was viewed as hostile to American interests. - CORRECT
ANSWER -Missionary Diplomacy
heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo which was one of the causes
for World War I. - CORRECT ANSWER -Archduke Franz Ferdinand
A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding World War I.
- CORRECT ANSWER -Triple Entente
A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the
battlefield. - CORRECT ANSWER -Trench Warfare
Republicans took the opportunity of the ongoing war to proclaim an independent republic and
launch and armed strike against British rule in Dublin, which germany attempted to help.
Started by Easter Rising. - CORRECT ANSWER -Irish Rebellion 1916
, The revolution against the Tsarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the
creation of a provisional government in March 1917. - CORRECT ANSWER -Russian Revolution
A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat. 128 Americans died. The sinking
greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the
war. - CORRECT ANSWER -Lusitania (May 7th, 1915)
Sent from German Foreign Secretary, addressed to German minister in Mexico City. Mexico
should attack the US if US goes to war with Germany (needed that advantage due to Mexico's
promixity to the US). In return, Germany would give back Tex, NM, Arizona etc to Mexico. -
CORRECT ANSWER -Zimmerman Telegram (1917)
This law, passed after the United States entered WWI, imposed sentences of up to twenty years
on anyone found guilty of aiding the enemy, obstructing recruitment of soldiers, or encouraging
disloyalty. It allowed the postmaster general to remove from the mail any materials that incited
treason or insurrection. - CORRECT ANSWER -Espionage Act
added to Espionage Act to cover "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the
American form of government, the Constitution, the flag, or the armed forces. - CORRECT
ANSWER -Sedition Act of 1918
African Americans moved in to Northern cities because of job opportunities/ better social
conditions. - CORRECT ANSWER -First great Migration
General of the American Expeditionary Force in WWI - CORRECT ANSWER -General John J.
Pershing
November 11, 1918; Germany signed an armistice (an agreement to stop fighting); this US
holiday is now known as Veterans Day - CORRECT ANSWER -Armistice Day
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
(TR) , The United States built the ______ _____ to have a quicker passage to the Pacific from the
Atlantic and vice versa. It cost $400,000,000 to build. Columbians would not let Americans build
it, but then with the assistance of the United States a Panamanian Revolution occurred. The
new ruling people allowed the United States to build the canal. - CORRECT ANSWER -Panama
Canal
Particularly used during President Taft's term, this was a form of American foreign policy to
further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of economic power and guaranteed
loans. - CORRECT ANSWER -Dollar Diplomacy (1909-1913)
Woodrow Wilson's idea of the United States' moral responsibility to deny recognition to any
Latin American government that was viewed as hostile to American interests. - CORRECT
ANSWER -Missionary Diplomacy
heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo which was one of the causes
for World War I. - CORRECT ANSWER -Archduke Franz Ferdinand
A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding World War I.
- CORRECT ANSWER -Triple Entente
A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the
battlefield. - CORRECT ANSWER -Trench Warfare
Republicans took the opportunity of the ongoing war to proclaim an independent republic and
launch and armed strike against British rule in Dublin, which germany attempted to help.
Started by Easter Rising. - CORRECT ANSWER -Irish Rebellion 1916
, The revolution against the Tsarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the
creation of a provisional government in March 1917. - CORRECT ANSWER -Russian Revolution
A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat. 128 Americans died. The sinking
greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the
war. - CORRECT ANSWER -Lusitania (May 7th, 1915)
Sent from German Foreign Secretary, addressed to German minister in Mexico City. Mexico
should attack the US if US goes to war with Germany (needed that advantage due to Mexico's
promixity to the US). In return, Germany would give back Tex, NM, Arizona etc to Mexico. -
CORRECT ANSWER -Zimmerman Telegram (1917)
This law, passed after the United States entered WWI, imposed sentences of up to twenty years
on anyone found guilty of aiding the enemy, obstructing recruitment of soldiers, or encouraging
disloyalty. It allowed the postmaster general to remove from the mail any materials that incited
treason or insurrection. - CORRECT ANSWER -Espionage Act
added to Espionage Act to cover "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the
American form of government, the Constitution, the flag, or the armed forces. - CORRECT
ANSWER -Sedition Act of 1918
African Americans moved in to Northern cities because of job opportunities/ better social
conditions. - CORRECT ANSWER -First great Migration
General of the American Expeditionary Force in WWI - CORRECT ANSWER -General John J.
Pershing
November 11, 1918; Germany signed an armistice (an agreement to stop fighting); this US
holiday is now known as Veterans Day - CORRECT ANSWER -Armistice Day
