AP US History Exam Prep - Question List

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21. When the United States entered World War I, what was one of its goals?
  1. Retaliating for Japan’s attack on the United States
  2. Destroying the German government
  3. Destroying the Italian government
  4. Protecting freedom of the seas
22.

In 1898, Senator Henry Teller agreed to vote to declare war against Spain, on one condition. What was it?

  1. That only racially integrated units would be used in the war.
  2. That the United States would agree to give up all of its overseas territories.
  3. That if the United States won the war, Cuba would become independent.
  4. That if the United States won the war, all of Spain’s overseas colonies would be given to the U.S.
23. What was “Coxey’s Army”?
  1. A regiment of freed slaves that fought in the Civil War
  2. A group who protested the government’s inaction in the Panic of 1893
  3. Unhappy indentured servants from colonial Virginia
  4. A group of unhappy farmers who protested tariffs before the Civil War
24. The Platt Amendment was incorporated into Cuba’s constitution in 1901. According to this Amendment, what did Cuba promise to do?
  1. Provide land for American military bases
  2. Pay off all debts to the United States
  3. Not sign treaties that could potentially go against U.S. interests
  4. All of the above
25. Why was the Hay-Banau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 so significant?
  1. It established Puerto Rico as a commonwealth of the United States.
  2. It ended the Spanish-American War.
  3. It laid the ground for the Panama Canal project.
  4. It established the Philippines as a U.S. colony.

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