37 exam-style questions on Emergence of the Americas in global affairs (1880-1929) — topic WHT.9 of World History Topics (Paper 2, choose 2 of 12) in the IB History syllabus — with answers and explanations. Samples below; the full set is free with an account.
State the phrase used by the USA to justify intervention in Latin American affairs, which President Theodore Roosevelt added to the Monroe Doctrine in 1904.
Answer: The Roosevelt Corollary
The Roosevelt Corollary (1904) asserted a US right to act as an 'international police power' in the Western Hemisphere; the other terms are distinct policies from different periods or contexts.
Determine which conflict directly resulted in the USA acquiring the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam, marking its emergence as an overseas imperial power.
Answer: The Spanish-American War of 1898
The 1898 Spanish-American War ended with the Treaty of Paris, transferring these former Spanish colonies to US control and signalling US entry into global imperial affairs.
Identify the 1823 statement of principle that warned European powers against further colonisation in the Americas and formed the basis of later US hemispheric policy.
Answer: The Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine (1823) declared the Americas closed to new European colonisation; the Platt and Teller Amendments concern Cuba specifically, and the Fourteen Points date from 1918.
Determine which US president issued the 'Fourteen Points' in 1918, setting out a liberal internationalist vision for the post-war world order.
Answer: Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (January 1918) called for self-determination, free trade and a League of Nations, marking a high point of US involvement in global affairs.
Identify the intercepted 1917 communication in which Germany proposed a military alliance with Mexico against the USA, helping to bring the USA into the First World War.
Answer: The Zimmermann Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram (1917), decoded by the British, offered Mexico the recovery of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona; its publication inflamed US opinion toward war.
Determine which term describes the sensationalist, exaggerated newspaper reporting by publishers such as Hearst and Pulitzer that helped generate support for the Spanish-American War.
Answer: Yellow journalism
'Yellow journalism' refers to the sensationalist coverage that inflamed public opinion; muckraking was investigative reform journalism, a distinct Progressive-era phenomenon.
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