Essay questions: • What accounts for the shift from expansionism to isolationism in American
foreign policy over a 20-year period?
• What patterns of continuity and change can be found in the foreign policy
debates between the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898 and U. S.
involvement in World War I? What lessons can be learned from an analysis of
these patterns?

Which statement is an example of direct democracy? a) people elect a senator to the u.s. congress. b) the town council approves funding for a new high school. c) the president issues an executive preventing states from executing prisoners. d) voters approve an amendment allowing elderly people to pay nothing in property tax.

How did the boston massacre contribute to the writing of the declaration of independence? a. many colonists began to see the british government as a source of protection. b. many colonists began to see the british government as a supporter of free speech. c. many colonists began to oppose the british government's building of forts on the frontier. d. many colonists began to fear the british government's harsh actions toward the colonies.

How do you think american life would change greatly, as soldiers went to war in europe?