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US BECOMING WORLD POWER
Test Description: United States Becoming a World Power-Spanish American War US Imperialism
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Where was the first major battle of the Spanish-American War?
A
Philippines
B
Hong Kong
C
Cuba
D
Puerto Rico
2) What did Filipinos believe when they fought alongside American soldiers?
A
They believed that the United States would be a kinder ruler than Spain.
B
They believed that they would become a United States colony.
C
They believed that the United States would protect them from Japan.
D
They believed that they were fighting for their independence.
3) The U.S.S. Maine was sent to the harbor of Havana, Cuba to:
A
To learn meat cutting skills from “The Butcher.”
B
To pick up goods from U.S. sugar cane plantation owners in Cuba
C
To protect U.S. citizens in Cuba and monitor the treatment of Cubans by Spain
D
To protect the Cuban people from Commodore George Dewey
4) The First United States Volunteer Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt was known as:
A
The Rough Riders
B
The Rider Company
C
The Tough Tiders
D
Teddy’s Team
5) What role did the news media (yellow journalism) have in causing the Spanish-American War?
A
They shaped American public opinion in favor of Cuba.
B
All of the above are true.
C
They exaggerated news stories about Spanish cruelty in Cuba.
D
They blamed Spain for the sinking of the battleship U.S.S. Maine.
6) Why did U.S. leaders require Cuba to sign the Platt Amendment?
A
They wanted to distinguish Cuba from other Latin American nations.
B
They felt gratitude to Cuba for its help in the Spanish-American War.
C
They wanted to protect Cuba from Spanish merchants.
D
They wanted the power to intervene in Cuban affairs.
7) Which of the following famous Americans was NOT an anti-imperialist who belonged to the Anti-Imperialist League?
A
Theodore Roosevelt
B
Mark Twain
C
Jane Addams
D
Andrew Carnegie
8) What did the Roosevelt Corollary and the Monroe Doctrine allow?
A
the United States to act as a “policeman” in Latin America
B
Cuba to maintain a relatively independent government
C
U.S. support for Panama’s rebellion against Colombia
D
Puerto Rico to keep its government while remaining a U.S. possession
9) Japan and other big European powers claimed special rights and economic privileges in China after the Spanish-American war. Their acts of claiming rights to another country is known as:
A
Spheres of Influence
B
Boxer Rebellion.
C
Open-Door Policy
D
Anti-Imperialist League.
10) John Hay asked nations who were claiming economic rights and privileges for a plan in which no single country should have a monopoly of trade with China. This strategy was known as:
A
Spheres of Influence
B
Anti-Imperialist League
C
Open-Door Policy
D
Boxer Rebellion
11) The Boxer-Rebellion was a violent uprising against foreign countries in China. The Chinese started the uprising because:
A
they lost the first official boxing match against the United States.
B
they did not like trading with countries that did not have as much to offer as their own.
C
they resented foreigners’ attitudes of “cultural superiority” and how foreigners were treating them.
D
they were tired of hearing people speak in languages that were not their own.
12) The United States paid this country $10 million dollars and an annual fee of $250,000 to build a canal that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
A
China
B
Cuba
C
Portugal
D
Panama
13) A trend where stronger nations extend their economic, political, and military control over weaker territories.
A
Hawaii
B
imperialism
C
annexation
D
Spheres of Influence
14) He arranged the purchase of Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars.
A
Mark Twain
B
Theodore Roosevelt
C
Grover Cleveland
D
William Seward
15) Queen Liliuokalani was the Monarch of this nation before the U.S. annexed it in 1898.
A
Philippines
B
Cuba
C
Guam
D
Hawaii
16) The process of taking over a country by force. To claim a country!
A
Spheres of Influence
B
Platt Amendment
C
imperialism
D
annexation
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