Question 1

What is "yellow journalism"?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a derogatory insult directed by many Americans toward Japanese journalists in the early twentieth century. 
B)  It refers to the practice by many financially struggling newspapers of using recycled, yellowed newsprint during the 1890s depression. 
C)  It refers to sensationalist news coverage that was designed to sell papers and manipulate public opinion. 
D)  It speaks to the use of propaganda in underground newspapers published by the Cuban insurrectionists. 
E)  It refers to the "scared" journalists who filed their stories from Key West, Florida, during the Spanish-American War. 
A)  It was a derogatory insult directed by many Americans toward Japanese journalists in the early twentieth century. 
B)  It refers to the practice by many financially struggling newspapers of using recycled, yellowed newsprint during the 1890s depression. 
C)  It refers to sensationalist news coverage that was designed to sell papers and manipulate public opinion. 
D)  It speaks to the use of propaganda in underground newspapers published by the Cuban insurrectionists. 
E)  It refers to the "scared" journalists who filed their stories from Key West, Florida, during the Spanish-American War.

Question 2

Match each description with the item below.
-William Howard Taft

Accepted Answer

A) was secretary of state under McKinley and Roosevelt and called the Spanish-American War "a splendid little war" 
B) was a presidential candidate in 1900 who condemned the conflict with Filipino nationalists as "an unnecessary war" 
C) wrote Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis and applied the concept of "natural selection" to American foreign policy 
D) negotiated an agreement with Japan concerning the future of Korea and was said to practice "dollar diplomacy" 
E) led a nationalist rebellion against American forces in the Philippines and was named president there
F)owned the New York Journal and believed in the power of newspapers to shape public opinion and legislation
G)proved that mosquitoes carry yellow fever and led a commission that helped enable effective control of the disease
H)wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History and was president of the U.S. Naval War College
I)opposed the growth of American influence in Hawaii but was overthrown by haoles
J)captured Manila Bay without having any soldiers go onshore 
A) was secretary of state under McKinley and Roosevelt and called the Spanish-American War "a splendid little war" 
B) was a presidential candidate in 1900 who condemned the conflict with Filipino nationalists as "an unnecessary war" 
C) wrote Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis and applied the concept of "natural selection" to American foreign policy 
D) negotiated an agreement with Japan concerning the future of Korea and was said to practice "dollar diplomacy" 
E) led a nationalist rebellion against American forces in the Philippines and was named president there
F)owned the New York Journal and believed in the power of newspapers to shape public opinion and legislation
G)proved that mosquitoes carry yellow fever and led a commission that helped enable effective control of the disease
H)wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History and was president of the U.S. Naval War College
I)opposed the growth of American influence in Hawaii but was overthrown by haoles
J)captured Manila Bay without having any soldiers go onshore

Question 3

The Philippine-American War became known for

Accepted Answer

A)  the lack of violence in the conflict. 
B)  its status as the first American defeat in a foreign war. 
C)  the absence of civilian casualties. 
D)  the contributions of Theodore Roosevelt's "Rough Riders." 
E)  its brutality and the atrocities committed by both sides. 
A)  the lack of violence in the conflict. 
B)  its status as the first American defeat in a foreign war. 
C)  the absence of civilian casualties. 
D)  the contributions of Theodore Roosevelt's "Rough Riders." 
E)  its brutality and the atrocities committed by both sides.

Question 4

What was a result of the Treaty of Paris?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Spanish Empire in the Americas ended. 
B)  The start of the Spanish-American war became more likely. 
C)  The Philippines gained its independence. 
D)  The prospect of a United States empire became far less likely. 
E)  Spain annexed Puerto Rico. 
A)  The Spanish Empire in the Americas ended. 
B)  The start of the Spanish-American war became more likely. 
C)  The Philippines gained its independence. 
D)  The prospect of a United States empire became far less likely. 
E)  Spain annexed Puerto Rico.

Question 5

What were the consequences of the Spanish-American War (War of 1898) for American foreign policy?

Accepted Answer

The consequences of the Spanish-American

Question 6

Match each description with the item below.
-Alfred Thayer Mahan

Accepted Answer

A) was secretary of state under McKinley and Roosevelt and called the Spanish-American War "a splendid little war" 
B) was a presidential candidate in 1900 who condemned the conflict with Filipino nationalists as "an unnecessary war" 
C) wrote Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis and applied the concept of "natural selection" to American foreign policy 
D) negotiated an agreement with Japan concerning the future of Korea and was said to practice "dollar diplomacy" 
E) led a nationalist rebellion against American forces in the Philippines and was named president there
F)owned the New York Journal and believed in the power of newspapers to shape public opinion and legislation
G)proved that mosquitoes carry yellow fever and led a commission that helped enable effective control of the disease
H)wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History and was president of the U.S. Naval War College
I)opposed the growth of American influence in Hawaii but was overthrown by haoles
J)captured Manila Bay without having any soldiers go onshore 
A) was secretary of state under McKinley and Roosevelt and called the Spanish-American War "a splendid little war" 
B) was a presidential candidate in 1900 who condemned the conflict with Filipino nationalists as "an unnecessary war" 
C) wrote Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis and applied the concept of "natural selection" to American foreign policy 
D) negotiated an agreement with Japan concerning the future of Korea and was said to practice "dollar diplomacy" 
E) led a nationalist rebellion against American forces in the Philippines and was named president there
F)owned the New York Journal and believed in the power of newspapers to shape public opinion and legislation
G)proved that mosquitoes carry yellow fever and led a commission that helped enable effective control of the disease
H)wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History and was president of the U.S. Naval War College
I)opposed the growth of American influence in Hawaii but was overthrown by haoles
J)captured Manila Bay without having any soldiers go onshore

Question 7

Which of the following statements describes how the native Hawaiian population fared by the 1890s, following the American presence in Hawaii?

Accepted Answer

A)  The native Hawaiian population's quality of living rose dramatically, as they became the primary laborers in U.S. sugar production and earned higher wages than they had previously. 
B)  Although trade agreements with the Americans produced economic troubles, native Hawaiians remained dominant over the Americans simply because their population was so much greater. 
C)  Diseases such as smallpox caused the native Hawaiian population to decrease such that it was only a minority, with Asian immigrants, who often worked as cheap labor, as the largest ethnic group. 
D)  The native Hawaiian population suffered because the United States never agreed to sign a trade agreement with its leaders, and crops grown there were restricted from entering the United States. 
E)  The native Hawaiian population successfully prevented the introduction of Christian missionaries to the islands, and instead, the Americans adopted much of Hawaiian culture as their own. 
A)  The native Hawaiian population's quality of living rose dramatically, as they became the primary laborers in U.S. sugar production and earned higher wages than they had previously. 
B)  Although trade agreements with the Americans produced economic troubles, native Hawaiians remained dominant over the Americans simply because their population was so much greater. 
C)  Diseases such as smallpox caused the native Hawaiian population to decrease such that it was only a minority, with Asian immigrants, who often worked as cheap labor, as the largest ethnic group. 
D)  The native Hawaiian population suffered because the United States never agreed to sign a trade agreement with its leaders, and crops grown there were restricted from entering the United States. 
E)  The native Hawaiian population successfully prevented the introduction of Christian missionaries to the islands, and instead, the Americans adopted much of Hawaiian culture as their own.

Question 8

How and why did America expand its influence in the Pacific before the Spanish-American War (War of 1898)?

Accepted Answer

America expanded its influence in the Pa

Question 9

What were the causes of the Spanish-American War (War of 1898)? What were its major events?

Accepted Answer

The Spanish-American War of 1898 was pri

Question 10

Theodore Roosevelt led troops into battle in the Philippines.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Why did the United States fight a war in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War?

Accepted Answer

A)  to oust the remaining Spanish forces that had refused to evacuate from the island 
B)  to stop Japan from annexing the islands 
C)  to quell an insurrection of Filipinos who opposed annexation by the United States 
D)  to defeat the Boxer Rebellion 
E)  to avenge the Russian surprise attack on Manila 
A)  to oust the remaining Spanish forces that had refused to evacuate from the island 
B)  to stop Japan from annexing the islands 
C)  to quell an insurrection of Filipinos who opposed annexation by the United States 
D)  to defeat the Boxer Rebellion 
E)  to avenge the Russian surprise attack on Manila

Question 12

American imperialism in the late nineteenth century was justified as a broadening of what earlier American principle?

Accepted Answer

A)  natural rights 
B)  free labor and free soil 
C)  transcendentalism 
D)  free trade and sailor's rights 
E)  manifest destiny 
A)  natural rights 
B)  free labor and free soil 
C)  transcendentalism 
D)  free trade and sailor's rights 
E)  manifest destiny

Question 13

To what extend had the United States become an empire by the end of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency?

Accepted Answer

By the end of Theodore Roosevelt's presi

Question 14

What was the significance of the de Lôme letter?

Accepted Answer

A)  It revealed the location of Spanish troops in Cuba and, thus, helped the United States win the Spanish-American War. 
B)  It was the first of the Cuban insurrectionists' overtures for peace, signaling that the Spanish-American war was finally winding down. 
C)  It blamed the destruction of the battleship Maine on Spanish agents, which gave President McKinley the support he needed to declare war. 
D)  In it, a Spaniard referred to President McKinley as a weak and cowardly leader, which increased the likelihood of war with Spain. 
E)  It promised Mexico all of the Gadsden Purchase if they attacked Texas, transforming the southern border of the United States. 
A)  It revealed the location of Spanish troops in Cuba and, thus, helped the United States win the Spanish-American War. 
B)  It was the first of the Cuban insurrectionists' overtures for peace, signaling that the Spanish-American war was finally winding down. 
C)  It blamed the destruction of the battleship Maine on Spanish agents, which gave President McKinley the support he needed to declare war. 
D)  In it, a Spaniard referred to President McKinley as a weak and cowardly leader, which increased the likelihood of war with Spain. 
E)  It promised Mexico all of the Gadsden Purchase if they attacked Texas, transforming the southern border of the United States.

Question 15

Why was Roosevelt's approach to foreign policy problematic in hindsight?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was reluctant to use force in support of American goals. 
B)  His efforts to deploy American power abroad were accompanied by a racist ideology. 
C)  He was too much of an isolationist to ensure American national security. 
D)  His egalitarian views clouded his understanding of American interests. 
E)  He was never formally educated and knew little about his foreign allies. 
A)  He was reluctant to use force in support of American goals. 
B)  His efforts to deploy American power abroad were accompanied by a racist ideology. 
C)  He was too much of an isolationist to ensure American national security. 
D)  His egalitarian views clouded his understanding of American interests. 
E)  He was never formally educated and knew little about his foreign allies.

Exam 20: Seizing an American Empire

What is "yellow journalism"?

Match each description with the item below. -William Howard Taft

The Philippine-American War became known for

What was a result of the Treaty of Paris?

What were the consequences of the Spanish-American War (War of 1898) for American foreign policy?

Match each description with the item below. -Alfred Thayer Mahan

Which of the following statements describes how the native Hawaiian population fared by the 1890s, following the American presence in Hawaii?

How and why did America expand its influence in the Pacific before the Spanish-American War (War of 1898)?

What were the causes of the Spanish-American War (War of 1898)? What were its major events?

Theodore Roosevelt led troops into battle in the Philippines.

Why did the United States fight a war in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War?

American imperialism in the late nineteenth century was justified as a broadening of what earlier American principle?

To what extend had the United States become an empire by the end of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency?

What was the significance of the de Lôme letter?

Why was Roosevelt's approach to foreign policy problematic in hindsight?

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