Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Great Rapprochement

Accepted Answer

The Great Rapprochement refers to the si

Question 2

Assess the wisdom of the Teller Amendment, the Platt Amendment, and the Supreme Court's decisions in the Insular Cases.

Accepted Answer

The Teller Amendment, the Platt Amendmen

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-James G. Blaine

Accepted Answer

James G. Blaine was a prominent American

Question 4

The most successful American military action during the Spanish-American War was largely due to

Accepted Answer

A) the incompetence of Spanish military forces. 
B) effective collaboration between U.S.forces and Cuban and Filipino rebels. 
C) the strategic skill of U.S.military leadership. 
D) the efficient logistical support for U.S.forces provided by the War Department. 
E) effective use of the new steel navy. 
A) the incompetence of Spanish military forces. 
B) effective collaboration between U.S.forces and Cuban and Filipino rebels. 
C) the strategic skill of U.S.military leadership. 
D) the efficient logistical support for U.S.forces provided by the War Department. 
E) effective use of the new steel navy.

Question 5

What was the fundamental assumption of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine? What made these assumptions seem persuasive to Theodore Roosevelt and others? Do you agree that the Corollary violated rather than extended the original principles and intentions of the Monroe Doctrine? If so, how did the Corollary violate the principles of the Monroe Doctrine? If not, why not?

Accepted Answer

The fundamental assumption of the Roosev

Question 6

Explain the rationale for President Cleveland's refusal to annex the Hawaiian Islands to the United States. Could Hawaii have remained politically and economically independent under either native Hawaiian rule or white planter rule? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

President Cleveland's refusal to annex t

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Influence of Sea Power upon History

Accepted Answer

"The Influence of Sea Power upon History

Question 8

The Cuban insurrectos who wanted to overthrow Spanish rule in Cuba

Accepted Answer

A) were heavily dependent on American funding for their rebellion. 
B) blew up the battleship Maine. 
C) were Communist in their ideological outlook. 
D) began assassinating Spanish officials. 
E) adopted a scorched-earth policy of burning cane fields and sugar mills. 
A) were heavily dependent on American funding for their rebellion. 
B) blew up the battleship Maine. 
C) were Communist in their ideological outlook. 
D) began assassinating Spanish officials. 
E) adopted a scorched-earth policy of burning cane fields and sugar mills.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Dupuy de Lóme

Accepted Answer

Dupuy de Lôme refers to Enrique Dupuy de

Question 10

Assess the U.S. military performance in the Spanish-American War. Why did the United States win? How could Spain have possibly won the war?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. military performance in the Spa

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

Accepted Answer

The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty was a treat

Question 12

One reason that the white American sugar lords tried to overthrow native Hawaiian rule and annex the islands to the United States was they

Accepted Answer

A) found the government of Queen Liliuokalani repressive and inefficient. 
B) sought to control American foreign policy in the Pacific. 
C) wanted to convert the native Hawaiians and East Asian immigrants to Christianity. 
D) feared that Japan might intervene in Hawaii on behalf of abused Japanese imported laborers. 
E) intended to force the growing native Hawaiian population to become indentured plantation laborers. 
A) found the government of Queen Liliuokalani repressive and inefficient. 
B) sought to control American foreign policy in the Pacific. 
C) wanted to convert the native Hawaiians and East Asian immigrants to Christianity. 
D) feared that Japan might intervene in Hawaii on behalf of abused Japanese imported laborers. 
E) intended to force the growing native Hawaiian population to become indentured plantation laborers.

Question 13

All of the following became possessions of the United States under the provisions of the Treaty of Paris with Spain except

Accepted Answer

A) Puerto Rico. 
B) Guam. 
C) the Philippine Islands. 
D) Hawaii. 
E) Manila. 
A) Puerto Rico. 
B) Guam. 
C) the Philippine Islands. 
D) Hawaii. 
E) Manila.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-reconcentration camps

Accepted Answer

Reconcentration camps, also known as rec

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-San Francisco school crisis

Accepted Answer

The San Francisco school crisis, often r

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Open Door notes

Accepted Answer

The Open Door notes refer to a series of

Question 17

Construction of an isthmian canal across Central America was motivated mainly by

Accepted Answer

A) a desire to improve defense by allowing rapid naval movements between two oceans. 
B) the Panamanian Revolution. 
C) America's growing economic interests in Asia. 
D) the British rejection of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty. 
E) a clash of British and American economic interests in Central America. 
A) a desire to improve defense by allowing rapid naval movements between two oceans. 
B) the Panamanian Revolution. 
C) America's growing economic interests in Asia. 
D) the British rejection of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty. 
E) a clash of British and American economic interests in Central America.

Question 18

In the Root-Takahira agreement of 1908

Accepted Answer

A) the Japanese government agreed to limit the number of Japanese immigrant laborers entering the United States. 
B) the United States and Japan agreed to respect each other's territorial holdings in the Pacific. 
C) the United States agreed to accept a Japanese sphere of influence in China. 
D) Japan agreed to accept U.S.control of the Philippines in exchange for Japanese domination of Manchuria. 
E) None of these choices are correct. 
A) the Japanese government agreed to limit the number of Japanese immigrant laborers entering the United States. 
B) the United States and Japan agreed to respect each other's territorial holdings in the Pacific. 
C) the United States agreed to accept a Japanese sphere of influence in China. 
D) Japan agreed to accept U.S.control of the Philippines in exchange for Japanese domination of Manchuria. 
E) None of these choices are correct.

Question 19

As part of the benevolent assimilation program in the Philippines, the United States did all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) enhance roads. 
B) work to improve sanitation and public health. 
C) develop economic ties, especially for trade in sugar. 
D) organized, trained, and developed a loyal Philippines army and navy. 
E) set up schools and help make English a second language. 
A) enhance roads. 
B) work to improve sanitation and public health. 
C) develop economic ties, especially for trade in sugar. 
D) organized, trained, and developed a loyal Philippines army and navy. 
E) set up schools and help make English a second language.

Question 20

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-​The nations that signed U.S. Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door note concerning Chinese rights and fair competition were

Accepted Answer

A) China. 
B) Russia. 
C) Germany. 
D) Japan. 
E) the United States. 
A) China. 
B) Russia. 
C) Germany. 
D) Japan. 
E) the United States.

Exam 27: Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Great Rapprochement

Assess the wisdom of the Teller Amendment, the Platt Amendment, and the Supreme Court's decisions in the Insular Cases.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James G. Blaine

The most successful American military action during the Spanish-American War was largely due to

Explain the rationale for President Cleveland's refusal to annex the Hawaiian Islands to the United States. Could Hawaii have remained politically and economically independent under either native Hawaiian rule or white planter rule? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Influence of Sea Power upon History

The Cuban insurrectos who wanted to overthrow Spanish rule in Cuba

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Dupuy de Lóme

Assess the U.S. military performance in the Spanish-American War. Why did the United States win? How could Spain have possibly won the war?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

One reason that the white American sugar lords tried to overthrow native Hawaiian rule and annex the islands to the United States was they

All of the following became possessions of the United States under the provisions of the Treaty of Paris with Spain except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -reconcentration camps

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -San Francisco school crisis

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Open Door notes

Construction of an isthmian canal across Central America was motivated mainly by

In the Root-Takahira agreement of 1908

As part of the benevolent assimilation program in the Philippines, the United States did all of the following except

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -​The nations that signed U.S. Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door note concerning Chinese rights and fair competition were

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Great Rapprochement

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The nations that signed U.S. Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door note concerning Chinese rights and fair competition were