Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Panama Canal

Accepted Answer

The Panama Canal is a man-made waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Isthmus of Panama in Central America. It was officially opened on August 15, 1914, and its construction was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken.

Historical Significance:

1. Global Trade and Shipping: The Panama Canal revolutionized maritime trade by significantly reducing the time and distance required for ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Before the canal, vessels had to make the perilous and lengthy journey around the southern tip of South America via the Strait of Magellan or Cape Horn. The canal cut the sea voyage by thousands of miles and allowed for quicker and more cost-effective transportation of goods.

2. Engineering Marvel: The construction of the Panama Canal was a monumental achievement in engineering. It involved the excavation of millions of cubic yards of earth, the creation of an artificial lake (Lake Gatun), and the construction of a series of locks to lift and lower ships as they passed through the canal. The project overcame numerous challenges, including tropical diseases like malaria and yellow fever, which were mitigated through extensive public health measures.

3. U.S. Influence and Control: The United States played a crucial role in the construction and early administration of the Panama Canal. The U.S. supported Panama's independence from Colombia in 1903 and subsequently negotiated the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty, which granted the U.S. control over the Canal Zone. The canal became a strategic asset for the U.S., both commercially and militarily, and symbolized American ingenuity and power in the early 20th century.

4. Political and Economic Impact on Panama: The presence of the Panama Canal has had a profound impact on Panama's economy and its relations with the United States. The canal has been a significant source of revenue for Panama, and control over the canal has been a central issue in Panamanian politics. The Torrijos-Carter Treaties, signed in 1977, eventually led to the transfer of control of the canal from the U.S. to Panama on December 31, 1999, marking a significant moment in Panama's sovereignty and self-determination.

5. Military and Strategic Importance: Throughout its history, the Panama Canal has held significant military and strategic importance. It has served as a key route for the movement of naval forces between oceans, particularly during World War I and World War II. The ability to quickly transfer warships between the Atlantic and Pacific theaters was a considerable advantage for the United States.

In summary, the Panama Canal is historically significant due to its impact on global trade, its status as an engineering wonder, its role in expanding U.S. influence, its economic and political importance to Panama, and its strategic military value. It remains one of the most vital waterways in the world today.

Question 2

Theodore Roosevelt's aggressive policies,along with the economic and political instability in Central America and the Caribbean,frequently led to

Accepted Answer

A)  growing demands for U.S. economic aid to the region. 
B)  the intervention of the U.S. marines in the region. 
C)  radical anti-American movements in Central American countries. 
D)  the intervention of Britain and Germany in Latin America affairs. 
E)  the growth of Central American immigration to the United States. 
A)  growing demands for U.S. economic aid to the region. 
B)  the intervention of the U.S. marines in the region. 
C)  radical anti-American movements in Central American countries. 
D)  the intervention of Britain and Germany in Latin America affairs. 
E)  the growth of Central American immigration to the United States. B

Question 3

In what sense might the original public demand for intervention in Cuba be said to reflect traditional American idealism and anti-imperialism? How did that idealistic crusade end up leading to America's first major imperialistic ventures?

Accepted Answer

The original public demand for intervention in Cuba can be said to reflect traditional American idealism and anti-imperialism in the sense that it was driven by a desire to support the Cuban people in their struggle for independence from Spanish colonial rule. This idealism was rooted in the belief that America should support the self-determination and freedom of oppressed peoples, and that it should stand against the oppressive practices of imperial powers.

However, this idealistic crusade ended up leading to America's first major imperialistic ventures as the United States became increasingly involved in Cuban affairs and ultimately intervened in the Spanish-American War. This intervention was driven by a combination of factors, including economic interests in Cuba, a desire to expand American influence in the Caribbean, and a growing sense of national pride and power. As a result, the United States ended up acquiring territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, marking the beginning of its imperialistic expansion.

In this way, the original idealistic demand for intervention in Cuba ultimately led to America's first major imperialistic ventures as the country sought to assert its power and influence on the global stage. This shift from anti-imperialism to imperialism reflects the complex and often contradictory nature of American foreign policy and the tensions between idealistic principles and pragmatic interests.

Question 4

The United States asserted that it had a virtual right of continuing intervention in Cuba in the

Accepted Answer

A)  insular cases. 
B)  Platt Amendment. 
C)  Teller Amendment. 
D)  Foraker Act. 
E)  Guantanamo Bay Treaty. 
A)  insular cases. 
B)  Platt Amendment. 
C)  Teller Amendment. 
D)  Foraker Act. 
E)  Guantanamo Bay Treaty.

Question 5

The actual purpose of the battleship Maine's visit to Cuba was to

Accepted Answer

A)  provoke a war with Spain. 
B)  protect and evacuate American citizens from the island. 
C)  offer a way for Cuban rebels to escape to Florida. 
D)  stop rioting by the Cuban rebels. 
E)  prepare for intervention by the U.S. marines if necessary. 
A)  provoke a war with Spain. 
B)  protect and evacuate American citizens from the island. 
C)  offer a way for Cuban rebels to escape to Florida. 
D)  stop rioting by the Cuban rebels. 
E)  prepare for intervention by the U.S. marines if necessary.

Question 6

Regarding the presidency,Teddy Roosevelt believed that

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A)  it was crucial to work with Congress. 
B)  the checks and balances among the three branches of government were essential to American government. 
C)  the president could take any action not specifically prohibited by the laws and the Constitution. 
D)  the president should state principles but real power should be held by the Cabinet. 
E)  the president should never appeal to public opinion. 
A)  it was crucial to work with Congress. 
B)  the checks and balances among the three branches of government were essential to American government. 
C)  the president could take any action not specifically prohibited by the laws and the Constitution. 
D)  the president should state principles but real power should be held by the Cabinet. 
E)  the president should never appeal to public opinion.

Question 7

When they first arrived in the US,Puerto Ricans worked in all of the following positions except

Accepted Answer

A)  Arizona cotton fields. 
B)  New Jersey soup factories. 
C)  Utah mines. 
D)  New York garment and cigar factories. 
E)  Georgia farms. 
A)  Arizona cotton fields. 
B)  New Jersey soup factories. 
C)  Utah mines. 
D)  New York garment and cigar factories. 
E)  Georgia farms.

Question 8

The clash between Germany and America over the Samoan islands eventually resulted in

Accepted Answer

A)  a small naval war between the two emerging powers. 
B)  a colonial division of the islands between Germany and the United States. 
C)  complete independence for all of Samoa. 
D)  the intervention of Japan to prevent a German-American war. 
E)  a new American doctrine opposing any colonialism in the Pacific. 
A)  a small naval war between the two emerging powers. 
B)  a colonial division of the islands between Germany and the United States. 
C)  complete independence for all of Samoa. 
D)  the intervention of Japan to prevent a German-American war. 
E)  a new American doctrine opposing any colonialism in the Pacific.

Question 9

In the 1900 presidential election,the Democratic party and its candidate,William Jennings Bryan,insisted that ____ was the paramount issue of the campaign.

Accepted Answer

A)  tariff protection 
B)  imperialism 
C)  free silver 
D)  social reform 
E)  national defense 
A)  tariff protection 
B)  imperialism 
C)  free silver 
D)  social reform 
E)  national defense

Question 10

Theodore Roosevelt became involved in the peace settlement for the Russo-Japanese War

Accepted Answer

A)  on his own initiative. 
B)  as a way of enhancing America's position in East Asia. 
C)  when Russia asked for his assistance. 
D)  because he feared that the British might intervene and thus gain prestige. 
E)  when Japan secretly asked him to help. 
A)  on his own initiative. 
B)  as a way of enhancing America's position in East Asia. 
C)  when Russia asked for his assistance. 
D)  because he feared that the British might intervene and thus gain prestige. 
E)  when Japan secretly asked him to help.

Question 11

Alfred Thayer Mahan argued that

Accepted Answer

A)  free trade was essential to a nation's economic health. 
B)  control of the sea was the key to world domination. 
C)  the United States should continue its policy of isolationism. 
D)  the United States should immediately build an isthmian canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 
E)  the United States should construct a fleet of battleships. 
A)  free trade was essential to a nation's economic health. 
B)  control of the sea was the key to world domination. 
C)  the United States should continue its policy of isolationism. 
D)  the United States should immediately build an isthmian canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 
E)  the United States should construct a fleet of battleships.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

The Open Door notes refer to a series of

Question 13

The Republicans won the 1900 election mainly because of

Accepted Answer

A)  their support of imperialism. 
B)  public opposition to a third term as president for Grover Cleveland. 
C)  their support of freedom abroad. 
D)  Bryan's lackluster campaign. 
E)  the prosperity achieved during McKinley's first term. 
A)  their support of imperialism. 
B)  public opposition to a third term as president for Grover Cleveland. 
C)  their support of freedom abroad. 
D)  Bryan's lackluster campaign. 
E)  the prosperity achieved during McKinley's first term.

Question 14

A group of historians known as the New Left revisionists argued that the United States' burst of overseas expansion

Accepted Answer

A)  was motivated by naive idealism. 
B)  was necessary to maintain an international balance of power. 
C)  was designed to create an informal empire that would guarantee American economic dominance of foreign markets and investments. 
D)  sought to build a colonial empire. 
E)  was motivated by a desire among American men to assert their masculinity. 
A)  was motivated by naive idealism. 
B)  was necessary to maintain an international balance of power. 
C)  was designed to create an informal empire that would guarantee American economic dominance of foreign markets and investments. 
D)  sought to build a colonial empire. 
E)  was motivated by a desire among American men to assert their masculinity.

Question 15

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Three territorial acquisitions made by the United States in the Treaty of Paris,which ended the Spanish-American War.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Queen Liliuokalani

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"big stick"

Accepted Answer

The term "big stick" refers to the phras

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Maine

Accepted Answer

The Maine refers to the USS Maine, an Am

Question 19

During the boundary dispute between Venezuela and Britain,the United States

Accepted Answer

A)  threatened war with Britain and asserted its domination of Latin America. 
B)  failed to invoke the Monroe Doctrine. 
C)  sought a peaceful negotiated settlement. 
D)  asserted its strong belief in Latin American independence. 
E)  was only "twisting the [British] lion's tail" for domestic political effect. 
A)  threatened war with Britain and asserted its domination of Latin America. 
B)  failed to invoke the Monroe Doctrine. 
C)  sought a peaceful negotiated settlement. 
D)  asserted its strong belief in Latin American independence. 
E)  was only "twisting the [British] lion's tail" for domestic political effect.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Henry Cabot Lodge

Accepted Answer

Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 – Novemb

Exam 27: Empire and Expansion,1890-1909

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Panama Canal

Theodore Roosevelt's aggressive policies,along with the economic and political instability in Central America and the Caribbean,frequently led to

In what sense might the original public demand for intervention in Cuba be said to reflect traditional American idealism and anti-imperialism? How did that idealistic crusade end up leading to America's first major imperialistic ventures?

The United States asserted that it had a virtual right of continuing intervention in Cuba in the

The actual purpose of the battleship Maine's visit to Cuba was to

Regarding the presidency,Teddy Roosevelt believed that

When they first arrived in the US,Puerto Ricans worked in all of the following positions except

The clash between Germany and America over the Samoan islands eventually resulted in

In the 1900 presidential election,the Democratic party and its candidate,William Jennings Bryan,insisted that ____ was the paramount issue of the campaign.

Theodore Roosevelt became involved in the peace settlement for the Russo-Japanese War

Alfred Thayer Mahan argued that

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

The Republicans won the 1900 election mainly because of

A group of historians known as the New Left revisionists argued that the United States' burst of overseas expansion

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Three territorial acquisitions made by the United States in the Treaty of Paris,which ended the Spanish-American War.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Queen Liliuokalani

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"big stick"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Maine

During the boundary dispute between Venezuela and Britain,the United States

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Henry Cabot Lodge

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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 at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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