Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

Accepted Answer

The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty was an agreeme

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Alfred Thayer Mahan

Accepted Answer

Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was a Un

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Guantanamo

Accepted Answer

Guantanamo, often referred to in the con

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Russo-Japanese War

Accepted Answer

The Russo-Japanese War was a military co

Question 5

Write your definition of imperialism.Then use this definition to argue that the conduct of American foreign relations between 1890 and 1905 was or was not imperialistic.

Accepted Answer

Imperialism is the policy of extending a

Question 6

The primary diplomatic result of Roosevelt's diplomatic ending of the Russo-Japanese War was that

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States began to ally itself with Russia against Japan. 
B)  both Japan and Russia became increasingly hostile to the United States. 
C)  U.S. relations with Japan improved. 
D)  U.S. relations with Russia improved. 
E)  China began to seek an alliance with the United States in order to check Japan and Russia. 
A)  the United States began to ally itself with Russia against Japan. 
B)  both Japan and Russia became increasingly hostile to the United States. 
C)  U.S. relations with Japan improved. 
D)  U.S. relations with Russia improved. 
E)  China began to seek an alliance with the United States in order to check Japan and Russia.

Question 7

Along with serving as the last reigning queen of Hawaii,Queen Liliuokalani is also remembered for

Accepted Answer

A)  helping to build tourism to Hawaii. 
B)  writing songs such as "Aloha Oe." 
C)  establishing the pineapple business on the island. 
D)  her lavish personal expenditures, particularly for clothes. 
E)  None of these 
A)  helping to build tourism to Hawaii. 
B)  writing songs such as "Aloha Oe." 
C)  establishing the pineapple business on the island. 
D)  her lavish personal expenditures, particularly for clothes. 
E)  None of these

Question 8

The relatively small Japanese immigration into California in the early 1900s led to

Accepted Answer

A)  growing Japanese control of certain key industries like banking and horticulture. 
B)  growing employment of Japanese actors to play villains in the Hollywood movie industry. 
C)  an appreciation for Japanese arts and culture on the West Coast. 
D)  growing racial discrimination and fear of a yellow peril. 
E)  the increasing belief that Japan was plotting to attack the United States. 
A)  growing Japanese control of certain key industries like banking and horticulture. 
B)  growing employment of Japanese actors to play villains in the Hollywood movie industry. 
C)  an appreciation for Japanese arts and culture on the West Coast. 
D)  growing racial discrimination and fear of a yellow peril. 
E)  the increasing belief that Japan was plotting to attack the United States.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"White Man's Burden"

Accepted Answer

"White Man's Burden" is a poem written b

Question 10

President McKinley justified American acquisition of the Philippines primarily by emphasizing that

Accepted Answer

A)  the Filipinos wanted to be annexed by the United States. 
B)  the electoral success of the Republican party depended on their acquisition. 
C)  the United States would gain key naval bases there. 
D)  the Philippines were spoils of war and America's by right of conquest. 
E)  there was no acceptable alternative to their acquisition. 
A)  the Filipinos wanted to be annexed by the United States. 
B)  the electoral success of the Republican party depended on their acquisition. 
C)  the United States would gain key naval bases there. 
D)  the Philippines were spoils of war and America's by right of conquest. 
E)  there was no acceptable alternative to their acquisition.

Question 11

President McKinley's policy of benevolent assimilation in the Philippines

Accepted Answer

A)  failed to solve serious sanitation and public-health problems. 
B)  fell short of providing an effective public-school system for the Filipinos. 
C)  was not welcomed by the Filipinos. 
D)  worked remarkably well and led to the early granting of the Philippine independence. 
E)  recognized the value of traditional Filipino culture. 
A)  failed to solve serious sanitation and public-health problems. 
B)  fell short of providing an effective public-school system for the Filipinos. 
C)  was not welcomed by the Filipinos. 
D)  worked remarkably well and led to the early granting of the Philippine independence. 
E)  recognized the value of traditional Filipino culture.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Little Brown Brothers"

Accepted Answer

The term "Little Brown Brothers" was use

Question 13

Explain the ways in which
a. the Boxer Rebellion and
b. the Open Door note signaled a new departure for American foreign policy in China and East Asia generally. What were the primary factors leading to deeper American involvement in that region?

Accepted Answer

a. The Boxer Rebellion and b. the Open D

Question 14

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)  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)  American economic interests in Central America.

Question 15

Theodore Roosevelt can best be described as

Accepted Answer

A)  lacking in self-confidence. 
B)  mentally vigorous but physically frail. 
C)  highly energetic and egotistical. 
D)  a loudmouth with few political skills. 
E)  a reflective intellectual. 
A)  lacking in self-confidence. 
B)  mentally vigorous but physically frail. 
C)  highly energetic and egotistical. 
D)  a loudmouth with few political skills. 
E)  a reflective intellectual.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"twisting the lion's tail"

Accepted Answer

"Twisting the lion's tail" is a phrase t

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-insurrectos

Accepted Answer

The term "insurrectos" refers to the Cub

Question 18

The text's authors conclude that "China owed its preservation far more to the strength of the competing powers" than to Hay's Open Door policy.Does that view render the Open Door notes inconsequential? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The view that China's preservation was o

Question 19

As a vice-presidential candidate in 1900,Teddy Roosevelt

Accepted Answer

A)  openly advocated a more progressive program than President McKinley. 
B)  appealed primarily to wealthy easterners. 
C)  ran a quiet and dignified front-porch campaign. 
D)  countered William Jennings Bryan's popular appeal by engaging in his own flamboyant campaign. 
E)  tried to lure former Populists away from the Democrats. 
A)  openly advocated a more progressive program than President McKinley. 
B)  appealed primarily to wealthy easterners. 
C)  ran a quiet and dignified front-porch campaign. 
D)  countered William Jennings Bryan's popular appeal by engaging in his own flamboyant campaign. 
E)  tried to lure former Populists away from the Democrats.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-George Dewey

Accepted Answer

George Dewey was a United States naval o

Exam 27: Empire and Expansion,1890-1909

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Alfred Thayer Mahan

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Guantanamo

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Russo-Japanese War

Write your definition of imperialism.Then use this definition to argue that the conduct of American foreign relations between 1890 and 1905 was or was not imperialistic.

The primary diplomatic result of Roosevelt's diplomatic ending of the Russo-Japanese War was that

Along with serving as the last reigning queen of Hawaii,Queen Liliuokalani is also remembered for

The relatively small Japanese immigration into California in the early 1900s led to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"White Man's Burden"

President McKinley justified American acquisition of the Philippines primarily by emphasizing that

President McKinley's policy of benevolent assimilation in the Philippines

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Little Brown Brothers"

Explain the ways in which a. the Boxer Rebellion and b. the Open Door note signaled a new departure for American foreign policy in China and East Asia generally. What were the primary factors leading to deeper American involvement in that region?

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

Theodore Roosevelt can best be described as

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"twisting the lion's tail"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -insurrectos

The text's authors conclude that "China owed its preservation far more to the strength of the competing powers" than to Hay's Open Door policy.Does that view render the Open Door notes inconsequential? Why or why not?

As a vice-presidential candidate in 1900,Teddy Roosevelt

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George Dewey

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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