Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-McKinley Tariff

Accepted Answer

The McKinley Tariff, officially known as

Question 2

A group of historians known as the New Left revisionists argued that the United States' burst of overseas expansion of the 1890s

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A)  was motivated by naive democratic 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 political empire. 
E)  was motivated by racist "civilizing" to conquer and Christianize "primitive" blacks, Indians, and Latin American Spanish populations. 
A)  was motivated by naive democratic 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 political empire. 
E)  was motivated by racist "civilizing" to conquer and Christianize "primitive" blacks, Indians, and Latin American Spanish populations.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

The term "insurrectos" refers to the Cub

Question 4

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

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A)  threatened war with Britain and asserted its domination of Latin America. 
B)  failed to invoke the Monroe Doctrine. 
C)  consistentlysought 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)  consistentlysought 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 5

When the United States captured the Philippines from Spain

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A)  Hawaii was annexed by the United States as a key territory in the Pacific. 
B)  America granted the Philippines its independence. 
C)  many anti-imperialists admitted that their opposition to the Spanish-American War had been a mistake. 
D)  Filipinos were granted American citizenship. 
E)  they did so without Filipino assistance. 
A)  Hawaii was annexed by the United States as a key territory in the Pacific. 
B)  America granted the Philippines its independence. 
C)  many anti-imperialists admitted that their opposition to the Spanish-American War had been a mistake. 
D)  Filipinos were granted American citizenship. 
E)  they did so without Filipino assistance.

Question 6

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

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A)  to enhance his international stature as a key world leader. 
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 mediate a peace settlement with the Russians. 
A)  to enhance his international stature as a key world leader. 
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 mediate a peace settlement with the Russians.

Question 7

Assess Theodore Roosevelt's conduct of American foreign policy, especially in Latin America and East Asia. Did Roosevelt's vigorous assertion of American interests enhance the United States' role in these regions or create resentment of the United States as just another imperialistic great power?

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt's conduct of American

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Theodore Roosevelt

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 – J

Question 9

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

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A)  the need to take care of and Christianize the dispossessed, poor, and non-Christian Filipinos. 
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 need to take care of and Christianize the dispossessed, poor, and non-Christian Filipinos. 
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 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Great White Fleet

Accepted Answer

The Great White Fleet was a nickname for

Question 11

Theodore Roosevelt strongly encouraged the Panamanians to revolt against Colombia because

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A)  he thought they would not charge as much for a canal route as the Colombians. 
B)  he wanted to establish a permanent U.S. military base in the region. 
C)  Roosevelt had designs on making Panama a colony of the United States. 
D)  he regarded the Colombians as racially inferior. 
E)  the Colombian senate had rejected the American offer to buy a canal route across Panama. 
A)  he thought they would not charge as much for a canal route as the Colombians. 
B)  he wanted to establish a permanent U.S. military base in the region. 
C)  Roosevelt had designs on making Panama a colony of the United States. 
D)  he regarded the Colombians as racially inferior. 
E)  the Colombian senate had rejected the American offer to buy a canal route across Panama.

Question 12

The British gave up their opposition to an American-controlled isthmian canal because they

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A)  sold their rights to Philippe Bunau-Varilla. 
B)  could see no economic gains in continuing to block canal construction. 
C)  confronted an unfriendly Europe and were bogged down in the Boer War. 
D)  were granted some of the economic revenue from the canal by the United States. 
E)  accepted American domination of Latin America. 
A)  sold their rights to Philippe Bunau-Varilla. 
B)  could see no economic gains in continuing to block canal construction. 
C)  confronted an unfriendly Europe and were bogged down in the Boer War. 
D)  were granted some of the economic revenue from the canal by the United States. 
E)  accepted American domination of Latin America.

Question 13

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

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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 14

The secret Gentlemen's Agreement that President Theodore Roosevelt worked out with the Japanese in 1907-1908

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A)  concluded the Russo-Japanese War. 
B)  helped him to win the Nobel Peace Prize. 
C)  caused Japan to halt the flow of laborers to America in return for the repeal of a racist school decree by the San Francisco School Board. 
D)  put a stop to the racist yellow journalism being practiced in the United States. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  concluded the Russo-Japanese War. 
B)  helped him to win the Nobel Peace Prize. 
C)  caused Japan to halt the flow of laborers to America in return for the repeal of a racist school decree by the San Francisco School Board. 
D)  put a stop to the racist yellow journalism being practiced in the United States. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William Howard Taft

Accepted Answer

William Howard Taft was the 27th Preside

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

The Great Rapprochement refers to the si

Question 17

Was there any shift in American foreign policy between President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, the vice president who succeeded him after McKinley's assassination? If so, what was it? In what area, if any, did Roosevelt most clearly depart from McKinley's policies?

Accepted Answer

Yes, there was a shift in American forei

Question 18

When the United States invaded Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War

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A)  the army encountered stiff resistance from the Spanish. 
B)  it met almost no resistance from Spanish forces. 
C)  most of the population greeted the invaders as liberating heroes. 
D)  heavy fighting occurred in the harbor at San Juan. 
E)  its intentions were to grant Puerto Rican independence. 
A)  the army encountered stiff resistance from the Spanish. 
B)  it met almost no resistance from Spanish forces. 
C)  most of the population greeted the invaders as liberating heroes. 
D)  heavy fighting occurred in the harbor at San Juan. 
E)  its intentions were to grant Puerto Rican independence.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Pan-American Conference

Accepted Answer

The Pan-American Conference refers to a

Question 20

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -McKinley Tariff

A group of historians known as the New Left revisionists argued that the United States' burst of overseas expansion of the 1890s

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

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

When the United States captured the Philippines from Spain

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

Assess Theodore Roosevelt's conduct of American foreign policy, especially in Latin America and East Asia. Did Roosevelt's vigorous assertion of American interests enhance the United States' role in these regions or create resentment of the United States as just another imperialistic great power?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Theodore Roosevelt

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Great White Fleet

Theodore Roosevelt strongly encouraged the Panamanians to revolt against Colombia because

The British gave up their opposition to an American-controlled isthmian canal because they

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

The secret Gentlemen's Agreement that President Theodore Roosevelt worked out with the Japanese in 1907-1908

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Howard Taft

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

Was there any shift in American foreign policy between President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, the vice president who succeeded him after McKinley's assassination? If so, what was it? In what area, if any, did Roosevelt most clearly depart from McKinley's policies?

When the United States invaded Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pan-American Conference

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

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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Exam 6: Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -McKinley Tariff

A group of historians known as the New Left revisionists argued that the United States' burst of overseas expansion of the 1890s

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

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

When the United States captured the Philippines from Spain

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

Assess Theodore Roosevelt's conduct of American foreign policy, especially in Latin America and East Asia. Did Roosevelt's vigorous assertion of American interests enhance the United States' role in these regions or create resentment of the United States as just another imperialistic great power?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Theodore Roosevelt

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Great White Fleet

Theodore Roosevelt strongly encouraged the Panamanians to revolt against Colombia because

The British gave up their opposition to an American-controlled isthmian canal because they

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

The secret Gentlemen's Agreement that President Theodore Roosevelt worked out with the Japanese in 1907-1908

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Howard Taft

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

Was there any shift in American foreign policy between President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, the vice president who succeeded him after McKinley's assassination? If so, what was it? In what area, if any, did Roosevelt most clearly depart from McKinley's policies?

When the United States invaded Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pan-American Conference

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

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