Question 1

​Which event associated with the Spanish-American War took place first?

Accepted Answer

A) Filipino independence leader Emilio Aguinaldo was captured. 
B) Americans won the Battle of San Juan Hill. 
C) ​Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet in the Philippines. 
D) ​Americans defeated the Spanish fleet in Havana. 
A) Filipino independence leader Emilio Aguinaldo was captured. 
B) Americans won the Battle of San Juan Hill. 
C) ​Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet in the Philippines. 
D) ​Americans defeated the Spanish fleet in Havana. C

Question 2

​The United States declared in the Teller Amendment that it had no intentions of controlling or annexing Cuba if it gained its independence from Spain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

​What was the main purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act?

Accepted Answer

A) To limit the authority of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
B) To return eastern land to Native American tribes 
C) ​To provide reservation land for the tribes of the Great Plains 
D) ​To encourage assimilation of Native Americans into white culture 
A) To limit the authority of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
B) To return eastern land to Native American tribes 
C) ​To provide reservation land for the tribes of the Great Plains 
D) ​To encourage assimilation of Native Americans into white culture D

Question 4

​On May 10,1869,the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads were joined with the golden spike,which was driven into the ground in what location?

Accepted Answer

A) Promontory,Utah​ 
B) Kansas City,Missouri 
C) ​Jackson,Wyoming 
D) ​Sacramento,California 
E) ​Custer County,Nebraska 
A) Promontory,Utah​ 
B) Kansas City,Missouri 
C) ​Jackson,Wyoming 
D) ​Sacramento,California 
E) ​Custer County,Nebraska

Question 5

​Hawaii was annexed by the United States following a bloody civil war there.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

​Which of the following events took place the year after the defeat of Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn?

Accepted Answer

A) Congress passed the Dawes Severalty Act. 
B) Chief Joseph attempted to lead his band of Nez Percé to Canada. 
C) ​Geronimo surrendered to the U.S.army and was exiled to Florida. 
D) ​Grant appointed Ely Parker as Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 
A) Congress passed the Dawes Severalty Act. 
B) Chief Joseph attempted to lead his band of Nez Percé to Canada. 
C) ​Geronimo surrendered to the U.S.army and was exiled to Florida. 
D) ​Grant appointed Ely Parker as Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Question 7

​Which of the following contributed to the Spanish American War?

Accepted Answer

A) Civil war in Cuba 
B) Interference of Joseph Pulitzer 
C) ​The sinking of the Lusitania 
D) ​The independence of Panama from Colombia 
A) Civil war in Cuba 
B) Interference of Joseph Pulitzer 
C) ​The sinking of the Lusitania 
D) ​The independence of Panama from Colombia

Question 8

In the Spanish-American War,naval forces commanded by Commodore George Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet in the Philippines.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Under an 1875 trade treaty,the United States agreed to import sugar duty-free in exchange for exclusive rights to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

​During the period known for yellow journalism,William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer published newspapers in what American city?

Accepted Answer

A) Chicago 
B) San Francisco 
C) ​Boston 
D) ​Washington D.C. 
E) ​New York 
A) Chicago 
B) San Francisco 
C) ​Boston 
D) ​Washington D.C. 
E) ​New York

Question 11

​Which of the following men favored a U.S.expansionist policy in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Mark Twain 
B) James G.Blaine 
C) ​Samuel Gompers 
D) ​Henry Cabot Lodge 
E) ​Theodore Roosevelt 
A) Mark Twain 
B) James G.Blaine 
C) ​Samuel Gompers 
D) ​Henry Cabot Lodge 
E) ​Theodore Roosevelt

Question 12

​What did Joseph Glidden invent in 1873 that transformed farming in the West?

Accepted Answer

A) The windmill 
B) Barbed wire 
C) ​The cultivator 
D) ​The steam-powered thresher 
E) ​The tractor 
A) The windmill 
B) Barbed wire 
C) ​The cultivator 
D) ​The steam-powered thresher 
E) ​The tractor

Question 13

​Dollar diplomacy was applied to Latin America but not to Asia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

​Native Americans attempted to fight discriminative land practices of white ranchers by forming a secret organization known as the White Caps.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

​The Roosevelt Corollary was an extension of which policy?

Accepted Answer

A) Manifest Destiny 
B) Monroe Doctrine 
C) ​Open Door Policy 
D) ​Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty 
A) Manifest Destiny 
B) Monroe Doctrine 
C) ​Open Door Policy 
D) ​Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

Question 16

​Nearly one million buffalo were slaughtered during the 1870s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

​The Platt Amendment stated that the United States would not annex Cuba if the island were liberated from Spain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

​Which of the following had the greatest influence in the destruction of the buffalo in the 1860s and 1870s?

Accepted Answer

A) The advent of the railroad 
B) A growing Indian population 
C) ​Changes to the American diet 
D) ​Disease 
A) The advent of the railroad 
B) A growing Indian population 
C) ​Changes to the American diet 
D) ​Disease

Question 19

​The United States purchased Alaska from which nation?

Accepted Answer

A) Russia 
B) Norway 
C) ​Britain 
D) ​France 
E) ​Spain 
A) Russia 
B) Norway 
C) ​Britain 
D) ​France 
E) ​Spain

Question 20

​In the 1890s,the name "yellow press" was used to describe newspapers that refused to publish any stories that were critical of the government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: Projecting Power, widening Borders: the Politics of Westward Expansion, 1865-1914

​Which event associated with the Spanish-American War took place first?

​The United States declared in the Teller Amendment that it had no intentions of controlling or annexing Cuba if it gained its independence from Spain.

​What was the main purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act?

​On May 10,1869,the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads were joined with the golden spike,which was driven into the ground in what location?

​Hawaii was annexed by the United States following a bloody civil war there.

​Which of the following events took place the year after the defeat of Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn?

​Which of the following contributed to the Spanish American War?

In the Spanish-American War,naval forces commanded by Commodore George Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet in the Philippines.

Under an 1875 trade treaty,the United States agreed to import sugar duty-free in exchange for exclusive rights to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

​During the period known for yellow journalism,William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer published newspapers in what American city?

​Which of the following men favored a U.S.expansionist policy in the late nineteenth century?

​What did Joseph Glidden invent in 1873 that transformed farming in the West?

​Dollar diplomacy was applied to Latin America but not to Asia.

​Native Americans attempted to fight discriminative land practices of white ranchers by forming a secret organization known as the White Caps.

​The Roosevelt Corollary was an extension of which policy?

​Nearly one million buffalo were slaughtered during the 1870s.

​The Platt Amendment stated that the United States would not annex Cuba if the island were liberated from Spain.

​Which of the following had the greatest influence in the destruction of the buffalo in the 1860s and 1870s?

​The United States purchased Alaska from which nation?

​In the 1890s,the name "yellow press" was used to describe newspapers that refused to publish any stories that were critical of the government.

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Which event associated with the Spanish-American War took place first?

The United States declared in the Teller Amendment that it had no intentions of controlling or annexing Cuba if it gained its independence from Spain.

What was the main purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act?

On May 10,1869,the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads were joined with the golden spike,which was driven into the ground in what location?

Hawaii was annexed by the United States following a bloody civil war there.

Which of the following events took place the year after the defeat of Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn?

Which of the following contributed to the Spanish American War?

During the period known for yellow journalism,William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer published newspapers in what American city?

Which of the following men favored a U.S.expansionist policy in the late nineteenth century?

What did Joseph Glidden invent in 1873 that transformed farming in the West?

Dollar diplomacy was applied to Latin America but not to Asia.

Native Americans attempted to fight discriminative land practices of white ranchers by forming a secret organization known as the White Caps.

The Roosevelt Corollary was an extension of which policy?

Nearly one million buffalo were slaughtered during the 1870s.

The Platt Amendment stated that the United States would not annex Cuba if the island were liberated from Spain.

Which of the following had the greatest influence in the destruction of the buffalo in the 1860s and 1870s?

The United States purchased Alaska from which nation?

In the 1890s,the name "yellow press" was used to describe newspapers that refused to publish any stories that were critical of the government.