Question 1

Secretary of State ____________________ called the fight with Spain "a splendid little war."

Accepted Answer

John Hay

Question 2

The nation that began building the Panama Canal was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

France

Question 3

Queen Liliuokalani was dethroned by American businessmen in Hawaii.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

All of the following were conditions of the Platt Amendment except that Cuba

Accepted Answer

A) could not make treaties with foreign powers. 
B) could not impose tariffs on U.S.imports. 
C) had to sell or lease land to the U.S.military. 
D) had to permit the United States to oversee Cuban political affairs. 
E) none of these choices 
A) could not make treaties with foreign powers. 
B) could not impose tariffs on U.S.imports. 
C) had to sell or lease land to the U.S.military. 
D) had to permit the United States to oversee Cuban political affairs. 
E) none of these choices

Question 5

As a possession of the United States,Puerto Ricans

Accepted Answer

A) enjoy no rights as U.S.citizens. 
B) do not have the right to elect their own governor. 
C) have a poverty rate far greater than that of the mainland. 
D) immediately launched a bloody war for their independence. 
E) insisted on re-establishing their relationship with Spain. 
A) enjoy no rights as U.S.citizens. 
B) do not have the right to elect their own governor. 
C) have a poverty rate far greater than that of the mainland. 
D) immediately launched a bloody war for their independence. 
E) insisted on re-establishing their relationship with Spain.

Question 6

Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy included

Accepted Answer

A) protection of the rights of nonwhite,nonindustrial nations. 
B) respect for the sovereignty of Latin American nations. 
C) noninterference in the affairs of Western Hemispheric nations. 
D) recognition of claims to Russian and Japanese territory. 
E) U.S.military action to maintain order and control,often at the expense of social justice. 
A) protection of the rights of nonwhite,nonindustrial nations. 
B) respect for the sovereignty of Latin American nations. 
C) noninterference in the affairs of Western Hemispheric nations. 
D) recognition of claims to Russian and Japanese territory. 
E) U.S.military action to maintain order and control,often at the expense of social justice.

Question 7

Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) building the Panama Canal. 
B) his peace efforts in Venezuela. 
C) negotiating between Russia and Japan to end their war. 
D) endorsing the Platt Amendment. 
E) his Corollary. 
A) building the Panama Canal. 
B) his peace efforts in Venezuela. 
C) negotiating between Russia and Japan to end their war. 
D) endorsing the Platt Amendment. 
E) his Corollary.

Question 8

The Spanish-American War made the United States an imperial power.Discuss the causes,military aspects,and results of the war.

Accepted Answer

Essay should address several key points:

Question 9

Statehood for Hawaii was opposed by American sugar plantation owners.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The U.S.treatment of the Philippines after 1898 can be described as similar to

Accepted Answer

A) the U.S.treatment of Cuba. 
B) Japan's relationship with Russia. 
C) Spain's relationship with Cuba. 
D) the U.S.treatment of Mexico. 
E) U.S.treatment of European nations. 
A) the U.S.treatment of Cuba. 
B) Japan's relationship with Russia. 
C) Spain's relationship with Cuba. 
D) the U.S.treatment of Mexico. 
E) U.S.treatment of European nations.

Question 11

The United States annexed Hawaii shortly before the war with Spain began.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

All of the following motivated U.S.foreign policy from 1898 to 1917 except a

Accepted Answer

A) desire to promote goodwill and friendship with other nations. 
B) belief in the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race and its responsibility for uplifting inferior races. 
C) need for new markets for American goods. 
D) belief that the United States could and should become a world power. 
E) desire to strengthen the navy. 
A) desire to promote goodwill and friendship with other nations. 
B) belief in the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race and its responsibility for uplifting inferior races. 
C) need for new markets for American goods. 
D) belief that the United States could and should become a world power. 
E) desire to strengthen the navy.

Question 13

The anti-imperialists were motivated purely by altruism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Multinational corporations were fixtures in the U.S.economy by 1915.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Accepted Answer

A) advised William McKinley during the Spanish-American War. 
B) was an imperialist whose book showed how the United States could become a world power. 
C) wrote a treatise denouncing imperialism. 
D) was a missionary who spent years in China converting thousands to Christianity. 
E) was a businessman who opened trade with China and Japan. 
A) advised William McKinley during the Spanish-American War. 
B) was an imperialist whose book showed how the United States could become a world power. 
C) wrote a treatise denouncing imperialism. 
D) was a missionary who spent years in China converting thousands to Christianity. 
E) was a businessman who opened trade with China and Japan.

Question 16

Describe the negotiations that led to the construction of the canal across Central America.What factors determined where it would be located? What means did Roosevelt use to acquire land? Discuss the negotiations and events leading to the construction of the Panama Canal.What impact did it have on American foreign policy?

Accepted Answer

Essay should address several key points:

Question 17

Spanish minister to Washington,Depuy de Lome outraged U.S.public opinion when he

Accepted Answer

A) ordered the execution of Cuban rebels. 
B) ordered the attack on the U.S.battleship Maine. 
C) supported terrorist attacks on the United States. 
D) raped an American woman. 
E) insulted President McKinley. 
A) ordered the execution of Cuban rebels. 
B) ordered the attack on the U.S.battleship Maine. 
C) supported terrorist attacks on the United States. 
D) raped an American woman. 
E) insulted President McKinley.

Question 18

The Panama Canal

Accepted Answer

A) created a strong sense of unity between the US and Panama. 
B) was actually built by the French. 
C) was begun under Taft,not Roosevelt. 
D) was built without any real consent by the Panamanian people. 
E) is still considered fairly insignificant. 
A) created a strong sense of unity between the US and Panama. 
B) was actually built by the French. 
C) was begun under Taft,not Roosevelt. 
D) was built without any real consent by the Panamanian people. 
E) is still considered fairly insignificant.

Question 19

The United States annexed the island of Puerto Rico with the ____________________ in 1900.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The United States annexed the island of...

Question 20

Spain agreed to all of the following demands in the spring of 1898 except

Accepted Answer

A) payment of an indemnity for the Maine. 
B) abandoning its concentration camps in Cuba. 
C) ending the fighting with the Cuban rebels. 
D) committing itself to Cuban independence. 
E) relieving "Butcher" Weyler of his command. 
A) payment of an indemnity for the Maine. 
B) abandoning its concentration camps in Cuba. 
C) ending the fighting with the Cuban rebels. 
D) committing itself to Cuban independence. 
E) relieving "Butcher" Weyler of his command.

Exam 22: Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

Secretary of State ____________________ called the fight with Spain "a splendid little war."

The nation that began building the Panama Canal was ____________________.

Queen Liliuokalani was dethroned by American businessmen in Hawaii.

All of the following were conditions of the Platt Amendment except that Cuba

As a possession of the United States,Puerto Ricans

Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy included

Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for which of the following?

The Spanish-American War made the United States an imperial power.Discuss the causes,military aspects,and results of the war.

Statehood for Hawaii was opposed by American sugar plantation owners.

The U.S.treatment of the Philippines after 1898 can be described as similar to

The United States annexed Hawaii shortly before the war with Spain began.

All of the following motivated U.S.foreign policy from 1898 to 1917 except a

The anti-imperialists were motivated purely by altruism.

Multinational corporations were fixtures in the U.S.economy by 1915.

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Spanish minister to Washington,Depuy de Lome outraged U.S.public opinion when he

The Panama Canal

The United States annexed the island of Puerto Rico with the ____________________ in 1900.

Spain agreed to all of the following demands in the spring of 1898 except

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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