Question 1

The Spanish-American War

Accepted Answer

A) was a long,drawn-out war. 
B) required the United States to make concessions to the Spanish. 
C) required Cuba to negotiate with the Philippines. 
D) was short and successful for the United States. 
E) resulted in no U.S.battle casualties 
A) was a long,drawn-out war. 
B) required the United States to make concessions to the Spanish. 
C) required Cuba to negotiate with the Philippines. 
D) was short and successful for the United States. 
E) resulted in no U.S.battle casualties

Question 2

The Mexican Revolution broke out in ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Mexican Revolution broke out in ____________________....

Question 3

Export trade of American manufactured goods decreased between 1880 and 1914.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The foreign policy pursued by Secretary of State Knox under William Howard Taft was known as ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The foreign policy pursued by Secretary of...

Question 5

"Yellow journalism" or the "yellow press"

Accepted Answer

A) featured shocking and sensational stories designed to appeal to a mass audience. 
B) was rejected by leading newspapermen such as Joseph Pulitzer. 
C) focused American attention away from the Cuban rebellion at the end of the nineteenth century. 
D) disappeared after 1900 because of the increased intelligence and sophistication of the reading public. 
E) refers to the use of comic strips. 
A) featured shocking and sensational stories designed to appeal to a mass audience. 
B) was rejected by leading newspapermen such as Joseph Pulitzer. 
C) focused American attention away from the Cuban rebellion at the end of the nineteenth century. 
D) disappeared after 1900 because of the increased intelligence and sophistication of the reading public. 
E) refers to the use of comic strips.

Question 6

The Spanish American War began in April and ended in ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Spanish American War began in April...

Question 7

What arguments did anti-imperialists offer in opposition to U.S.involvement in the Philippines? What distinguished anti-imperialists from one another?

Accepted Answer

Anti-imperialists,both Republicans and D

Question 8

Explain the "frontier thesis." How was it significant?

Accepted Answer

The "frontier thesis," as it came to be

Question 9

Some of Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy initiatives were founded on the claim of Anglo-Saxon superiority.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Woodrow Wilson refused to recognize the government of the "butcher" Victoriano Huerta.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The commander of the U.S.fleet that defeated the Spanish navy in Manila Harbor in 1898 was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The commander of the U.S.fleet that defeated...

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer

Accepted Answer

newspaper publishers whose sensational s

Question 13

The most influential American imperialist was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The most influential American imperialist was ____________________....

Question 14

The Spanish military leader in Cuba was General ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Spanish military leader in Cuba was...

Question 15

Many people died building the Panama Canal from

Accepted Answer

A) smallpox. 
B) bubonic plague. 
C) yellow fever. 
D) the flu. 
E) typhoid. 
A) smallpox. 
B) bubonic plague. 
C) yellow fever. 
D) the flu. 
E) typhoid.

Question 16

Neither Theodore Roosevelt nor Woodrow Wilson was bothered by the exercise of imperial power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Discuss the acquisition of the Philippines and the American-Filipino War that established U.S.control there.

Accepted Answer

The United States officially bought the

Question 18

Although a committed anti-imperialist,____________________ eventually supported the Treaty of Paris,which annexed the Philippines.

Accepted Answer

William Je

Question 19

U.S.foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere after 1900 was

Accepted Answer

A) defensive-geared toward limiting European influence. 
B) isolationist. 
C) cooperative-geared toward building strong relationships with other nations. 
D) never criticized by U.S.citizens. 
E) aggressive-geared toward expanding American influence. 
A) defensive-geared toward limiting European influence. 
B) isolationist. 
C) cooperative-geared toward building strong relationships with other nations. 
D) never criticized by U.S.citizens. 
E) aggressive-geared toward expanding American influence.

Question 20

Woodrow Wilson purchased the Virgin Islands from Denmark.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 22: Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

The Spanish-American War

The Mexican Revolution broke out in ____________________.

Export trade of American manufactured goods decreased between 1880 and 1914.

The foreign policy pursued by Secretary of State Knox under William Howard Taft was known as ____________________.

"Yellow journalism" or the "yellow press"

The Spanish American War began in April and ended in ____________________.

What arguments did anti-imperialists offer in opposition to U.S.involvement in the Philippines? What distinguished anti-imperialists from one another?

Explain the "frontier thesis." How was it significant?

Some of Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy initiatives were founded on the claim of Anglo-Saxon superiority.

Woodrow Wilson refused to recognize the government of the "butcher" Victoriano Huerta.

The commander of the U.S.fleet that defeated the Spanish navy in Manila Harbor in 1898 was ____________________.

IDENTIFICATIONS -William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer

The most influential American imperialist was ____________________.

The Spanish military leader in Cuba was General ____________________.

Many people died building the Panama Canal from

Neither Theodore Roosevelt nor Woodrow Wilson was bothered by the exercise of imperial power.

Discuss the acquisition of the Philippines and the American-Filipino War that established U.S.control there.

Although a committed anti-imperialist,____________________ eventually supported the Treaty of Paris,which annexed the Philippines.

U.S.foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere after 1900 was

Woodrow Wilson purchased the Virgin Islands from Denmark.

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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