Question 1

The United States acquired all of the following as a result of the Spanish-American War EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Puerto Rico 
B)  Panama 
C)  Guam 
D)  the Philippines 
E)  Guantánamo Bay 
A)  Puerto Rico 
B)  Panama 
C)  Guam 
D)  the Philippines 
E)  Guantánamo Bay

Question 2

McKinley was reelected in 1900 despite losing the popular vote to William Jennings Bryan.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Alfred Thayer Mahan wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The "yellow peril" was:

Accepted Answer

A)  mosquito-borne disease 
B)  a late nineteenth-century style of politically influential journalism 
C)  a racially charged description of a perceived threat from Japan 
D)  a racially charged description of Panama 
E)  tuberculosis 
A)  mosquito-borne disease 
B)  a late nineteenth-century style of politically influential journalism 
C)  a racially charged description of a perceived threat from Japan 
D)  a racially charged description of Panama 
E)  tuberculosis

Question 5

When the American-led overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in the early 1890s was improperly done:

Accepted Answer

A)  Japan came in and took over the islands 
B)  President Cleveland preferred that the monarchy be restored to power 
C)  native Hawaiians once again became the dominant political force 
D)  Hawaii immediately became a U.S. colony 
E)  Cleveland stabilized the new government by sending in the marines 
A)  Japan came in and took over the islands 
B)  President Cleveland preferred that the monarchy be restored to power 
C)  native Hawaiians once again became the dominant political force 
D)  Hawaii immediately became a U.S. colony 
E)  Cleveland stabilized the new government by sending in the marines

The United States acquired all of the following as a result of the Spanish-American War EXCEPT:

McKinley was reelected in 1900 despite losing the popular vote to William Jennings Bryan.

Alfred Thayer Mahan wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History.

The "yellow peril" was:

When the American-led overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in the early 1890s was improperly done:

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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Exam 20: Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The United States acquired all of the following as a result of the Spanish-American War EXCEPT:

McKinley was reelected in 1900 despite losing the popular vote to William Jennings Bryan.

Alfred Thayer Mahan wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History.

The "yellow peril" was:

When the American-led overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in the early 1890s was improperly done:

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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