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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhy was Alaska called "Seward's folly"?Americans didn't own a territory so far northIt was a frozen wasteland with no resourcesU.S. had already annexed Samoa, and didn't need another territoryThought two-cents an acre was too expensive
- 2. Multiple ChoiceImperialism is:system of no private propertygovernment ran by the peoplesystem of building an empire by conquering other nationsmethod of ruling similar to communism
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was a challenge US soldiers faced in the Spanish-American War?high number of casualties in battlemalfunctioning riflesyellow fever and malarialack of uniforms
- 4. Multiple ChoiceEmilio AguinaldoFilipino rebel leader who took control of Manilageneral in charge of the Spanish Pacific fleetSpanish Ambassador to the USFilipino journalist who wrote about the war
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe explosion of the USS Maineproved that McKinley was a weak presidentrallied Americans against Spaincaused American prejudice about Spanish immigrantsformed a bond between America and Cuba
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat US president was famous for his usage of dollar diplomacy?TaftRooseveltHayWilson
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich US president pledged not to become involved in European affairs?JeffersonWashingtonT. RooseveltA. Jackson
- 8. Multiple ChoiceNoninvolvement in world affairs is...expansionismisolationismimperialismannexation
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich incident led to Congress declaring war on Spain?explosion of the Mainearrest of Jose MartiSpanish ships in Santiagocapture San Juan
- 10. Multiple ChoicePanama is damp, tropical jungle, intensely hot, swarming with mosquitos. These mosquitos carried what diseases?small pox and scarlet feverinfluenza and malariarickets and diphtheriayellow fever and malaria
- 11. Multiple Choice
Most US overseas possessions in 1900 were located in the ___________ Ocean
Pacific
Atlantic
- 12. Multiple Choice
What president wanted to use military action "police"
Taft
Roosevelt
Wilson
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which president said "Do not" get involved in world affairs
Taft
Roosevelt
Washington
- 14. Multiple Choice
Panama Canal connects the Pacific Ocean with
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
- 15. Multiple Choice
Capital of Panama
Panama City
Gatun
Colon
San Miguelito
- 16. Multiple Choice
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land
island
peninsula
jetty
isthmus
- 17. Multiple Choice
Who helped Panama revolt against Columbia
Mexico
Spain
France
United States
- 18. Multiple Choice
What event turned the US attention away from war with mexico?
panama canal
fighting in Cuba
war raging in Europe
economic drain
- 19. Multiple Choice
Out of the Boxer Rebellion came a second
open door policy
annexation
Gentlemen's agreement
Treaty of Portsmouth
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which place is a chain of 8 large and 100 or so smaller islands
Hawaii
Guam
Puerto Rico
Cuba
- 21. Multiple Choice
What agreement set up a new Puerto Rican government
Spanish_American armistice
Platt Amendment
Treaty of Paris
Foraker Act
- 22. Multiple Choice
An American empire that dominated the Caribbean, Central America, and the Pacific was the goal of
William Seward
William Taft
Emilio Aguinaldo
Theodore Roosevelt
- 23. Multiple Choice
What leader wanted Hawaiians to regain economic control of their islands
William Seward
Liliuokalani
Grover Cleveland
King Kamehameha I
- 24. Multiple Choice
For centuries, the people of Cuba lived under the rule of
Russia
Britain
Mexico
Spain
- 25. Multiple Choice
Who said, "Sea power is essential to the greatness of every splendid people."
Alfred Thayer Mahan
William Seward
John Hay
Theodore Roosevelt
- 26. Multiple Choice
Whose visit to Japan led to the Treaty of Kanagawa?
Matthew Perry
William Taft
George Dewey
John Hay
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