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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following factors contributed to the Boxer Rebellion?poor treatment of foreigners by Chinese leadersthe breaking of the alliances between Russia and ChinaChinese nationalists' anger at foreign involvement in the countryAmerican socialism and its effects on China
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich territory was annexed by the US in the 1890s because of the economic value of its sugarcane plantations?CubaPeurto RicoHawaiiSamoa
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhen foreign countries forced China to allow "spheres of influence" it meant that the foreign powers...were allowed trade with China.gained direct control of some Chinese resources & raw materialsopenly supported Chinese political partieshad secret trade & military agreements with the Chinese
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe main goal of the US "Open Door" policy was to insure...all nations have equal access to trade wth Japan, China & Koreaall nations have equal access to trade through major Chinese portsthe freedom of Cuba after the Spanish American Warthe expansion of immigration rights in the early 1900's
- 5. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False:
The USA, Germany & Japan joined forces to invade China in 1900 and eventually captured the capital city of Beijing.truefalsewhat?squirrel! - 6. Multiple ChoiceImperialism is:entirely based on military power.based on government of & by the people.based on the building of empires by conquering other nationsa method of ruling similar to communism
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was a challenge US soldiers faced in the Spanish-American War?extremely high number of casualties in battlepoor supplies & weaponsyellow fever, malaria & disease weakened the Armyleaders were corrupt and ineffective
- 8. Multiple ChoiceEmilio Aguinaldo became famous as...Filipino rebel leader who took control of Manilageneral in charge of the Spanish Pacific fleetSpanish Ambassador to the US during Spainsh American WarFilipino journalist who wrote about the war
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe explosion of the USS Maine...proved that McKinley was a weak president when he withdrew from Cubarallied Americans against Spain and helped lead to the Spanish American warcaused American prejudice about Spanish immigrantsformed a bond between America and Cuba
- 10. Multiple ChoiceTheodore Roosevelt believed that...the US should build military alliances in Latin Americathe US should isolate itself from foreign problemsthe US had the right to use military power whenever it chose to in Latin Americaended the Spanish american
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe Anti-Imperialist League was a group that...fought in all of america's major warsopposed the creation of an American empire around 1900created a military allieance to resist US powersupported Roosevelt when he ran for President
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe Platt Amendment in 1900...limited Cuba's rights to make treaties and increased US ability to intervene in Cuban affairsforced US troops to withdraw from Cubasold San Juan Hill to the US for $20 millionmodeled a new Cuban government after the US congress
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat US president was famous for his usage of "dollar diplomacy" to extend US power without war?WilsonRooseveltMcKinleyTaft
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe Insular Cases in the US Supreme Court...annexed Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islandsforced the US to give up control of Cuba after 1900excluded Filipinos from immigration into the USAlimitedto civil rights of native people in US foreign territories
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThis leader's ideas led to a massive expansion & modernization of the US navy in the later 1800's.Alfred MahanWilliam Randolph HearstWoodrow WilsonJoseph Pulitzer
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