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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which numbered territory did the United States gain by winning the Spanish American War?
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2
3
4
- 2. Multiple Choice
False and exaggerated news stories that helped spark the Spanish American war were known as:
Imperialism
Yellow Journalism
Muckrakers
Tabloids
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was primarily responsible for the change depicted in this illustration?
New immigrant screening procedures at Ellis Island
A crackdown on anarchism after the assassination of President McKinley
Overseas expansion associated with the Spanish American War
An increase in circulating currency after the discovery of gold in Alaska
- 4. Multiple Choice
This event was the most immediate cause of the Spanish American War:
The sinking of the USS Maine
The election of Francisco Franco
Yellow Journalism
The Cuban Revolution
- 5. Multiple Choice
This political cartoon best supports the idea that, after the Spanish American War, the United States became a...
World Power
"Woke" Power
Head of the United Nations
Conquered Nation
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAt the end of the Spanish American War, the United States gained which 3 territories?Puerto Rico, Cuba, SpainSpain, Cuba, GuamMarianas Islands, Philippines, RussiaPhilippines, Guam, Puerto Rico
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat does this political cartoon BEST represents ?ExplorationImperialismDiplomacyBig Stick Policy
- 8. Multiple Choice
What were Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst well known pioneers of?
publishing news journals aimed at the upper social classes in America
producing weekly journals focused on world news
engaging in a style of publishing called "yellow journalism"
working with missionaries to spread Christianity in Africa
- 9. Multiple Choice
Yellow journalists created support for the Spanish-American War by writing articles about which of the following?
political popularity of President William McKinley’s decisions
efforts of the United States to control Mexico
destruction of United States sugar plantations by Hawaiians
sinking of the United States battleship Maine in Havana Harbor
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the cause of the conflict between Cuba and Spain?Cuba wanted to enslave SpainSpain wanted to convert the Cuban government to communismSpain wanted to turn Cuba into a sugar can colonyCuba wanted independence from Spain
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich was NOT a cause of the Spanish American War?Protection of US business interests in CubaYellow journalism exaggerating news reportsUS acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, and the PhilippinesThe explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following years is associated with the Spanish American War?
1896
1897
1898
1899
- 13. Multiple Choice
American anger grew after the release of a letter written by the Spanish Minister to the U.S. that insulted president McKinley. What was it called?
de Lome Letter
Open Door Notes
Roosevelt Corollary
Letters from Birmingham
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the reason for building the Panama Canal?To help ships travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean fasterTo allow soldiers to travel by seaTo create an easier way for the USS Maine to reach CubaTo help immigrants get to America
- 15. Multiple ChoiceList the events in chronological order
1 Rough Riders fight in Cuba
2. Guam and Puerto Rico become part of the US
3. Sinking of the USS Maine
4. Liberation of Cuba1,2,3,4,4,1,2,3,1,3,4,23,1,4,2 - 16. Multiple ChoiceThe United States acquired the territory shaded in green during the Spanish-American War. The name of that territory isCubaJapanPhilippinesSpain
- 17. Multiple ChoiceHow did newspaper headlines like this help start the Spanish-American war?They created a fear of war.They only reached those that could read.They created a desire to go to war.They accurately informed the news of the world.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat were former slaves, freemen and Black Civil War soldiers called during the Spanish-American War?rough riderscubanssoldiersbuffalo soldiers
- 19. Multiple Choice
Domestic Policy:
a law passed by a municipal government
the decisions made by a government regarding issues and activities that occur within the country
Plan of action adopted by one nation in regards to its diplomatic dealings with other countries
a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries
- 20. Multiple Choice
the forceful extension of a nation's authority by territorial conquest or by establishing economic and political domination of other nations that are not its colonies.
annexation
imperialism
nationalism
isolationism
- 21. Multiple Choice
In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence.
Spanish-American War
The Civil War
World War I
Philippine Insurrection
- 22. Multiple Choice
The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.
Imperialism
Annexation
Diplomacy
Nationalism
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich one of the US Presidents battled in the Spanish American War?Theodore Roosevelt"Teddy" WilsonWoodrow WilsonAndrew Jackson
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