Test: America Claims An Empire RETAKE

Question 1

Naval port in Hawaii.

a. Pearl Port
b. Pearl Harbor
c. Hawaii Naval Port

Answer 1

b. Pearl Harbor

Question 2

American businessman who became president of the new government of Hawaii after the queen was pushed out.
a. Sanford B. Dole
b. Alfred T. Mahan
c. William Seward

Answer 2

a. Sanford B. Dole

Question 3

The Hawaiian queen who was forced out of power by a revolution started by American business interests.

a. Queen Victoria
b. Queen Lulu
c. Queen Liliuokalani

Answer 3

c. Queen Liliuokalani

Question 4

The practice of strong countries taking economic, political and military power over weaker countries.

a. imperialism
b. nativism
c. classism

Answer 4

a. imperialism

Question 5

The treaty that ended the Spanish – American War.

a. Treaty of France
b. Treaty of Paris (1898)
c. Treaty of Spain

Answer 5

b. Treaty of Paris (1898)

Question 6

Reporting in newspapers and magazines that exaggerates the news in order to make it more exciting.

a. propaganda
b. xenophobia
c. yellow journalism

Answer 6

c. yellow journalism

Question 7

Fighting unit led by Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba.

a. Rough Riders
b. Rough Cowboys
c. Military Elite

Answer 7

a. Rough Riders

Question 8

Provisions in the Cuban constitution that gave the U.S. broad rights in that country.

a. First Amendment
b. Second Amendment
c. Platt Amendment

Answer 8

c. Platt Amendment

Question 9

Political activists who worked for Cuban independence.

a. Alfred T. Mahan
b. Jose Marti
c. William Seward

Answer 9

b. Jose Marti

Question 10

U.S. warship that exploded in a Cuban harbor in 1898.

a. USS Maine
b. USS New Hampshire
c. USS Washington

Answer 10

a. USS Maine

Question 11

What were at least two factors that fueled American imperialism?

a. desire for military strength, thirst for new markets
b. thirst for new markets, desire for military equality

Answer 11

a. desire for military strength, thirst for new markets

Question 12

What were at least two roots of American Imperialism?

a. Psychological and Cultural
b. Economic and Psychological
c. Political and Economic.

Answer 12

c. Political and Economic.

Question 13

Where did the racist belief that the people of the United States were better than the people of other countries come from?

a. from their Anglo-Saxon heritage
b. from their Southern European heritage
c. from their superiority complex

Answer 13

a. from their Anglo-Saxon heritage

Question 14

How did Hawaiians lose control of their lands?

a. By mid 1800s, ¾ of wealth in islands belonged to English owned sugar plantations.
b. By 1900, thousands of foreign laborers (Japan, Portugal, China, Philippines) outnumbered the Hawaiians three to one.

Answer 14

b. By 1900, thousands of foreign laborers (Japan, Portugal, China, Philippines) outnumbered the Hawaiians three to one.

Question 15

Why did American business interests not want Queen Liliuokalani to take over after the death of her brother, the Hawaiian king in 1891?

a. The U.S. government wanted a new Constitution for her people and would have given voting power back to ordinary Hawaiians.
b. She wanted a new Constitution for her people and would have given voting power back to ordinary Hawaiians.

Answer 15

b. She wanted a new Constitution for her people and would have given voting power back to ordinary Hawaiians.

Question 16

What was one event that led Americans to call for war against Spain?

a. Publication of the de Lome letter criticizing McKinley for being a weak president by a Spanish official.
b. U.S. newspapers blamed Spain for the explosion of the Battleship U.S.S. New Hampshire
c. b. U.S. newspapers blamed Spain for the explosion of the Battleship U.S.S. Hudson

Answer 16

a. Publication of the de Lome letter criticizing McKinley for being a weak president by a Spanish official.

Question 17

What three territories did the United States get from the war with Spain?

a. Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam
b. Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii
c. Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines

Answer 17

c. Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines

Question 18

As a result of the Spanish American War, which territory did U.S. pay Spain $20 million?

a. Puerto Rico
b. Cuba
c. Guam
d. Philippines

Answer 18

d. Philippines

Question 19

When the United States went to war with Spain on April 1898, where did the first battle take place?

a. Cuba
b. Philippines
c. Guam

Answer 19

b. Philippines

Question 20

Which U.S. President volunteered as a member of the Rough Riders, to help win an important battle in San Juan Hill, Cuba?

a. George Washington
b. Theodore Roosevelt
c. Franklin Roosevelt

Answer 20

b. Theodore Roosevelt

Question 21

The U.S. government paid $7.2 million for this territory from Russia in 1867.

a. California
b. Vancouver
c. Alaska

Answer 21

c. Alaska

Question 22

A country that is partly controlled by another, stronger country.

a. Foraker Act
b. Open Door notes
c. protectorate

Answer 22

c. protectorate

Question 23

Law which ended military rule in Puerto Rico.

a. Foraker Act
b. Open Door notes
c. Protectorate
d. Platt Amendment

Answer 23

a. Foraker Act

Question 24

Provisions in the Cuban constitution that gave the U.S. broad rights in that country.

a. Foraker Act
b. Open Door notes
c. Protectorate
d. Platt Amendment

Answer 24

d. Platt Amendment

Question 25

Message sent by John Hay to other countries to protect U.S. trading rights in China. a. Foraker Act b. Open Door notes c. Protectorate d. Platt Amendment

Answer 25

b. Open Door notes

Question 26

Chinese rebellion against Western influence in the 1900s. a. Boxer Civil War b. Chinese Revolution c. Boxer Rebellion

Answer 26

c. Boxer Rebellion

Question 27

Why did the Filipino Nationalist, Emilio Aguinaldo, feel betrayed by the United States? a. Aguinaldo believed the U.S. when they were promised independence if the Filipinos helped U.S. fight against Spain but turned around and annexed the Philippine islands instead at the end of the Spanish - American War. b. Aguinaldo believed the U.S. should have paid more than $20 million for the Philippine Islands at the end of the Spanish - American War.

Answer 27

a. Aguinaldo believed the U.S. when they were promised independence if the Filipinos helped U.S. fight against Spain but turned around and annexed the Philippine islands instead at the end of the Spanish - American War.

Question 28

Why did Secretary of State John Hay issue the Open Door notes? a. The U.S. wanted other countries to know that the U.S. wanted to trade with China. The statement in the policy called for China's ports to remain open and for China to remain independent. b. The British wanted other countries to know that the U.S. wanted to trade with China. The statement in the policy called for China's ports to remain open and for China to remain independent.

Answer 28

a. The U.S. wanted other countries to know that the U.S. wanted to trade with China. The statement in the policy called for China's ports to remain open and for China to remain independent.

Question 29

A channel across Central America, between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, opened in 1914. a. Suez Canal b. Panama Canal c. Central America Canal

Answer 29

b. Panama Canal

Question 30

Roosevelt’s 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. has the right to protect its economic interests in South and Central America by using military force. a. dollar diplomacy b. Big Stick diplomacy c. Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 30

c. Roosevelt Corollary

Question 31

The policy of intervening in other countries to protect U.S. business interests. a. dollar diplomacy b. Open Door diplomacy c. Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 31

a. dollar diplomacy

Question 32

There were ways that Roosevelt used U.S. power in other countries. Choose the statement that does NOT belong. a. When Colombia did not allow U.S. access to build the Panama Canal, the U.S. convinced the Panamanians they would help Panama gain independence from Colombia, and in turn, the U.S. would be allowed to finish build the Panama Canal. b. Roosevelt used U.S. influence to help settle the Russo-Japanese War. c. Roosevelt used the "missionary diplomacy" to mean that the U.S. could not officially recognize governments that were oppressive, undemocratic, or opposed to U.S. business intersts.

Answer 32

c. Roosevelt used the "missionary diplomacy" to mean that the U.S. could not officially recognize governments that were oppressive, undemocratic, or opposed to U.S. business intersts.

Question 33

The ___________ factor meant there was a thirst for new markets for US to sell goods to other countries. a. political b. economic c. cultural

Answer 33

b. economic

Question 34

The _______________ factor meant that the US desired military strength so that the US could compete with other nations in terms of global power. a. political b. economic c. cultural

Answer 34

a. political

Question 35

The _______________ factor meant that some people in the US had the attitude that they were superior over other countries due to racist beliefs coming from their pride in their Anglo-Saxon heritage. a. political b. economic c. cultural

Answer 35

c. cultural

Question 36

Make sure that you write in small piece of paper about - "What were the key causes (roots) of U.S. Imperialism?" - "What benefits did countries get from practicing imperialism?" - "What key benefits would the United States gain from building and controlling the Panama Canal?"

Answer 36

Ok