Week 4 Quiz

A  Because annexation had strong support in Congress

B  Because the Dominican Republic had an important natural harbor

C  Because it could serve as a haven for African-Americans

D  Because the Dominican Republic was rich in minerals

A  a nickname given to those journalists who traveled to Cuba prior to the outbreak of war with the United States

B  the name given to filipino rebels who fought against American control of the Philippine Islands in the years after the Spanish-American War

C  a gang that carried out bank robberies in the decades after the Civil War

D  a military unit put together by Teddy Roosevelt and led by him in the Spanish-American War

A  preoccupation with Reconstruction and tariff issues

B  fear if war with European powers

C  opposition from a strongly anti-imperialist press

D  preoccupation with Indian warfare and expansion of the railroads

A  became increasingly belligerent

B  remained isolationist

C  stressed overseas expansionism in Africa

D  emphasized negotiations and alliances with foreign nations

A  yellow journalists such as William Randolph Hearst

B  leading members of Congress

C  President William McKinley

D  leding jingoes such as Teddy Roosevelt

A  Spain’s total refusal to negotiate the Cuban issue

B  sympathy for Cubans rebelling against Spanish rule

C  the explosion that ripped apart the American battleship Maine

D  the need to protect American economic interest on the island

A  fear that Germany was about to annex the Hawaiian Islands

B  a resolution passed by Britain’s parliament claiming ownership of the islands

C  a popular revolt among the Hawaiian people

D  a change in American tariff policies the would have cost Hawaiian sugar producers $12 million

A  establish an American empire

B  annex the Philippines

C  liberate Cuba from Spain

D  protect U.S. business interest in Cuba

A  Platt

B  Crighton

C  Hayes

D  Teller

A  It was issued when John Hay was the Secretary of State

B  It was warmly accepted by the Chinese

C  It was intended to guarantee America’s right to trade in China

D  It sought to prevent the further partitioning of China by the European powers

A  a new musical style that became popular in the years after the Spanish-American War

B  the spirit of warlike patriotism advocated by many Americans in the late 19th Century

C  a nationalist movement for Chinese independence that emerged at the end of the 19th Century

D  those Americans who were opposed to overseas expansion

A  suppress a revolt against American rule in the Philippines

B  fend off German encroachments in the South Pacific

C  convince Russia to sell Alaska to the United States

D  put down a revolt by Cuban rebels

A  made Cuba an American colony

B  stated that if the United States went to war with Spain it would not claim Cuba as a possession if the U.S. won the war

C  required the United States to pay $20 million to end the Spanish-American War

D  authorized the United States to intervene in Cuba’s internal and external affairs

A  naval power was the key to national greatness

B  the military needed to become more influential in shaping foreign policy

C  the construction of a modern navy should be done by private enterprise rather than as a function of government policy

D  the United States should solve problems at home rather than worry about foreign policy

A  construction of a canal through Central America, a powerful navy, and coaling stations in the Pacific

B  an expanded army capable of waging wars overseas

C  the creation of a series of treaties with the nations of Europe designed to prevent any future wars between the world’s leading powers

D  the acquisition of Cuba, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines

A  higher government expenditures on the military

B  new investors for the stock market

C  new markets to buy up surplus American production

D  a source of cheap labor to be immigrated into the United States

A  Alfred Thayer Mahan

B  Theodore Roosevelt

C  William H. Seward

D  Henry Cabot Lodge

A  acquired Alaska from Russia

B  purchased bases in Haiti, Cuba, Iceland, Greenland, and Honduras

C  gave indolence to its former colony, the Philippines

D  sharply increased the size of its army

A  The State Department was located in a former orphan asylum

B  The State Department had just 31 clerks

C  The post of Secretary of State was regarded as a stepping-stone to the presidency

A  intense

B  limited to Irish Roman Catholics

C  nonexistent

D  limited largely to missionary organizations, Social Darwinists, and a limited number of business interests