Week 4 Quiz

A  Because the Dominican Republic was rich in minerals

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

C  Because the Dominican Republic had an important natural harbor

D  Because annexation had strong support in Congress

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

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

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

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

A  preoccupation with Indian warfare and expansion of the railroads

B  preoccupation with Reconstruction and tariff issues

C  opposition from a strongly anti-imperialist press

D  fear if war with European powers

A  stressed overseas expansionism in Africa

B  became increasingly belligerent

C  remained isolationist

D  emphasized negotiations and alliances with foreign nations

A  President William McKinley

B  yellow journalists such as William Randolph Hearst

C  leading members of Congress

D  leding jingoes such as Teddy Roosevelt

A  the explosion that ripped apart the American battleship Maine

B  Spain’s total refusal to negotiate the Cuban issue

C  the need to protect American economic interest on the island

D  sympathy for Cubans rebelling against Spanish rule

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

B  fear that Germany was about to annex the Hawaiian Islands

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

D  a popular revolt among the Hawaiian people

A  annex the Philippines

B  protect U.S. business interest in Cuba

C  liberate Cuba from Spain

D  establish an American empire

A  Teller

B  Platt

C  Hayes

D  Crighton

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

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

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

D  It was warmly accepted by the Chinese

A  those Americans who were opposed to overseas expansion

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

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

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

A  convince Russia to sell Alaska to the United States

B  fend off German encroachments in the South Pacific

C  put down a revolt by Cuban rebels

D  suppress a revolt against American rule in the Philippines

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

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  made Cuba an American colony

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

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

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

C  naval power was the key to national greatness

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

A  an expanded army capable of waging wars overseas

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

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

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

B  higher government expenditures on the military

C  new investors for the stock market

D  new markets to buy up surplus American production

A  Henry Cabot Lodge

B  Theodore Roosevelt

C  William H. Seward

D  Alfred Thayer Mahan

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

B  gave indolence to its former colony, the Philippines

C  sharply increased the size of its army

D  acquired Alaska from Russia

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  nonexistent

B  limited to Irish Roman Catholics

C  intense

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