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Question 1

Andrew Carnegie

Answer 1

Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history.

Question 2

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 2

Youngest U.S. president, 26th from years 1901-1909, environmentalist and republican

Question 3

William Randolph Hearst

Answer 3

Business man, newspaper publisher

Question 4

John Hay

Answer 4

Began a private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln, Hay’s most well known office was U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.

Question 5

Emilio Aguinaldo

Answer 5

first and the youngest President of the Philippines

Question 6

What events led to United States to declare war on Spain?

Answer 6

Cubans wanted independence from Spain; protection of American businesses in Cuba; The sinking of the USS Maine

Question 7

What were the results of the Spanish-American

Answer 7

The United States emerged as a world power; Cuba gained independence from Spain; the United States gained possession of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

Question 8

Americans supported cuban rebels to gain independence from _____.

Answer 8

Spain

Question 9

Americans wanted to protect their business interests in ____.

Answer 9

Cuba

Question 10

Rising tensions between Spain and the United States was a result of the sinking of the ___

Answer 10

USS Main in Havana Harbor

Question 11

What were exaggerated news reports named

Answer 11

Yellow Journalism

Question 12

What asserted the U.S. right to interfere in the economic matters of other nations

Answer 12

The Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine

Question 13

The Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine claimed that the U.S. right to exercise ____

Answer 13

International Police Power ; Advocate big stick diplomacy

Question 14

What is a term that is used to criticize President Roosevelt’s hardball style of dealing with foreign countries?

Answer 14

Big Stick Diplomacy

Question 15

What is a large island nation about 90 miles off the coast of flordia

Answer 15

Cuba

Question 16

Describe why the surprise attack at Manila Bay took place

Answer 16

resulting in the fall of the Philippines and contributing to the final U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War.