American Imperialism

Question 1

*“We were still under a heavy fire and I got together a mixed lot of men and pushed on . . . pushing the Spaniards through a line of palm-trees, and over the crest of a chain of hills. When we reached these crests we found ourselves overlooking Santiago.”—Theodore Roosevelt, 1902 *

The “mixed lot of men” Colonel Roosevelt refers to in this statement were…?

a. Buffalo Soldiers and Rough Riders.
b. the Texas Rangers.
c. Cuban Revolutionaries.
d. the Fighting 24th Infantry Regiment.

Answer 1

a. Buffalo Soldiers and Rough Riders.

Question 2

How did the Boxer Rebellion increase support for the Open Door Policy?

a. Japan realized that it needed the United States.
b. Westerners realized that they could more effectively exploit China if they stuck together.
c. China realized that Western trade was necessary to its survival.
d. China and the Western nations worked out a series of policies to enable trade to flow through third parties.

Answer 2

`1b. Westerners realized that they could more effectively exploit China if they stuck together.

Question 3

**A 1917 law gave Puerto Ricans…? **

a. self-rule.
b. U.S. citizenship.
c. control over interstate trade.
d. the power to regulate immigration.

Answer 3

b. U.S. citizenship.

Question 4

Who were the Rough Riders?

a. American troops dispatched to aid Emilio Aguinaldo
b. a cavalry regiment organized by Teddy Roosevelt

c. elite naval forces organized by George Dewey in the Philippines
d. experienced African American soldiers of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalries

Answer 4

b. a cavalry regiment organized by Teddy Roosevelt

Question 5

**After the Spanish-American War, a controversy arose over whether the United States should annex…? **

a. Cuba.
b. Puerto Rico.
c. Samoa.
d. the Philippines.

Answer 5

d. the Philippines.