Chapter 20

Question 1

Who favored expansion and believed buying Alaska was a great opportunity for trade with Asia and the Pacific

Answer 1

US Secretary of State William Seward

Question 2

How much money did Russia get from the US for Alaska

Answer 2

$7.2 million

Question 3

For many years the US followed a policy of isolationism. What is isolationism

Answer 3

Avoiding involvement in other countries affairs

Question 4

Why did many Americans start to favor expansion?

Answer 4

Economic growth and a way to spread American values

Question 5

Why did the US Great Britain and Germany all want the Somoa islands in the pacific

Answer 5

To set up coaling stations where ships could stock up on coal. Germany and the US divided it up

Question 6

Why did Americans want Hawaii

Answer 6

They wanted Hawaii because of its location between the US and Asia for military and commercial outposts

Question 7

When did Congress vote to make Hawaii US territory

Answer 7

1898

Question 8

After revolts in 1895 where did the Spanish put Cubans

Answer 8

They used a policy of reconcentration which forced movement of people into detention camps for military or political reasons

Question 9

Who led The Cubans calling for the US to help

Answer 9

Jose marti

Question 10

Which presidents tried to stay neutral in the Cuban Spanish conflict

Answer 10

President Grover Cleveland and McKinley

Question 11

Name two journalists who used yellow journalism

Answer 11

Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst

Question 12

What happened to the battleship of the Maine

Answer 12

On February 15, 1890 the Maine exploded and sank killing 260

Question 13

Who was blamed for the explosion of the Maine and what was the result

Answer 13

The Spanish were blamed and in April 1898 President McKinley asked Congress to declare war on Spain

Question 14

Who sank an entire Spanish squadron at Manila Bay

Answer 14

Commodore George Dewey

Question 15

Who was the main Filipino rebel leader

Answer 15

Emilio aguinaldo

Question 16

What was the name of the Cuban rebels who were led by Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 16

The rough riders and they charged San Juan Hill

Question 17

Where did most fighting happening Cuba

Answer 17

Santiago

Question 18

What was included in the December 1898 US and Spanish Treaty

Answer 18

1 Spain accepted Cuban independence 2 The US gained Puerto Rico the Philippines Guam and Wake 3 US paid Spain $20 million

Question 19

What did the platt amendment do

Answer 19

Limited Cuba’s power to make treaties or borrow money. The US could intervene in Cuban affairs and keep a naval base at Guatanamo

Question 20

What is a protectorate

Answer 20

An independent country whose policies are controlled by an outside power

Question 21

What did the Foraker Act of 1900 do

Answer 21

In Puerto Rico there was a US appointed governor and Puerto Ricans had limited self rule

Question 22

When were Puerto Ricans made US citizens

Answer 22

1917

Question 23

When did the Philippines become independent

Answer 23

1946

Question 24

Who wanted to build a canal across Central America that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and why

Answer 24

Teddy Roosevelt because a shorter route was needed and global shipping would be easier

Question 25

What is isthmus

Answer 25

A narrow strip of land joining two larger areas of land

Question 26

What was the first major obstacle building the Panama Canal

Answer 26

Disease (yellow fever, malaria)

Question 27

How many people died building the Panama Canal

Answer 27

Over 6,000

Question 28

When did the Panama Canal open

Answer 28

August 15, 1914

Question 29

What was the Roosevelt corollary

Answer 29

It said the US would restore order if any of our neighbors got into disputes with foreign nations and the new policy made the US leader of the Western Hemisphere

Question 30

Who sailed into Tokyo Bay and was able to get your pen to sign a treaty opening trade with the US

Answer 30

Matthew C Perry