Chapter 20

Question 1

United States’ acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, by a treaty ratified by the United States Senate, and signed by President Andrew Johnson. Reactions to the purchase in the United States were mostly positive; some opponents called it _______ .

Answer 1

Seward’s Folly

Question 2

a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called “the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century.” Wrote “The Importance of Sea Power Upon History”

Answer 2

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Question 3

the last royal ruler of Hawaii and resisted American domination

Answer 3

Queen Liliuokalani

Question 4

Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence

Answer 4

Spanish-American War 1898

Question 5

an American businessman, politician, and newspaper publisher who built the nation’s largest newspaper chain and media company ______ Communications and whose flamboyant methods of yellow journalism influenced the nation’s popular media by emphasizing sensationalism and human interest stories.

Answer 5

William Randolph Hearst

Question 6

a newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World. He introduced the techniques of yellow journalism to the newspapers he acquired in the 1880s

Answer 6

Joseph Pulitzer

Question 7

American terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales.

Answer 7

Yellow Journalism or Yellow Press

Question 8

25th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897 until his assassination in September 1901, six months into his second term. He led the nation to victory in the Spanish–American War, raised protective tariffs to promote American industry, and maintained the nation on the gold standard in a rejection of free silver (effectively, expansionary monetary policy).

Answer 8

President William McKinley

Question 9

A letter written by Spanish Ambasador _____ which criticized President McKinley as weak

Answer 9

De Lôme Letter

Question 10

an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He also served as the 25th Vice President of the United States from March to September 1901 and as the 33rd Governor of New York from 1899 to 1900. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century

Answer 10

President Theodore Roosevelt

Question 11

What was Theodore Roosevelt’s Naval Department Title in 1898?

Answer 11

Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Question 12

What were some accomplishments of Theodore Roosevelt, as President?

Answer 12

Panama Canal
Great White Fleet
National Parks
Roosevelt Corollary

Question 13

was Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained the rank. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.

Answer 13

Commodore George Dewey

Question 14

who said: “A Splendid Little War”

Answer 14

John Hay - United States Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.

Question 15

was a Filipino revolutionary, politician, and military leader who is officially recognized as the first and the youngest President of the Philippines and first president of a constitutional republic in Asia

Answer 15

Emilio Aguinaldo

Question 16

an organization established on June 15, 1898, to battle the American annexation of the Philippines as an insular area.

Answer 16

American Anti-Imperialist League

Question 17

statement of principles initiated by the United States in 1899 and 1900 for the protection of equal privileges among countries trading with China and in support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity.

Answer 17

“Open Door” Policy

Question 18

a violent anti-foreign, anti-colonial and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901, toward the end of the Qing dynasty.

Answer 18

Boxer Rebellion

Question 19

an American anarchist and former steel worker who assassinated U.S. President William McKinley in September 1901. He was executed seven weeks later.

Answer 19

Leon Czolgosz

Question 20

Big stick ideology, big stick diplomacy, or big stick policy refers to U.S. President ________’s foreign policy: “speak softly and carry a big stick.”

Answer 20

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 21

an ambitious set of proposals put forward by U.S. President Harry S. Truman to Congress in his January 1949 State of the Union address. More generally the term characterizes the entire domestic agenda of the Truman administration, from 1945 to 1953.

Answer 21

Fair Deal

Question 22

an artificial 82 km waterway in _____ that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across the Isthmus of _____ and is a conduit for maritime trade.

Answer 22

Panama Canal

Question 23

the popular nickname for the powerful United States Navy battle fleet that completed a journey around the globe from 16 December 1907, to 22 February 1909, by order of United States President Theodore Roosevelt.

Answer 23

The Great White Fleet

Question 24

an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President _______ in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03. States that the United States will intervene in conflicts between the European countries and Latin American countries to enforce legitimate claims of the European powers, rather than having the Europeans press their claims directly.

Answer 24

Roosevelt Corollary

Question 25

_________ War was fought between the ____ Empire and the Empire of ____ over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea.

Answer 25

Russo-Japanese War

Question 26

the 27th President of the United States and the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, the only person to have held both offices. He was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for re-election by Woodrow Wilson in 1912 after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party candidate.

Answer 26

William Howard Taft

Question 27

an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. As president, he oversaw the passage of progressive legislative policies unparalleled until the New Deal in 1933. He also led the United States during World War I, establishing an activist foreign policy known as “_____-ism.”

Answer 27

Woodrow Wilson

Question 28

a Mexican Revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution

Answer 28

Pancho Villa

Question 29

Who wrote “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History”?

Answer 29

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Question 30

Which American Battleship exploded in Cuba and began the war with Spain?

Answer 30

USS Maine

Question 31

Who were the Publishers involved in the “Yellow Press”?

Answer 31

William Randolph Hearst

Joseph Pulitzer

Question 32

Which Naval Officer was victorious over the Spanish at Manila Bay, P. I.?

Answer 32

Commodore George Dewey

Question 33

What were the new territories added to America as a result from war with Spain?

Answer 33

Puerto Rico
Guam
Philippine Islands

Question 34

Who helped bring peace to the Philippine Islands in the early 20th century?

Answer 34

William Howard Taft