Empire and Diplomacy Homework

Question 1

1.	The author who called on the United States to increase its naval forces in his book, The Influence of Sea Power upon History, was
A.	William McKinley.
B.	Richard Olney.
C.	James G. Blaine.
D.	Alfred T. Mahan.
E.	Leonard Wood.

Answer 1

D. Alfred T. Mahan.

Question 2

2. The author of The Influence of Sea Power upon History believed the United States
   A. should take possession of the Hawaiian Islands.
   B. should go to war with England to destroy its navy.
   C. had too cumbersome a navy and should streamline it by decommissioning capital ships.
   D. should both take possession of the Hawaiian Islands and go to war with England to destroy its navy.
   E. All these answers are correct.

Answer 2

A. should take possession of the Hawaiian Islands.

Question 3

3.	The leader of Hawaii who was forced to yield authority to the American government upon annexation was
A.	King Kamehameha I.
B.	G. P. Judd.
C.	William Hooper.
D.	Queen Liliuokalani.
E.	King Kamehameha III.

Answer 3

D. Queen Liliuokalani.

Question 4

4.	In the late nineteenth century, the United States’ interest in Samoa saw competition from
A.	Russia.
B.	Germany.
C.	Japan.
D.	Australia.
E.	Spain.

Answer 4

B. Germany.

Question 5

5.	The Spanish-American War began primarily because of events in
A.	Cuba.
B.	the Philippines.
C.	Puerto Rico.
D.	Mexico.
E.	Guatemala.

Answer 5

A. Cuba.

Question 6

6. Which of the following statements regarding the Spanish-American War is FALSE?
   A. The war lasted only a few months, with fewer than 500 American battle casualties.
   B. U.S. Army soldiers were well-equipped and supplied.
   C. More than 5,000 U.S. soldiers died from disease during the war.
   D. Cuban rebels did most of the fighting even after the Americans joined in the war.
   E. Most Americans shared the opinion that it was a “splendid little war.”

Answer 6

B. U.S. Army soldiers were well-equipped and supplied.

Question 7

7.	In the early stage of the Spanish-American War, Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in
A.	Puerto Rico.
B.	Havana Harbor.
C.	Manila Bay.
D.	Port-au-Prince.
E.	the Gulf of Mexico.

Answer 7

C. Manila Bay.

Question 8

8. Theodore Roosevelt’s famous charge in the battle of San Juan Hill, in the Spanish-American War,
   A. has been considered bold and reckless.
   B. was a minor part of the battle.
   C. actually took place on Kettle Hill.
   D. resulted in nearly a hundred American dead or wounded.
   E. All these answers are correct.

Answer 8

E. All these answers are correct.

Question 9

9. According to the terms of the 1901 Platt Amendment,
   A. Cuba could only form treaties with nations that were allied with the United States.
   B. the United States had the right to intervene in Cuba.
   C. Cuba was to be made a demilitarized region.
   D. the U.S. Congress had to approve each member of the Cuban legislature.
   E. Cuba was to be granted full political independence.

Answer 9

B. the United States had the right to intervene in Cuba.

Question 10

10. Beginning in 1898, the American war in the Philippines
    A. lasted for years and resulted in thousands of American deaths.
    B. saw close to 10,000 Filipinos die in the conflict.
    C. was led by General George Pershing.
    D. saw the United States withdraw its military and negotiate a diplomatic end to the conflict.
    E. went much more smoothly than the recent Spanish-American War.

Answer 10

A. lasted for years and resulted in thousands of American deaths.

Question 11

11. The Open Door Policy
    A. sought to give the United States a monopoly on trade with China.
    B. gave the United States a reason to be militarily involved in China.
    C. were directed to imperial powers in Europe and Asia.
    D. were written by Theodore Roosevelt.
    E. argued that Japan should open its borders to free trade.

Answer 11

A. sought to give the United States a monopoly on trade with China.

Question 12

12. The Chinese Boxer Rebellion of 1900 was directed at
    A. the Chinese government.
    B. all foreigners in China.
    C. Americans in China.
    D. Japanese in China.
    E. the growing Chinese communist movement.

Answer 12

B. all foreigners in China.

Question 13

13. Alfred Thayer Mahan argued that
    a. God had groomed the Anglo-Saxon race to spread its culture and progress throughout the world.
    b. for settlement in the West to take hold, the native Americans had to be removed to reservations.
    c. the frontier past best explained the distinctive history of the United States.
    d. for the United States to be a Great Power, it was imperative that it build a strong navy.
    e. it was unwise for the United States to annex the Philippines.

Answer 13

d. for the United States to be a Great Power, it was imperative that it build a strong navy.

Question 14

14. Journalists who worked for newspapers like William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal which sensationalized events to sell papers were called
    a. yellow journalists.
    b. trustees.
    c. social reformers.
    d. muckrakers.
    e. freelancers.

Answer 14

a. yellow journalists.

Question 15

15. William McKinley justified annexation of the Philippines as the United States
    a. needed to bring the Filipinos civilization.
    b. needed the islands for business and trade.
    c. felt the Filipinos were not ready for self-government.
    d. needed to Christianize the Filipinos.
    e. All of the above

Answer 15

e. All of the above

Question 16

16. The Teller Amendment stated that
    a. the United States would annex the Philippines.
    b. Cuba was to be a protectorate of the United States.
    c. the United States would not annex Cuba.
    d. Puerto Rico was to become a territory of the United States.
    e. All of the above

Answer 16

c. the United States would not annex Cuba.

Question 17

17. Emilio Aguinaldo led a
    a. Cuban force against Spain.
    b. Puerto Rican force against the United States.
    c. Filipino force against the United States.
    d. Spanish force against the Cubans.
    e. Hawaiian force against the United States.

Answer 17

c. Filipino force against the United States.

Question 18

18. The Spanish-American War
    a. lasted several years.
    b. was a victory for Spain.
    c. brought the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico under U.S. control.
    d. resulted in thousands of U.S. combat deaths.
    e. ended American expansionism.

Answer 18

c. brought the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico under U.S. control.

Question 19

19. The Platt Amendment
    a. recognized Cuban autonomy.
    b. granted independence to Puerto Rico.
    c. limited the U.S. presence in the Philippines.
    d. authorized the United States to intervene militarily in Cuba.
    e. provided for the annexation of Hawaii.

Answer 19

d. authorized the United States to intervene militarily in Cuba.

Question 20

20. American sugar interests wanted Hawaii annexed to the United States in 1893, but
    A) President Harrison opposed the plan.
    B) President Cleveland withdrew the annexation request from Congress when he learned the Hawaiians opposed it.
    C) Congress lowered the tariff on sugar instead.
    D) the Senate tabled the request.

Answer 20

B) President Cleveland withdrew the annexation request from Congress when he learned the Hawaiians opposed it.

Question 21

21. In 1900, America’s foreign policy was paradoxical because
    A) the country wanted to keep the Western Hemisphere closed to outside influences yet also desired access to Asia.
    B) isolationists wanted the United States to stay out of all foreign affairs except those of Africa.
    C) the military wanted to both restrict its growth and to acquire foreign colonies.
    D) the State Department contained both isolationists and expansionists.

Answer 21

A) the country wanted to keep the Western Hemisphere closed to outside influences yet also desired access to Asia.

Question 22

22. In addition to economic motivations, the factor that contributed most to U.S. expansion overseas in the 1890s was
    A) Christian missionaries’ eagerness to spread the gospel.
    B) Americans’ interest in new religions and cultures.
    C) the federal government’s commitment to promote cultural understanding around the world.
    D) the federal government’s plan to provoke religious conflict in Asia.

Answer 22

A) Christian missionaries’ eagerness to spread the gospel.

Question 23

23. In 1895, President Cleveland tested the Monroe Doctrine when a border dispute arose between Venezuela and British Guiana, insisting that
    A) Britain should give in to Venezuela.
    B) it was America’s prerogative to step in and mediate.
    C) Venezuela should give in to Britain.
    D) Venezuela should solve its own problems with the advice of the U.S. State Department.

Answer 23

B) it was America’s prerogative to step in and mediate.

Question 24

24. The U.S. role in the 1895 border crisis in Venezuela signaled that
    A) revolution in South America was inevitable without U.S. intervention.
    B) the Monroe Doctrine was all but useless.
    C) the United States had achieved hegemony, or domination, in Latin America and the Caribbean.
    D) war was the last thing the U.S. government needed to get involved in at the time.

Answer 24

C) the United States had achieved hegemony, or domination, in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Question 25

25. The United States’s stake in the Spanish-American War included
    A) potential naval bases in Cuba and the Philippines.
    B) an area of Florida claimed by both Spain and the United States as well as American business interests in Venezuela.
    C) Cuban independence from Spain, American trade with Cuba, and Asian expansion.
    D) the area in which the United States hoped to build the Panama Canal.

Answer 25

C) Cuban independence from Spain, American trade with Cuba, and Asian expansion.

Question 26

26. America’s entrance into the Spanish-American War was a direct result of
    A) Spain’s attack on Florida.
    B) pressure by the press and the sinking of the Maine.
    C) Spain’s border dispute with Venezuela.
    D) the nation’s wanting to colonize Cuba.

Answer 26

B) pressure by the press and the sinking of the Maine.

Question 27

27. As a result of the Spanish-American War, the “most famous man in America” was
A)	General William Shafter.
B)	Jim “Dead Shot” Simpson.
C)	William Howard Taft.
D)	Theodore Roosevelt.

Answer 27

D) Theodore Roosevelt.

Question 28

28. The Platt Amendment in the 1898 Cuban constitution
    A) gave Cuba total independence.
    B) restricted Cuba’s independence and gave the United States power over Cuba.
    C) made it Cuba’s responsibility to establish a democracy and clean up the island.
    D) established a two-party system in Cuba.

Answer 28

B) restricted Cuba’s independence and gave the United States power over Cuba.

Question 29

29. Control of the Philippines was not easily won by the United States because
    A) U.S. business interests saw no reason to develop markets in that part of the world.
    B) Congress did not want any part of it.
    C) Filipino insurgents fought against the United States years.
    D) a majority of people in the United States at the time were against imperialism.

Answer 29

C) Filipino insurgents fought against the United States years.

Question 30

30. In order to build the Panama Canal, Teddy Roosevelt supported a Panamanian revolt against what country?
    a. Mexico
    b. Columbia
    c. Venezuela
    d. Honduras

Answer 30

b. Columbia

Question 31

31. Who was the most influential naval strategist in U.S. naval history?
    a. William Seward
    b. Alfred Mahan
    c. Teddy Roosevelt
    d. Clarence Darrow

Answer 31

b. Alfred Mahan