Quiz #4 Flashcards
Under the “Roosevelt Corollary,” the U.S.
A. declared the Canal Zone open to all nations
B. established a system of mutual financial and commercial obligations with Panama.
C. justified intervention in the internal affairs of Caribbean countries
D. agreed to abstain from interfering in the internal affairs of the Caribbean nations
C. justified intervention in the internal affairs of Caribbean countries
All of the following were leaders of the Anti-Imperialist League except:
A. Jane Addams
B. Mark Twain
C. Samuel Gompers
D. William Howard Taft
D. William Howard Taft
Which one of the following was NOT an important reason for American expansion in the 1890s?
A. the importance of foreign markets too continued economic growth
B. the need for coaling stations to supply a modern steel navy
C. a belief in the basic equality of all people and races
D. the belief in the superiority of Western culture
C. a belief in the basic equality of all people and races
How did the United States deal with Cuba in the years after the Spanish-American War?
A. all of these
B. by improving public health and sanitation
C. by keeping U.S. troops in Cuba for a number of years
D. by asserting the right to intervene when necessary
A. all of these
Identify the author or document from the following primary source quotes by placing the letter of the author next to the corresponding excerpt.
“I took the Canal Zone, and let Congress debate, and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.”
A. Rubén Darío
B. Emilio Aguinaldo
C. Theodore Roosevelt
D. William McKinley
E. José Martí
C. Theodore Roosevelt
Which of the following was not ceded to the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War?
A. the Philippines
B. Guam
C. Puerto Rico
D. Hawaii
D. Hawaii
The Teller Amendment asserted that the US had
A. the right to annex Guam
B. the right to annex the Phillippines
C. no desire to annex Hawaii
D. no desire to annex Cuba
D. no desire to annex Cuba
Author of The Influence of Sea Power upon History (1890):
A. Adm. George Dewey
B. Teddy Roosevelt
C. Alfred T. Mahan
D. William McKinley
C. Alfred T. Mahan
Identify the author or document from the following primary source quotes by placing the letter of the author next to the corresponding excerpt
” If the Philippines are annexed what is to prevent the Chinese, the Negritos and the Malays coming to our country? How can we prevent the Chinese coolies from going to the Philippines and from there swarm into the United States and engulf our people and our civilization? . . .Can we hope to close the flood-gates of immigration from the hordes of Chinese and the semi-savage races coming from what will then be part of our own country?”
A. Emilio Aguinaldo
B. Samuel Gompers
C. William McKinley
D. Mark Twain
E. Alfred T. Mahan
B. Samuel Gompers
In 1900 US troops joined other imperial nations in putting down
A. a revolt in Hawaii
B. the Cuban Revolution
C. Pancho Villa’s revolt
D. the Boxer Rebellion
D. the Boxer Rebellion
Identify the author or document from the following primary source quote:
“When I realized that the Philippines had dropped into our laps, I confess I did not know what to do with them . . . we could not leave them to themselves—they were unfit for self-government . . . there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them.”
A. William McKinley
B. Albert Beveridge
C. Adm. George Dewey
D. Rubén Darío
A. William McKinley
Identify the author or document of the following primary source quote:
“We were your accepted allies; we assisted you at all points. We besieged Manila, and we prevented the Spaniards from leaving the fortified town. We captured all of the provinces of Luzon. We received arms from you. Our chiefs were in constant contact with your naval authorities. We hailed you as the long-prayed-for Messiah. . . . Never has a greater mistake been made in the entire history of nations.”
A. William Mckinley
B. Rubén Darío
C. Emilio Aguinaldo
D. José Martí
C. Emilio Aguinaldo
identify the author or document from the following primary source quotes by placing the letter of the author next to the corresponding excerpt.
“[the War of 1898 was] a splendid little war.”
A. John Hay
B. Emilio Aguinaldo
C. Mark Twain
D. William McKinley
A. John Hay
Roosevelt’s “Corollary” was an addition to the longstanding policy known as the
A. Open Door Policy
B. Good Neighbor Policy
C. Monroe Doctrine
D. Platt Amendment
C. Monroe Doctrine
Identify the author or document of the following primary source quote:
“Take up the White Man’s burden —
Send forth the best ye breed —
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives’ need;
To wait in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild —
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half-devil and half-child…”
A. Rudyard Kipling
B. Andrew Carnegie
C. Mark Twain
D. Alfred T. Mahan
A. Rudyard Kipling
Identify the author or document from the following primary source quotes by placing the letter of the author next to the corresponding excerpt.
“Colonies attached to the mother-country afford, therefore, the surest means of supporting abroad the sea power of a country.”
A. Emilio Aguinaldo
B. Alfred T. Mahan
C. Mark Twain
D. William McKinley
B. Alfred T. Mahan
How did the US acquire the Panama Canal?
A. through a treaty signed with Colombia
B. by treaty with Mexico
C. none of these
D. by the purchase of a completed canal from the French
C. none of these
In the Philippines after the War of 1898,
A. U.S. agricultural producers, hoping to establish a tariff against Filipino products, engineered quick independence for the former Spanish colony
B. Filipino patriots petitioned the U.S. Congress for annexation and statehood
C. the United States attempted to sell the Philippines to the highest imperial bidder
D. Filipino resistance fighters fought a protracted and bloody guerrilla war against U.S. rule
D. Filipino resistance fighters fought a protracted and bloody guerrilla war against U.S. rule
US relationship with Central American nations in the early 20th century can best be described by the term:
A. direst colonialism
B. equality
C. neo-colonialism
D. peaceful
C. neo-colonialism
Identify the author or document of the following primary source quote:
A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. Jose Marti
C. Emilio Aguinaldo
D. Rudyard Kipling
B. Jose Marti
Identify the author or document from the following primary source quotes by placing the letter of the author next to the corresponding excerpt
“Chronic wrong-doing ultimately requires intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States to the exercise of an international police power.”
A. John Hay
B. Mark Twain
C. Theodore Roosevelt
D. William McKinley
E. Emilio Aguinaldo
C. Theodore Roosevelt
US corporation that dominated the economies and politics of Central America in the early 20th century:
A. United Fruit Co
B. Standard Oil
C. Singer Sewing Machines
D. Ford Motor Co
A. United Fruit Co
Theodore Roosevelt acquired territorial rights in Panama
A. by encouraging revolution in Panama
B. through persistent negotiations with Colombian authorities
C. by seizing Panamanian territory by force
D. by threatening Panamanian political leaders
A. by encouraging revolution in Panama
Identify the author or document of the following primary source quotes:
“You are an Alexander-Nebuchadnezzar/ a Professor of Energy/ You think that life is a fire/ that progress is an irruption/ that the future is whenever your bullet strikes/ And though you have everything, you are lacking one thing: God!”
A. Albert Beveridge
B. Rubén Darío
C. Adm. George Dewey
D. William McKinley
B. Rubén Darío
Leader of the Philippines Independence Movement, and later of the anti-American insurgency
A. Emilio Aguinaldo
B. Valeriano Weyler
C. Pancho Villa
D. Jose Marti
A. Emilio Aguinaldo
