Unit 10, Quiz 1

Question 1

Ended the Spanish American war. America got Guam, Puerto Rico & paid $20 million to the Philippines. Cuba was freed from Spain.

Answer 1

Treaty of Paris of 1898

Question 2

First black military groups. Allowed to fight in the Spanish American war.

Answer 2

9th & 10th negro amendment.

Question 3

1st progressive president. VP of pres. McKinley. Brings back Sherman anti-trust act.

Answer 3

Theodore Roosevelt.

Question 4

Spanish minister in Washington. Forced to resign because of a letter written about pres. McKinley. Helped spark the Spanish American war.

Answer 4

Dupuy de Lome

Question 5

Admiral of the US navy. Known for victory during the Spanish American war.

Answer 5

Commodore George Dewey

Question 6

Battleship to Havana to protest America. Blew up in 1898. Killed 266 men. Newspapers blamed the Spanish. Later discovered that it blew up accidentally.

Answer 6

The Maine.

Question 7

25th president. Last civil war vet elected. High tariff on imports means prosperity for the us.

Answer 7

William McKinley

Question 8

Newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer Prize.

Answer 8

Joseph Pulitzer.

Question 9

Newspaper publisher whose yellow journalism helped create public pressure for the Spanish American war.

Answer 9

William R. Hearst

Question 10

General sent by Spain to stop the Cuban revolt. Referred as the butcher because of harsh tactics (concentration camps, killing citizens…)

Answer 10

Valeriano Weyler

Question 11

Hawaiian who was forced out of power by a revolution started by American business interests.

Answer 11

Queen Liliuokalani

Question 12

Navy strategist who emphasized the importance of the navy. Larger navy= more us power during imperialism.

Answer 12

Alfred Thayer mahan

Question 13

Any instance of aggression extension of authority.

Answer 13

Imperialism.

Question 14

Soldiers recruited by Roosevelt for battle in the Spanish American war.

Answer 14

Rough riders

Question 15

Us wouldn’t annex Cuba. Muckrakers suggested that Cubans would be better “under protection”

Answer 15

Teller amendment

Question 16

Uses pictures of big events to sell newspapers.

Answer 16

Yellow journalism

Question 17

Foreign policy based on nationalism. America is superior. Military is the best solution.

Answer 17

Jingoism

Question 18

Any attack on the Western Hemisphere would be considered an attack on the us.

Answer 18

Monroe doctrine