APUSH 19

Which of the following statements regarding the Spanish-American War is FALSE?

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

In 1895, the United States and Great Britain were involved in a serious boundary dispute involving British Guiana and

Venezuela

The "Cross of Gold" speech was given in 1896 by

William Jennings Bryan

In the late nineteenth century, the Granger laws supported the interests of

farmers

The "Cross of Gold" speech appealed primarily to

farmers

In the late nineteenth century, American Populism

favored the direct election of United States senators

In the 1890s, the interest in American expansion overseas was motivated in part by

fears that domestic natural resources would soon be in limited supply

In 1892, President Grover Cleveland

followed policies similar to those of his first term

The Philippines achieved independence from the United States

following World War II

American agriculture at the turn of the century benefited from

foreign crop failures

The presidential election of 1900

found the American public largely in favor of national colonialism

Of the choices below, a voter's party identification in the nineteenth century was usually a reflection of

cultural background

The election of 1892

saw the debut of the People's Party

The author of The Influence of Sea Power upon History believed the United States

should take possession of the Hawaiian Islands

In the 1890s, Populism appealed to

small-scale farmers

Chester A. Arthur

supported the Pendleton Act as part of civil service reform

In the late nineteenth century, the issue of primary interest to the Republican Party was

supporting high tariffs

Criticism within the United States of American colonialism included all the following EXCEPT

the financial costs of administering colonies would require burdensome taxes

The Treaty of Paris concluding the Spanish-American War

transferred the Philippines and Puerto Rico to the United States

The Panic of 1893

triggered the nation's most severe depression up to that point

In the election of 1884, "Mugwumps" were

unhappy Republicans who threatened to vote for the Democrats

An examination of American voters in the late nineteenth century reveals

voter turnout for both presidential and nonpresidential elections was very

As president, Grover Cleveland

was a fiscal conservative

James A. Garfield

was assassinated by an unsuccessful office seeker

Prior to its annexation by the United States in 1898, Hawaii

was largely governed by a monarchy

In the early twentieth century, Cuba

was occupied by troops from the United States for years at a time

Throughout the late nineteenth century, the federal government

was relatively inactive

The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890

was used by the federal government against labor unions

To many middle-class Americans, the major labor upheavals of the late nineteenth century

were dangerous signs of social instability

The "Open Door notes"

were directed to imperial powers in Europe and Asia

In reporting the sinking of the Maine, the New York Journal and the New York World

were highly sensational and biased

Compared to the Grange movement, The Farmers' Alliances

were more national in scale

In 1900, the "Open Door notes"

were unilaterally adopted by the United States

In the early 1900s, which American dependency did NOT receive territorial status?

Cuba

The 1901 Platt Amendment was directed at

Cuba

In 1898, pressure for the American entry into war in Cuba came from

Cuban émigrés living in the United States

What statement regarding the national Grange movement is FALSE?

It was greatly strengthened by the end of the economic depression in the late 1870s

In the early stage of the Spanish-American War, Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in

Manila Bay

The bulk of U.S. soldiers in the Spanish-American War came from

National Guard units

As a result of the McKinley Tariff of 1890,

Republicans suffered significant political losses that year

In American politics during the late nineteenth century,

Republicans usually held a majority in the Senate

As the Republican Party approached the 1896 election, they were

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In 1886, the Supreme Court decided in the case of Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois that

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In 1899, those who favored the annexation of the Philippines argued

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In 1900, the Republicans enacted the Currency Act, which

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In its war in the Philippines, the United States military

...

In the early stage of the Spanish-American War, Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in

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Regarding Samoa, the American Navy had a particular interest in the natural harbor at

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Samuel Burchard's "rum, Romanism, and rebellion" speech during the election of 1884 most hurt

...

The American politician who referred to the Spanish-American conflict as "a splendid little war" was

...

The American settler who served as prime minister of Hawaii for over a decade was

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The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887

...

The Spanish-American War began primarily because of events in

...

The election of 1888

...

The first civilian governor of the Philippines, who gave Filipinos broad local autonomy, was

...

The leader of Hawaii who was forced to yield authority to the American government upon annexation was

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The man appointed to supervise a major overhaul of the armed forces was

...

The newspaper magnate who famously told one of his Cuban reporters, "You furnish the pictures, and I'll furnish the war," was

...

Which of the following statements about the Lares Rebellion is FALSE?

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The author who called on the United States to increase its naval forces in his book, The Influence of Sea Power upon History, was

Alfred T. Mahan

In the late nineteenth century, Democrats tended to attract the greater numbers of

Catholics

The Philippines achieved independence from the United States

Following World War 2

In the late nineteenth century, the United States' interest in Samoa saw competition from

Germany

In 1892, the People's Party called for

a government network of crop warehouses

In the late nineteenth century, as veterans of the Civil War retired,

a majority of the black and white male population in the North received federal pensions

The story of race and the Spanish-American War saw

a significant number of black troops in the American forces.)

The high degree of party loyalty in the late nineteenth century is explained primarily by

a voter's regional background

In 1896, the Democratic political platform

adopted several, but not all, major Populist issues

In 1900, the Chinese Boxer Rebellion was directed at

all foreigners in China

In the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt's famous charge in the battle of San Juan Hill

all of the above

In the late nineteenth century, the term "yellow press" referred to

all of the above

Later evidence related to the explosion that sank the Maine suggested the likely cause was

an accident in an engine room

In 1873, the congressional law that officially discontinued silver coinage

became known to critics as the "Crime of `73.")

The political battles between Stalwarts and Half-Breeds constituted a fight

between traditionalists and reformers

In 1894, Jacob Coxey and his supporters

called for a public works program for the unemployed

In the campaign of 1896, President William McKinley

campaigned largely from his house

Arguments used by Social Darwinists in the United States to justify expansionism

contended all nations were engaged in a constant struggle to survive.)

The Foraker Act of 1900

established an American colonial government over Puerto Rico

In the 1890s, President Grover Cleveland faced the severe economic problem of

declining gold reserves

In 1898, a letter stolen from Dupuy de Lôme, Spain's minister to Washington, was controversial because it

described William McKinley as a weak president

In the 1890s, farmers favored the federal government's coinage of silver because

it would result in an inflation of currency

Beginning in 1898, the American war in the Philippines

lasted for years and resulted in thousands of American deaths

The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 called for the federal government to

purchase silver

In the late nineteenth century, the most striking feature of the American party system was its

remarkable stability

The 1896 election results saw

the Populist movement suffer a crippling defeat

According to the terms of the 1901 Platt Amendment,

the United States had the right to intervene in Cuba to protect lives

The economic decline that followed the Panic of 1893 demonstrated

the degree to which the American economy had become interconnected

In 1896, the major economic issue for William McKinley's administration was

the desire for higher tariffs

In 1899, supporters of the annexation of the Philippines argued the United States had set a precedent for taking land while treating its inhabitants as dependents in the case of

the federal government's treatment of American Indians

The Spanish-American War revealed to American military planners

the need to improve glaring deficiencies in the army

The greatest American debate over the consequences of the Spanish-American War involved

the status of the Philippines