20TH CENTURY WORLD POWER QUIZ 1

RUSSIA

"Seward's Folly" was America's purchase of Alaska from:

PLATT AMENDMENT

The right to intervene in Cuban affairs for the protection of the US and Cuban interests was proclaimed by the __________________-

THE SQUARE DEAL

Which of the following did not contribute to increasing US involvement in world affairs

HAY

originator of a trading policy with China

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Which president's policy of enforcing the Monroe Doctrine in the Caribbean was known as the Big Stick Policy

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

the sinking of the Maine was a factor that led to America's declaration of what war?

SAMPSON

American admiral who won naval battle near Santiago

PERRY

Japanese-American treaty

ROOSEVELT

President who involved America in world affairs

MCKINLEY

President who was slandered by a Spanish ambassador

SQUARE DEAL

Roosevelt's plan that offered equal treatment for the common man was known as the _________________

TO GIVE THE US THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO COLONIZE I THE CARIBBEAN

The Monroe Doctrine was established for all of the following reasons except:

SPAIN'S WILLINGNESS TO NEGOTIATE

US involvement in Cuban independence included all of the following except:

INVENTION IN MEXICO THE PLATT AMENDMENT

Which of the following contributed to the Latin American bitterness and fear of the US?

MEXICANS REVOLTED AGAINST THEIR GOVERNMENT EUROPEAN NATIONS THREATEDNED TO INVADE VILLA RADED NEW MEXICO

Which of the following resulted from American invervention in the Western Hemisphere

THE US BECAME A WORLD POWER CUBA BECAME INDEPENDENT OF SPAIN

Which of the following were results of the Spanish-American War

VILLA

a Mexican bandit and murderer

protectorate

after the Spanish-American War, the US acquired Cuba as a _______________

GOETHALS

builder of the Panama Canal

MILES

commanded United States army in Puerto Rico

MONROE

established American foreign policy for the Western Hemisphere

GORGAS

fought yellow fever in Panama

DEWEY

led American naval forces in the Philippines

SEWARD

the Alaskan Purchase

PANAMA PROJECT

the control of yellow fever and the construction of the canal were large obstacles to the _________________

MONROE DOCTRINE

the document that forbade European invervention in Western Hemisphere affairs was the _____________