US History II: Chapter 22
Which of the following is true of McKinley's response to the revolution in Cuba?
His personal preference was to resolve the conflict through diplomacy.
Which of the following was true of dollar diplomacy?
It was unpopular in Latin America.
In 1854, Commodore Matthew Perry forced the __________ to open their ports to American products.
Japanese
The Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 and 1908 dealt with __________.
Japanese immigration
__________ approved of U.S. annexation of Hawaii.
Many Republicans
Which of the following was true of the Philippine-American War?
The U.S. military forced Filipino civilians into concentration camps.
__________ proposed the use of dollar diplomacy in Latin America.
William Taft
__________ was the most interventionist president in American history.
Woodrow Wilson
Which of the following was responsible for the most American deaths during the invasion of Cuba?
disease and accidents
In the 1890s, most Americans favored __________.
economic expansion through foreign trade
William H. Seward, secretary of state under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, was a/an __________.
enthusiastic supporter of American expansion
Who wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History?
Alfred Mahan
Commodore George Dewey led the U.S. attack on __________.
the Philippines
The decision to acquire __________ sparked a dramatic debate over the ratification of the Treaty of Paris.
the Philippines
Under the terms of the Platt Amendment, _______________.
the United States had the right to intervene in Cuba to maintain order and preserve Cuban independence
Which of the following increased the likelihood of war between the U.S. and Spain during the McKinley administration?
the destruction of a U.S. battleship
What was the intent of the U.S. Open Door policy in China?
to secure equal opportunity for trade and investment
Social Darwinists believed that the nations of the world __________.
were locked in a competitive struggle for wealth and power
In the two decades after the Spanish-American War, the United States intervened militarily in Latin America no fewer than __________ times to promote its own strategic and economic interests
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The U.S. Open Door policy was directed toward __________.
China
__________ was the last major European colony in Latin America.
Cuba
Emilio Aguinaldo led the __________ resistance to American rule.
Filipino
Dewey's victory in the Philippines precipitated the annexation of __________.
Hawaii
Which of the following was true of late nineteenth-century American imperialist thought?
It often rested on an assumption of racial superiority.
In the Insular Cases, the Supreme Court upheld the authority of Congress to establish an inferior status for __________.
Puerto Rico
Alarmed at the threat of __________ expansion in Manchuria and Korea, Japan declared war in 1904.
Russian
Why did American sympathies in the Russo-Japanese War lie with Japan?
The Russians wanted to close Manchuria to foreign trade.
In order to advance the goal of building a canal in Panama, the U.S. __________.
helped orchestrate a Panamanian uprising against Colombia
Republican Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was an ardent supporter of __________.
imperialism
The Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese __________.
nationalist movement
Followers of the ideas of Alfred Mahan emphasized the importance of __________.
naval power
In 1895, the U.S. yellow press helped stimulate __________.
popular support for Cuban rebels
The Teller Amendment __________.
promised Cuba self-government
The Platt Amendment __________.
put strict limits on Cuban independence
The Roosevelt Corollary was first used to justify U.S. intervention in __________.
the Dominican Republic