History & Geography 808: Twentieth Century World Power - Quiz 1: Overseas Expansion
Sampson
American admiral who won naval battle near Santiago
Roosevelt's policy enforcing the Monroe Doctrine in the Caribbean was called the _________ Policy
Big Stick
Chinese loyalists attempted to drive foreigners from China in the ___________
Boxer Rebellion
Perry
Japanese-American treaty
The incident that caused an American declaration of war against Spain was the explosion of the battleship ________
Maine
The following resulted from American intervention in the Western Hemisphere.
Mexicans revolted against their government, European nations threatened to invade nations indebted to them, Villa raided New Mexico.
The document that forbade European intervention n the Western Hemisphere was the ___________
Monroe Doctrine
The waterway that joins the Caribbean with the Pacific is the ___________
Panama Canal
America was given the right to intervene in Cuban affairs by the _____
Platt Amendment
Roosevelt
President who involved America in world affairs
McKinley
President who was slandered by a Spanish ambassador
"Seward's Folly" was America's purchase of Alaska from ______
Russia
United States involvement in Cuban independence included all of the following except:
Spain's willingness to negotiate
The war fought for Cuban independence was the __________ War.
Spanish-American
Roosevelt's plan that offered equal treatment for the common man was known as the __________
Square Deal
The Spanish-American War brought all of the following changes to the United States except:
The Alaskan Purchase
Villa
a Mexican bandit and murderer
Goethals
builder of the Panama Canal
Miles
commanded United States army in Puerto Rico
Monroe
established American foreign policy for the Western Hemisphere
Citizens of the United States were hesitant in becoming involved in the Cuban fight for independence. true or false
false
Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cuba became United States possessions after the Spanish-American War. true or false
false
Hay's Japanese-American Treaty allowed trade with that nation. true or false
false
Reed and Gorgas fought yellow fever in Cuba. true or false
false
The Alaskan Purchase was an unprofitable investment for America. true or false
false
The Rough Riders were influential in the American takeover in Puerto Rico. true or false
false
Gorgas
fought yellow fever in Panama
Dewey
led American naval forces in the Philippines
Hay
originator of a trading policy with China
After the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired Cuba as a ___________
protectorate
Seward
the Alaskan Purchase
The Monroe Doctrine was established for all of the following reasons except:
to give the United States the exclusive right to colonize in the Caribbean
European nations were interested in gaining raw materials for industry in the Americas. true or false
true
Roosevelt negotiated an end to the Russo-Japanese War. true or false
true
The American interest in Cuba concerned its business investments there. true or false
true
The Monroe Doctrine states that the United States would not become involved with European wars or colonies true or false
true
The United States seized control of Santo Domingo and Haiti in order to control the financial debts of those countries to Europe. true or false
true
The control of yellow fever and the construction of the canal were large obstacles to the Panama project. true or false
true
