Ch.19 Test Review

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

A. G.P. Judd.

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

A. National Guard units.

In 1896, the Democratic political platform

A. adopted several, but not all, major Populist issues.

An examination of American voters in the late nineteenth century reveals

A. voter turnout for both presidential and nonpresidential elections was very high.

Compared to the Grange movement, The Farmers' Alliances

A. were far more widespread

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

B. Germany.

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

B. It prompted Spain to give Puerto Rico to the United States.

In American politics during the late nineteenth century,

B. Republicans usually held a majority in the Senate.

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

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

The story of race and the Spanish-American War saw

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

In 1900, the Chinese Boxer Rebellion was directed at

B. all foreigners in China.

In 1894, Jacob Coxey and his supporters

B. called for a public works program for the unemployed.

In the campaign of 1896, President William McKinley

B. campaigned largely from his house.

As the Republican Party approached the 1896 election, they were

B. confident of victory.

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

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

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

B. cultural background.

In its war in the Philippines, the United States military

E. All these answers are correct.

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

E. All these answers are correct.

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

E. All these answers are correct.

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887

E. All these answers are correct.

The 1901 Platt Amendment was directed at

E. Cuba

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

E. Elihu Root.

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

E. James G. Blaine.

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

E. John Hay.

As a result of the McKinley Tariff of 1890,

E. Republicans suffered significant political losses that year.

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

E. Venezuela.

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

E. William Howard Taft.

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

E. William Randolph Hearst.

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

E. a voter's regional background.

In 1900, the Republicans enacted the Currency Act, which

E. confirmed the nation's commitment to the gold standard.

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

E. had witnessed a revolution staged by American planters.

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

E. purchase silver but not coin it.

The election of 1892

E. saw the debut of the People's Party.

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

E. supporting high tariffs.

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

E. the status of the Philippines.

Throughout the late nineteenth century, the federal government

E. was relatively inactive.

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

E. were dangerous signs of social instability.

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

A. Catholics.

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

A. Cuba

The Spanish-American War began primarily because of events in

A. Cuba.

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

A. an Illinois Granger law was unconstitutional because it infringed on Congress's exclusive power over interstate commerce.

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

A. fears that domestic natural resources would soon be in limited supply.

American agriculture at the turn of the century benefited from

A. foreign crop failures.

In 1900, the "Open Door notes"

A. gained more international support after the Boxer Rebellion.

The election of 1888

A. involved clear economic differences between the major parties.

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

A. it would result in an inflation of currency.

Beginning in 1898, the American war in the Philippines

A. lasted for years and resulted in thousands of American deaths.

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

A. made shameless appeals to patriotism and moral outrage.

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

A. should take possession of the Hawaiian Islands.

Chester A. Arthur

A. supported the Pendleton Act as part of civil service reform.

The 1896 election results saw

A. the Populist movement suffer a disastrous defeat.

The economic decline that followed the Panic of 1893 demonstrated

A. the degree to which the American economy had become interconnected.

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

A. the financial costs of administering colonies would require burdensome taxes.

The Spanish-American War revealed to American military planners

A. the need to improve glaring deficiencies in the army.

The Foraker Act of 1900

B. established an American colonial government over Puerto Rico.

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

B. farmers.

In 1892, President Grover Cleveland

B. followed policies similar to those of his first term.

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

B. imperialists.

According to the terms of the 1901 Platt Amendment,

B. the United States had the right to intervene in Cuba to protect life and property.

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

B. the federal government's treatment of American Indians.

The Panic of 1893

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

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

C. Manila Bay.

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

C. Pago Pago.

In 1873, the congressional law that officially discontinued silver coinage

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

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

C. between traditionalists and reformers.

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

C. described William McKinley as a weak president.

The "Cross of Gold" speech appealed primarily to

C. farmers.

In the late nineteenth century, American Populism

C. favored the direct election of United States senators.

The presidential election of 1900

C. found the American public largely in favor of national colonialism.

In the 1890s, Populism appealed to

C. small-scale farmers.

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

C. the need for higher tariff rates.

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

C. the work of Spanish sailors.

The Treaty of Paris concluding the Spanish-American War

C. transferred the Philippines and Puerto Rico to the United States.

In the election of 1884, "Mugwumps" were.

C. unhappy Republicans who threatened to vote for the Democrats.

James A. Garfield

C. was assassinated by an unsuccessful office seeker.

The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890

C. was used by the federal government against labor unions.

The "Open Door notes"

C. were directed to imperial powers in Europe and Asia.

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

D. Alfred T. Mahan.

What statement regarding the national Grange movement is FALSE?

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

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

D. Queen Liliuokalani

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

D. William Jennings Bryan.

In 1892, the People's Party called for

D. a government network of crop warehouses.

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

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

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

D. declining gold reserves.

The Philippines achieved independence from the United States

D. following World War II

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

D. remarkable stability.

As president, Grover Cleveland

D. was a fiscal conservative.

In the early twentieth century, Cuba

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

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

E. All these answers are correct