US History Chapter 21

What is the archipelago referred to in this statement?: "Grave as are the responsibilities and unforeseen as are the difficulties which are before us, the President can see but one plain path of duty—the acceptance of the archipelago." Cuba Hawaiian Islands Philippine Islands Guam

Philippine Islands

Which of the following implemented changes that prepared the Philippine Islands for self-government? Somerset Club Home Missionary Society Anti-Imperialist League Taft Commission

Taft Commission

The First United States Volunteer Cavalry was also known as the __________. Taft Commission Rough Riders Asiatic Squadron Military Information Division

Rough Riders

By the turn of the twentieth century, the American island empire was concentrated in the __________ Ocean. Pacific Arctic Atlantic Indian

Pacific

What motivated American farmers and industrialists to search for new overseas markets? saturation of the domestic market contraction of the domestic labor pool commitment to free trade agreements intensification of sectional conflict

saturation of the domestic market

Those who supported the annexation of Hawaii mainly emphasized its __________. political culture natural beauty strategic value rich history

strategic value

Which of the following was a consequence of the Spanish-American War? discrediting of purveyors of yellow journalism weakening of the office of the U.S. presidency strengthening of an American sense of superiority broadening of the Spanish sphere of influence

strengthening of an American sense of superiority

Why did the United States promote the Open Door Policy? to claim a sphere of influence to support the Boxer Rebellion to colonize the Philippine Islands to expand trade in China

to expand trade in China

Which of the following did Andrew Carnegie, Jane Addams, Samuel Gompers, and Mark Twain share in common? They were all members of the Senate. They all opposed the annexation of the Philippines. They all supported the annexation of the Philippines. They were all members of the House of Representatives.

They all opposed the annexation of the Philippines.

Which of the following did Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines have in common at the end of the nineteenth century? They gained their independence after the Spanish-American War. They were subject to the U.S. Open Door Policy. They came under the control of the United States. They were colonized by Spain.

They came under the control of the United States.

Which of the following adopted a declaration of human rights that most countries, including the United States, signed? Anti-Imperialist League Knickerbocker Club Ivy League United Nations

United Nations

Which American president signed the joint resolution to annex Hawaii to the United States? Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison Theodore Roosevelt William McKinley

William McKinley

Which of the following helped stir up American public support for a war with Spain over Cuba? yellow journalism Anti-Imperialist League overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani Open Door notes

Yellow journalism

Which of the following would an isolationist most likely support? acquisition of colonies expansion of national borders annexation of distant lands abolition of the foreign service

abolition of the foreign service

Which of the following describes how the Filipinos waged the Philippine-American War? aerial bombings guerrilla tactics chemical warfare naval attacks

guerrilla tactics

In the Spanish-American War, American soldiers were organized into military units that reflected their __________. religion hometown occupation race

hometown

U.S. naval strategy in the war with Spain focused on operations in the __________. Middle East and North Africa Indian Ocean and South Asia Mediterranean and Red Sea Caribbean and Pacific

Caribbean and Pacific

Which territory was President William McKinley referencing when he stated, "we seek no advantages in the Orient which are not common to all. Asking only the open door for ourselves, we are ready to accord the open door to others"? Japan Hawaiian Islands Philippine Islands China

China

The Teller Amendment pledged that the United States did not intend to annex __________. Hawaii Cuba Puerto Rico the Philippine Islands

Cuba

Who led the Filipino resistance during the Philippine-American War? Emilio Aguinaldo Queen Liliuokalani Frederick T. Frelinghuysen Enrique Dupuy de Lôme

Emilio Aguinaldo

Which of the following places was Chaplain George W. Prioleau most likely referring to when he said, "Here the Negro is not allowed to purchase over the same counter in some stores as the white man purchases over"? New York Florida California Illinois

Florida

What was called the "Crossroads of the Pacific"? Guam Wake Island Midway Island Hawaii

Hawaii

Which of the following was established to oppose the Treaty of Paris? Rough Riders Pan-American Union Monroe Doctrine Anti-Imperialist League

Anti-Imperialist League

Which of the following people emphasized sea power as the key to world domination? Carl Schurz Andrew Carnegie Alfred Thayer Mahan George W. Prioleau

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Which of the following would most likely have supported U.S. foreign policy in the Pacific and the Caribbean in the late nineteenth century? Alfred Thayer Mahan Queen Liliuokalani Ernest Howard Crosby the Spanish government

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Which of the following did the Spanish-American War of 1898 and U.S. military intervention in the Syrian civil war that began in 2011 share in common? Both reacted to a direct attack against American citizens living overseas. Both invoked the language of human rights to justify U.S. involvement. Both applied the Monroe Doctrine to defend U.S. interests overseas. Both reflected the strength of isolationist sentiment among Americans.

Both invoked the language of human rights to justify U.S. involvement.

Which of the following did the United States acquire as a result of the Spanish-American War? Hawaii American Samoa Cuba Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

From which country did the United States acquire the Philippine Islands? Spain France Germany Britain

Spain

In 1898, Americans blamed the sinking of the Maine on __________. Cuba France Spain Britain

Spain

Which of the following placed Manila and the Philippines within American grasp? Ten Years' War Spanish-American War Open Door Policy Monroe Doctrine

Spanish American War

Theodore Roosevelt would most likely have agreed with which of the following statements? The United States should give the Filipinos their independence. The United States never should have entered the Spanish-American War. The United States needs colonies and a great navy to be a great power. The United States should focus on problems at home.

The United States needs colonies and a great navy to be a great power.

What is the policy of extending a nation's power over other areas through military conquest, economic domination, or annexation called? internationalism imperialism expansion isolationism

imperialism

In contrast to earlier efforts to expand, American expansion in the 1890s __________. was limited to pockets of unexplored and unpopulated regions in North and South America focused more on settlement and agricultural development of lands contiguous with U.S. territory did not have the support of the U.S. government or the vast majority of the American population involved territories intended to be used as naval bases, trading outposts, or commercial centers

involved territories intended to be used as naval bases, trading outposts, or commercial centers

Which of the following reflects growing U.S. influence in Latin America in the late nineteenth century? overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani by rebels supported by the U.S. military failure of attempts to end Spanish rule in Cuba during the Ten Years' War implementation of a "reconcentration" policy in Spanish-controlled Cuba resolution of the boundary dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana

resolution of the boundary dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana

Congressional authorization for the construction of four steel ships in 1883 marked the first step toward __________. the building of a new navy a policy of isolationism Syrian civil war the industrial revolution

the building of a new navy

What was Secretary of State William Henry Seward's motivation for signing a treaty with Russia to purchase Alaska? to establish closer commercial relations with Russia to establish the Open Door Policy in the Arctic region to pave the way for the annexation of western Canada to pave the way for the construction of a bridge to Asia

to pave the way for the annexation of western Canada