APUSH 19
Which of the following statements regarding the Spanish-American War is FALSE?
U.S. Army soldiers were well-equipped and supplied
In 1895, the United States and Great Britain were involved in a serious boundary dispute involving British Guiana and
Venezuela
The "Cross of Gold" speech was given in 1896 by
William Jennings Bryan
In the late nineteenth century, the Granger laws supported the interests of
farmers
The "Cross of Gold" speech appealed primarily to
farmers
In the late nineteenth century, American Populism
favored the direct election of United States senators
In the 1890s, the interest in American expansion overseas was motivated in part by
fears that domestic natural resources would soon be in limited supply
In 1892, President Grover Cleveland
followed policies similar to those of his first term
The Philippines achieved independence from the United States
following World War II
American agriculture at the turn of the century benefited from
foreign crop failures
The presidential election of 1900
found the American public largely in favor of national colonialism
Of the choices below, a voter's party identification in the nineteenth century was usually a reflection of
cultural background
The election of 1892
saw the debut of the People's Party
The author of The Influence of Sea Power upon History believed the United States
should take possession of the Hawaiian Islands
In the 1890s, Populism appealed to
small-scale farmers
Chester A. Arthur
supported the Pendleton Act as part of civil service reform
In the late nineteenth century, the issue of primary interest to the Republican Party was
supporting high tariffs
Criticism within the United States of American colonialism included all the following EXCEPT
the financial costs of administering colonies would require burdensome taxes
The Treaty of Paris concluding the Spanish-American War
transferred the Philippines and Puerto Rico to the United States
The Panic of 1893
triggered the nation's most severe depression up to that point
In the election of 1884, "Mugwumps" were
unhappy Republicans who threatened to vote for the Democrats
An examination of American voters in the late nineteenth century reveals
voter turnout for both presidential and nonpresidential elections was very
As president, Grover Cleveland
was a fiscal conservative
James A. Garfield
was assassinated by an unsuccessful office seeker
Prior to its annexation by the United States in 1898, Hawaii
was largely governed by a monarchy
In the early twentieth century, Cuba
was occupied by troops from the United States for years at a time
Throughout the late nineteenth century, the federal government
was relatively inactive
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
was used by the federal government against labor unions
To many middle-class Americans, the major labor upheavals of the late nineteenth century
were dangerous signs of social instability
The "Open Door notes"
were directed to imperial powers in Europe and Asia
In reporting the sinking of the Maine, the New York Journal and the New York World
were highly sensational and biased
Compared to the Grange movement, The Farmers' Alliances
were more national in scale
In 1900, the "Open Door notes"
were unilaterally adopted by the United States
In the early 1900s, which American dependency did NOT receive territorial status?
Cuba
The 1901 Platt Amendment was directed at
Cuba
In 1898, pressure for the American entry into war in Cuba came from
Cuban émigrés living in the United States
What statement regarding the national Grange movement is FALSE?
It was greatly strengthened by the end of the economic depression in the late 1870s
In the early stage of the Spanish-American War, Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in
Manila Bay
The bulk of U.S. soldiers in the Spanish-American War came from
National Guard units
As a result of the McKinley Tariff of 1890,
Republicans suffered significant political losses that year
In American politics during the late nineteenth century,
Republicans usually held a majority in the Senate
As the Republican Party approached the 1896 election, they were
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In 1886, the Supreme Court decided in the case of Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois that
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In 1899, those who favored the annexation of the Philippines argued
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In 1900, the Republicans enacted the Currency Act, which
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In its war in the Philippines, the United States military
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In the early stage of the Spanish-American War, Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in
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Regarding Samoa, the American Navy had a particular interest in the natural harbor at
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Samuel Burchard's "rum, Romanism, and rebellion" speech during the election of 1884 most hurt
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The American politician who referred to the Spanish-American conflict as "a splendid little war" was
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The American settler who served as prime minister of Hawaii for over a decade was
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The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
...
The Spanish-American War began primarily because of events in
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The election of 1888
...
The first civilian governor of the Philippines, who gave Filipinos broad local autonomy, was
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The leader of Hawaii who was forced to yield authority to the American government upon annexation was
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The man appointed to supervise a major overhaul of the armed forces was
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The newspaper magnate who famously told one of his Cuban reporters, "You furnish the pictures, and I'll furnish the war," was
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Which of the following statements about the Lares Rebellion is FALSE?
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The author who called on the United States to increase its naval forces in his book, The Influence of Sea Power upon History, was
Alfred T. Mahan
In the late nineteenth century, Democrats tended to attract the greater numbers of
Catholics
The Philippines achieved independence from the United States
Following World War 2
In the late nineteenth century, the United States' interest in Samoa saw competition from
Germany
In 1892, the People's Party called for
a government network of crop warehouses
In the late nineteenth century, as veterans of the Civil War retired,
a majority of the black and white male population in the North received federal pensions
The story of race and the Spanish-American War saw
a significant number of black troops in the American forces.)
The high degree of party loyalty in the late nineteenth century is explained primarily by
a voter's regional background
In 1896, the Democratic political platform
adopted several, but not all, major Populist issues
In 1900, the Chinese Boxer Rebellion was directed at
all foreigners in China
In the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt's famous charge in the battle of San Juan Hill
all of the above
In the late nineteenth century, the term "yellow press" referred to
all of the above
Later evidence related to the explosion that sank the Maine suggested the likely cause was
an accident in an engine room
In 1873, the congressional law that officially discontinued silver coinage
became known to critics as the "Crime of `73.")
The political battles between Stalwarts and Half-Breeds constituted a fight
between traditionalists and reformers
In 1894, Jacob Coxey and his supporters
called for a public works program for the unemployed
In the campaign of 1896, President William McKinley
campaigned largely from his house
Arguments used by Social Darwinists in the United States to justify expansionism
contended all nations were engaged in a constant struggle to survive.)
The Foraker Act of 1900
established an American colonial government over Puerto Rico
In the 1890s, President Grover Cleveland faced the severe economic problem of
declining gold reserves
In 1898, a letter stolen from Dupuy de Lôme, Spain's minister to Washington, was controversial because it
described William McKinley as a weak president
In the 1890s, farmers favored the federal government's coinage of silver because
it would result in an inflation of currency
Beginning in 1898, the American war in the Philippines
lasted for years and resulted in thousands of American deaths
The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 called for the federal government to
purchase silver
In the late nineteenth century, the most striking feature of the American party system was its
remarkable stability
The 1896 election results saw
the Populist movement suffer a crippling defeat
According to the terms of the 1901 Platt Amendment,
the United States had the right to intervene in Cuba to protect lives
The economic decline that followed the Panic of 1893 demonstrated
the degree to which the American economy had become interconnected
In 1896, the major economic issue for William McKinley's administration was
the desire for higher tariffs
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
the federal government's treatment of American Indians
The Spanish-American War revealed to American military planners
the need to improve glaring deficiencies in the army
The greatest American debate over the consequences of the Spanish-American War involved
the status of the Philippines