Chapter 20 quiz

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The "Open Door notes"

Were directed to imperial powers in europe and asia

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

William howard taft

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

fears that domestic natural resources would soon be in limited supply

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

should take possession of the Hawaiian Islands

The Treaty of Paris concluding the Spanish-American War

transferred the Philippines and Puerto Rico to the United States.

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

was largely governed by a monarchy

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

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

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

Cuba

The Spanish-American War began primarily because of events in

Cuba

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

Elihu root

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

John Hay

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

National Guard units

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

The Chinese Boxer Rebellion of 1900 was directed at

All foreigners in china

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

All these answers are correct

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

Catholics

Foraker Act of 1900

Gave the Puerto Ricans a limited degree of popular government.

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

Germany

Criticisms within the United States regarding American colonialism included all the following major arguments EXCEPT that

The financial costs of administering colonies would require burdensome taxes

Beginning in 1898, the American war in the Philippines

lasted for years and resulted in thousands of American deaths

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 with the case of the

the federal governments treatment of american indians

The Spanish-American War revealed to American military planners

the need to improve glaring deficiencies in the army

According to the terms of the 1901 Platt Amendment

the united states had the right to intervene in cuba to protect life and property

According to the terms of the 1901 Platt Amendment,

the united states had the right to intervene in cuba to protect life and property


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