Chapter 20 quiz
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