Quiz - Imperialism - Sodbusters, Mining, Ranching

As of 1890, all of the following were challenges when living on the prairie, EXCEPT

Bufallo

The impact of the transcontinental railroad was:

all of the above

Each of these was a boomtown of the Old West, EXCEPT

San Luis Obispo

All of the following are part of the transcontinental railroad, EXCEPT

Billy Kidd

All of the following people were part of the building of the transcontinental railroad, EXCEPT:  

Russians

What brought an end to the cattle drives of the Old West?

barbed wire fences

All of the following had to do with the Cattle Ranching Boom of the late 1800s, EXCEPT:

Union Trail

Homesteaders usually failed for all of the following reasons,

Cold winters, droughts, lack of lumber, locusts

The first transcontinental railroad had 2 companies working to complete the project.  They were:

the Union Pacific working from east to west and the Central Pacific Railway working from west to east

Which of the following was NOT a lawman of the old West?

William Bonney

The United States helped Panama gain independence from which country in order to build the Canal?

Columbia

Which country was imperialist first?

spain

What was the main group of people pushing to annex Hawaii as part of the United States?

sugarcane planters

Which of the following was the "spark" providing justification for the US to declare war on Spain?

the explosions of the USS Maine

According to the Teller Amendment, what was the purpose of the Spanish-American War?

To free Cuba from Spanish tyranny

The Spanish-American War created American heroes.  Teddy Roosevelt became the hero from the fighting in_________,     While George Dewey became the hero from the fighting in ___________.

Cuba; the Philippines

America went to war against Spain in 1898 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT...

President McKinley’s desire for a war in order to gain land.

What was one of the main problems faced by US Soldiers while fighting in Cuba?

Soldiers suffered from yellow fever and malaria

This Filipino Nationalist was our ally against the Spanish but then led the fight against America in the Filipino-American War?

Emilio Aguinaldo

Which of these was not a territory gained as part of the Spanish-American War?

Panama

Which country sold Alaska to the United States?

russia

"A policy of extending a country’s power and influence, sometimes by force” is

Imperialism

Who had control of the Rough Riders in Cuba?

Teddy Rosevelts

Who would have been most likely to have said the quote "And so, I am an Anti-imperialist.  I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land.” ?

Mark Twain

Which result of the Spanish-American War caused the greatest problem for the United States between 1899-1902?

the acquiring of the Philippines