Spanish American War Quiz

Were the agents for spreading Christianity

Missionaries

Explained how the western frontier is now closed and the American identity is now in crisis

Turner’s Thesis

America’s version of expansion is different, better than all the other Great Powers

American Exceptionalism

In order to be able to project power and be globally relevant, this man said a country must have a powerful navy

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Demand for more resources and more markets was a desire that came from this

Industrial Revolution

The ideas of naval strategist Alfred T. Mahan, particularly those published in the 1890s, influenced US foreign policy by arguing for:

The necessity of a large, modern fleet and a network of overseas coaling stations and bases. NAVY YAYYAYAYAYAYAY

One of the primary economic motivations for US expansionism in the 1890s was the need to:

Secure foreign markets to absorb surplus American industrial and agricultural production

The 1895-1896 Venezuelan Boundary Dispute involved the United States asserting a strong interpretation of which long-standing US foreign policy doctrine?

The Monroe Doctrine

Justification for US expansionist foreign policy beginning in the 1890s stems from all of the following EXCEPTT……

To end the international slave trade BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BAMMMMMM

Until the 1890s, US foreign Policy generally

Was largely isolationist in nature

A popular sentiment of the time, social darwinism, sought to spread all aspects of western civilization to other parts of the world EXCEPT THIS THING NOT THSI THiNG NONONONON

Marxism

fredrick Jackson Turner’s Frintier Thesis argued that:….hmmm what did it argue???? hmmmm

The frontier was a barrier to American progress

The united states’ rapid industrialization had created economic opportunities and stresses by the 1890s. Most notably, the United States need more ——-more WHAT——-hmmmm—- to continue its economic rise.

Markets

In order to facilite trade and access to raw materials and markets to sell their goods, the United States began an active policy of…of what???? hmmm I wonderrrr

Creating new, modern, powerful naval vessels

The annexation of Hawaii in 1898 was most directly driven by which foreign policy or strategic goal??? WHICH ONE???? HMMMM

To secure a vital naval base and fueling station in the Pacific for trade and military operations

Incendiary remark made by Spanish ambassador to a colleague

DELOME LETTER RATATATATTA

Activist Maneuvering for independence from Spain

Emilio Aguinaldo

Component of policy with Cuban independence stressing non- annexation

Teller Amendment

A “sweetheart” trade exception made between the US and Cuba 89

bruh idk but maybe the "LARGE policy”

A catalyst that proved to big business that without expansion, unemployed workers might rise up and topple the capitalist system

1893 Economic depression probably

Which event is widely considered the immediate cause that precipitated the Spanish-American War in 1898?

The destruction of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor

The treaty of Paris of 1898, which formally ended the Spanish-American War, resulted in the United States acquiring which territories from Spain?

The Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico

How did the Platt Amendment (1901) modify the terms of the earlier Teller Amendment (1898) regarding Cuba?

The Platt Amendment granted the US the right to intervene in Cuban affairs, while the Teller amendment had disclaimed any US intention to annex Cuba.

Yellow Journalism played what significant role in the events leading up to the Spanish-American War?

It used sensationalism and exaggerated stories of Spanish atrocities to inflame public opinion against Spain.

Before becoming President, Theodore Roosevelt played a key role in the Spanish-American War as an assistant secretary of the navy and as the commander of which volunteer cavalry regiment?

The Rough Riders

What significant US Foreign Policy principle was reinforced by the results of the Spanish-American War, marking the US as a major global power?

The establishment of US Imperialism

The liberation of the Philippines from Spanish control led to what… WHAT DID IT LEAD TO?

The transfer of the Philippines to the United States

Which of the following would NAWT be considered a motive for US involvement in Cuba in the late 1890s?

Freeing Cuban slaves

The ____ is an often forgotten extension of the Spanish American War

The Filipino-American War…? maybe

The challenges if operating a multi-theater was enhanced the need for the military to…

ALL OF THE ABOVE YAYAYAYYAYAYAYAY