Chapter 27 Multiple Choice Questions

d. all of the above

By the 1890s, the United States was bursting with a new sense of power generated by an increase in:
a. population
b. wealth
c. industrial production
d. all of the above
e. none of the above

e. the need for overseas markets for increased industrial and agricultural production

A major factor in the shift in American foreign policy toward imperialism in the late nineteenth century was:
a. the need for additional population
b. the desire for more farmland
c. the construction of an American-built isthmian canal between the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
d. the closing of the frontier
e. the need for overseas markets for increased industrial and agricultural production

b. the lowering of tariff barriers between participating nations
-making more competitive prices

The 1899 Pan-American Conference resulted in:
a. settlement of the Venezuela boundary dispute
b. the lowering of tariff barriers between participating nations
c. arbitration of the Pribilof Island dispute
d. worsened relations between the United States and Latin America
e. creation of the Organization of American Sates
-Meaning:

e. the aggressive new national mood

The numerous near-wars and diplomatic crises of the United States in the late 1880s and 1890s demonstrated:
a. the hostile reaction to American expansionism
b. that other nations were jealous of American power
c. how weak America seemed to the rest of the world
d. the failure of the Monroe Doctrine
e. the aggressive new national mood

c. Monroe Doctrine
-invaded the western hemisphere

To justify American intervention in the Venezuela boundary dispute with Britain, Secretary of State Olney invoked the:
a. Platt Amendment
b. Open Door policy
c. Monroe Doctrine
d. Foraker Act
e. Gentlemen's Agreement
-Define:

d. Latin American nations were pleased by the determination of the United States to protect them
-angry that we stayed too long

As a result of the settlement of the Venezuelan boundary dispute:
a. the Monroe Doctrine was weakened
b. Venezuela gained the bulk of the disputed territory
c. British and American relations steadily worsened until World War I
d. Latin American nations were pleased by the determination of the United States to protect them
e. the United States developed respect for Latin American autonomy
-Later...

a. Hawaii

The question of the annexation of _______ touched off the first major imperialistic debate in American history:
a. Hawaii
b. Cuba
c. the Philippines
d. Puerto Rico
e. the Virgin Islands

e. burned the cane fields and sugar mills
-a response by Americans

In an attempt to persuade Spain to leave Cuba or to encourage the United States to help Cuba to gain its independence, Cuban insurrectors:
a. attacked Spanish shipping
b. blew up the battleship Maine
c. made guerilla raids on Havana
d. assassinated Spanish officials
e. burned the cane fields and sugar mills
-Instigate:

b. anger at Spain's destruction of the sugar cane and sugar mills
-economics and world status

Americans favored providing aid to the Cuban revolutionaries for all of the following reasons:
a. outrage at the Spanish use of reconcentration camps
b. anger at Spain's destruction of the sugar cane and sugar mills
c. fear that Spanish misrule in Cuba menaced the shipping routes to the West Indies
d. sympathy for patriots fighting for their freedom
e. the atrocity stories reported in the "yellow dress"
-Why did we go?....

e. American people demanded it
-of being on the world stage

President William McKinley asked Congress to declare war on Spain mainly because the:
a. business community favored the conflict
b. Spanish government had insulted him
c. justice of obtaining Cuban independence was clear
d. Teller Amendment had been passed
e. American people demanded it
-Mood...

a. sign an armistice with the Cuban rebels
-wanted to look like we were coming in to save the day

The United States declared war on Spain even though the Spanish had already agreed to:
a. sign an armistice with the Cuban rebels
b. accept Cuban independence
c. transfer Cuba to American possession
d. apologize for the sinking of the Maine
e. accept international arbitration of the conflict
-Ego/status...

a. guaranteed the independence of Cuba
-later instilled the Platt Amendment

The Teller Amendment:
a. guaranteed the independence of Cuba
b. made Cuba an American possession
c. directed President McKinley to order American troops into Cuba
d. appropriated funds to combat yellow fever in Cuba
e. granted the US a base at Guantanamo Bay
-But...

c. most of the population greeted the invaders as liberating heroes
-heroes, stayed too long

When the United States invaded Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War:
a. the army encountered stiff resistance from the Spanish
b. the resulting battle ended the war
c. most of the population greeted the invaders as liberating heroes
d. the majority of the fighting occurred in the harbor at San Juan
e. its intentions were to grant Puerto Rican independence
-First.... then.....

d. sickness in both Cuba and the United States

The greatest loss of life for American fighting men during the Spanish-American War resulted from:
a. naval battles in the Caribbean
b. the war in the Philippines
c. land battles in the Cuban campaign
d. sickness in both Cuba and the United States
e. the bungling of unprofessional military volunteers

d. Hawaii
-under our power they didn't get the same rights

All of the following became possessions of the United States under the provisions of the Treaty of Paris except:
a. Puerto Rico
b. Guam
c. the Philippine Islands
d. Hawaii
e. Manila
-abce became insular...

b. their economic potential for American trading profits

American imperialists who advocated acquisitions of the Philippines especially stressed:
a. their strategic advantage for American naval operations
b. their economic potential for American trading profits
c. the opportunity that they presented for Christian missionary work
d. the Filipinos' preference that their archipelago become an American protectorate
e. their potential as a base for intervention in China

c. the islands were still rightfully Spain's, for they were taken after the armistice had been signed

Anti-imperialists presented all of the following arguments against acquiring the Philippine Islands except that:
a. it would violate the "consent of the governed" philosophy of the Declaration of Independence
b. despotism abroad might lead to despotism at home
c. the islands were still rightfully Spain's, for they were taken after the armistice had been signed
d. annexation would propel the United States into the political and military cauldron of the Far East
e. the Filipinos wanted freedom, not colonial rule

a. American laws did not necessarily apply

As to whether American laws applied to the territory acquired in the Spanish-American War, the Supreme Court decided that:
a. American laws did not necessarily apply
b. the United States Congress had no voice in the matter
c. federal but not state laws applied
d. only tariff laws could be forced
e. only the Bill of Rights applied

b. Platt Amendment

The United States gained a virtual right of intervention in Cuba in the:
a. insular cases
b. Platt Amendment
c. Teller Amendment
d. Foraker Act
e. Guantanamo Bay Treaty

e. all of the above

By acquiring the Philippine Islands at the end of Spanish-American War, the United States
a. assumed rule over millions of Asian people
b. became a full-fledged East Asian power
c. assumed commitments that would be difficult to defend
d. developed popular support for a big navy
e. all of the above