Quiz: Chapter 27

Alfred Thayer Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power upon History argued that national greatness depended on:

• a. Isolation from world affairs
• b. A powerful navy and overseas colonies
• c. Free trade with Europe only
• d. A large standing army

Queen Liliuokalani was overthrown in 1893 by:

• a. Japanese immigrants
• b. American sugar planters backed by U.S. Marines
• c. The Spanish navy
• d. British colonial forces

"Yellow journalism" refers to:

• a. Official government war propaganda
• b. Sensational, exaggerated newspaper reporting to boost sales
• c. Spanish censorship of the press
• d. A Cuban rebel newspaper

The Teller Amendment (1898) pledged that the United States would:

• a. Not annex Cuba after the war
• b. Annex the Philippines immediately
• c. Declare war on Germany
• d. Withdraw from Hawaii

Commodore George Dewey won a stunning naval victory in 1898 at:

• a. Santiago, Cuba
• b. Manila Bay, the Philippines
• c. Havana Harbor
• d. Pearl Harbor

The "Rough Riders" were led by:

• a. William McKinley
• b. George Dewey
• c. Theodore Roosevelt
• d. Emilio Aguinaldo

Under the Treaty of Paris (1898), the United States gained all of the following EXCEPT:

• a. Puerto Rico
• b. Guam
• c. The Philippines
• d. Cuba as a formal colony

The Anti-Imperialist League opposed acquiring the Philippines because:

• a. It seemed to betray American principles of self-government
• b. The Philippines had no economic value
• c. Spain refused to give it up
• d. It violated the Teller Amendment

Emilio Aguinaldo led:

• a. The Cuban independence movement
• b. Filipino resistance against Spain and then the United States
• c. The Boxer Rebellion
• d. The Hawaiian monarchy

The Platt Amendment (1901) effectively made Cuba:

• a. A U.S. protectorate in all but name
• b. A full U.S. state
• c. Fully independent with no U.S. ties
• d. A Spanish colony again

Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Notes (1899) aimed to:

• a. Close China to all foreign trade
• b. Preserve equal trading rights for all nations in China
• c. Annex Chinese territory for the U.S.
• d. End the Boxer Rebellion by treaty

The Roosevelt Corollary (1904) to the Monroe Doctrine asserted that the U.S. would:

• a. Never intervene in Latin America
• b. Intervene in Latin American nations to preempt European intervention
• c. Grant Canada to Britain permanently
• d. Join the League of Nations