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U.S. History, Chapter 17, STUDY GUIDE
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. By the late 1800s, industrialized Western nations such as Great Britain, France, and Germany looked to
Africa, Asia, and Latin America for new customers, places to invest, and
a. workers.
b. capital.
c. raw materials.
d. ideas.
2. Two popular ideologies contributed to imperialism: a sense of nationalism and
a. a belief in democracy.
b. a spirit of cooperation.
c. a belief in transcendentalism.
d. a feeling of cultural superiority.
3. In the late 1800s, American expansionists were interested in Hawaii as a potential
a. tourist attraction.
b. fiftieth state.
c. coaling station and naval base.
d. fishing site.
4. U.S. Secretary of State John Hay proposed the Open Door Policy in China in opposition to
a. Japanese threats.
b. European spheres of influence.
c. the Boxer rebellion.
d. the Russo-Japanese War.
5. Americans who read about the revolt in Cuba were shocked by
a. General Weyler’s mistreatment of civilians.
b. Jose Martí’s death.
c. the Cuban revolt against Spain.
d. Cuba’s mistreatment of tourists.
6. The event that triggered a U.S. declaration of war on Spain in 1898 was
a. the death of José Martí.
b. the destruction of the USS Maine.
c. Dewey’s attack on the Philippines.
d. the de Lôme letter.
7. When the Spanish-American War broke out, Commodore George Dewey’s fleet rushed to
a. Cuba.
b. Puerto Rico.
c. the Philippines.
d. Florida.
8. After the Spanish-American War, a controversy arose over whether the United States should annex
a. Cuba.
b. Puerto Rico.
c. Samoa.
d. the Philippines.
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9. United States Army doctors Walter Reed and William C. Gorgas based their efforts on work done by Carlos
Juan Finley of Cuba to virtually eliminate
a. malaria from Cuba.
b. yellow fever from Havana.
c. Spanish medical professionals.
d. smallpox from San Juan.
10. The United States supported Panamanian revolutionaries in 1903 in their fight for independence from
a. Spain.
b. France.
c. Colombia.
d. Chile.
11. Between 1910 and 1920 Mexico
a. endured violent revolutions.
b. emerged as a world power.
c. was ruled by the dictator Porfirio Díaz.
d. was a Spanish colony.
12. This Mexican leader led the first armed invasion of the continental United States since the War of 1812.
a. Emilano Zapata
b. Pancho Villa
c. Francisco Madero
d. Victoriano Huerta
13. President Theodore Roosevelt received the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to negotiate a peace treaty between
a. Russia and Japan.
b. China and Japan.
c. Russia and China.
d. the United States and Korea.
____ 14. Social Darwinism encouraged people in industrialized nations to believe that
a. they were superior to people who lived in less-developed countries.
b. they were inferior to people who lived in less-developed nations.
c. evolution impacted the culture of a nation’s inhabitants as much as it did the adaptation of species.
d. economic soundness resulted from cooperating with and showing respect for other nations.
____ 15. In the late 1800s, what motivated the United States to claim territories abroad?
a. The United States believed it had much to learn from studying the way other countries handled
production and distribution of goods.
b. Americans wanted to learn about other religious faiths.
c. The United States was eager to find new markets and military advantages.
d. Americans wanted to find restful destinations where nothing was polluted.
____ 16. How did the Boxer Rebellion increase support for the Open Door Policy?
a. Japan realized that it needed the United States.
b. Westerners realized that they could more effectively exploit China if they stuck together.
c. China realized that Western trade was necessary to its survival.
d. China and the Western nations worked out a series of policies to enable trade to flow through third
parties.
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____ 17. What role did the U.S. minister to Hawaii, John L. Stevens, play in the creation of the Republic of Hawaii?
a. He supported the planters who rebelled against the queen.
b. He tried to support the queen, but his efforts were not successful.
c. He opposed Sanford B. Dole.
d. He fought the U.S. Marines’ takeover of the royal palace.
____ 18. Why did King Kalakaua give Pearl Harbor to the United States?
a. U.S. control of Pearl Harbor was guaranteed by the Cook Treaty.
b. The Hawaiian League forced him to sign the bayonet constitution.
c. He was happy to give Americans more political control.
d. He wanted to create a place for U.S. warships to resupply.
____ 19. What prompted the Russo-Japanese War?
a. Russia sent ships to Edo Bay.
b. Japan sought to take over Siberia.
c. Japan and Russia each wanted to control Korea and Manchuria.
d. Japan and Russia each hoped to gain a foothold in Alaska.
____ 20. How did Americans view the Cuban revolt against Spain?
a. Americans sympathized with Spain.
b. Americans had little interest in the struggle.
c. Americans pressured President McKinley to enter the conflict as soon as the Cubans began to
revolt.
d. Americans sympathized with the Cubans.
____ 21. The United States gained trading rights in China by
a. supporting the Boxer Rebellion.
b. having a successful meeting with the “Society of Righteous and Harmful Fists.”
c. securing a large sphere of influence around Guangzhou.
d. sending notes to European nations and Japan that recommended all nations have equal trading
rights in China.
____ 22. How did the United States exert influence in Japan?
a. by two impressive displays of naval power, 50 years apart
b. by holding the Edo Bay Summit
c. by agreeing not to expand in the Pacific
d. by siding with Russia in the Russo-Japanese War
____ 23. How did William Randolph Hearst use his newspaper to support the Cubans against the Spanish?
a. His paper refused to use any Spanish sources.
b. His paper refused to resort to yellow journalism.
c. His paper competed with Joseph Pulitzer’s paper for the most accurate headlines.
d. His paper hired José Martí to create ads that urged support of the Cuban revolt against Spain.
____ 24. Who were the Rough Riders?
a. American troops dispatched to aid Emilio Aguinaldo
b. a cavalry regiment organized by Teddy Roosevelt
c. elite naval forces organized by George Dewey in the Philippines
d. experienced African American soldiers of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalries
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____ 25. The Anti-Imperialist League, the Colored Citizens of Boston, and AFL leader Samuel Gompers all opposed
a. granting independence to the Philippines.
b. Cuban independence.
c. annexing the Philippines.
d. United States involvement in Puerto Rico.
____ 26. Spanish forces in the Philippines were overcome by
a. Spanish traitors.
b. Filipino and Cuban rebels.
c. the U.S. fleet and Cuban rebels.
d. the Filipino rebel army and the U.S. fleet.
____ 27. How did John F. Stevens earn the title “Genius of the Panama Canal”?
a. He created a cooling system that allowed laborers to work longer hours.
b. He successfully negotiated payments with the Panamanian government.
c. He grew food for the workers that helped ward off diseases.
d. He coordinated construction of the canal, and housing and other facilities for workers.
____ 28. What is one reason that the Platt Amendment was significant?
a. It led to the establishment of the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay.
b. It declared the annexation of Cuba.
c. It revoked the right of the United States to intervene in Cuban affairs.
d. It gave the United States authority to drain standing water, which led to the eradication of yellow
fever in Havana.
____ 29. Why did the United States renew its commitment to support the Monroe Doctrine with military force after the
Spanish-American War?
a. Public opinion had turned against expansion.
b. The United States wanted to protect its interests in Latin America.
c. The United States wanted to keep the military ready in case of unexpected combat in Asia.
d. Publicizing such policies strengthened alliances abroad.
____ 30. Which of the following is true about circumstances leading up to U.S. support of the Open Door Policy?
a. American leaders thought it was too late to secure a sphere of influence in China.
b. The United States felt that China’s traditional wish for isolation should be honored.
c. Russia was best poised to exert power in the Philippines.
d. Christian missionaries had joined with the Boxers to protest Chinese trade with the United States.
____ 31. What response did U.S. Admiral Henry Mayo demand after the Tampico incident?
a. that the United States declare war on Mexico
b. that the Mexican government publish an apology in William Randolph Hearst’s newspaper.
c. that Mexico give a 21-gun salute to the American flag
d. that the government turn over Pancho Villa and Emilano Zapata to U.S. forces
____ 32. What kept the Battle of Veracruz and its aftermath from plunging the United States and Mexico into war?
a. The Mexican government issued an apology.
b. Argentina, Brazil, and Chile mediated.
c. Germany sent a diplomatic envoy to smooth out differences.
d. The forces of Emilano Zapata and Pancho Villa united and agreed to end fighting along the U.S.
border.
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____ 33. President Theodore Roosevelt wanted to build the Panama Canal to shorten travel time between
a. Panama and Colombia.
b. the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
c. the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
d. the Atlantic Ocean and the West Indies.
____ 34. A 1917 law gave Puerto Ricans
a. self-rule.
b. U.S. citizenship.
c. control over interstate trade.
d. the power to regulate immigration.
Short Answer
35. Why was the United States interested in expanding its territories in the late 1800s?
36. Briefly, what did the United States gain and lose in the Spanish-American War?
37. What was Teddy Roosevelt’s role in ending the Russo-Japanese War?
38. Why did the United States support the Panamanian revolt against Colombian rule?
39. Identify two reasons why the United States withdrew its troops from Mexico in 1917.
40. What two groups of people from the United States began to move into Hawaii in the 1820s?
41. What was the Boxer Rebellion?
42. What key events and developments led to Japan’s rise as a major Pacific power?
43. “You furnish the pictures, I’ll furnish the war.” What did William Randolph Hearst mean by this message that
he supposedly sent to Frederic Remington?
44. How did yellow journalism get its start?
45. What was the rallying cry of supporters of war with Spain in 1898?
46. Why did Admiral Dewey easily defeat the Spanish fleet that was guarding Manila Bay?
47. What territories did Spain lose in the peace treaty ending the Spanish-American War?
48. Why did American Ambassador John Hay call the Spanish-American War a “splendid little war”?
49. What reasons did opponents of annexation of the Philippines cite to support their case?
50. What was the “big stick” policy that President Roosevelt said he would use in the Dominican Republic?
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“Remember the Maine!”
dollar diplomacy
imperialism
protectorate
John F. Stevens
George Dewey
The “Genius of the Panama Canal”
Dictator who brought order to Mexico
Practice of extending a nation’s power over other lands
Country under the control and protection of another country
Leader of the Mexican Revolution who was supported by Woodrow Wilson
Geographic area where an outside nation exerts economic or political control
Asserted the right of the United States to act as a police power in the Western Hemisphere
Commander of the U.S. fleet that fought in the Battle of Manila Bay
Policy of advancing U.S. interests abroad using economic power
Cry used to rally Americans against Spain
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Walter Reed
Venustiano Carranza
Carlos Juan Finlay
sphere of influence
Roosevelt Corollary
Porfirio Díaz
“Speak softly and carry a big stick”
William H. Seward
Liliuokalani
William McKinley
John Hay
Commodore Matthew Perry
Joseph Pulitzer
commodore George Dewey
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Emilio Aguinaldo
Dr. William C. Gorgas
Porfirio Diaz
John J. Pershing
Grover Cleveland
Pancho Villa
Purchased Alaska and the Midway Islands
Planned to restore the power of the Hawaiian monarchy
Favored annexation of Hawaii
Secretary of State who proposed the Open Door Policy
Awed the Japanese with a demonstration of naval strength
Hearst’s rival in the newspaper business
Won the Battle of Manila Bay
Leader of Filipino patriots fighting for independence
Improved sanitation and health during construction of the Panama Canal
Mexican dictator who helped modernize the country, at the price of freedom
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