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Chapter 28 – Multiple Choice Worksheet
Mr. Jones
Make the best selection.
1. In 1899, an insurrection began in the Philippines because
a) Spanish citizens living there tried to regain political control
b) the U.S. refused to give the Filipino people their freedom
c) Communist insurgents attempted to seize control of the islands
d) the U.S. refused to promote the economic and social development of the
Filipino people
e) American missionaries tried to convert Catholic Filipinos to Protestantism
2. The Philippine insurrection was finally broken in 1901 when
a) American troops overwhelmed the Filipino rebels
b) the islands were given their independence
c) the Senate passed a resolution pledging eventual independence for the
Philippines
d) the Filipino resistance army splintered
e) Emilio Aguinaldo, the Filipino leader, was captured
3. The war fought by American troops in the Philippines against the Filipinos
a) was won with fewer casualties than the war in Cuba
b) was remarkable for its lack of atrocities
c) caused the Americans to use the reconcentration camps
d) waged in accord with traditional American ideals
e) was highly popular in the U.S.
4. President McKinley’s policy of ‘benevolent assimilation’ in the Philippines
a) failed to solve serious sanitation and public-health problems
b) fell short of providing an effective public-school system for the Filipinos
c) was not appreciated by the Filipinos
d) worked remarkably well and led to the early granting of the Philippine
independence
e) recognized the value of traditional Filipino culture
5. When Filipinos came to the U.S., they worked mainly as
a) chefs
b) railroad laborers
c) servants in the navy
d) industrial laborers
e) agricultural laborers
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6. Many Americans became concerned about the increasing foreign intervention in
China because they
a) feared that Chinese markets would be monopolized by European
manufacturers and exporters
b) wanted exclusive trade rights with the Chinese
c) feared German military domination
d) believed it undermined Chinese sovereignty
e) none of the above
7. America’s initial Open Door policy was essentially an argument for
a) free trade
b) spheres of influence
c) military occupation
d) exclusive trade concessions
e) the principle of self determination
8. China’s Boxer Rebellion was an attempt to
a) overthrow the corrupt Chinese government
b) establish American power in the Far East
c) throw out or kill all foreigners
d) destroy the Open Door policy
e) restore traditional Chinese religion
9. In response to the Boxer Rebellion, the U.S.
a) refused to accept any indemnity for the losses that it incurred while putting
down this uprising
b) sent more American missionaries to China
c) sent money but no troops to help a multinational contingent to crush the
uprising
d) became an East Asian power
e) abandoned its time-honored principles of non-entanglement and noninvolvement
10. Once the Boxer uprising ended,
a) China was spared further partition by foreign powers
b) the Open Door policy was abandoned
c) the U.S. became China’s most dangerous enemy
d) China gained more respect from foreign powers
e) China welcomed foreign economic investment
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11. Teddy Roosevelt received the Republican vice-presidential nomination in 1900
mainly because
a) his progressivism balanced McKinley’s conservatism
b) the nomination would remove him from the governorship of New York
c) his presence on the ticket would appeal to western voters
d) Mark Hanna supported his candidacy
e) his personal warmth balanced McKinley’s aloofness
12. When extended, the Open Door policy called on all bid powers, including the
U.S., to
a) recognize Philippine independence at an early date
b) guarantee the independence of Cuba
c) build a Panamanian canal
d) observe the territorial integrity of China
e) pursue further investment in China
13. Just before his nomination for vice president on the Republican ticket in 1900,
Theodore Roosevelt served as
a) assistant secretary of the navy in McKinley’s cabinet
b) secretary of war McKinley’s cabinet
c) U.S. senator from New York
d) governor-general of the Philippines
e) governor of New York
14. In the 1900 presidential election, the Democratic party and its candidate, William
Jennings Bryan, insisted that _______________ was the ‘paramount issue’ of the
campaign.
a) tariff protection
b) imperialism
c) free silver
d) social reform
e) national defense
15. As a vice-presidential candidate in 1900, Theodore Roosevelt appealed especially
to
a) the wealthy
b) easterners
c) conservative Republicans
d) midwesterners
e) former Populists
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16. The Republicans won the 1900 election mainly because of
a) their support of imperialism
b) public opposition to a third term as president for Grover Cleveland
c) their support of freedom abroad
d) Bryan’s lackluster campaign
e) the prosperity achieved during McKinley’s first term
17. Theodore Roosevelt can best be described as
a) lacking in self-confidence
b) mentally competent but physically weak
c) energetic and self-righteous
d) a poor politician with a commanding personality
e) a reflective intellectual
18. As President, Theodore Roosevelt was
a) considered a liberal
b) willing to compromise
c) not an opportunist
d) unwilling to work with party bosses
e) a weak administrator
19. While President, Theodore Roosevelt did all of the following except
a) condemn the law and the courts as too slow
b) disregard the checks and balances among the three branches of
government
c) refuse to ignore the Constitution, even when tempted to do so
d) argue that the president may take any action in the general interest if it is
not expressly forbidden by the law
e) appeal to the people over the head of Congress
20. Construction of an isthmian canal was motivated mainly by
a) a desire to improve the defense of the U.S.
b) the Panamanian Revolution
c) continued volcanic activity in Nicaragua
d) the British rejection of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
e) American economic interests in Central America
21. The British gave up their opposition to an American-controlled isthmian canal
because they
a) sold their rights to Philippe Bunau-Varilla
b) could see no economic gains in continuing to block canal construction
c) confronted an unfriendly Europe and were bogged down in the Boer War
d) were involved in a war with India
e) accepted American domination of Latin America
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22. The alternative route to Panama seriously considered as the location for a canal
between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans was
a) Columbia
b) Nicaragua
c) British Honduras
d) Mexico
e) Costa Rica
23. The U.S. entered the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty with _______________, the HayPauncefote Treaty with ________________, and the Gentlemen’s Agreement
with _________________.
a) Panama; Britain;, Britain
b) Japan; Britain; Panama
c) Britain; Britain; Japan
d) Panama; Britain; Japan
e) Panama; France; Britain
24. The U.S. gained a perpetual lease on the Panama Canal Zone in the
a) Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
b) Hay –Pauncefote Treaty
c) Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
d) Gentlemen’s Agreement
e) Teller Amendment
25. The Colombian Senate rejected the treaty with the U.S. for a canal zoned because
a) a better deal was worked out with the French
b) it did not want a canal through its territory
c) it did not like Teddy Roosevelt
d) it hoped to build the canal itself
e) the U.S. was not paying the Columbian government enough money
26. Theodore Roosevelt’s role in the Panamanian Revolution involved
a) using American naval forces to block Colombian troops from crossing the
isthmus and crushing the revolt
b) ordering an economic embargo of Colombia
c) remaining perfectly neutral
d) sending in American ground troops
e) funding the Panamanian rebels
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27. The revolution in Panama began when
a) the U.S. invaded the area
b) Colombian troops invaded the isthmus
c) the U.S. Senate rejected a treaty for the sale of Panama to Columbia
d) a Chinese civilian and a donkey were killed
e) a Colombian officer shot several Panamanian civilians
28. Theodore Roosevelt wanted an isthmian canal constructed quickly because
a) he feared that the French would build a competing canal
b) it was essential do deploy a two-ocean navy immediately
c) he wished to avoid the onset of a yellow fever epidemic
d) a revolution in Panama was imminent
e) the presidential election of 1904 was approaching
29. During the building of the Panama Canal, all of the following difficulties were
encountered except
a) guerilla warfare waged by Panamanian rebels against the U.S.
b) labor troubles
c) landslides
d) poor sanitation
e) yellow fever
30. Theodore Roosevelt defended his building of the Panama Canal by claiming that
a) other Latin American nations had requested his help
b) he had received a ‘mandate from civilization’
c) the canal would strengthen ties with Latin America
d) Britain would have built the canal had the U.S. not taken the initiative
e) it would enhance economic development on the West Coast
31. American involvement in the affairs of Latin American nations at the turn of the
century usually stemmed from
a) the need to defend these nations against a reassertion of Spanish power
b) the hope that involvement would lead to their outright acquisition by the
U.S.
c) the fact that they were chronically in debt
d) the desire to control the flow of Latin American immigrants into the U.S.
e) a desire to strengthen Latin America democracy
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32. The Roosevelt Corollary added a new provision to the Monroe Doctrine that was
especially designed to
a) enable the U.S. to rule Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone
b) stop European colonization in the Western Hemisphere
c) restore cordial relations between the U.S. and Latin American countries
d) establish a friendly partnership with Britain so that it could join the U.S>
in policing Latin American affairs
e) justify U.S. intervention in the affairs of Latin American nations
33. Theodore Roosevelt promoted the ‘Bad Neighbor’ policy primarily by
a) building the Panama Canal
b) making Puerto Rico a U.S. colony
c) involving the U.S. in the border dispute between Venezuela and Britain
d) adding the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
e) sending U.S. troops to the Dominican Republic
34. The United States’ frequent intervention in the affairs of Latin American nations
in the early 20th century
a) established political stability in the area
b) was appreciated in the region as an effective cloak of defense against
European threats
c) left a legacy of ill will and distrust of the U.S. throughout Latin America
d) departed from Theodore Roosevelt’s big stick diplomacy
e) was intended to spread democracy to the region
35. In 1904, the Russo-Japanese War started because
a) Russia seemed ready to take control of Chinese Manchuria
b) the U.S. refused to force Russia from Sakhalin Island
c) Russia had forced Japan from China
d) Russia feared growing Japanese power in the Pacific
e) of racial tensions between Russians and Japanese
36. Theodore Roosevelt became involved in the peace settlement for the RussoJapanese War
a) on his own initiative
b) as a way of enhancing America’s position in East Asia
c) when Russia asked for his assistance
d) because he feared that the British might intervene and thus gain prestige
e) when Japan secretly asked him to help
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37. President Roosevelt organized a conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in
1905 to
a) extend a grant of independence to the Philippines
b) mediate a conflict between Germany and Spain over North Africa
c) arrange a mutual defense pact with Great Britain
d) establish a colonial office to manage the United States’ new empire
e) mediate a conclusion to the Russo-Japanese War
38. As a result of the Russo-Japanese War,
a) Japan received a large financial indemnity from Russia
b) Japan won a territorial concession on Sakhalin Island
c) U.S. relations with Japan improved
d) U.S. relations with Russia improved
e) Russia became a major power in East Asia
39. The ‘Gentlemen’s Agreement’ that Theodore Roosevelt worked out with the
Japanese
a) concluded the Russo-Japanese War
b) helped him to win the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize
c) caused Japan to halt the flow of laborers to America in return for the
repeal of a racist school decree by San Francisco School Board
d) put a stop to the racist ‘yellow journalism’ being practiced in the U.S.
e) restricted Japanese immigration to upper-class gentlemen
40. Japanese immigrants first entered U.S. territory to work as
a) construction workers on the transcontinental railroad
b) ‘yellow peril’ villains in the Hollywood movie industry
c) Servants and gardeners for San Francisco’s wealthy elite
d) laborers on Hawaii’s sugar plantations
e) factory workers in California’s canning industry
41. In the Root-Takahira agreement of 1908,
a) the Japanese government agreed to limit the number of Japanese
immigrant laborers entering the U.S.
b) the U.S. and Japan agreed to respect each other’s territorial holdings in the
Pacific
c) the U.S. agreed to accept the segregation of Japanese children in
California schools in return for the Untied States’ recognition of Japanese
control of Korea
d) Japan agreed to accept U.S. control of the Philippines in exchange for
Japanese domination of Manchuria
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42. A group of historians known as the ‘New Left’ revisionists argues that the U.S.
introduced a new style of foreign policy that
a) was motivated by naïve idealism
b) emphasized understanding the international context of events
c) shunned foreign territorial possession but sought economic dominance of
foreign markets and investments
d) sought to build a colonial empire
e) was dominated by racist attitudes toward Asians and Latin Americans