Question 1

President Roosevelt organized the conference at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1905 to

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A)   develop a plan for granting 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 peaceful conclusion to the Russo-Japanese War.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 2

In his book Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis, the Reverend Josiah Strong advocated American expansion

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A)   to keep the American frontier spirit alive.
B)   to open up new markets for industrial goods.
C)   to spread American religion and values.
D)   to ease labor violence at home.
E)   to maintain white racial superiority.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

Theodore Roosevelt in effect created a "Bad Neighbor" policy toward Latin American primarily by

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A)   building the Panama Canal.
B)   making Puerto Rico a U.S.colony.
C)   involving the United States 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.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 4

Of the following, the individual who had the least enthusiasm for U.S.imperialistic adventures as the nineteenth century ended was

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A)   Theodore Roosevelt.
B)   William Randolph Hearst.
C)   Alfred Thayer Mahan.
D)   William McKinley.
E)   Grover Cleveland.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

A major factor in the shift in American foreign policy toward imperialism in the late nineteenth century was

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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.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

In their revolt against harsh Spanish rule, the Cuban nationalist insurrectos

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A)   attacked Spanish shipping.
B)   blew up the battleship Maine.
C)   staged guerilla raids on Havana.
D)   assassinated Spanish officials.
E)   burned sugar mills and attacked passenger trains.F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 7

What did the Insular Cases reveal regarding America's attitudes and treatment of people under its "colonial" rule? How did the subsequent histories of Hawaiians, Filipinos, and Puerto Ricans show the great variety of outcomes that emerged from the acquisitions of 1898-1899?

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Question 8

In the Root-Takahira agreement of 1908,

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A)   the Japanese government agreed to limit the number of Japanese immigrant laborers entering the United States.
B)   the United States and Japan agreed to respect each other's territorial holdings in the Pacific.
C)   the United States agreed to accept a Japanese sphere of influence in China.
D)   the Japanese agreed to accept the segregation of Japanese children in California schools in return for the United States' recognition of Japanese control of Korea.
E)   Japan agreed to accept U.S.control of the Philippines in exchange for Japanese domination of Manchuria.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

Most Americans favored aiding the Cuban revolutionaries for all of the following reasons except

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A)   outrage at the Spanish use of reconcentration camps.
B)   fear that the Cuban war would spread to south Florida.
C)   a desire to protect substantial American trade and investment in Cuba.
D)   democratic sympathy for patriots fighting for their freedom.
E)   the atrocity stories reported in the "yellow press."F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 10

The Philippine nationalist who led the insurrection against both Spanish rule and United States occupation was

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A)   Valeriano Weyler.
B)   Emilio Aguinaldo.
C)   Dupuy de Lóme.
D)   Pasqual de Cervera.
E)   Ramon Macapagal.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 11

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