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Chapter 23: From Isolation to Empire

Multiple Choice Quiz #1

Multiple Choice Quiz #1
This quiz reviews some of the topics in this chapter. The answer choices are randomized, so the quiz will be different every time you take it. For each question, select the button next to the answer you believe is correct. When you are done, click “Submit for Grade” in order to see how well you did.

This activity contains 10 questions.

	All of the following were contributing causes of the Spanish-American War EXCEPT   public support for the Cuban Revolution. congressional pressure on President McKinley. exposure of the De Lôme letter. the sinking of the battleship Maine. pressure on President McKinley from the business community..

	That no nation can become a world power without a powerful navy was the stated view of   Alfred T. Mahan. Dupuy de Lôme. William H. Seward. Emilio Aguinaldo. Andrew Carnegie.

	The United States disclaimed any intention of annexing Cuban territory in the   Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. Foraker Act. Gentlemen's Agreement. Teller Amendment. Platt Amendment.

	From the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired all of the following EXCEPT   the Philippines. Marianas. Cuba. Puerto Rico. Guam.

	President McKinley decided to annex the Philippines because   U.S. sugar producers wanted him to. Theodore Roosevelt favored such a policy. he was convinced the public and business interests supported it. he was an ardent expansionist. he felt that economic expansion was the only way to get the U.S. out of its economic depression.

	The Foraker Act   placed a tariff on Cuban imports to the U.S. established a limited civil government in Puerto Rico. allowed America to build a canal across Nicaragua. required American traders to respect spheres of influence in China. renounced American interests in occupying Cuba.

	The Platt Amendment provided for all the following EXCEPT   U.S. authority to intervene "for the preservation of Cuban independence." a large U.S. loan to Cuba. Cuban cession of a naval base to the United States. U.S. authority to intervene if "the maintenance of government" was threatened. U.S. supervision of Cuban foreign relations in certain cases.

	Why did Colombia reject the American offer to lease a zone in Panama to build a canal?   Germany submitted a better financial arrangement. America decided instead to pursue a Nicaraguan route. Colombia rejected American policy regarding canal tolls. Colombia felt that the $10 million offer was too small. Columbia felt they could build and operate the canal themselves

	The Roosevelt Corollary allowed the United States to   annex Puerto Rico. extend the Monroe Doctrine to Asia. intervene in the political affairs of the Philippines. construct the Panama Canal. exercise an international police power in the Caribbean.

	John Fiske was a Darwinist who   espoused religious justifications against American imperialism. believed the U.S. had an obligation to intervene in the Dominican Republic and bring Christianity to its people. as secretary of state, purchased the Midway Islands in 1867. negotiated the Peace of Paris in 1900. insisted that the American system of government was so successful that it must be spread around the world.

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