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US History Final: Test #2
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11th Grade
06/06/2011

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The Rough Riders were:
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a volunteer calvary unit in the spanish-american war
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Unlike Britain, France, and Russia, the United States
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wanted to keep trade in china open
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The Platt Amendment
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gave the United States the right to preserve order as needed in Cuba
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President Roosevelt sent troops to support Panamanian rebels in the fight against Colombia so that:
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the United States full control of the Philipines when
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Spain gave the United States full control of the Philipines when:
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The United States paid $20 million, as set out in the treaty of paris of 1898
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Which presidential condidate ran on an anti-imperialist platform
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William Jennings Bryan
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When Filipinos rebelled against the US rule, the United States found itself:
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using some of the same tactics that the spanish had used in Cuba
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Roosevelt's "big stick" diplomacy:
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depended on a strong military to achieve American goals
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Who told the artist Fredrick Remington "you furnish the pictures and i'll furnish the war?"
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William Randolph Hearst
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Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the Russo-Japanese War?
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it was an overwhelming victory of the Russians over the japanese
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All of the following were imperialistic powers in the late 1800's except:
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China
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General John J. Pershing led a force of 15 thousand soldiers in an attempt to capture:
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Pancho Villa
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The Boxer Rebellion was an attempt by the Chinese revolutionaries to:
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remove foreign infulence from china
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Which of the following was NOT a justification for the US declaring war against spain?
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the Roosevelt Coroally
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Imperialism
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the government policy of expansion that included the establishment of colonies
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Mejji Restoration
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the restoration fo the Japanese emperor that marked the beginning of modernization and industrialization in Japan
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"White man's burden"
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poem by Rudyard Kipling that said the superior people (whites) had the responsibility to civilize the lesser people
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Yellow Journalism
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type of journalism where the stories are sensationalized in order to sell more papers
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Bayonet Constitution
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said that Hawaiians must own land in order to vote
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Bayonet Constitution
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said that Hawaiians must own land in order to vote
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De Lome Letter
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letter written by the spanish about McKinley; interpreted to be "the worst insult ever recieved by America" according to the press
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Commonwealth
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Puerto Rico = commonwealth; a country controlled by another, but is not a part of the controlling country
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"designated zones"
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name of the concentration camps in Cuba
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Teller Amendment
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said that Cuba would never be annexed
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Banana Republics
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a country has control over another purely for the use of its farms and produce
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USS Oregon
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ship that raced to Cuba and arrived too late (sparked discussion of building the panama canal)
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USS Nashville
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ship that sent American troops into panama to encuorage rebellion
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USS Maine
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ship that was "attacked by the spanish with a torpedo" according to the press
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Great White Fleet
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the new navy fleet in America
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What were the factors that led to the United States becoming an imperialistic nation?
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overproduction (needed new places to sell their crops)
"white man's burden"
USA had a responsibility to
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What were the factors that led to the United States becoming an imperialistic nation?
Definition
overproduction (needed new places to sell their crops)
"white man's burden"
USA had a responsibility to
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What were the factors that led to the United States becoming an imperialistic nation?
Definition
overproduction (needed new places to sell their crops)
"white man's burden"
USA had a responsibility to help the "lesser nations"
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