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Question 1
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When did the United States begin trading with China?
Question 1 options:
a) 1854
b)
1877
c) 1784
d)
1776
Question 2
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What was the Open Door Policy?
Question 2 options:
a)
a commitment to free trade throughout the Pacific Rim
b)
the use of gunboat diplomacy in establishing trade with Japan
c)
a call for all western powers to have equal access to Chinese markets
d)
a demand for the abolition of all tariffs
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How did the United States respond to the Boxer Rebellion in China?
Question 3 options:
a)
The Americans sent diplomats to protect missionaries and businesses.
b)
American troops fought alongside British troops in a western coalition designed to bring peace.
c)
The United States did not respond formally to the rebellion.
d)
President McKinley sent the US Army into China without consulting Congress.
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All of the following statements regarding the Guano Islands Act of 1856 are true EXCEPT:
Question 4 options:
a)
These acquisitions were the first insular, unincorporated territories of the United States.
b)
This legislation authorized and encouraged Americans to venture into the seas and claim islands with guano deposits for the United States.
c)
Guano was a popular fertilizer that was integral to industrial farming.
d)
This legislation put Guano Islands on a path to statehood that later was rejected.
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Why did President Wilson authorize the invasion of Veracruz, Mexico?
Question 5 options:
a)
Victoriano Huerta executed democratically elected president, Francisco Madero.
b)
Americans with financial investments in Mexico asked for intervention.
c)
Mexican forces mistakenly arrested American sailors.
d)
All of the above are true.
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What is NOT true about the Philippine-American War?
Question 6 options:
a)
The Filipinos were fighting in an attempt to earn independence.
b)
The beginning of the Philippine-American War was marked with confusion.
c)
The war began with the assassination of Emilio Aguinaldo, president of the First Philippine Republic.
d)
The US received the territory of the Philippines after the Spanish American War.
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President Theodore Roosevelt transformed the American navy by emphasizing which of the following strategies?
Question 7 options:
a)
targeted commercial raiding
b)
revamped coastal defense
c)
created battleships and a "blue water" navy that would win battles against rival fleets
d)
the construction of small, fast "brown water" ships
Question 8
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Women participated in the global influence of the US in many ways, including all of the following EXCEPT
Question 8 options:
a) diplomats
b)
medical professionals
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c) missionaries
d)
teachers
Question 9
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Which ethnic group faced the most rigid immigration restrictions?
Question 9 options:
a) Jews
b)
Irish
c) Chinese
d)
Italians
Question 10
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Catholic clergymen who took up the name "Americanists" believed in all of the following EXCEPT
Question 10 options:
a)
Catholic immigrants should try to assimilate into the English speaking mainstream
b)
public schools were a danger to the Catholic faith
c)
the Church should close "ethnic parishes"
d)
the separation of church and state would benefit Catholicism
Question 11
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What motivated the publishers of yellow journalism?
Question 11 options:
a)
white supremacy
b)
quality of stories
c) sales
d)
female journalists
Question 12
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General Valeriano Weyler's reconcentration policy in Cuba
Question 12 options:
a)
generated public sympathy for the Cuban people in America
b)
generated public sympathy for the Spanish in America
c)
generated public disdain for the Cuban people in America
d)
generated strong support for hispanic immigrants in America
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The Spanish American War ended with
Question 13 options:
a)
the Havana Treaty
b)
the Treaty of Paris
c)
the Treaty of Ghent
d)
the Treaty of Madrid
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