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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Dependent Independence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The term ___________________ is used to mean the worldwide assertion of American power for the "good" of other civilizations.
(a) Manifest Destiny.
(b) Expansionist Desire.
(c) Colonial Power.
(d) God's Fate.

2. Conservative President Grover Cleveland ______________ pressure to annex Hawaii and attack Cuba.
(a) Succumbs to.
(b) Encourages.
(c) Ignores.
(d) Resists.

3. What is established in the Philippines?
(a) An all-Filipino governing system.
(b) A true judicial system.
(c) A Filipino militia.
(d) A superficial judicial system.

4. How successful is Roxas when he cracks down on the Huks in an attempt to overwhelm them with force?
(a) He is very successful.
(b) He is somewhat successful in overwhelming them with force.
(c) He only manages to alienate many local villagers.
(d) He only manages to upset politicians in the United States.

5. Mark Twain, Samuel Gompers and _________________ find themselves oddly on the same side of the expansionism issue.
(a) John Ford.
(b) Thomas Eakins.
(c) Andrew Carnegie.
(d) Solomon R. Guggenheim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does U.S. trade do to the gap between rich and poor?

2. A pre-CIA organization selects Ramon Magsaysay, who quickly rises through the Filipino legislative ranks. What does Magsaysay cunningly create where he gives rebels the option to surrender, but attacks mercilessly if they decline the offer?

3. Of what does McKinley have no knowledge?

4. What does President Roxas do in order to pass wanted legislation?

5. Theodore Roosevelt is a student of Mahan's THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER ON HISTORY and desires to make the United States what?

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