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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Stumbling Toward Self-rule.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As military governor, how does MacArthur treat Taft?
(a) He refuses to step down but does recognize Taft's authority.
(b) He is upset with Taft's authority but steps down.
(c) He shows taft a great deal of respect.
(d) He refuses to step down or even recognize Taft's authority over him.

2. When does Ferdinand Magellan sail for India with a Portuguese fleet?
(a) 1705.
(b) 1505.
(c) 1605.
(d) 1805.

3. Of what does McKinley have no knowledge?
(a) Local affairs.
(b) Political affairs.
(c) Foreign affairs.
(d) Far Eastern affairs.

4. How does Aguinaldo feel when McKinley easily sweeps the elections for a second term, with Roosevelt as his running mate?
(a) Excited.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Devastated.
(d) Happy.

5. What are many powerful individuals now considering?
(a) The excitement of a U.S. colony in the Far East.
(b) The possible benefits of a U.S. colony in the Far East.
(c) The possible harm a U.S. colony would cause a group of people in the Far East.
(d) The uselessness of a U.S. colony in the Far East.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would one describe Quezon?

2. Where else do the Portuguese aggressively explore over the next ten years?

3. What has happened to McKinley's inauguration pledge to not seek to gain territory beyond the borders of the United States?

4. When Roosevelt takes over as acting secretary, he looks at means of overthrowing who in Cuba and the Philippines?

5. What begins roaming the countryside, killing American collaborators?

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