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

2. How is Aguinaldo captured?
(a) The Americans capture him after a small skirmish.
(b) The Americans use a "Trojan horse" scenario.
(c) The Americans kill all of his men.
(d) The Americans use a "carrot and stick" scenario.

3. In January 1900, who does President McKinley summon to discuss the Philippines?
(a) Federal judge Lawrence Edward Walsh.
(b) Federal judge George Bethune Adams.
(c) Federal judge William Howard Taft.
(d) Federal judge Owen Murphy Panner.

4. Where is Magellan wrongly charged with corruption, then exonerated?
(a) Lyon.
(b) Lexington.
(c) London.
(d) Lisbon.

5. During the mid 1800s, the American desire to become a world power and be taken seriously _____________.
(a) Ends.
(b) Grows.
(c) Shrinks.
(d) Begins.

Short Answer Questions

1. McKinley does not want complications with the insurgents, but is still trying to do what?

2. What does Taft believe will only hurt trade between the U.S. and the Philippines?

3. Why does Aguinaldo depart to the mainland?

4. How many troops does Filipino General Luna quickly get to surround the city of Manila?

5. Under pressure, McKinley appoints Roosevelt as the assistant secretary to whom, who is the secretary of the navy?

(see the answer key)

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