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

2. How many troops does Filipino General Luna quickly get to surround the city of Manila?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 300.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 30,000.

3. What Portuguese explorer leads a successful voyage around the Horn of Africa and lands in India in 1498?
(a) Ferdinand Magellan.
(b) Vasco da Gama.
(c) Franz Ferdinand.
(d) Christopher Columbus.

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

5. Theodore Roosevelt is a student of Mahan's THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER ON HISTORY and desires to make the United States what?
(a) A mighty nation.
(b) A negligent nation.
(c) A haughty nation.
(d) A pampered nation.

Short Answer Questions

1. The _____________ view surpasses the expansionism view for most of the remainder of the 1800s.

2. What does McKinley's policy set up?

3. When Woodrow Wilson is elected president, what do Filipinos prematurely assume will happen?

4. In mid-1900, what hope is Aguinaldo still holding out?

5. When do the Portuguese explore the West African coast and round the continent itself?

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