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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Imperial Democracy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect do modest reforms have on the leaders in the Philippines?
(a) It decreases the power of both the Spanish bureaucrats and the church.
(b) This limits the power of the Spanish bureaucrats, but actually increases the power of the church.
(c) It increases the power of both Spanish bureaucrats and the church.
(d) This limits the power of the church, but actually increases the power of the Spanish bureaucrats.

2. What happens to the Philippines under Spanish rule?
(a) They die.
(b) They become attached to the Spanish.
(c) They stagnate.
(d) They prosper.

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

4. 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 pampered nation.
(b) A haughty nation.
(c) A mighty nation.
(d) A negligent nation.

5. What do some men do to avoid mandatory "service"?
(a) They commit suicide.
(b) They flee the country.
(c) They fight the Spanish.
(d) They flee into the jungle.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the crew gaze upon the Philippines for the first time?

2. When does Ferdinand Magellan sail for India with a Portuguese fleet?

3. How many weeks does it take to reach the Pacific Ocean?

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

5. How has the Filipino perception of the United States changed over the years?

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