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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Civilizing with a Krag.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what pretext does a civilian commission set up offices in Manila?
(a) Educating the natives.
(b) Finding work for the natives.
(c) Protecting Americans in the Philippines.
(d) Getting the point of view of the natives.

2. What has happened to McKinley's inauguration pledge to not seek to gain territory beyond the borders of the United States?
(a) It has been long forgotten.
(b) It is struggling to exist.
(c) It has not been forgotten.
(d) It has strengthened.

3. What does McKinley's policy set up?
(a) The successful turn of events with the friendly native population that is to come.
(b) The disastrous turn of events with the friendly native population that is to come.
(c) The useless turn of events with the friendly native population that is to come.
(d) The somewhat successful turn of events with the friendly native population that is to come.

4. European countries move out by sea and land to explore the unknown reaches of the world in what is known as what?
(a) The "Age of Enlightenment."
(b) The "Age of Man."
(c) The "Age of Discovery."
(d) The "Age of the Dinosaurs."

5. When Roosevelt takes over as acting secretary, he looks at means of overthrowing who in Cuba and the Philippines?
(a) Fidel Castro.
(b) The Portuguese.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The Cubans and the Filipinos.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what do the Spanish soldiers excitedly concentrate?

3. How is the carnage affecting many American troops?

4. How much difficulty do the Americans have winning most skirmishes?

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

(see the answer key)

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