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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Little Brown Brothers.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do Aguinaldo's men do to American prisoners?
(a) They are kind and humane.
(b) They torture and kill them in gruesome ways.
(c) They send video recordings of them to politicians in the United States.
(d) They make them work in labor camps.

4. On what do the Spanish soldiers excitedly concentrate?
(a) Selling the Philippines to the United States.
(b) Preparing the Philippine people to be independent.
(c) Finding a route to enhance their power in the spice trade.
(d) Collecting revenue and converting the population to Christianity.

5. With the Spanish fleet destroyed in Manila, McKinley appoints _________ to command the U.S. Army to take the city itself, still held by the Spanish.
(a) Major General Wesley Merritt.
(b) Major General John Merritt.
(c) Major General Jacob Merritt.
(d) Major General William Merritt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creates a harsh feudal system when it comes to land ownership and taxation?

2. What happens when Schurman presses McKinley for a cease-fire?

3. How do American commanders and troops retaliate?

4. What do the Americans do to the village of Caloocan?

5. Soon, what happens to the local chiefs regarding their people?

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