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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How and when does the huge Philippine sugar trade begin enticing numerous other countries to the area?
(a) In the 1900s.
(b) In the 1700s.
(c) In the 1800s.
(d) In the 1600s.

3. Why does Aguinaldo depart to the mainland?
(a) To flee the war.
(b) To raise an army to fight the Spanish.
(c) To escape the Americans.
(d) To meet with Dewey.

4. When did the United States take the Philippines as a "prize?"
(a) In the Spanish American War.
(b) In the French and Indian ar.
(c) In World War I.
(d) In the Cold War.

5. What were the Philippines to the Spanish initially?
(a) A state.
(b) An ally.
(c) A colony.
(d) An enemy.

6. What takes off in Europe and creates a demand for a viable route to the Far East?
(a) Yoga and interest in Eastern religions.
(b) The Black Death.
(c) The Asian spice trade.
(d) A desire for fine China.

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

8. What are many powerful individuals now considering?
(a) The uselessness of a U.S. colony in the Far East.
(b) The possible harm a U.S. colony would cause a group of people in the Far East.
(c) The possible benefits of a U.S. colony in the Far East.
(d) The excitement of a U.S. colony in the Far East.

9. The country is ruled indirectly from what for three hundred years?
(a) Japan.
(b) The United States.
(c) The Vatican and Rome.
(d) The Spanish.

10. What does Aguinaldo assume that the United States will guarantee for the Philippines?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Safety.
(c) Order.
(d) Freedom.

11. How do American commanders and troops retaliate?
(a) With an increase in forced labor camps.
(b) With a "torture the prisoners" policy.
(c) With a "no prisoners" policy.
(d) By pulling out of Manila.

12. How many weeks does it take to reach the Pacific Ocean?
(a) Ten.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

13. What begins roaming the countryside, killing American collaborators?
(a) Filipino clergy.
(b) Japanese death squads.
(c) Former United States soldiers.
(d) Filipino death squads.

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

15. In mid-1900, what hope is Aguinaldo still holding out?
(a) McKinley will win the next election.
(b) That McKinley will stand up for his beliefs.
(c) McKinley will change his views on the Philippines as a colony.
(d) McKinley can be defeated in the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what do the Spanish soldiers excitedly concentrate?

2. For how long does Spain keep the Philippines in a state of near suspended animation?

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

4. What stories heavily influence the natives?

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

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