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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of relationship exists between the United States and the Philippines?
(a) A loving relationship.
(b) A relationship full of hatred.
(c) A love/hate relationship.
(d) A healthy relationship.

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

3. What happens when Schurman presses McKinley for a cease-fire?
(a) McKinley ignores Schurman's request for a cease-fire.
(b) Otis' own team members desert him, and the settlement is abandoned.
(c) Otis' own team members support him, and the settlement is accepted.
(d) McKinley rejects Schurman's request for a cease-fire.

4. How has the Filipino perception of the United States changed over the years?
(a) From foe to friend.
(b) From friend to foe.
(c) From occupying nation to protector.
(d) From protector to occupying nation.

5. For how long does Spain keep the Philippines in a state of near suspended animation?
(a) Ten years.
(b) More than five hundred years.
(c) More than three hundred years.
(d) Two hundred years.

6. In January 1900, who does President McKinley summon to discuss the Philippines?
(a) Federal judge Owen Murphy Panner.
(b) Federal judge George Bethune Adams.
(c) Federal judge William Howard Taft.
(d) Federal judge Lawrence Edward Walsh.

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

8. Why does this person agree to depart for Manila to take the position of governor?
(a) He has aspirations of becoming a Supreme Court judge.
(b) He enjoys traveling around the world.
(c) He would like to learn more about the Philippine culture.
(d) He has family that lives in Manila.

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

10. In the spirit of "benevolent assimilation," General Otis focuses army resources towards what?
(a) Suppressing the locals.
(b) Converting the locals to Christianity.
(c) Teaching English to the locals.
(d) Public education and rebuilding the legal system.

11. 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 William Merritt.
(d) Major General Jacob Merritt.

12. Of what does McKinley have no knowledge?
(a) Local affairs.
(b) Far Eastern affairs.
(c) Political affairs.
(d) Foreign affairs.

13. What does Aguinaldo tell his men to do?
(a) To assimilate to the American culture so as to convince the Americans that they have surrendered.
(b) To flee the country.
(c) Protect the Americans to show that they are a civilized people.
(d) To completely abandon conventional warfare and harass American troops whenever possible.

14. Since McKinley does not want war, what does he do?
(a) He forbids war.
(b) He resigns.
(c) He runs a successful anti-war campaign.
(d) He tries stalling.

15. Over what is the actual war triggered?
(a) A large battle on February 4, 1899.
(b) A large battle on February 4, 1900.
(c) A small skirmish on February 4, 1900.
(d) A small skirmish on February 4, 1899.

Short Answer Questions

1. As military governor, how does MacArthur treat Taft?

2. Where do the Spaniards set up a trading post?

3. How and when does the huge Philippine sugar trade begin enticing numerous other countries to the area?

4. What begins roaming the countryside, killing American collaborators?

5. How is the carnage affecting many American troops?

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