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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who have found their lives inexorably linked to the Philippines?
(a) Many famed historical leaders.
(b) Many Spanish.
(c) Many island residents.
(d) Many Americans.

2. How does the insurgent force's policy gradually switch?
(a) From a policy of direct confrontation to guerrilla tactics.
(b) From a policy of guerrilla tactics to direct confrontation.
(c) From a policy of direct confrontation to no confrontation.
(d) From a policy of guerrilla tactics to traditional tactics.

3. Where else do the Portuguese aggressively explore over the next ten years?
(a) Egypt, The Ivory Coast, and even Barbados.
(b) Sumatra, China, and even Japan.
(c) Ethiopia, India, and even Bermuda.
(d) Samaria, Chile, and even Argentina.

4. Conservative President Grover Cleveland ______________ pressure to annex Hawaii and attack Cuba.
(a) Encourages.
(b) Ignores.
(c) Succumbs to.
(d) Resists.

5. Soon, what happens to the local chiefs regarding their people?
(a) They help the Spanish assimilate to the native culture.
(b) They are corrupted by the process and work with the Spaniards against their citizenry.
(c) They flee the country and leave their people defenseless.
(d) They become more protective of their people.

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

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

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

9. Under pressure, McKinley appoints Roosevelt as the assistant secretary to whom, who is the secretary of the navy?
(a) Scott Long.
(b) Brandon Long.
(c) John Long.
(d) Jasper Long.

10. The locals are supposed to be self-ruling, but in reality, who has total control?
(a) The missionaries.
(b) The Friars.
(c) The Americans.
(d) The political leaders.

11. How do priests adapt to life in the Philippines?
(a) They force the natives to comply to their way of life.
(b) They learn the language.
(c) They learn the language and culture, often abandoning their vows and marrying.
(d) They abandon all aspects of their previous culture.

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

13. What creates a harsh feudal system when it comes to land ownership and taxation?
(a) The "pobre" system.
(b) The "Spaniard" system.
(c) The "encomienda" system.
(d) The "esclavitud" system.

14. What is the result of Dewey's cutting the telegraph cable out of Manila?
(a) It greatly slows down direct communication.
(b) It causes widespread fear.
(c) It encourages Filipino ingenuity.
(d) It causes a war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When do the Portuguese explore the West African coast and round the continent itself?

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

3. How does Long react when Roosevelt connives to have a fellow expansionist appointed as the next Navy Commodore?

4. In January 1900, who does President McKinley summon to discuss the Philippines?

5. What creates resentment among the growing Filipino educated class?

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