View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the commission reports recommend?
(a) Voluntary dependence.
(b) Enforced dependence.
(c) Enforced autonomy.
(d) Voluntary autonomy.

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

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

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

6. The _____________ view surpasses the expansionism view for most of the remainder of the 1800s.
(a) Isolationist.
(b) Democrat.
(c) Independent.
(d) Republican.

7. The term ___________________ is used to mean the worldwide assertion of American power for the "good" of other civilizations.
(a) God's Fate.
(b) Manifest Destiny.
(c) Colonial Power.
(d) Expansionist Desire.

8. When asked to clarify the overall U.S. mission, how does McKinley respond?
(a) With very specific answers.
(b) He responds with outright lies.
(c) He does not respond.
(d) With very vague answers.

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

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

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

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

13. 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 uselessness of a U.S. colony in the Far East.
(c) The excitement of a U.S. colony in the Far East.
(d) The possible benefits of a U.S. colony in the Far East.

14. 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 the Dinosaurs."
(b) The "Age of Man."
(c) The "Age of Discovery."
(d) The "Age of Enlightenment."

15. What do the Americans do to the village of Caloocan?
(a) They protect it.
(b) They overwhelm it and burn it to the ground.
(c) They save it.
(d) They convert it to Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

1. McKinley does not want complications with the insurgents, but is still trying to do what?

2. When Roosevelt takes over as acting secretary, he looks at means of overthrowing who in Cuba and the Philippines?

3. What has happened to McKinley's inauguration pledge to not seek to gain territory beyond the borders of the United States?

4. How do priests adapt to life in the Philippines?

5. How does Aguinaldo feel when McKinley easily sweeps the elections for a second term, with Roosevelt as his running mate?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 594 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample