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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When do the Portuguese explore the West African coast and round the continent itself?
(a) 1487.
(b) 1587.
(c) 1787.
(d) 1687.

3. After two months at sea, where do the ships reach?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Chile.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Mexico.

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

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 William Merritt.
(b) Major General Jacob Merritt.
(c) Major General Wesley Merritt.
(d) Major General John Merritt.

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

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

8. When more troops are requested, how large does the army become within a year?
(a) It grows to fifty thousand.
(b) It grows to one hundred thousand.
(c) It grows to seventy five hundred.
(d) It grows to seventy five thousand.

9. Who aggressively works for forty years to send out sea voyages?
(a) Prince William.
(b) Prince Charles.
(c) Prince Harry.
(d) Prince Henry.

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

11. As military governor, how does MacArthur treat Taft?
(a) He refuses to step down or even recognize Taft's authority over him.
(b) He is upset with Taft's authority but steps down.
(c) He refuses to step down but does recognize Taft's authority.
(d) He shows taft a great deal of respect.

12. What effect do modest reforms have on the leaders in the Philippines?
(a) This limits the power of the church, but actually increases the power of the Spanish bureaucrats.
(b) It decreases the power of both the Spanish bureaucrats and the church.
(c) It increases the power of both Spanish bureaucrats and the church.
(d) This limits the power of the Spanish bureaucrats, but actually increases the power of the church.

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

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 Discovery."
(c) The "Age of Enlightenment."
(d) The "Age of Man."

15. Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
(a) A friend of McKinley's.
(b) A Spanish Friar.
(c) A Filipino politician.
(d) A Filipino insurgent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the explorer looking for when he discovered the Philippines?

3. Mark Twain, Samuel Gompers and _________________ find themselves oddly on the same side of the expansionism issue.

4. What takes off in Europe and creates a demand for a viable route to the Far East?

5. What does Aguinaldo assume that the United States will guarantee for the Philippines?

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