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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How is the carnage affecting many American troops?
(a) They are becoming less aggressive and willing to fight.
(b) They are becoming desensitized.
(c) They are becoming more sensitive to the situation.
(d) They are becoming less interested in fighting.

5. McKinley does not want complications with the insurgents, but is still trying to do what?
(a) Appease the Philippine people.
(b) Reach a negotiated deal with the Spanish.
(c) Become friends with the insurgents.
(d) Avoid making the Philippines a U.S. colony.

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

7. How does Aguinaldo feel when McKinley easily sweeps the elections for a second term, with Roosevelt as his running mate?
(a) Happy.
(b) Excited.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Devastated.

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

9. What has happened to McKinley's inauguration pledge to not seek to gain territory beyond the borders of the United States?
(a) It is struggling to exist.
(b) It has not been forgotten.
(c) It has been long forgotten.
(d) It has strengthened.

10. How many troops does Filipino General Luna quickly get to surround the city of Manila?
(a) 300.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 300,000.

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

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

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

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

15. How is Aguinaldo captured?
(a) The Americans capture him after a small skirmish.
(b) The Americans kill all of his men.
(c) The Americans use a "carrot and stick" scenario.
(d) The Americans use a "Trojan horse" scenario.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the mid 1800s, the American desire to become a world power and be taken seriously _____________.

2. How does Aguinaldo feel when he finds out about Dewey's triumph against the Spanish fleet?

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

4. What are many powerful individuals now considering?

5. From where does the Spaniards' main threat come?

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