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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where do the Spaniards set up a trading post?
(a) In Bataan.
(b) In Fiji.
(c) In Manila.
(d) In Tokyo.

5. What Portuguese explorer leads a successful voyage around the Horn of Africa and lands in India in 1498?
(a) Franz Ferdinand.
(b) Ferdinand Magellan.
(c) Vasco da Gama.
(d) Christopher Columbus.

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

7. 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) With very vague answers.
(d) He does not respond.

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

9. 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) Ethiopia, India, and even Bermuda.
(d) Egypt, The Ivory Coast, and even Barbados.

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

11. When Roosevelt takes over as acting secretary, he looks at means of overthrowing who in Cuba and the Philippines?
(a) The Cubans and the Filipinos.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) The Portuguese.

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

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

14. What explorer first finds the Philippines?
(a) Franz Ferdinand.
(b) Vasco da Gama.
(c) Christopher Columbus.
(d) Ferdinand Magellan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Aguinaldo's men do to American prisoners?

2. In whose footsteps does Magellan follow?

3. What happens to the Philippines under Spanish rule?

4. When does the crew gaze upon the Philippines for the first time?

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

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