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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do American commanders and troops retaliate?
(a) With an increase in forced labor camps.
(b) With a "no prisoners" policy.
(c) By pulling out of Manila.
(d) With a "torture the prisoners" policy.

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

4. How does Long react when Roosevelt connives to have a fellow expansionist appointed as the next Navy Commodore?
(a) Long reprimands Roosevelt but allow his appointee to stand.
(b) Long rewards Roosevelt.
(c) Long reprimands Roosevelt and does not allow the appointee to stand.
(d) Long resigns as the secretary.

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

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

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

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

9. Of what does Taft recommend U.S. sponsorship?
(a) Philippine military organizations.
(b) Philippine civilian projects.
(c) Philippine reserves.
(d) Philippine insurgents.

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

11. What do some men do to avoid mandatory "service"?
(a) They flee into the jungle.
(b) They fight the Spanish.
(c) They commit suicide.
(d) They flee the country.

12. As military governor, how does MacArthur treat Taft?
(a) He shows taft a great deal of respect.
(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 refuses to step down or even recognize Taft's authority over him.

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

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

15. What do Aguinaldo's men do to American prisoners?
(a) They make them work in labor camps.
(b) They send video recordings of them to politicians in the United States.
(c) They are kind and humane.
(d) They torture and kill them in gruesome ways.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Portuguese explorer leads a successful voyage around the Horn of Africa and lands in India in 1498?

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

3. How much difficulty do the Americans have winning most skirmishes?

4. 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.

5. Under what pretext does a civilian commission set up offices in Manila?

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