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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Schurman presses McKinley for a cease-fire?
(a) McKinley rejects Schurman's request for a cease-fire.
(b) Otis' own team members support him, and the settlement is accepted.
(c) McKinley ignores Schurman's request for a cease-fire.
(d) Otis' own team members desert him, and the settlement is abandoned.

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

3. Of what does McKinley have no knowledge?
(a) Far Eastern affairs.
(b) Foreign affairs.
(c) Local affairs.
(d) Political affairs.

4. Over what is the actual war triggered?
(a) A large battle on February 4, 1900.
(b) A large battle on February 4, 1899.
(c) A small skirmish on February 4, 1900.
(d) A small skirmish on February 4, 1899.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does McKinley's policy set up?

3. What were the Philippines to the Spanish initially?

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

5. Who have found their lives inexorably linked to the Philippines?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when young Filipino men are educated abroad?

2. What does President McKinley do in January of 1900?

3. What happens when more American troops are requested?

4. What happens to Aguinaldo when McKinley easily sweeps the elections for a second term?

5. Describe life in the Philippines under Spanish rule.

6. What takes place when Cleveland is replaced by McKinley?

7. What does McKinley do when the Spanish fleet is destroyed in Manila?

8. What did Prince Henry do for Portuguese exploration?

9. What effect does the belief that the U.S. could benefit from having a colony in the Far East have on the United States?

10. Describe Aguinaldo in mid-1900.

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