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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 begins roaming the countryside, killing American collaborators?
(a) Filipino death squads.
(b) Former United States soldiers.
(c) Filipino clergy.
(d) Japanese death squads.

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

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

4. When does Ferdinand Magellan sail for India with a Portuguese fleet?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1705.
(c) 1605.
(d) 1505.

5. Theodore Roosevelt is a student of Mahan's THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER ON HISTORY and desires to make the United States what?
(a) A haughty nation.
(b) A negligent nation.
(c) A mighty nation.
(d) A pampered nation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a rebellion in Cuba get much attention in the United States?

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

3. How has the Filipino perception of the United States changed over the years?

4. What were the Philippines to the Spanish initially?

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.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Aguinaldo in mid-1900.

3. What did Prince Henry do for Portuguese exploration?

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

5. How do the Americans deal with guerrilla tactics?

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

7. What good does General Otis do for the natives?

8. What happens when the U.S. warship "Maine" explodes?

9. How does Aguinaldo change his tactics? How does this affect both sides?

10. What happens when some Spaniards resent the injustice of the Spanish towards the natives?

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