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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. By the end of the day, how many Filipinos are dead?
(a) Three hundred thousand.
(b) Three hundred.
(c) Thirteen thousand.
(d) Three thousand.

2. What does McKinley's policy set up?
(a) The useless turn of events with the friendly native population that is to come.
(b) The successful turn of events with the friendly native population that is to come.
(c) The somewhat successful turn of events with the friendly native population that is to come.
(d) The disastrous turn of events with the friendly native population that is to come.

3. Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
(a) A Filipino politician.
(b) A Filipino insurgent.
(c) A friend of McKinley's.
(d) A Spanish Friar.

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

5. How much difficulty do the Americans have winning most skirmishes?
(a) They have some trouble winning skirmishes.
(b) They do not win skirmishes.
(c) They easily win skirmishes.
(d) They have a difficult time winning skirmishes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many troops does Filipino General Luna quickly get to surround the city of Manila?

2. The term ___________________ is used to mean the worldwide assertion of American power for the "good" of other civilizations.

3. Why does this person agree to depart for Manila to take the position of governor?

4. What explorer first finds the Philippines?

5. What does Aguinaldo assume that the United States will guarantee for the Philippines?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is happening in the United States during this same time period?

6. Why does Aginaldo become upset with Dewey?

7. What do the Anti-Imperialists feel about the expansionist movement?

8. Describe life in the Philippines under Spanish rule.

9. Describe the religion in the Philippines under Spanish rule.

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

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