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

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

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

4. Where is Magellan wrongly charged with corruption, then exonerated?
(a) Lexington.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) London.
(d) Lyon.

5. Since McKinley does not want war, what does he do?
(a) He resigns.
(b) He forbids war.
(c) He runs a successful anti-war campaign.
(d) He tries stalling.

Short Answer Questions

1. How and when does the huge Philippine sugar trade begin enticing numerous other countries to the area?

2. How is Aguinaldo captured?

3. Where else do the Portuguese aggressively explore over the next ten years?

4. By the end of the day, how many Filipinos are dead?

5. What becomes more common for Filipinos?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ferdinand Magellan's early career as an explorer.

2. What occurs after a rebellion in Cuba takes place?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What takes place during the mid 1800s in America?

10. What did Prince Henry do for Portuguese exploration?

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