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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. In whose footsteps does Magellan follow?
(a) Balboa's.
(b) Columbus.
(c) Cabot.
(d) De Gama.

2. When Roosevelt takes over as acting secretary, he looks at means of overthrowing who in Cuba and the Philippines?
(a) The Cubans and the Filipinos.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) The Portuguese.

3. In mid-1900, what hope is Aguinaldo still holding out?
(a) That McKinley will stand up for his beliefs.
(b) McKinley will win the next election.
(c) McKinley will change his views on the Philippines as a colony.
(d) McKinley can be defeated in the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

4. Under what pretext does a civilian commission set up offices in Manila?
(a) Educating the natives.
(b) Getting the point of view of the natives.
(c) Finding work for the natives.
(d) Protecting Americans in the Philippines.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who aggressively works for forty years to send out sea voyages?

2. How do American commanders and troops retaliate?

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

4. Under pressure, McKinley appoints Roosevelt as the assistant secretary to whom, who is the secretary of the navy?

5. When did the United States take the Philippines as a "prize?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe life in the Philippines under Spanish rule.

2. What did Prince Henry do for Portuguese exploration?

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

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 takes place during the mid 1800s in America?

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

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

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

9. What happens when more American troops are requested?

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

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