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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Theodore Roosevelt, as Assistant Secretary to the Navy, deliver an inciting speech speaking against Japan's presence in the Pacific?
(a) Cleveland, Ohio.
(b) Southport, Florida.
(c) Richmond, Virginia.
(d) Sandusky, Ohio.

2. In Chapter 17, “The Dear Old Beloved Brother” the author describes one final act of President Harrison, which was what?
(a) Naming Iowa as a U.S. State.
(b) Recognizing Hawaii as a sovereign nation.
(c) Naming Hawaii as the 50th U.S. State.
(d) Declaring war on Spain.

3. On what date did Theodore Roosevelt resign from his position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy?
(a) February 15, 1898.
(b) April 19, 1898.
(c) April 25, 1898.
(d) April 23, 1898.

4. Thomas Collier Platt served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives during what years?
(a) 1869-1873.
(b) 1845-1851.
(c) 1873-1877.
(d) 1876-1881.

5. How did Theodore Roosevelt’s wife Edith feel about his potential nomination of Vice President?
(a) She was overwhelmingly happy.
(b) She opposed it.
(c) She supported it.
(d) She was indifferent.

6. On what date did the Rough Riders and other American troops return to New York from the Spanish-American War?
(a) August 8, 1898.
(b) August 14, 1894.
(c) July 1, 1898.
(d) February 15, 1898.

7. On what date was President McKinley shot?
(a) July 3, 1901.
(b) September 6, 1901.
(c) May 4, 1901.
(d) September 2, 1901.

8. What Washington Post writer called Roosevelt a hypocrite for finding work for Shidy after the ordeal in Wisconsin, according to the author in Chapter 16, “The Silver-Plated Reform Commissioner”?
(a) George Paul.
(b) George Edmunds.
(c) Seth Bullock.
(d) Frank Hatton.

9. Who won the Presidential election in 1892?
(a) Isaac Hunt.
(b) James G. Blaine.
(c) Grover Cleveland.
(d) Henry Cabot Lodge.

10. When the Rough Riders arrived in Tampa, Florida, to prepare for departure in the Spanish-American War, who commanded the army bound for Cuba?
(a) Joe Ferris.
(b) Frank Hatton.
(c) William Rufus Shafter.
(d) Thomas Hart Benton.

11. On what date was Theodore Roosevelt III born?
(a) December 2, 1886.
(b) February 12, 1884.
(c) October 28, 1881.
(d) September 13, 1887.

12. After landing in Cuba, Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders joined an excruciating seven-mile hike to what town?
(a) Pina del Rio.
(b) Puerto Padre.
(c) Siboney.
(d) Daiquiri.

13. How much money did the woman demand who claimed she was illegitimately pregnant with Theodore Roosevelt’s brother?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $1,000.

14. The U.S. Army Colonel who helped Theodore Roosevelt form the Rough Riders formerly held what position?
(a) Secretary of the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
(b) Assistant Secretary of the Central Intelligence Agency.
(c) Secretary of Immigration Reform.
(d) Assistant Attending Surgeon to the President.

15. Spain declared war on the U.S. over Cuba on what date?
(a) April 25, 1898.
(b) February 15, 1898.
(c) April 23, 1898.
(d) April 19, 1898.

Short Answer Questions

1. What manager of McKinley’s and Republican Senator opposed Theodore Roosevelt running as Vice President alongside McKinley in the 1900 election?

2. Roosevelt and his men in the Rough Riders departed Tampa for Cuba on what date?

3. Who was the major mob boss who was among the first arrested for violating the Sunday Liquor Law under Roosevelt’s service as New York Police Commissioner?

4. One of the items for approval of Theodore Roosevelt as Governor of New York was a measure to return money to the neediest workers in the state by taxing rising industries. What was this bill called?

5. Who shot President McKinley?

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