Chapter 18 Homework
Name: _______________________________________________
Date: __________
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 1. Which of the following did not stimulate U.S. imperialism?
A. need for a new source of cheap labor
B. thirst for new economic markets
C. desire for military strength
D. a belief in the cultural superiority of the Anglo-Saxon culture
____ 2. Which country's residents became citizens of the United States in 1917?
A. Cuba
B. Hawaii
C. Puerto Rico
D. the Philippines
____ 3. Who told the artist Frederic Remington, "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war"?
A. José Martí
B. Teddy Roosevelt
C. William McKinley
D. William Randolph Hearst
____ 4. For which action did Theodore Roosevelt win the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize?
A. leading the Rough Riders
B. developing the Roosevelt Corollary
C. negotiating the Treaty of Paris of 1898
D. negotiating an end to war between Russia and Japan
____ 5. In which of the following conflicts were U.S. military troops not involved?
A. the Boxer Rebellion
B. the Russo-Japanese war
C. the Hawaiian revolution
D. Cuba's second war for independence
____ 6. Which of the following did the United States insist that Cuba include in its constitution?
A. the Boxer Protocol
B. the Platt Amendment
C. the Teller Amendment
D. the Roosevelt Corollary
____ 7. On what did the Roosevelt Corollary build?
A. Monroe Doctrine
B. Open Door Policy
C. Platt Amendment
D. Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901
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____ 8. What was included in the de Lôme letter?
A. de Lôme's resignation as Spanish minister to the United States
B. an apology to the U.S. government
C. criticisms of President McKinley
D. an incitement for war
____ 9. What war ended with the Treaty of Paris of 1898?
A. Spanish-American War
B. Russo-Japanese War
C. Philippine-American War
D. Cuban war for independence
____ 10. What
A. to
B. to
C. to
D. to
was the purpose of the Foraker Act?
give Cuba and Puerto Rico to the United States
grant Puerto Rican residents U.S. citizenship
end the Puerto Rican uprising
end military rule and set up civil government in Puerto Rico
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 11. The map on the left shows that a ship traveling through the Panama Canal from the
Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean heads mainly
A. east.
B. west.
C. southeast.
D. southwest.
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____ 12. The canal's length is approximately
A. 10 miles.
B. 50 miles.
C. 100 miles.
D. 1,000 miles.
____ 13. Before entering Gatun Lake from the Caribbean Sea, a ship must pass through
A. a military base.
B. locks.
C. a bridge.
D. the Pacific Ocean.
____ 14. Closest to the southern end of the canal lies the city of
A. Colón.
B. Panama.
C. Balboa.
D. Escobal.
____ 15. Before the canal was built a ship traveling from San francisco to New York city would
need to travel
A. 5,200 miles.
B. 7,800 miles.
C. 13,000 miles.
D. 18,200 miles.
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____ 16. To what does the door in this cartoon open?
A. the United States
B. a colony
C. China
D. Japan
____ 17. Who is waiting outside the door?
A. the Chinese
B. foreigners
C. Americans
D. soldiers
____ 18. Who holds the key to the door?
A. a French general
B. Teddy Roosevelt
C. a Chinese man
D. Uncle Sam
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____ 19. What does the size of the man holding the key indicate?
A. that he is weaker than all of the others outside the door
B. that he is stronger than all of the others outside the door
C. that he is equal in strength to the Chinese
D. that he is equal in strength to the others outside the door
____ 20. What does the cartoon imply about the Open Door Policy?
A. It favored American interests over other foreign interests in China.
B. It treated all foreign interests in China fairly.
C. It weakened American influence in China.
D. It mainly benefited America's competitors.
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