Chapter 23 Study Guide

Question 1
The treaty ending the Spanish-American War:
Select one:
a. said that Spain could keep Guantanamo Bay
b. was ratified in the Senate over the protests of William Jennings Bryan
c. provided for Hawaiian autonomy
d. was opposed by most Democrats and Populists
e. provided for Spain to pay to the United States $10,000 for each American soldier killed in the war

Question 2

Alfred Thayer Mayhan wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History
Select one:
a. False
b. True

Question 3
After the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt served as governor of New York.
Select one:
a. True
b. False

Question 4
The Boxer Rebellion took place in
Select one:

a. the Philippines.
b. China.
c. Cuba.
d. Algeria.

Question 5
In the so-called Gentlemen's Agreement, President Roosevelt:
Select one:
a. stopped the flow of Japanese immigrants to America.
b. acknowledged Japan's dominance in Korea.
c. agreed not to bring American armed forces into the Russo-Japanese War.
d. agreed to help finance the Russian effort to seize Korea from the Japanese.

Question 6
Between 1881 and 1887, an attempt to build a canal across Central America was made by the
Select one:
a. British.
b. Colombians.
c. French.
d. Germans.

Question 7
When Americans led an overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in the early 1890s:
Select one:
a. Japan came in and took over the islands
b. President Cleveland refused to annex Hawaii to the United States
c. Cleveland stabilized the new government by sending in the Marines
d. Hawaii immediately became a U.S. colony
e. native Hawaiians once again became the dominant political force

Question 8
The "new imperialism" of the 1890's especially stressed
Select one:
a. access to new markets.
b. converting heathens to Christianity.
c. annexing territory to the United States.
d. military conquests of other nations.

Question 9
The treaty ending the Spanish-American War:
Select one:
a. was opposed by most