1st quiz 2nd semester

 What ensured that Cuba would remain tied to the United States?

• Roosevelt Corollary
• Foraker Act
• Anglo-Saxonism
• Platt Amendment

The policy of taking colonies for economic interests is called ___.

• Nativism
• Imperialism
• Communism
• Socialism

The poem, The White Man's Burden, by Rudyard Kipling, represents the belief that European culture was _______.

• superior to other cultures
• misunderstood by Americans
• the oldest culture in the world
• a replica of Ancient Greek culture

What  happened on February 17, 1898 that upset many Americans?

• Theodore Roosevelt became president.
• The USS Maine was sunk near Cuba.
• Upton Sinclair published a book called The Jungle
• The transcontinental railroad was built.

What name was given to exaggerated stories written to sell newspapers?

• yellow ink
• whale of a story
• yellow journalism
• pink journalism

Who won the Spanish-American War?

• Spain
• the United States
• Japan
• Panama

Which nation wanted independence from Spain in 1898?

• China
• Japan
• Cuba
• Korea

Which nations were involved in the Spanish-American War?

• Cuba, England, Spain
• Cuba, United States, Spain
• Cuba, Spain, Italy
• Cuba, United States, China

Navy Captain Alfred Thayer believed that the U.S. needed to have a very strong navy for protection.  What island did he think would be important to control?

• Cuba
• Guam
• Puerto Rico
• Hawaii

What ship did the United States send to Havana Harbor, Cuba?

• USS Lusitania
• Titanic
• USS Maine
• USS South Carolina