Wyatt USII 5a Test Review

What ship exploded in Cuba’s Havana Harbor, leading to the Spanish-American War?

• USS Maine
• USS Massachusetts
• USS Constitution
• USS Arizona

The practice of exaggerating, or using fictitious writings to increase newspapers sales, is called:

• Muckraking
• Plagarizing
• Yellow Journalism
• Editorializing

What territory did the United States NOT acquire as a result of the Spanish-American War?

• Cuba
• Puerto Rico
• Philippines
• Guam

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.

Which statement is NOT true about the territories the U.S. gained after the war?

• The U.S. had control over the Philippines until they gained their independence in 1946
• The U.S. still controls Guam and Puerto Rico today
• Cuba became independent after The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1898
• The U.S. gained control over The Philippines, Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rico

After the war, the U.S. gained control of

• Puerto Rico
• Spain
• Midway Islands
• Texas

What war took place in 1898?

• Spanish American War
• World War I 
• Progressive War 
• Cuban War for independence 

As a result of the Spanish- American War, the US became a political power in -- 

• the Hawaiian islands 
• the Panama Canal Zone 
• the Central Powers Alliance 
• the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico 

The US fought in each of the following areas during the Spanish-American War EXCEPT

• Puerto Rico
• Philippines
• Cuba
• Jamaica

The U.S. declared war on Spain after

• the Maine exploded in Havana Harbor
• an attempted assasination of President Cleveland
• the Spanish invaded Puerto Rico
• the failed rebellion of José Martí