U.S. History - Ch. 14 Review

In the late 1800s, Europeans were looking overseas for places to sell their products because

• they were producing more products than other industrialized countries wanted.
• tariffs had reduced trade among industrialized countries.
• they could sell their products at higher prices in Asia and Africa.
• Asia and Africa were producing products that Europeans wanted.

In the late 1800s, support grew in the U.S. for building a large modern navy to

• protect the U.S. from invasion.
• conquer Latin American countries.
• conquer islands in the Pacific.
• defend American interests.

The United States caused an economic crisis in Cuba by

• preventing trade with Spain.
• blockading the island.
• passing a tariff on sugar.
• withdrawing American investments.

The Treaty of Paris of 1898, which formally ended the Spanish-American War, granted independence to

• Guam.
• Cuba.
• Puerto Rico.
• Hawaii.

Theodore Roosevelt was chosen as McKinley’s running mate in the 1900 election because of his 

• reform-minded spirit.
• skill in foreign policy.
• status as a war hero.
• rise from poverty.

As a result of the war between Japan and China in 1894, Japan acquired

• territory in Manchuria.
• Korea.
• a leasehold in China.
• an exclusive right to trade with China.

By the late 1800s, growth of investment opportunities in western Europe had slowed because

• most of the industries that Europe’s economy needed had been built.
• Europe was experiencing an economic depression.
• most of Europe’s land had been settled.
• Europe’s factories were making good profits and no longer needed loans.

The Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown by

• a group of Hawaiian peasants.
• the United States military.
• a group of planters supported by United States Marines.
• a group of Hawaiian peasants supported by United States Marines.

American support for Cuban rebels was fueled by

• the desire to protect American sugar interests on the island.
• popular interest in starting an American empire.
• sensational stories published by rival newspapers.
• the fear of having a Spanish colony so close to the United States.

In 1898 President McKinley sent the battleship Maine to Havana to

• evacuate Americans if necessary.
• put down riots by Spanish loyalists.
• put down the Cuban rebellion.
• negotiate peace with Spain.