Standard 14 Quiz 2

The MOST important result of the Spanish American War was that it:

• spread democracy to Latin America

• secured a safe source of raw materials for US industry.

• guaranteed the independence of Mexico from Spanish control

• set up a colonial empire for the U.S. and allowed for the establishment of naval bases around the world.

"Yellow Journalism" during the late 19th century was marked by:

• a decrease in readership

• over-reliance on facts and evidence

• a decline of the popularity of radio

• sensational headlines and questionable facts.

A major reason why the United States oversaw the building of the Panama Canal was to:

• fulfill our treaty obligations to Spain.

• increase the prosperity of Central America.

• insure the re-election of President McKinley.

• increase the mobility of the U.S. naval fleet and military

In addition to Puerto Rico, which territories were acquired by the United States as part of the peace treaty that ended the Spanish-American War

• Cuba and Guam

• Hawaii and Alaska

• Cuba and the Philippines

• the Philippines and Guam

The United States experienced major foreign policy issues in the late 1800s with all of the following EXCEPT:

• Panama

• Russia

• Spain.

• Philippines.

The "Rough Riders" (pictured here) were instrumental in the US victory against:

• Germany

• Japan

• Philippines

• Spain

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine called for:

• investing in the economic development of Latin America.

• pledging to help Japan and Russia negotiate a peace settlement.

• intervening in Latin American countries that could not pay their debt to European creditors.

• prohibiting foreign countries from purchasing land in the Western Hemisphere.

The Roosevelt Corollary

• was an extension of the Teller Amendment.

• allowed for U.S. intervention in Latin American affairs

• hampered U.S. debt collection from Latin American nations.

• prohibited European investment in the economies of Latin America

Territories annexed at the end of the Spanish-American War that established the United States as an imperialist power included all of the following EXCEPT:

• Guam

• Hawaii

• Puerto Rico.

• The Philippines.

The annexation of the Philippines by the United States represented which late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century trend?

• imperialism

• American nativism

• the growth of government

• the decline of laissez-fair