Becoming a World Power, 1865-1917 Chapter 20 AMSCO

Newspaper headlines such as those above most directly contributed to which of the following?

• The capture of the terrorists by American authorities.

• The selection of Theodore Roosevelt as a vice-presidential candidate.

• The declaration of war against Spain by the U.S. Congress.

• The attack by the U.S. Navy on Manila Bay.

Who of the following would most strongly support the sentiments in these headlines?

• Members of Protestant missionary societies.

• Midwestern and western Democrats.

• President William McKinley.

• Expansionists such as Henry Cabot Lodge.

The point of view of this newspaper most clearly reflects

• the theory of the safety-valve.

• the concept of jingoism.

• the idea of isolationism.

• the views of the pro-business lobby.

"We hold that the policy known as imperialism is hostile to liberty and tends toward militarism, an evil from which it has been our glory to be free. We regret that it has become necessary in the land of Washington and Lincoln to reaffirm that all men, of whatever race or color, are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness .... "We earnestly condemn the policy of the present national administration in the Philippines. It seeks to extinguish the spirit of 1776 in those islands .... We denounce the slaughter of the Filipinos as a needless horror. We protest against the extension of American sovereignty by Spanish methods. We demand the immediate cessation of the war against liberty, begun by Spain and continued by us. We urge that Congress be promptly convened to announce to the Filipinos our purpose to concede to them the independence for which they have so long fought and which of right is theirs."

-Platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League, October 17, 1899.

With which of the following would supporters of this excerpt most likely agree?

• The peoples of Asia had a right to govern themselves without outside interference.

• The United States had a duty to bring a new civilization and religion to the former Spanish colonies.

• The people of the Philippines were unprepared and unfit to govern themselves.

• The United States should control weak countries that might fall to other great powers.

Which of the following most directly contributed to the anti-imperialist sentiments expressed in the excerpt?

• The sensationalism of the popular press of the time.

• The provisions of the peace treaty ending the Spanish-American War.

• The expansionist politics of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge.

• The debate over the Platt Amendment and its consequences.

Which of the following represents a policy that the authors of the excerpt would most likely support?

• Secretary John Hay's Open Door Policy.

• President Roosevelt's "gentlemen's agreement".

• President Taft's "dollar diplomacy".

• President Wilson's signing of the Jones Act in 1916.

"Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the

adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence,

to the exercise of international police power ... "We would interfere with them only in the last resort, and then only if

it became evident that their inability or unwillingness to do justice at home and abroad had violated the rights of the United States or has invited foreign aggression to the detriment of the entire body of American nations."

-Theodore Roosevelt, Speech to Congress, Dec. 6, 1904.

This excerpt most directly reflects the continuation of the policy that

• the United States should remain neutral and impartial in European conflicts.

• the United States should exercise international police power.

• the independent nations of the Americas should remain free from European intervention.

• the United States should civilize and educate other nations in the Americas.

Which of the following was the most direct result of the policy stated in this excerpt?

• The United States aided the Cuban rebels against their Spanish rulers.

• The United States intervened in many American countries in the early 20th century.

• U.S. troops helped American settlers overthrow the monarchy

  in Hawaii.

• President Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.