Spanish-American War Pre-assessment

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

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

What idea or belief states that Americans have a God-given right to expand west?

• Manifest Destiny
• Imperialism
• Isolationism
• Democracy

Why did the American people care about the way the Cuban people were being treated by Spain?

• They were afraid Spain would invade the U.S.
• Many Americans had businesses in Cuba
• Americans disliked Spain
• Americans wanted to colonize Cuba

What word means taking over foreign countries and ruling them to gain power?

• isolationism
• Manifest Destiny
• imperialism
• free enterprise

Who was the Secretary of the Navy that resigned his position to go fight in the Spanish-American War with a group of volunteers known as the Rough Riders?

• Alfred Thayer
• Walter Reed
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William McKinley

How long did the Spanish-American War last?

• 4 months
• 6 months
• 1 year
• 2 years

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

Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii was taken prisoner by a group of businessmen because they wanted to control what two major cash crops?

• strawberries and pineapples
• sugarcane and pineapples
• sugarcane and strawberries
• grapes and sugarcane

What name was given to a famous group of African-American soldiers that bravely served the U.S. during the Spanish-American War?

• Rough Riders
• Pershing's Group
• Buffalo Soldiers
• Regiment 101

Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders had an important victory in Cuba at-

• Pebble Beech

• San Juan Hill

• Normandy

• Havana Harbor