America Becomes a World Power

Who was the Hawaiian leader who opposed American annexation of Hawaii after her brother died?

• King Kamehameha
• Princess Kaiulani
• Captain James Cook
• Queen Liliuokalani

Who was the prominent lawyer and businessman in Hawaii who led the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom?

• John Adams
• Sanford B. Dole
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington

In what year did America officially annex Hawaii?

• 1920
• 1876
• 1905
• 1898

Yellow Journalism is...

• ...sensational headlines that help to sell more newspapers.

  
  

• ...what Pulitzer and Hearst did to compete with each other.

  
  

• ...a dishonest way to get more readers to buy newspapers.

  
  

• ...all of the above

Which is NOT a natural resources in Cuba in which American businesses showed interest?

• Sugar

• Chocolate

• Tobacco

• Rubber

Congress declared war on Spain after this major event that occurred in Havana:

• attack on Fort Sumter
• sinking of the USS Maine
• assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• bombing of Pearl Harbor

The Spanish American War occurred in the year

• 1876
• 1905
• 1920
• 1898

Who was president during the Spanish-American War?

• George Washington
• Abraham Lincoln
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William McKinley

Who organized and led the Rough Riders?

• William McKinley

• Franklin Roosevelt

• George Washington
• Teddy Roosevelt

Who fought bravely in Cuba in the Spanish-American War in hopes of gaining their civil rights at home?

• 1. Rough Riders

• 1. Buffalo Soldiers

• 2. The Carniceros

• 1. Liliuokalani's Soldiers