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What happened within a year of United States Navy Commodore Matthew Perry's arrival in Tokyo Bay in 1853?

• The United States annexed the island of Hawaii.

• Japan and the United States fought for control of trade.

• Perry negotiated a treaty that opened trade to the United States.

• Japan became a U.S. territory in Asia.

The "Rough Riders" were

• Cuban revolutionaries who battled the Spanish for independence.

• Newspaper owners who influenced public opinion by exaggerating the truth.

• A volunteer cavalry unit in the Spanish-American War.

• Spanish generals in Cuba who mistreated the civilian population.

What was the economic reason that the United States became imperialistic?

• Belief in white man's burden.

• Connections with European nations.

• To gain customers who would buy U.S. products.

• Acquisition of naval bases.

Why did journalists call the Alaska purchase of 1867 "Seward's Folly"?

• Public opinion supported the purchase of Hawaii.

• They wondered why the United States would want a vast tundra of snow and ice far from the continental borders.

• It was contrary to the idea of Manifest Destiny.

• They believed that the United States instead should direct its energies toward Latin America.

Social Darwinism is the theory that

• Only countries with colonies can compete in the world market.

• The American frontier stopped people from rebelling in the United States.

• Life consists of competitive struggles in which only the strong survive.

• The United States should expand its territory from the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans.

Emilio Aguinaldo was

• Spanish ambassador to Washington, D.C.

• A Cuban freedom fighter.

• A Filipino freedom fighter.

• A Spanish general.

Which presidential candidate ran on an anti-imperialist platform?

• William Jennings Bryan

• William McKinley

• William Howard Taft

• Theodore Roosevelt

When Filipinos rebelled against U.S. rule, the United States found itself

• Quickly defeated by the rebel soldiers.

• Using some of the same tactics that the Spanish had used in Cuba.

• At risk of losing the Philippines to the Spanish.

• Easily able to restore order in a few months.

Why did Theodore Roosevelt win the Nobel Peace Prize?

• He performed humanitarian efforts to free Cuba from Spanish rule.

• He brought peace to the Philippines as its governor.

• He helped negotiate an end to the Russo-Japanese War.

• He worked out a "Gentlemen's Agreement" with Japan over immigration.

What tactic did Filipino insurgents use to undermine American power?

• Self-rule.

• Guerrilla warfare.

• Concentration camps.

• Naval superiority.