Checkpoint 4: Spanish American War

Checkpoint 4: Spanish American War

5th Grade

10 Qs

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Checkpoint 4: Spanish American War

Checkpoint 4: Spanish American War

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What  happened on February 17, 1898 that upset many Americans?

Theodore Roosevelt became president.
The USS Maine was sunk near Cuba.
Upton Sinclair published a book called The Jungle
The transcontinental railroad was built.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

yellow ink
whale of a story
yellow journalism
pink journalism

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Manifest Destiny
Imperialism
Isolationism
Democracy

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

isolationism
Manifest Destiny
imperialism
free enterprise

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

During his re-election campaign, President William McKinley used posters to help justify the U.S. government actions during, and following the Spanish-American war.

True 
False

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