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WorksheetsRise to World Power
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why did the United States want to annex Hawaii?
a)
needed more access to China markets
b)
for Mr. Headrick's hula lessons
c)
fueling stop
2.
How did the U.S. gain control of the Philippines?
a)
Spanish-American War
b)
Kanye West gave it to them
c)
WWII
d)
Mexican-American War
3.
What happened on February 17, 1898 that upset many Americans?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt became president.
b)
The USS Maine was sunk near Cuba.
c)
Upton Sinclair published a book called The Jungle
d)
The transcontinental railroad was built.
4.
What name was given to exaggerated stories written to sell newspapers?
a)
yellow ink
b)
whale of a story
c)
yellow journalism
d)
pink journalism
5.
What idea or belief states that Americans have a God-given right to expand west?
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Imperialism
c)
Isolationism
d)
Democracy
6.
What idea or belief states that Americans have a God-given right to expand west?
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Imperialism
c)
Isolationism
d)
Democracy
7.
Why did the American people care about the way the Cuban people were being treated by Spain?
a)
They were afraid Spain would invade the U.S.
b)
Many Americans had businesses in Cuba
c)
Americans disliked Spain
d)
Americans wanted to colonize Cuba
8.
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?
a)
Alfred Thayer
b)
Walter Reed
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
William McKinley
9.
How long did the Spanish-American War last?
a)
4 months
b)
6 months
c)
1 year
d)
2 years
10.
What disease killed more soldiers in the war than the enemy soldiers did?
a)
Small pox
b)
Influenza
c)
Yellow fever
d)
Black Lung
11.
What name was given to a famous group of African-American soldiers that bravely served the U.S. during the Spanish-American War?
a)
Rough Riders
b)
Pershing's Group
c)
Buffalo Soldiers
d)
Regiment 101
12.
What was the reason for building the Panama Canal?
a)
To help ships travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean faster
b)
To allow soldiers to travel by sea
c)
To create an easier way for the USS Maine to reach Cuba
d)
To help immigrants get to America
13.
Why did the United States send the USS Maine to Cuba?
a)
To bomb Cuba
b)
To protect Spain
c)
To protect Americans
d)
To start a war
14.
______________ is a name for false or exaggerated reporting.
a)
Red-top
b)
Government
c)
Newspaper lying
d)
Yellow Journalism
15.
Who did not want Americans to control Hawaii and was overthrown?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Queen Liliuokolani "Lili"
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
William Seward
16.
Who did not want Americans to control Hawaii and was overthrown?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Queen Liliuokolani "Lili"
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
William Seward
17.
What ship had a huge explosion that killed 260 Americans?
a)
The Magic
b)
The Titanic
c)
The Lusitania
d)
The USS Maine
18.
A Newspaper reported that Spain had caused the explosion, although studies have shown it was an accident on the ship. This was an example of …
a)
Terrorism
b)
War
c)
Yellow Journalism
d)
Nationalism
19.
What did workers build to help ships move through the Panama Canal?
a)
Locks
b)
Bridges
c)
Ramps
d)
Docks
20.
What were some problems workers faced while building the Panama Canal?
a)
Hot, mosquitoes, muddy, flooding, diseases, etc.
b)
Cold, boring, loud, crowded, not paid enough, etc.
c)
no internet
21.
What was the name of volunteer soldiers?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Buffalo soldiers
c)
Franz Ferdinand
d)
Rough riders
22.
Which president authorized the building of Panama Canal?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Franklin D Roosevelt
d)
lincoln
23.
Which country controls the Panama Canal today?
a)
Colombia
b)
France
c)
The United States
d)
Panama
24.
how long does it take to get from one end of the canal to the other by boat
a)
8 hours
b)
1 day
c)
12 hours
d)
14 hours
25.
The ___ ships couldn't fit before the canal was fixed.
a)
biggest
b)
smallest
c)
medium
d)
tiny
26.
Without the canal, ships would have much ___ trips.
a)
shorter
b)
faster
c)
smaller
d)
longer
27.
What is the name of the ship that sunk at the beginning of the Spanish-American War?
a)
Titanic
b)
USS Maine
c)
USS California
d)
Lusitania
28.
Which of the following was NOT a territory the US gained after the Spanish-American War?
a)
Guam
b)
Phillipines
c)
Puerto Rico
d)
Cuba
29.
Many Americans owned sugar plantations in Cuba. How did this affect the Spanish-American War?
a)
They did not want to protect their business interests.
b)
They wanted to protect their business interests.
c)
They did not want to protect their social interests.
d)
They wanted to protect their social interests.
30.
What country did Cuban rebels want to gain independence from?
a)
United States
b)
Mexico
c)
Spain
d)
Great Britain
31.
What means that we should try to be nice, but have a strong military if we need it?
a)
Isolationism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Big Stick Diplomacy
d)
Foreign Policy
32.
The Panama Canal connects which two bodies of water?
a)
Atlantic/Indian
b)
Pacific/Atlantic
c)
Pacific/Indian
d)
Atlantic/Artic
33.
The United States wanted a quick ocean route from
a)
the east to the west
b)
the north to the south
c)
North America to South America
d)
the east to the south
34.
What territories did the United States gain from the Spanish American War?
a)
Guam, Phillippines, and Puerto Rico
b)
Guam, Cuba, and Puerto Rico
c)
Guam, Philippines, and Coasta Rico
d)
Puerto Rico, Coasta Rico, and Cuba
35.
In the United States, who can declare war?
a)
Congress and President can declare war
b)
President can ask Congress to declare war
c)
Congress can ask President to declare war
d)
All branches of the United States can declare warw
36.
Which of the following were not reasons the US declared war on Spain?
a)
American economic interests in Cuba
b)
Humanitarian concerns for the Cuban people
c)
A desire to demonstrate American power to the world
d)
The Spanish blew up the USS Mississippi
37.
What are raw materials?
a)
Materials that have not yet been cooked
b)
Materials that cannot be handled with bare hands
c)
The basic material that something is made of
d)
The final product before it is sold
38.
Which country did the United States help Panama gain her independence from?
a)
Peru
b)
France
c)
Colombia
39.
What was the importance of the United States gaining the Philippines?
a)
fueling stop
b)
access to markets of China
c)
We gained ships
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