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Lesson 20 Spanish American War

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Queen Liliuokalani

a)

Queen of Cuba

b)

Queen of Hawaii

c)

Queen of the Philippines

d)

Queen of Puerto Rico

2.

gave the US right to intervene in Cuban affairs; can buy or lease land for naval stations

a)

Tampico Amendment

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

dollar diplomacy

d)

Platt Amendment

3.

industry that the US had a huge interest in in Hawaii

a)

coal

b)

sugar

c)

wheat

d)

barley

4.

consequences of Spanish American War

a)

Spain gave up Cuba; ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to US control of Philippines goes to US

b)

Britain gave up Cuba; ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to US control of Philippines goes to US

c)

Spain gave up Hawaii; ceded Puerto Rico and the Bahamas to US control of Philippines goes to US

5.

a battleship sunk in Havana harbor in 1898, an event that helped rouse public support for war with Spain

a)

Sputnik

b)

USS Maine

c)

Lustainia

d)

USS Putman

6.

armistice

a)

declaration of war

b)

a fruit pie traditionally served after peace is declared

c)

a speech delivered upon declaration of war

d)

a cessation of hostilities

7.

San Juan Hill

a)

the key battle in Cuba during the Spanish-American War

b)

the key battle in the Philippines during the Spanish American War

c)

the spot where peace was declared at the end of the Spanish American War

d)

the largest ant hill in San Juan

8.

a volunteer cavalry regiment recruited by Theodore Roosevelt to fight in Cuba in the Spanish-American War

a)

corollaries

b)

Naval Air Force

c)

Rough Riders

d)

Army

9.

an organization formed during the Spanish-American War to oppose the establishment of U.S. colonies

a)

Anti-Imperialist League

b)

rough riders

c)

Roosevelt corollaries

d)

Imperialist League

10.

What helped influence the US media audience to pursue war with Spain?

a)

passage of the Teller Amendment

b)

death of Jose Marti in combat

c)

yellow kid cartoons

d)

publication of the De Lome letter

11.

Which foreign policy did the US lean more towards after the Spanish American War?

a)

bilateralism

b)

imperialism

c)

unilateralism

d)

neutrality

12.

Did Americans generally sympathize with Cuban rebels?

a)

yes

b)

no

13.

What caused the Battle of Manila Bay to be a decisive U.S. victory?

a)

The American army outnumbered the Spanish army, so Spain did not stand a chance.

b)

The Spanish army was exhausted by an earlier attack and did not have the energy to fight back.

c)

The American ships waited in Hong Kong and then launched a surprise attack on the Spanish fleet

d)

The Spanish ships did not have powerful enough weapons to respond to the American attack.

14.

Why did the Spanish American War begin in the Philippines instead of Cuba?

a)

it was considered a good neutral place to start

b)

both countries wanted to own the Philippines

c)

a resistance had been brewing there for a while and it was a large colony of Cuba

15.

One of the main points of the Treaty of Paris was that...

a)

Spain granted independence to Cuba

b)

Spain granted independence to the Philippines

c)

Britain granted independence to the US

d)

Spain granted independence to Puerto Rico

16.

After the Treaty of Paris, Spain gave up Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The United States gave $20 million to Spain in exchange for the Philippines.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

The United States stayed permanently in Cuba and continues to have the right to intervene in

government affairs.

a)

true

b)

false