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Ch 22 Review--Overseas Expansions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which place is a chain of 8 large and 100 or so smaller islands?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Guam

c)

Cuba

d)

Puerto Rico

2.

Which leader wanted Hawaiians to regain economic control of their islands?

a)

King Kamehameha I

b)

William H. Seward

c)

Queen Liliuokalani

d)

Grover Cleveland

3.

Which incident led to Congress's declaring war on Spain?

a)

arrest of José Martí

b)

Spanish ships in Santiago

c)

capture of San Juan Hill

d)

explosion of the Maine

4.

Whose visit to Japan led to the Treaty of Kanagawa?

a)

William H. Taft

b)

Matthew Perry

c)

John Hay

d)

George Dewey

5.

Out of the Boxer Rebellion came a second

a)

annexation.

b)

Treaty of Portsmouth.

c)

Gentlemen's Agreement.

d)

Open Door policy.

6.

President Theodore Roosevelt helped end the Russo-Japanese War with the (a)   .

Choose from the below words
Gentlemen's Agreement.
spheres of influence
Great White Fleet.
Treaty of Portsmouth.
7.

Who said, "Sea power is essential to the greatness of every splendid people"?

a)

John Hay

b)

Alfred Thayer Mahan

c)

William H. Seward

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

8.

Events in what country triggered the Spanish-American War?

a)

Mexico

b)

Cuba

c)

Puerto Rico

d)

Guam

9.

The United States and which country split Samoa between them?

a)

France

b)

Japan

c)

Germany

d)

Britain

10.

Which rebels helped the Americans capture Manila from the Spanish?

a)

Puerto Ricans

b)

Hawaiians

c)

Filipinos

d)

Cubans

11.

The first action of the Spanish-American War took place in

a)

Cuba

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

the Philippines.

d)

Guam.

12.

For centuries, the people of Cuba lived under the rule of

a)

Mexico.

b)

Spain

c)

Russia

d)

Britain

13.

What agreement set up a new Puerto Rican government in 1900?

a)

the Foraker Act

b)

Platt Amendment

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Spanish-American armistice

14.

Whose belief in expansionism led to the building of the Panama Canal?

a)

William H. Seward

b)

Francisco Madero

c)

William Gorgas

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

15.

Noninvolvement in world affairs is called (a)  

Choose from the below words
expansionism
isolationism
imperialism.
annexation.
16.

Panamanians successfully revolted against Colombia with help from

a)

France.

b)

Mexico.

c)

Spain.

d)

the United States.

17.

President Theodore Roosevelt, determined to build the Panama Canal, backed a revolution in Panama. He said “I took the canal zone and let Congress debate,” and later remarked, “and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.”

As expressed in this passage, Roosevelt’s attitude and actions in securing land for the Panama Canal _____ many Latin Americans, some members of Congress, as well as many ordinary Americans.

a)

amused

b)

angered

c)

pleased

d)

disappointed

18.

“[Panama was mostly] a damp, tropical jungle, intensely hot, swarming with mospuitoes......."

The mosquitoes mentioned in this excerpt from an English writer’s description carried the deadly diseases of _____.

a)

smallpox and scarlet fever

b)

influenza and malaria

c)

rickets and diphtheria

d)

yellow fever and malaria

19.

“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”


This quotation characterizing U.S. foreign policy, often associated with Theodore Roosevelt, is actually _____.

a)

a quotation from the Bible

b)

an old Chinese saying

c)

a traditional African proverb

d)

a famous Greek remark

20.

“[We have a duty] to teach the South American republics to elect good men.”

Who characterized U.S. Latin American policy in this way?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

William Seward