WorksheetsThe Spanish American War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins
War with Spain
What technique did newspaper publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst use to compete for readers who were following Cuban rebels fight for independence from Spain?
yellow journalism
spheres of influence
isolationism
imperialism
War with Spain
Vivid stories about Spanish brutality in Cuba convinced many Americans that the U.S. military should support Puerto Rican rebels.
True
False
War with Spain
President Grover Cleveland supported U.S. involvement in Cuba because there was growing support for military action.
True
False
War with Spain
William McKinley, who later became president, was opposed to Cuban independence.
True
False
War with Spain
The explosion of the USS Maine was an act of terrorism by Spain.
True
False
War with Spain
On April 20 1898 Congress issued a resolution declaring Cuba independent and demanding that Spain leave the island within three days. Why did Congress also issue the Teller Amendment?
It stated that the United States had an interest in taking control of Cuba.
It stated that the United States had an interest in taking control of Spain.
It stated that the United States had no interest in taking control of Cuba.
It stated that the United States had no interest in taking control of Spain.
War in the Philippines
Identify the major leaders who helped defeat Spanish rule in the Philippines .
William McKinley
Grover Cleveland
George Dewey
Emilio Aguinaldo
War in the Caribbean
New volunteers into the U.S. army helped the U.S. to be well prepared to fight the war with Spain in Cuba.
True
False
War in the Caribbean
Theodore Roosevelt was the main commander of the Rough Riders, a group of soldiers who fought in Cuba.
True
False
War in the Caribbean
Landing on June 22, 1898, the U.S. troops captured the hills around the main Spanish forces at Santiago.
True
False
War in the Caribbean
The main U.S. force attacked and captured Kettle Hill and the Rough Riders and the African American 9th and 10th cavalries captured nearby San Juan Hill.
True
False
War in the Caribbean
When U.S. troops invaded Spanish held Puerto Rico, the Spanish surrendered with little resistance and signed a cease-fire agreement on August 12, 1899.
True
False
United States Gains Territories
The peace treaty (between Spain) placed all of the following territories under U.S. control.
Cuba
Guam
Puerto Rico
Philippines
United States Gains Territories
The Anti-Imperialist League opposed the peace treaty the U.S. made with Spain to acquire territories. What was their argument?
They argued that the treaty threatened isolationism because it denied self government to the people living in the newly acquired territories
They argued that the treaty threatened imperialism because it denied self government to the people living in the newly acquired territories
They argued that the treaty threatened communism because it denied self government to the people living in the newly acquired territories
They argued that the treaty threatened democracy because it denied self government to the people living in the newly acquired territories
Cuba
As governor of Cuba, Leonard Wood oversaw writing a Cuban constitution. It included the Platt Amendment. Identify all of the statements that are true about the Platt Amendment?
It limited Cuba's right to make treaties.
It allowed the United States to intervene in Cuban affairs.
It required Cuba to sell or lease land to the United States
It allowed Cuba to practice communism.
Puerto Rico
Like ______, Puerto Ricans had hoped for ________ after the war. Instead, the U.S. government made the island a ______.
Cubans, independence, state
Cubans, independence, territory
Cubans, independence, nation
Cubans, independence, island
Puerto Rico
Today the island has its own constitution and elected officials but remains associated with the United Sates as what is known as _____ _______.
an island
a country
a commonwealth
a colony
The Philippines
Many Americans agreed with President McKinley that annexing the islands (Philippines) would keep Europeans from seizing them.
True
False
The Philippines
Filipino rebels expected to gain independence after the war and fought a guerrilla war against American forces until 1902.
True
False
In _______ the United States granted full independence to the Philippines.
1946
1947
1948
1949
