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Chapter 23 Quiz: Rise to World Power

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Chapter 23: Rise to World Power

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What was the 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence?

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EXTRA CREDIT: Considered a cause of the Spanish-American War - A correspondence from the Spanish ambassador criticizing President McKinley which was published in the newspaper.

Who was the 13th President and sent Commodore Perry to Japan?
Millard Fillmore
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
William McKinley
Who was the 25th president responsible for Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, and the Annexation of Hawaii, imperialism. Is assassinated by an anarchist?
Millard Fillmore
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Who was the 27th US President who believed in dollar diplomacy and would later would become a chief justice on the Supreme Court?
William McKinley
William Howard Taft
Millard Fillmore
Woodrow Wilson
Who was the 28th US President and believed in Moral Diplomacy?
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
Millard Fillmore
William Howard Taft
What was the 1854 agreement between the U.S. & Japan, which opened two Japanese ports to U.S. ships and allowed the first embassy?
Treaty of Portsmouth
Treaty of Kanagawa
Tokyo Treaty
Treaty of Paris
What 1905 treaty between Russia and Japan ended the Russo-Japanese War?
Treaty of Portsmouth
Tokyo Treaty
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Kanagawa
What term best defines the following situation: one country would have special authority or presence and another country would have a different area of authority. China became divided by European powers. The different European countries supported each other for an economic advantage
Spheres of Influence
Second Open Door Policy
Gentlemen's Agreement
Open Door Policy
What term best defines the following situation: Agreement when Japan agreed to curb the number of workers coming to the US and in exchange Roosevelt agreed to allow the wives of the Japanese men already living in the US to join them.
Second Open Door Policy
Gentlemen's Agreement
Open Door Policy
Spheres of Influence
Secretary Hay repeated the principle of open trade and made an even stronger statement about American intentions to preserve trade. He also said that China should remain one country.
Spheres of Influence
Open Door Policy
Gentlemen's Agreement
Second Open Door Policy
Match the historical figure to the appropriate description.
Venustiano Carranza
The queen of Hawaii in 1887 who disliked foreigners entering her country. She didn't want to go to war with America because she knew her people would get destroyed
John Hay
A U.S. Navy officer, geostrategist, and educator. His ideas on the importance of sea power influenced navies around the world, and helped prompt naval buildups before WWI; Several ships were named USS Mahan, including the lead vessel of a class of destroyers
Josiah Strong
A U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine, two-time United States Secretary of State - led the conference for the Pan-American Union
James G. Blaine
The commodore of the US Navy who opened up Japan with the Treaty of Kanagawa
Francisco "Pancho" Villa
A popular American minister in the late 1800s who linked Anglo-Saxonism to Christian missionary ideas
John J. Pershing
Secretary of State under McKinley & Roosevelt who pioneered the open-door policy and Panama canal
Liliuokalani
US general who chased Villa over 300 miles into Mexico but didn't capture him
Victoriano Huerta
Mexican Revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution; murdered several Americans because of the US support of his rival
Matthew Perry
Mexican revolutionist & politician; led forces against Huerta during the Mexican Revolution and would later become the President
Francisco Madero
Mexican military leader who led a violent revolution in 1913. His rise to power caused many Mexicans to cross the border as well as angering the U.S. who saw him as a dictator. Murdered Madero.
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Early leader in the Mexican Revolution; in 1911 became president of Mexico; wanted land ownership and free, honest elections, two years later he was murdered, led to power struggles
Match the place to the appropriate historical description.
Puerto Rico, Guam, & the Phillipines
After negotiations in 1897, a treaty was agreed to for the annexation of the Republic; Marines supported an overthrow of the queen in order to obtain more territory for the U.S.`
Samoa
Located about 3,000 miles off the coast of California; serving as an important stopping point for American ships on their way to China.
Hawaii
Pacific island that became a triple protectorate of the United States, Britain, and Germany
Panama Canal
Pacific Islands given to the US for $20 million from Spain after Treaty of Paris.
Midway Islands
a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus in South America built by the United States (1904-1914)
What term best matches the following definition: a lack of government and law; confusion
Imperialism
Expansionism
Isolationism
Anarchy
What term best matches the following definition: the policy of extending a nation's rule over other territories and countries
Anarchy
Imperialism
Isolationism
Expansionism
What term best matches the following definition: the belief that a nation should stay out of the affairs of other nations
Anarchy
Isolationism
Expansionism
Imperialism
What term best matches the following definition: the practice of spreading a nation's territorial or economic control beyond its borders
Expansionism
Imperialism
Isolationism
Anarchy
What form of diplomacy is being described? A 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force.
Roosevelt Corollary
Moral Diplomacy
Monroe Doctrine
Dollar Diplomacy
What form of diplomacy is being described? Condemned imperialism while spreading democracy and promoting peace.
Roosevelt Corollary
Monroe Doctrine
Moral Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
What form of diplomacy is being described? The U.S. exchanging financial support for the right to "help" countries make decisions about trade and other commercial ventures.
Moral Diplomacy
Roosevelt Corollary
Monroe Doctrine
Dollar Diplomacy