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The American people and their government were deeply involved in the key international developments of the 1860s and 1870s.

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False. The American people and their government were not involved in the key international developments of the 1860s and 1870s.

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Alfred T. Mahan argued in his book that the control of colonies to provide raw materials and markets was the key to world history.

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False. Alfred T. Mahan argued in his book that the control of the sea was the key to world history.

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The South American boundary dispute in 1895-1896 nearly resulted in a U.S. war with Venezuela.

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False. The South American boundary dispute in 1895-1896 nearly resulted in a U.S. war with Britain.

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President Cleveland refused to annex Hawaii because he believed that the white planters there had unjustly deposed Queen Liliuokalani.

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True

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Americans first became involved in Cuba because they sympathized with the Cubans' revolt against imperialist Spain.

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True

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The Hearst press worked to promote a peaceful, negotiated settlement involving Cuban self-government under Spanish rule.

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False. The Hearst press worked to promote overseas expansionism.

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President McKinley tried to resist the pressure for war with Spain coming from the businesspeople and the Wall Street financiers.

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False. President McKinley tried to resist the pressure for war because he was opposed to violence.

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Admiral Dewey's squadron attacked Spanish forces in the Philippines because of secret orders given by Assistant Navy Secretary Theodore Roosevelt.

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True

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American forces were aided in capturing Manila by native Filipino insurgents who were rebelling against Spain.

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True

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The American military conquest of Cuba was efficient, but very costly in battlefield casualties.

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False. The American military conquest of Cuba was inefficient and had high disease casualties.

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President McKinley declared that religion played a crucial role in his decision to keep the Philippines as an American colony.

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True

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The peace treaty with Spain that made the Philippines an American colony was almost universally popular with the U.S. Senate and the American public.

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False. The peace treaty with Spain that made the Philippines an American colony was fairly unpopular with the U.S. Senate and the American public.

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The Supreme Court decided in the insular cases that American constitutional law and the Bill of Rights applied to people under American rule in Puerto Rico and the Philippines.

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False. The Supreme Court decided in the insular cases that American constitutional law and the Bill of Rights didn't apply to people under American rule in Puerto Rico and the Philippines.

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The Filipino insurrection against U.S. rule was larger and more costly in lives than the Spanish-American War.

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True

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The Spanish-American War made the Americans a full-fledged power in the Far East.

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True

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John Hay's Open Door notes effectively rescued China from foreign intervention and partition.

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True

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Theodore Roosevelt believed that America and its president should exercise restraint in international involvements.

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False. Theodore Roosevelt believed that America and its president should not exercise restraint in international involvements.

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Roosevelt encouraged and assisted the Panamanian revolution against Colombia in 1903.

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True

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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine stated that only the United States had the right to intervene in Latin American nations' affairs.

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True

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The Japanese crisis of 1906 forced President Roosevelt to intervene in the policies of the San Francisco School Board.

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True

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Alfred Thayer Mahan helped develop American interest in overseas expansion by

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b. arguing that domination of the seas through naval power was the key to world domination.

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Which of the following was not among the factors propelling America toward overseas expansion in the 1890's?

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c. The need to find new African and Asian sources of raw materials for U.S. industry

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The end result in of the Venezuelan-Guiana crisis with Britain was

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d. British retreat and growing American-British friendship.

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President Cleveland refused to annex Hawaii because

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a. white planters had illegally overthrown Queen Liliuokalani against the wishes of most native Hawaiians.

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Americans first became concerned with the situation in Cuba because

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c. Americans sympathized with Cuban rebels in their fight for freedom from Spanish rule.

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Even before the sinking of the Maine, the American public's indignation at Spain had been whipped into a frenzy by

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c. William Randolph Hearst sensational newspaper accounts of Spanish atrocities in Cuba.

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Even after the Maine exploded, the United States did not immediately declare war on Cuba because

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b. President McKinley was reluctant to get into a war.

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As soon as war was declared on Spain, Commodore George Dewey sailed to the Philippine Islands because

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b. he had been given orders to do so by Assistant Navy Secretary Theodore Roosevelt

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Emilio Aguinaldo was

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b. the leader of Filipino insurgents against Spanish rule.

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The largest cause of American deaths in Cuba was

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d. bad food, disease, and unsanitary conditions.

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Which of the following was NOT among the colonial territories that the United States acquired in the Spanish-American War?

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b. the Virgin Islands.

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President McKinley based his decision to make the Philippines an American colony on

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b. a combination of religious piety and material economic interests.

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Among prominent Americans who opposed annexation of the Philippines were

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c. Mark Twain and William James.

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Pro-imperialist Americans argued that the Philippines should be seized because of

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a. patriotism and economic opportunities.

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The most immediate consequence of American acquisition of the Philippines was

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b. an agreement between Americans and Filipinos to move toward Philippine independence.

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The Platt Amendment provided that

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d. the United States had the right to intervene with and maintain military bases in Cuba.

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Roosevelt overcame the Colombian refusal to approve a canal treaty by

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b. encouraging the Panamanian rebels to revolt and declare independence from Colombia.

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The Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe Doctrine declared that

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d. The United States had the right to intervene in Latin American countries to maintain financial and political order.

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Roosevelt's policy in Panama and elsewhere in Latin America led to

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b. considerable resentment and hostility toward American intervention in Latin America.

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Roosevelt mediated the Portsmouth Treaty to settle the war between

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b. Russia and Japan

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Roosevelt's mediation of the Portsmouth treaty led to growing tension between the United States and

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b. Russia and Japan

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The diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan in 1906 was caused by

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c. the San Francisco School Board's segregation of Japanese immigrant children.

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The "Gentlemen's Agreement" between the United States and Japan provided that

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b. The San Francisco schools would be integrated and Japan would stop the flow of Japanese immigrants to America.

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Roosevelt's "Great White Fleet" served as

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b. a demonstration of American naval power.

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Theodore Roosevelt's slogan that stated his essential foreign policy principle was

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c. "Speak softly and carry a big stick."

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Path-breaking meetings of all Latin American and North American nations in Washington in 1889

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Pan-American Confrence

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Remote Pacific site of a naval clash between the United States and Germany in 1889

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Samoan Islands

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South American nation that nearly came to blows with the United States in 1892 over an incident involving the deaths of American sailors

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Chile

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The principle of American foreign policy invoked by Secretary of State Olney to justify American intervention in the Venezuelan boundary dispute

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Monroe Doctrine

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Term for the sensationalistic and jingoistic pro-war journalism practiced by W.R. Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer

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Yellow Journalism

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American battleship sent on a "friendly" visit to Cuba that ended in disaster and war

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U.S.S. Maine

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Amendment to the declaration of war with Spain that stated the United States would grant Cubans their freedom.

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Teller Amendment

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Site of the dramatic American naval victory that set the stage for putting a group of rich Spanish-owned islands into the hands of the United States

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Manila Harbor

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Colorful volunteer regiment of the Spanish-American War led by a military inexperienced but politically influential colonel

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Rough Riders

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The Caribbean island conquered from Spain in 1898 that became an American colony

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Puerto Rico

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Group that battled against American colonization of the Philippines, which included such influential citizens as Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie

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The Anti-Imperialist League

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Supreme Court cases in 1901 that determined that the U.S. Constitution did not apply in all the territories under the American flag

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Insular Cases

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John Hay's clever diplomatic efforts to preserve Chinese territorial integrity and maintain American access to China.

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Open Door Policy

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American-imposed restriction written into the constitution of Cuba that guaranteed American naval bases on the island and declared that the United States had the right to intervene in Cuba

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Platt Amendment

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Anti-foreign Chinese revolt of 1900 that brought military intervention by Western troops, including Americans

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Boxer Rebellion

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Diplomatic agreement of 1901 that permitted the United States to build and fortify a Central American canal alone, without British involvement.

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Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

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Nation whose senate in 1902 refused to ratify a treaty permitting the United States to build a canal across its territory

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Columbia

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Questionable extension of a traditional American policy; declared an American right to intervene in Latin American nations under certain circumstances

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Roosevelt Corollary

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Diplomatic understanding of 1907-1908 that ended a Japanese American crisis over treatment of Japanese immigrants to the U.S.

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Gentlemen's Agreement

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Agreement between the United States and the revolutionary government of Panama granting America the right to build a canal

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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

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War concluded by Roosevelt-mediated treaty that earned TR the Nobel Peace Prize but caused much ill will toward America from the two signatories

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Russo-Japanese War

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Josiah Strong

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J. American clergyman who preached Anglo-Saxon superiority and called for stronger U.S. missionary effort overseas

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Alfred Thayer Mahan

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F. American naval officer who wrote influential books emphasizing sea power and advocating a big navy

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Emilio Aguinaldo

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K. Filipino leader of a guerilla war against American rule from 1899 to 1901 ___ 12. Philippe Bunau-Varilla L. President

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Queen Liliuokalani

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D. Native Hawaiian ruler overthrown in a revolution led by white planters and aided by the U.S. troops

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Grover Cleveland

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N. American president who refused to annex Hawaii on the grounds that the native ruler had been unjustly deposed

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"Butcher" Weyler

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C. Spanish general whose brutal tactics against Cuban rebels outraged American public opinion.

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William Randolph Hearst

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H. Vigorous promoter of sensationalistic anti-Spanish propaganda and eager advocate of imperialistic war

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William McKinley

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L. President who initially opposed war with Spain but eventually supported U.S. acquisition of the Philippines

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George E. Dewey

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G. Naval commander whose spectacular May Day victory in 1898 opened doors to American imperialism in Asia

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Theodore Roosevelt

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A. Imperialist advocate, aggressive assistant navy secretary, Rough Rider

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John Hay

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O. American secretary of state who attempted to preserve Chinese independence and protect American interests in China

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Philippe Bunau-Varilla

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E. Scheming French engineer who helped stage a revolution in Panama and then became the new country's "instant" foreign minister

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William James

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B. Harvard philosopher and one of the leading anti-imperialists opposing U.S. acquisition of the Philippines

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William Jennings Bryan

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M. Leading Democratic politician whose intervention narrowly tipped the Senate vote in favor of acquiring the Philippines in 1899

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Thomas Platt

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I. New York politician who successfully schemed to get TR out of New York and into the vice presidency in Washington

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Economic expansion, the yellow press, and competition with other powers

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F. Turned America away from isolationism and toward international involvements in the 1890s

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The Venezuelan boundary dispute

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C. Strengthened the Monroe Doctrine and made Britain more willing to accommodate U.S. interests

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The white planter revolt against Queen Liliuokalani

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E. Set off the first debate about the wisdom and rightness of American overseas imperialism

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The Cuban revolt against Spain

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G. Aroused strong sympathy from most Americans

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The Maine explosion

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B. Created an emotional and irresistible public demand for war with Spain

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Theodore Roosevelt's secret orders to Commodore Dewey

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D. Led to the surprising U.S. victory over Spain at Manila Spain

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The Boxer Rebellion that attempted to drive all foreigners out of China

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A. Brought American armed forces onto the Asian mainland for the first time

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McKinley's decision to keep the Philippines

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H. Enhanced American national pride and made the United States an international power in the Far East

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Colombia's refusal to permit the United States to build a canal across its province of Panama

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J. Led President Roosevelt to encourage a revolt for Panamanian independence

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The Spanish-American War

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I. Set off a bitter debate about imperialism in the Senate and the country

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In the Venezuelan boundary conflict, which nation—Britain or Venezuela—gained more of the disputed territory in the final settlement?

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Britain

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What two prime naval harbors did the United States acquire in (a) Samoa and (b) in Hawaii?

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Apia Harbor and Pearl Harbor

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Which of the two Spanish-owned Caribbean islands conquered by the United States in 1898 was farthest from Florida?

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Puerto Rico

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