AMSCO APUSH 2026 EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔steel and steam navy - ✔✔By 1900, The United States had the third largest navy in
the world. (p. 411)
✔✔Alfred Thayer Mahan - ✔✔He was a U.S. Navy captain whose ideas on naval
warfare and the importance of seapower changed how America viewed its navy. (p.
411)
✔✔nationalist media - ✔✔Newspapers and magazines published printed stories about
]distant and exotic places. This increased public interest and stimulated demands for a
larger U.S. role in world affairs. (p. 411)
✔✔Cuban revolt - ✔✔In 1895, Cuban nationalists sabotaged and laid waste to Cuban
plantations. Spain sent General Valeriano Weyler who put civilians into armed camps
where many died. (p. 413)
✔✔Valeriano Weyler - ✔✔A general sent by Spain to stop the Cuban revolt. He forced
civilians into armed camps, where tens of thousands died of starvation and disease. (p.
413)
✔✔jingoism - ✔✔An intense form of nationalism calling for an aggressive foreign policy.
(p. 412)
✔✔yellow journalism - ✔✔Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to
create sensations and attract readers. (p. 413)
✔✔De Lome Letter - ✔✔Spanish Ambassador's letter that was leaked to the press and
and published by American newspapers. It criticized President McKinley in insulting
terms. Many considered it an official Spanish insult against U.S. national honor. (p. 413)
✔✔sinking of the Maine - ✔✔On February 15, 1898, the USS Maine battleship exploded
in Havana Harbor. The yellow press accused Spain of blowing up the ship even though
experts later concluded that the explosion was probably an accident. (p. 413)
✔✔Teller Amendment - ✔✔A resolution authorizing war, but it promised the U.S. would
not annex Cuba after winning the Spanish-American war. (p. 414)
✔✔a splendid little war - ✔✔The ambassador to England wrote to his friend, Teddy
Roosevelt, with these words because of low casualties in the war against Spain. (p.
414)
, ✔✔invade the Philippines - ✔✔Commodore George Dewey led a U.S. fleet to the
Philippines where he defeated Spain. (p. 414)
✔✔George Dewey - ✔✔A United States naval officer remembered for his victory at
Manila Bay, Philippines in the Spanish-American War. (p. 414)
✔✔Rough Riders - ✔✔Volunteer regiment of U.S. Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt
during the Spanish American War. (p. 414)
✔✔Theodore Roosevelt - ✔✔He became that 26th President in 1901. He as an
expansionist who increased the size of Navy, "Great White Fleet". He added the
Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine. His motto was to "speak softly and carry a big
stick". He received the Nobel Peace Prize for mediation of end of Russo-Japanese war.
Later arbitrated split of Morocco between Germany and France. (p. 417)
✔✔Treaty of Paris: Puerto Rico - ✔✔This treaty was signed on December 10, 1898 with
Spain. It provided for: 1) Cuban independence, 2) Purchase of Puerto Rico and Guam,
3) Purchase of the Philippines. (p. 415)
✔✔Guam and Philippines - ✔✔On December 10, 1898, the Spanish-American War
treaty was signed in Paris. Under the treaty the U.S. acquired Guam and also the
Philippines. (p. 415)
✔✔Emilio Aguinaldo - ✔✔Filipino nationalist leader who led guerrilla fighters in a three
year war against U.S. control of the Philippines. (p. 415)
✔✔Anti-Imperialist League - ✔✔Lead by William Jennings Bryan, they opposed further
expansion in the Pacific. (p. 415)
✔✔Insular cases - ✔✔A series of Supreme Court cases from 1901 to 1903 which arose
when the United States acquired the Philippines and Puerto Rico. The court ruled that
constitutional rights were not automatically extended to territorial possessions and that
the power to decide whether or not to grant such rights belonged to Congress. (p. 416)
✔✔Platt Amendment - ✔✔A 1901 amendment to an army appropriations bill that said
Cuba would make no treaties that compromised its independence, permit the U.S. to
maintain law and order in Cuba, and allow the U.S. to maintain naval bases in Cuba. (p
416)
✔✔spheres of influence - ✔✔The term when countries came to dominate trade and
investment within a particular region and shut out competitors. In the 1890s, Russia,
Japan, Great Britain, France, and Germany were all establishing close ties with China
that disturbed the United States. (p. 417)
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔steel and steam navy - ✔✔By 1900, The United States had the third largest navy in
the world. (p. 411)
✔✔Alfred Thayer Mahan - ✔✔He was a U.S. Navy captain whose ideas on naval
warfare and the importance of seapower changed how America viewed its navy. (p.
411)
✔✔nationalist media - ✔✔Newspapers and magazines published printed stories about
]distant and exotic places. This increased public interest and stimulated demands for a
larger U.S. role in world affairs. (p. 411)
✔✔Cuban revolt - ✔✔In 1895, Cuban nationalists sabotaged and laid waste to Cuban
plantations. Spain sent General Valeriano Weyler who put civilians into armed camps
where many died. (p. 413)
✔✔Valeriano Weyler - ✔✔A general sent by Spain to stop the Cuban revolt. He forced
civilians into armed camps, where tens of thousands died of starvation and disease. (p.
413)
✔✔jingoism - ✔✔An intense form of nationalism calling for an aggressive foreign policy.
(p. 412)
✔✔yellow journalism - ✔✔Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to
create sensations and attract readers. (p. 413)
✔✔De Lome Letter - ✔✔Spanish Ambassador's letter that was leaked to the press and
and published by American newspapers. It criticized President McKinley in insulting
terms. Many considered it an official Spanish insult against U.S. national honor. (p. 413)
✔✔sinking of the Maine - ✔✔On February 15, 1898, the USS Maine battleship exploded
in Havana Harbor. The yellow press accused Spain of blowing up the ship even though
experts later concluded that the explosion was probably an accident. (p. 413)
✔✔Teller Amendment - ✔✔A resolution authorizing war, but it promised the U.S. would
not annex Cuba after winning the Spanish-American war. (p. 414)
✔✔a splendid little war - ✔✔The ambassador to England wrote to his friend, Teddy
Roosevelt, with these words because of low casualties in the war against Spain. (p.
414)
, ✔✔invade the Philippines - ✔✔Commodore George Dewey led a U.S. fleet to the
Philippines where he defeated Spain. (p. 414)
✔✔George Dewey - ✔✔A United States naval officer remembered for his victory at
Manila Bay, Philippines in the Spanish-American War. (p. 414)
✔✔Rough Riders - ✔✔Volunteer regiment of U.S. Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt
during the Spanish American War. (p. 414)
✔✔Theodore Roosevelt - ✔✔He became that 26th President in 1901. He as an
expansionist who increased the size of Navy, "Great White Fleet". He added the
Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine. His motto was to "speak softly and carry a big
stick". He received the Nobel Peace Prize for mediation of end of Russo-Japanese war.
Later arbitrated split of Morocco between Germany and France. (p. 417)
✔✔Treaty of Paris: Puerto Rico - ✔✔This treaty was signed on December 10, 1898 with
Spain. It provided for: 1) Cuban independence, 2) Purchase of Puerto Rico and Guam,
3) Purchase of the Philippines. (p. 415)
✔✔Guam and Philippines - ✔✔On December 10, 1898, the Spanish-American War
treaty was signed in Paris. Under the treaty the U.S. acquired Guam and also the
Philippines. (p. 415)
✔✔Emilio Aguinaldo - ✔✔Filipino nationalist leader who led guerrilla fighters in a three
year war against U.S. control of the Philippines. (p. 415)
✔✔Anti-Imperialist League - ✔✔Lead by William Jennings Bryan, they opposed further
expansion in the Pacific. (p. 415)
✔✔Insular cases - ✔✔A series of Supreme Court cases from 1901 to 1903 which arose
when the United States acquired the Philippines and Puerto Rico. The court ruled that
constitutional rights were not automatically extended to territorial possessions and that
the power to decide whether or not to grant such rights belonged to Congress. (p. 416)
✔✔Platt Amendment - ✔✔A 1901 amendment to an army appropriations bill that said
Cuba would make no treaties that compromised its independence, permit the U.S. to
maintain law and order in Cuba, and allow the U.S. to maintain naval bases in Cuba. (p
416)
✔✔spheres of influence - ✔✔The term when countries came to dominate trade and
investment within a particular region and shut out competitors. In the 1890s, Russia,
Japan, Great Britain, France, and Germany were all establishing close ties with China
that disturbed the United States. (p. 417)
