HIST 1302 Purcell Test 2 Questions With
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The advocates of "Continentalism" thought - ANSWER -The US should not expand
beyond the boundaries of the continent of North America and no further
-Atlantic to Pacific
The supporters of "Continentalism" included all of the following - ANSWER -racists who
did not want any more non-white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant settlers in the US.
-people, especially white southerners, who had a fear of a large standing army needed
for a world-wide empire
-advocates/proponents of a low cost, low taxing government
-opponents of large army
In the mid 19th century, American national security from foreign attack rested on -
ANSWER -broad oceans on the east & west
-militarily weak neighbors both north & south
In the first Cleveland Administration in 1889, the US almost came into a conflict with
Britain & Germany over - ANSWER -Samoa
1st Cleveland Administration overseas action - ANSWER -needed coaling station for
steam boats
-all want to put a coaling station on Samoa
Factors that led to the new imperialist spirit in the US during the late 1880's & 1890's
included - ANSWER -The South was redeemed & the West was settled freeing those
citizens to look overseas.
-There was a big need for overseas markets for US industrial goods.
,-The European example of the carving up of Africa convinced Americans they should
have an empire too.
-The concept of Manifest Destiny & the creation of the a new modern US Navy led to
imperialism.
-Modern U.S. Navy -Capt. Alfred Thayer Mahan -influence of Sea Power-important book
The most important economic factor in the drive for expansion was - ANSWER -the need
for overseas markets for US manufactured products
"Jingoism" was - ANSWER -a warlike-patriotism for expansion
The resolution of the British/Venezuelan boundary dispute in 1895 was ended by -
ANSWER -arbitration by the German Kaiser Wilhelm 2 after the US said it backed
Venezuela
Britain vs. Venezuela (1895) - ANSWER -U.S. presence upon world stage
-U.S. backed Venezuela
Hawaii interested the US in the late 1880's & 1890's primarily because of its - ANSWER
-sugar production, source of sugar, sugar act
US invest in Hawaii - ANSWER -American planters in Hawaii
-Repriprocity treaty of 1875 repealed by Mckinley tariff of 1893
-Hawaii annexed in 1898
The US went to war with Spain because - ANSWER -There was a US perception of
Spanish misrule in Cuba. Gen. Valeriano Weyiler's reconcentration policy against 1895
revolt
-Yellow Journalists sensationalized the situation in Cuba.
-The battleship "Maine" exploded in Havana harbor, destruction of the Maine (2/15/98)
, -The US maneuvered Spain into declaring war on the US after declaring a naval
blockade of Cuba, declaration of war: April 19,1898
The most impressive aspect of the Spanish American War in the Pacific was - ANSWER
-COMMO George Dewey's stunning victory in Manila Bay on May 1, 1897 that gave the
US control of the Pacific over Spain.
The greatest American casualties in the Spanish American War were caused by -
ANSWER -rotten food
-tropical diseases
-major medical and supply problems
The US conquests of the Spanish American War that were incorporated formally into a
new American Empire included all of the following - ANSWER -Puerto Rico
-Guam
-the Philippines
President McKinley officially said the US needed to retain the Philippines to - ANSWER
-civilize & Christianize the natives
The results of the peace treaty on 1898 that ended the Spanish American War gave to
the US - ANSWER -U.S. got Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam
-the right to intervene in Cuban internal affairs under the Platt Amendment
-U.S. paid Spain $20,000,000
-U.S. a world power
The campaign in the Philippines after 1898 - ANSWER -was a very nasty guerrilla war
-was fought against Filipino natives who desired independence for the their country
-was fought against forces led by Emilio Aguinaldo the leader
-ended when the US captured Aguinaldo & bribed the leaders of the revolt to quit
Answers 100% Correct
The advocates of "Continentalism" thought - ANSWER -The US should not expand
beyond the boundaries of the continent of North America and no further
-Atlantic to Pacific
The supporters of "Continentalism" included all of the following - ANSWER -racists who
did not want any more non-white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant settlers in the US.
-people, especially white southerners, who had a fear of a large standing army needed
for a world-wide empire
-advocates/proponents of a low cost, low taxing government
-opponents of large army
In the mid 19th century, American national security from foreign attack rested on -
ANSWER -broad oceans on the east & west
-militarily weak neighbors both north & south
In the first Cleveland Administration in 1889, the US almost came into a conflict with
Britain & Germany over - ANSWER -Samoa
1st Cleveland Administration overseas action - ANSWER -needed coaling station for
steam boats
-all want to put a coaling station on Samoa
Factors that led to the new imperialist spirit in the US during the late 1880's & 1890's
included - ANSWER -The South was redeemed & the West was settled freeing those
citizens to look overseas.
-There was a big need for overseas markets for US industrial goods.
,-The European example of the carving up of Africa convinced Americans they should
have an empire too.
-The concept of Manifest Destiny & the creation of the a new modern US Navy led to
imperialism.
-Modern U.S. Navy -Capt. Alfred Thayer Mahan -influence of Sea Power-important book
The most important economic factor in the drive for expansion was - ANSWER -the need
for overseas markets for US manufactured products
"Jingoism" was - ANSWER -a warlike-patriotism for expansion
The resolution of the British/Venezuelan boundary dispute in 1895 was ended by -
ANSWER -arbitration by the German Kaiser Wilhelm 2 after the US said it backed
Venezuela
Britain vs. Venezuela (1895) - ANSWER -U.S. presence upon world stage
-U.S. backed Venezuela
Hawaii interested the US in the late 1880's & 1890's primarily because of its - ANSWER
-sugar production, source of sugar, sugar act
US invest in Hawaii - ANSWER -American planters in Hawaii
-Repriprocity treaty of 1875 repealed by Mckinley tariff of 1893
-Hawaii annexed in 1898
The US went to war with Spain because - ANSWER -There was a US perception of
Spanish misrule in Cuba. Gen. Valeriano Weyiler's reconcentration policy against 1895
revolt
-Yellow Journalists sensationalized the situation in Cuba.
-The battleship "Maine" exploded in Havana harbor, destruction of the Maine (2/15/98)
, -The US maneuvered Spain into declaring war on the US after declaring a naval
blockade of Cuba, declaration of war: April 19,1898
The most impressive aspect of the Spanish American War in the Pacific was - ANSWER
-COMMO George Dewey's stunning victory in Manila Bay on May 1, 1897 that gave the
US control of the Pacific over Spain.
The greatest American casualties in the Spanish American War were caused by -
ANSWER -rotten food
-tropical diseases
-major medical and supply problems
The US conquests of the Spanish American War that were incorporated formally into a
new American Empire included all of the following - ANSWER -Puerto Rico
-Guam
-the Philippines
President McKinley officially said the US needed to retain the Philippines to - ANSWER
-civilize & Christianize the natives
The results of the peace treaty on 1898 that ended the Spanish American War gave to
the US - ANSWER -U.S. got Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam
-the right to intervene in Cuban internal affairs under the Platt Amendment
-U.S. paid Spain $20,000,000
-U.S. a world power
The campaign in the Philippines after 1898 - ANSWER -was a very nasty guerrilla war
-was fought against Filipino natives who desired independence for the their country
-was fought against forces led by Emilio Aguinaldo the leader
-ended when the US captured Aguinaldo & bribed the leaders of the revolt to quit
