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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Civilizing with a Krag.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect do modest reforms have on the leaders in the Philippines?
(a) It decreases the power of both the Spanish bureaucrats and the church.
(b) This limits the power of the Spanish bureaucrats, but actually increases the power of the church.
(c) It increases the power of both Spanish bureaucrats and the church.
(d) This limits the power of the church, but actually increases the power of the Spanish bureaucrats.

2. Who aggressively works for forty years to send out sea voyages?
(a) Prince William.
(b) Prince Harry.
(c) Prince Charles.
(d) Prince Henry.

3. How many weeks does it take to reach the Pacific Ocean?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seven.
(d) Fifteen.

4. When does Ferdinand Magellan sail for India with a Portuguese fleet?
(a) 1505.
(b) 1605.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1705.

5. Under what pretext does a civilian commission set up offices in Manila?
(a) Educating the natives.
(b) Getting the point of view of the natives.
(c) Protecting Americans in the Philippines.
(d) Finding work for the natives.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term ___________________ is used to mean the worldwide assertion of American power for the "good" of other civilizations.

2. When did the United States take the Philippines as a "prize?"

3. Soon, what happens to the local chiefs regarding their people?

4. Why does a rebellion in Cuba get much attention in the United States?

5. Of what does McKinley have no knowledge?

(see the answer key)

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