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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the explorer looking for when he discovered the Philippines?
(a) People to convert to Christianity.
(b) A spice route to the Indies.
(c) Territory to own.
(d) Friends.

2. Who have found their lives inexorably linked to the Philippines?
(a) Many island residents.
(b) Many famed historical leaders.
(c) Many Americans.
(d) Many Spanish.

3. Conservative President Grover Cleveland ______________ pressure to annex Hawaii and attack Cuba.
(a) Encourages.
(b) Succumbs to.
(c) Resists.
(d) Ignores.

4. The _____________ view surpasses the expansionism view for most of the remainder of the 1800s.
(a) Isolationist.
(b) Republican.
(c) Democrat.
(d) Independent.

5. When asked to clarify the overall U.S. mission, how does McKinley respond?
(a) With very specific answers.
(b) He responds with outright lies.
(c) With very vague answers.
(d) He does not respond.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Under pressure, McKinley appoints Roosevelt as the assistant secretary to whom, who is the secretary of the navy?

3. In January 1900, who does President McKinley summon to discuss the Philippines?

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

5. What kind of relationship exists between the United States and the Philippines?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place when Cleveland is replaced by McKinley?

2. What happens within ten years of Legazpi's rule?

3. Describe Ferdinand Magellan's early career as an explorer.

4. How do the Americans deal with guerrilla tactics?

5. How does Aguinaldo change his tactics? How does this affect both sides?

6. Describe Magellan's voyage beginning in 1519.

7. What do the Anti-Imperialists feel about the expansionist movement?

8. Why does Aginaldo become upset with Dewey?

9. Describe the beginning of the war.

10. What does McKinley do when the Spanish fleet is destroyed in Manila?

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