5 Written Questions

1. 1908 - Japan / U.S. agreement in which both nations agreed to respect each other's territories in the Pacific and to uphold the Open Door policy in China.
2. did not want to forcibly annex Hawaii, so he waited five years to do so. McKinley finally did it, felt the annexation overstepped the federal government's power.
3. April 1896 - U.S. declared Cuba free from Spain, but the Teller Amendment disclaimed any American intention to annex Cuba.
4. U.S. would act as international policemen. An addition to the Monroe Doctrine.
5. 1873 - Spain and U.S. government got into a squabble over the Cuban-owned Virginius, which had been running guns. Spain executed several Americans who had been on board. The telegraph was used to negotiate a truce. The incident was played up by the yellow journalists.

5 Matching Questions

1. Alfred Mahan
2. Benjamin Tracy
3. Treaty of Paris 1898
4. Pan-Americanism
5. "Colossus of the North"

1. a 1906 - Relations between U.S. and Canada including a reciprocal trade agreement. Tight relations made the U.S. and Canada a "Colossus."
2. b gave the US Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines, after ending the Spanish-American war.
3. c stated that events in the Americans affected the U.S. and we thus had reason to intervene.
4. d In 1890, he wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History. He was a proponent of building a large navy. He said that a new, modern navy was necessary to protect the international trade America depended on.
5. e United States political figure who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1889 through 1893, during the administration of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. 1902 - England, Germany and Italy had blockaded Venezuelan ports because Latin American countries failed to make payments on debts owed to foreign banks. U.S. invoked the Monroe Doctrine and pressured the European powers to back off.
   1. General Weylar
   2. Insular cases
   3. Benjamin Tracy
   4. Venezuelan Crisis
2. 1917, Lessened the tension in the feuds between the U.S. and Japan by recognizing Japan's sphere of influence in China in exchange for Japan's continued recognition of the Open Door policy in China.
   1. Lansing-Ishii Agreement
   2. Root-Takahira Agreement
   3. Josiah Strong
   4. Pan-Americanism
3. Queen of Hawaii who gave the U.S. naval rights to Pearl Harbor in 1887. Deposed by American settlers in 1893.
   1. General Weylar
   2. Queen Liliuokalani
   3. Benjamin Tracy
   4. Alfred Mahan
4. Discovered that the mosquito transmitted yellow fever and developed a cure. Yellow fever was the leading cause of death of American troops in the Spanish-American War.
   1. Walter Reed
   2. Maine
   3. Alfred Mahan
   4. Elihu Root
5. A league containing anti-imperialist groups; it was never strong due to differences on domestic issues. Isolationists.
   1. Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
   2. Extraterritoriality
   3. Reconcentration Policy
   4. American anit-imperialist league

5 True/False Questions

1. Dominican Republic → Brutal general of the Spanish, created "reconcentration camps" in which rebels and Philippians were held indefinitely.

   True        False

2. Hay-Herran Treaty → 1901 - Great Britain recognized U.S. Sphere of Influence over the Panama canal zone provided the canal itself remained neutral. U.S. given full control over construction and management of the canal.

   True        False

3. Democracy, efficiency, pragmatism → Three characteristics that the U.S. felt made them superior to other countries. Many U.S. cities in the 1900 to 1920 instituted modern "scientific" political systems, such as the use of professional city managers, to replace inefficient traditional machine politics. The U.S. tried to spread there ideas abroad.

   True        False

4. Bering sea seal controversy → A dispute between the U.S. and Russia involving who could hunt seals in the Bering Sea.

   True        False

5. Roosevelt's Big Stick Diplomacy → Roosevelt said, "walk softly and carry a big stick." In international affairs, ask first but bring along a big army to help convince them. Threaten to use force, act as international policemen. It was his foreign policy in Latin America.

   True        False