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History
Test 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| William Seward believed that the United States should expand its borders. | 1. T |
| Americans in the 1860s thought that the purchase of Alaska was a good idea | 2. F |
| The United States paid about two cents per acre for Alaska | 3. T |
| Russia originally owned Alaska before the United States acquired it. | 4. T |
| Theodore Roosevelt became president as a result of the election of 1901 | 5. F |
| Theodore Roosevelt was known for his charming way of greeting people. | 6. T |
| Theodore Roosevelt was enthusiastic about the building of the Panama Canal. | 7. T |
| Theodore Roosevelt promised to protect the United States’ interest in Latin America. | 8. T |
| (Chronological) Hawaii is pressured to allow the United States to use Pearl Harbor as a naval base | 3 |
| (Chronological) Hawaii is allowed to export sugar to the United States on a duty-free basis | 2 |
| (Chronological) The United States proclaims Hawaii a United States territory | 4 |
| (Chronological) American missionaries formed Christian schools and churches in Hawaii | 1 |
| When did American capitalists begin investing millions of dollars in Cuba’s sugar cane plantations? | After Slavery in Cuba was Abolished |
| Who was responsible for placing hundreds of thousands of Cubans in barbed-wire concentration camps? | General Valeriano Weyler |
| Who was responsible for destroying the Spanish fleet at Manila? | George Dewey |
| Why were the Supreme Court’s rulings in the 1901 Insular Cases significant? | That newly acquired territories don’t automatically gain the rights from the constitution |
| Why did Woodrow Wilson order John J. Pershing and his expeditionary force home? | Because WWI was looming and the avoid war with Mexico |
| He worried that U.S. imperialism could lead to endless wars with European rivals | Andrew Carnegie |
| He felt that people should have a right to govern themselves, just as Americans do | Moorfield Storey |
| He was concerned about the impact of imperialism on U.S. workers | Samuel Gompers |