American History Chapter 10 Quiz

A detailed illustration representing American Imperialism, featuring historical figures like Theodore Roosevelt and events such as the Spanish-American War and the Panama Canal construction.

American History Quiz: The Age of Imperialism

Test your knowledge of American history with this engaging quiz focused on the Age of Imperialism. Explore significant events, influential figures, and policies that shaped the U.S. during this era.

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________ was the author of "The Influence of Sea Power upon History," in which he argued that sea power was essential if a nation wanted to be rich in peacetime and unbeatable in wartime.

Theodore Roosevelt

Walter Reed

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Carlos Finlay

Following the explosion of the _______ in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898, the U.S. Declared war on Spain and it was on.

Cuba

Puerto Rico

U.S.S. Maine

U.S.S. Fairfax

Which of the following would be an example of a commonwealth during the Age of Imperialism for the U.S?

Cuba

Puerto Rico

The Phillipines

The Dominican Republic

After declaring their sovereignty from Queen Liliuokalani, the predominantly white businessmen of Hawaii elected __________ as their president.

John L. Stevens

Sanford B. Dole

King Kalakaua

John Hay

As a result of his taking of Manila during the Spanish-American war, Commodore ____________ became a national hero.

John Hay

Alfred Thayer Mahan

George Dewey

Charles D. Sigsbee

Theodore Roosevelt served as the leader of which fighting force during the Spanish-American War

The "Rough Riders"

The Marines

The "Butchers"

The Green Berets

_________ was a Cuban doctor who correctly theorized that yellow fever was carried by mosquitoes.

Dr. Walter Reed

Dr. Josiah

Dr. Carlos Finlay

Dr. John Long

Which of the following served as the final monarch for the sovereign nation of Hawaii?

Queen Liliuokalani

King Kalakaua

Queen Elizabeth ||

Queen Latifah

________ was the Secretary of State for the U.S. Responsible for the purchase of Alaska, home to walruses and polar bears, from the Russians for $7 million.

John Hay

William Rehnquist

Geroge Dewey

William Seward

___________, who had directed the construction of the Suez Canal, also headed a French company in their digging in Panama in the 1870s to try and complete a canal across the isthmus of Panama.

Philippe Bunau-Varilla

Ferdinand de Lesseps

Emilio Aguinaldo

Francisco Madero

Who served as the president of the U.S. When digging of the Panama Canal was begun, and has previously served as assistant Secretary of the Navy?

Grover Cleveland

Benjamin Harrison #wrong

William McKinley

Theodore Roosevelt

__________ are defined as areas where a nation has special trading privileges and where numbers of its merchants, missionaries, and other nationals live and work.

Extraterritoriality

Spheres of Influence

Protectorates

Commonwealths

What was the policy used by General Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau in his treatment of the Cuban rebels prior to the Spanish-American War?

Reconcentration

Constitutionalism

Imprisonment

Newmania

The Second War for Independence for Cuba broke out in 1895, and was led by the revolutionary leader ________

Jose Marti

Grace Clark

Emilio Aguinaldo

Enrique Dupuy de Lome

Who served as the Spanish minister to the U.S. Prior to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, and was forced to resign the position due to critical comments he made about President McKinley?

Lloyd Christmas

Jose Marti

Emilio Aguinaldo

Enrique Dupuy de Lome

Why did many contract laborers come to work in Hawaii?

Native Hawaiians did not care to labor in sugarcane fields

Sanford Dole was the worst, and I'm talking the worst

King Kalakaua requested them come to increase power of non-whites

Queen Liliuokalani and the white planters worked out this deal in 1893

______ served as the U.S. Minister to Hawaii when Queen Liliuokalani was deposed, and was later found to be responsible for ordering U.S. Marines ashore to imprison the queen in her own palace.

Sanford B. Dole

John Hay

John L. Stevens

Carlos Findlay

Which of the following was an example of a protectorate after the Spanish-American War?

Cuba

Puerto Rico

The Phillipines

The Dominican Republic

The ________ Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine stated that if any foreign nation was to interfere with the affairs of a Latin American country, it would be the U.S. Doing the interfering.

Gorman

Roosevelt

McKinley

Sheen

________ served as the U.S. Secretary of State during the early 1900s, and is responsible for initiating the "Open Door" policy with China

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Carlos Finlay

Willaim McKinley

John Hay

What four things did Alfred Thayer Mahan call for the U.S. To acquire in order to become a sea power?

What were three of the four main terms for the Treaty of Paris of 1898 which ended the Spanish-American War?

What were three of the five provisions of the Platt Amendment that the U.S. Added to the Cuban Constitution?

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