chapter 22

1.

1 point

Japan responded to the world tour of the U.S. Navy's "Great White Fleet" by:

expanding its navy.

inviting President Roosevelt to Tokyo.

2.

1 point

José Marti, a hero of the Cuban revolution against Spain, warned that American domination of Cuba and other Latin American countries in the 1900s would most likely start with:

military help in throwing off the rule of colonial powers.

the arrival of friendly advisors on educational reform.

3.

1 point

Which of the following best explains the rationale behind the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine and the imperialistic behavior of the United States in Latin America?

The United States believed it had the right to intervene in the political and financial affairs of Latin American nations so that the region could be stabilized and intervention by European nations prevented.

The United States believed that it had the right to colonize Latin America to exploit the resources of the region.

4.

1 point

Which of the following is true of relations between the United States and Great Britain in the early twentieth century?

The two nations increasingly cooperated with each other.

The two nations always seemed to be on the verge of war.

5.

1 point

During the 1890s, most members of the foreign policy elite in the United States:

abandoned their demands that the United States annex overseas territory and argued in favor of economic expansion only.

increasingly argued in favor of both formal and informal imperialism.

6.

1 point

Which of the following is true of Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, a popularizer of the New Navy?

His ideas led Congress to move toward naval modernization by authorizing the construction of the first steel-hulled warships.

He insisted that America's international commercial interests and its naval interests were totally unrelated.

7.

1 point

Which of the following is true of the anti-imperialist campaign against the Treaty of Paris?

It was successful because of Bryan's decision to support the treaty.

It was hindered by the inconsistency of the anti-imperialists' arguments.

8.

1 point

The McKinley Tariff (1890) and the Wilson-Gorman Tariff (1894):

angered Louisiana sugar growers.

led Filipino nationalists to launch their anti-American rebellion

9.

1 point

As a result of the Samoan crisis of the 1880s:

Great Britain, Germany, and the United States agreed to a three-part protectorate that limited Samoa's independence.

Samoan officials requested that U.S. authorities assume control over the Samoan banking industry.

10.

1 point

Our Country by Josiah Strong provides evidence that:

the unprofessional nature of the American diplomatic corps in the late nineteenth century was a constant embarrassment to the United States.

belief in the superiority of Anglo-Saxons was used in the late nineteenth century to justify American expansion.

11.

1 point

The Mexican revolutionaries who overthrew Mexican dictator Porfirio Díaz in 1910:

wanted to establish a socialist government in Mexico.

wanted to end Mexico's economic dependence on the United States.

12.

1 point

In the settlement of the Venezuelan crisis of 1895:

the United States showed a disregard for the rights of Venezuela.

Great Britain was able to bully the United States into submission.

13.

1 point

Which of the following was a basic tenet of the Open Door policy?

The economic expansion of the world community of nations depends on freedom of the seas.

Exports are essential to the economic well-being of the United States.

14.

1 point

The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty (1901):

made the Panama Canal a joint American-British enterprise.

led Panama, at the urging of the United States, to declare its independence from Columbia.

15.

1 point

Which of the following was a major reason that American businesspeople and farmers became more interested in the expansion of foreign trade in the late nineteenth century?

They were concerned about the dramatic decline in the export of United States manufactured goods and farm products.

They believed that foreign commerce would help offset the surplus of farm goods and industrial goods that could not be sold within the U.S.