Social Studies Final

What were the locations of the US naval victories during the Spanish-American War?

Havanna and Manila

Santiago and Havanna

Santiago and San Juan

Manila and Santiago

Which of the following is not true regarding the Panama Canal

It took over ten years to complete

The United States financed its construction

Most deaths among canal workers came from attacks by Colombian soldiers

Many critics charged that the United States had taken the Canal Zone illegally

The American general that was sent to Mexico to capture Pancho Villa was

General Patton

General Pershing

General Roosevelt

General Washington

With which country had the United States originally agreed to share control of any canal built across Central America?

Mexico

Great Britain

Nicaragua

France

Which of the following countries gained their independence as a result of the Spanish-American War?

Guam and Puerto Rico

Philippines and Puerto Rico

Philippines

Cuba

What did John Hay mean when he called the Spanish-American War, a "splendid little war?"

Battle only took place on the island of Cuba

The only battles took place on the Philippine Islands

The war lasted for many years and included several major battles

The United States won a quick and relatively easy victory

Which was NOT a factor that led to the United States to call for war with Spain?

Yellow journalism in American newspapers

American sympathy for the Cuban freedom movement

Disputes over lands in the southwest part of the US

The explosion aboard the battleship Maine

President Theodore Roosevelt's Big Stick policy is MOST associated with which of the following regions?

Southeast Asia

Latin America

North Africa

East Asia

The American policy of spreading US influence throughout the world by annexing and purchasing land was called

Globalism

Isolationism

Expansionism

Capitalism

When countries expand their influence throughout the world by acquiring colonies by force, it is called

Expansionism

Globalism

Isolationism

Imperialism

In order to ensure US control of the Panama Canal, President Roosevelt encouraged Panamanians to declare independence from Colombia

True

False

The Spanish American War lasted for three years with tremendous loss of life for both the Americans and the Spanish

True

False

The Rough Riders led by Theodore Roosevelt were defeated at the Battle of San Juan Hill and forced to retreat to Florida

True

False

Explain the political, engineering, and medical difficulties that the United States had to overcome to build the Panama Canal

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