Rural Y Urbana

HIST110 Chapter 22 (revised)

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Which of the following does not help to explain the U.S.emergence from its relative isolation in the late 19th Century?
a.|imperialism|
b.|capitalism|
c.|military maneuvers in Europe|
d.|missionary activity|
e.|navalism|


____ 2. William McKinleyordered the Maine into Havana's harbor in order to
a.|protect U.S. citizens in Cuba.|
b.|threaten the Spanish.|
c.|threaten the Cubans.|
d.|start a war.|
e.|bring refugees to the U.S.|


____ 3.The Spanish-American War
a.|was a long, drawn-out war.|
b.|required the United States to make concessions to the Spanish.|
c.|required Cuba to negotiate with the Philippines.|
d.|was short andsuccessful for the United States.|
e.|resulted in no U.S. battle casualties.|


____ 4. Which of the following did not guide America's rise to power in the world?
a.|self-interest|
b.|internationalevents|
c.|American idealism|
d.|slow population growth|
e.|expansion of U.S. investments.|


____ 5. Alfred Thayer Mahan
a.|advised William McKinley during the Spanish-American War.|
b.|wasan imperialist whose book showed how the United States could become a world power.|
c.|wrote a treatise denouncing imperialism.|
d.|was a missionary who spent years in China converting thousands toChristianity.|
e.|was a businessman who opened trade with China and Japan.|


____ 6. U.S. newspaper accounts of the Cuban-Spanish conflict
a.|had no impact on the general public.|b.|contributed to the antiwar movement.|
c.|created a ground swell of support for Spain.|
d.|triggered a war between the Cuban rebels and the United States.|
e.|created a ground swell of support for Cuba.|____ 7. U.S. foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere after 1900 was
a.|defensive--geared toward limiting European influence.|
b.|isolationist.|
c.|cooperative--geared toward building strong...