Question 1

The story of race and the Spanish-American War saw

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A)  Cubans refuse to fight alongside of U.S.blacks.
B)  a significant number of black troops in the American forces.
C)  blacks fighting in integrated American units for the first time.
D)  only whites fight for the United States.
E)  African Americans realize that the U.S.military was comparatively less racist than Cuba.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

Prior to its annexation by the United States in 1898,Hawaii

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A)  did not have a sugar industry.
B)  was largely governed by a representative assembly.
C)  had a native population of under ten thousand inhabitants.
D)  had little contact with the United States.
E)  had witnessed a revolution staged by American planters.F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 3

In 1899,supporters of the annexation of the Philippines argued the United States had set a precedent for taking land while treating its inhabitants as dependents in the case of the

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A)  North's occupation of the South following the Civil War.
B)  federal government's treatment of American Indians.
C)  nation's claiming of Florida from Spain in 1819.
D)  United States' taking of Hawaii in 1898.
E)  United States' claiming of California and Texas after the Mexican War.F) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 4

Alan Brinkley characterizes the war in the Philippines as the "least remembered of all American wars." Why would this be the case for this war?

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The war in the Philippines, often referr...

Question 5

The 1896 election results saw

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A)  the Populist movement suffer a disastrous defeat.
B)  William McKinley carry the rural vote.
C)  William Jennings Bryan earn his greatest support in the industrial Northeast.
D)  the Republicans carry the South for the first time since the Civil War.
E)  William Jennings Bryan win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 6

In the late nineteenth century,as veterans of the Civil War retired,

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A)  the federal government created a pension system for all retired Americans.
B)  they were paid pensions by individual states,but not the federal government.
C)  the federal government gave pensions to both Union and Confederate veterans.
D)  a majority of the black and white male population in the North received federal pensions.
E)  they were forced to do without military pensions of any kind.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 7

American attention to the cause of Cuba Libre was spurred by the 1895 death of Valeriano Weyler,head of the Cuban Revolutionary Party.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In 1892,the People's Party called for

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A)  government subsidies of water for agricultural use.
B)  the federal government to purchase surplus crops.
C)  a flat income tax for all rural businesses.
D)  a government network of crop warehouses.
E)  government subsidies of wheat,corn,and cotton.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

________ waged a "front-porch" campaign in 1896.

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The answer of ________ waged a "front-porch" campaign in 1896....

Question 10

Congress established the ________ to regulate railroad rates.

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Interstate...

Question 11

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Theodore Roosevelt's charge up Kettle Hill is that his cavalry unit,the Rough Riders,suffered only one casualty.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The repercussions of the Panic of 1893 could still be felt during the presidential campaign of 1896.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The two major antagonists in the American war against the Filipinos were Filipino insurrection leader ________ and American General Arthur MacArthur.

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The answer of The two major antagonists in the American...

Question 14

The Spanish-American War began primarily because of events in

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A)  Cuba.
B)  the Philippines.
C)  Puerto Rico.
D)  Mexico.
E)  Guatemala.F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 15

As the Republican Party approached the 1896 election,they were

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A)  deeply divided over their candidate.
B)  confident of victory.
C)  agreed that unemployment would be the major issue.
D)  deeply divided over their candidate,but confident of victory.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 16

Why were presidential administrations from both major political parties in the late nineteenth century generally inactive and engaged in few responsibilities?

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The late nineteenth century in the Unite...

Question 17

The federal government in the late nineteenth century was not an activist government,but a major exception to this was its ________ program for Union Civil War veterans.

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The answer of The federal government in the late nineteenth...

Question 18

Who had the stronger arguments,critics or supporters of imperialism,and why?

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The strength of the arguments for or aga...

Question 19

Theodore Roosevelt's famous charge in the battle of San Juan Hill

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A)  has been considered bold and reckless.
B)  was a minor part of the battle.
C)  actually took place on Kettle Hill.
D)  resulted in nearly a hundred Americans dead or wounded.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 20

White southerners in the late nineteenth century were generally Democratic.

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A) True 
 B)False

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