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1. In 1899, an insurrection began in the Philippines because
b) the U.S. refused to give the Filipino people their freedom
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2. The Philippine insurrection was finally broken in 1901 when
e) Emilio Aguinaldo, the Filipino leader, was captured
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3. The war fought by American troops in the Philippines against the Filipinos
c) caused the Americans to use the reconcentration camps
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4. President McKinley�s policy of �benevolent assimilation� in the Philippines
c) was not appreciated by the Filipinos
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5. When Filipinos came to the U.S., they worked mainly as
e) agricultural laborers
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6. Many Americans became concerned about the increasing foreign intervention in China because they
a) feared that Chinese markets would be monopolized by European manufacturers and exporters
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7. America�s initial Open Door policy was essentially an argument for
a) free trade
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8. China�s Boxer Rebellion was an attempt to
c) throw out or kill all foreigners
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9. In response to the Boxer Rebellion, the U.S.
e) abandoned its time-honored principles of non-entanglement and non-involvement
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10. Once the Boxer uprising ended,
a) China was spared further partition by foreign powers
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11. Teddy Roosevelt received the Republican vice-presidential nomination in 1900 mainly because
b) the nomination would remove him from the governorship of New York
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12. When extended, the Open Door policy called on all bid powers, including the U.S., to
d) observe the territorial integrity of China
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13. Just before his nomination for vice president on the Republican ticket in 1900, Theodore Roosevelt served as
e) governor of New York
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14. In the 1900 presidential election, the Democratic party and its candidate, William Jennings Bryan, insisted that _______________ was the �paramount issue� of the campaign.
b) imperialism
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15. As a vice-presidential candidate in 1900, Theodore Roosevelt appealed especially to
d) midwesterners
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16. The Republicans won the 1900 election mainly because of
e) the prosperity achieved during McKinley�s first term
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17. Theodore Roosevelt can best be described as
c) energetic and self-righteous
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18. As President, Theodore Roosevelt was
b) willing to compromise
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19. While President, Theodore Roosevelt did all of the following except
c) refuse to ignore the Constitution, even when tempted to do so
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20. Construction of an isthmian canal was motivated mainly by
a) a desire to improve the defense of the U.S.
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21. The British gave up their opposition to an American-controlled isthmian canal because they
c) confronted an unfriendly Europe and were bogged down in the Boer War
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22. The alternative route to Panama seriously considered as the location for a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans was
b) Nicaragua
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23. The U.S. entered the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty with _______________, the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty with ________________, and the Gentlemen�s Agreement with _________________.
d) Panama; Britain; Japan
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24. The U.S. gained a perpetual lease on the Panama Canal Zone in the
a) Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
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25. The Colombian Senate rejected the treaty with the U.S. for a canal zoned because
e) the U.S. was not paying the Columbian government enough money
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26. Theodore Roosevelt�s role in the Panamanian Revolution involved
a) using American naval forces to block Colombian troops from crossing the isthmus and crushing the revolt
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27. The revolution in Panama began when
d) a Chinese civilian and a donkey were killed
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28. Theodore Roosevelt wanted an isthmian canal constructed quickly because
e) the presidential election of 1904 was approaching
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29. During the building of the Panama Canal, all of the following difficulties were encountered except
a) guerilla warfare waged by Panamanian rebels against the U.S.
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30. Theodore Roosevelt defended his building of the Panama Canal by claiming that
b) he had received a �mandate from civilization�
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31. American involvement in the affairs of Latin American nations at the turn of the century usually stemmed from
c) the fact that they were chronically in debt
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32. The Roosevelt Corollary added a new provision to the Monroe Doctrine that was especially designed to
e) justify U.S. intervention in the affairs of Latin American nations
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33. Theodore Roosevelt promoted the �Bad Neighbor� policy primarily by
d) adding the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
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34. The United States� frequent intervention in the affairs of Latin American nations in the early 20th century
c) left a legacy of ill will and distrust of the U.S. throughout Latin America
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35. In 1904, the Russo-Japanese War started because
a) Russia seemed ready to take control of Chinese Manchuria
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36. Theodore Roosevelt became involved in the peace settlement for the Russo-Japanese War
e) when Japan secretly asked him to help
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37. President Roosevelt organized a conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1905 to
e) mediate a conclusion to the Russo-Japanese War
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38. As a result of the Russo-Japanese War,
b) Japan won a territorial concession on Sakhalin Island
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39. The �Gentlemen�s Agreement� that Theodore Roosevelt worked out with the Japanese
c) caused Japan to halt the flow of laborers to America in return for the repeal of a racist school decree by San Francisco School Board
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40. Japanese immigrants first entered U.S. territory to work as
d) laborers on Hawaii�s sugar plantations
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41. In the Root-Takahira agreement of 1908,
b) the U.S. and Japan agreed to respect each other�s territorial holdings in the Pacific
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42.A group of historians known as the �New Left� revisionists argues that the U.S. introduced a new style of foreign policy that
c)shunned foreign territorial possession but sought economic dominance of foreign markets and investments
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