Question 1

Barriers and riots fully prevented the Chinese from immigrating to the United States.

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While barriers such as the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and subsequent legislation significantly restricted Chinese immigration to the United States, they did not fully prevent it. Chinese immigrants continued to enter the U.S. through various means, including using false documents or through exceptions in the laws.

Question 2

In 1905, Chinese nationalists at home rioted and demanded a more just U.S. immigration policy.

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Question 3

A rivalry developed between Japan and the United States over Cuba.

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The rivalry between Japan and the United States was not over Cuba, but primarily over influence and territorial ambitions in the Pacific, particularly in relation to the Philippines, China, and Korea.

Question 4

In 1904, the Japanese began the Russo-Japanese war that resulted in victory against Russia.

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The Russo-Japanese War began in 1904 and ended in 1905 with a Japanese victory, marking the first time in modern history that an Asian power defeated a European nation.

Question 5

In the Root-Takahira Agreement of 1908, the United States received reassurances from Japan of American control of the Philippines.

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The Root-Takahira Agreement, signed in 1908 between the United States and Japan, included mutual respect for each nation's Pacific possessions, which implicitly included American control over the Philippines.

Question 6

Roosevelt made friendship with Spain a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy.

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Roosevelt focused on strengthening ties with Latin American countries through his Good Neighbor Policy and was more involved in opposing European colonialism and expansion, rather than specifically making friendship with Spain a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy.

Question 7

While the United States fought a colonial war in the Philippines, Great Britain fought a colonial war in southern Africa.

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The United States fought a colonial war in the Philippines following the Spanish-American War, while Great Britain fought the Second Boer War in southern Africa, both occurring around the turn of the 20th century.

Question 8

Discuss the concept of the United States as a model society for other countries and explain how that concept affected American foreign policy in the late nineteenth century.

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Question 9

Discuss American efforts to expand into the Pacific Ocean area prior to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War.

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Question 10

Explain how profits, piety, and politics affected American foreign policy in the late nineteenth century.

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Question 11

Discuss the philosophy of those individuals who, in the late nineteenth century, believed that the United States should seek national glory and greatness in world affairs.

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Question 12

Discuss the factors that led to the U.S. decision to declare war against Spain in 1898.

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Question 13

Contrast the arguments of those individuals who supported U.S. control of the Philippine Islands after the end of the Spanish-American War with the arguments of those who opposed American acquisition of the Philippines.

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Question 14

Discuss the issue of imperialism as a factor in the election of 1900 and explain the policy that the United States eventually adopted for governing the territories it controlled outside the limits of the continental United States.

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Question 15

Discuss the basic ideas that influenced Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy philosophy.

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Question 16

Discuss the major developments in U.S. relations with the Latin American countries during the Theodore Roosevelt administration.

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Question 17

Discuss U.S. relations with Japan and Europe during the Theodore Roosevelt administration.

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Question 18

Evaluate the usefulness of political cartoons as historical sources, from cartoons of "Boss" Tweed to Theodore Roosevelt.

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Question 19

The person who led the insurrection against American control of the Philippines was ________.

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Question 20

During the first year of the war in the Philippines, over ___________ civilians were killed by American forces.

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Quiz 18: Becoming a World Power