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| 598438008 | Which of the following was the most significant factor in the shift in American foreign policy toward imperialism in the late 19th century? | (E) The need for overseas markets for increased industrial and agricultural production. | |
| 598438009 | What was the primary reason that Britain submitted its border dispute with Venezuela to international arbitration? | (A) The growing tensions with Germany made Britain reluctant to engage in conflict with the US. | |
| 598438010 | Why did the armed American effort to annex Hawaii fail to succeed in 1893? | (E) A Japanese threat to declare war on the US if America annexed Hawaii caused incoming President Cleveland to oppose annexation. | |
| 598438011 | Americans favored providing aid to the Cuban revolutionaries for all of the following reasons except... | (B) a belief that Spain's control of Cuba presented a grave national security threat to the US. | |
| 598438012 | What was the most important reason that President William McKinley asked Congress to declare war on Spain? | (E) The American public, influenced by the yellow press, and many leading Republicans demanded war in the aftermath of the sinking of the Maine. | |
| 598438013 | Which statement most accurately characterizes the US Army's performance in Cuba during the Spanish American War? | (C) Crippled by logistical chaos and disease that killed thousands of soldiers. | |
| 598438014 | What was the primary argument emphasized by American imperialists who advocated acquisition of the Philippines? | (A) The strategic advantage of Philippine bases for American naval operations and defense of the Pacific | |
| 598438015 | Anti-imperialists presented all of the following arguments against acquiring the Philippine Islands except... | (C) the islands were still rightfully Spain's,since they were taken after the armistice had been signed. | |
| 598438016 | What was the direct cause of the Filipino insurrection in 1899? | (B) The US refused to give the Filipino people their political independence | |
| 598438017 | Why did many Americans become concerned about the increasing number of foreign intervention in China at the turn of the 20th Century? | (A) They feared that US missions would be jeopardized and Chinese markets closed to non-Europeans. | |
| 598438018 | All of the following characterized China's Boxer Rebellion except... | (D) an affirmation by Chinese nationals of the legitimacy of the Open Door policy in protecting Chinese sovereignty. | |
| 598438019 | What was the primary motivation for the efforts of the US to secure construction of an isthmian canal across Central America? | (A) A desire to improve defense by allowing rapid naval movements between two oceans. | |
| 598438020 | What was one key international effect of President Theodore Roosevelt's aggressive involvement in and active support for making the Panamanian revolt? | (E) Increasing anti-American sentiment throughout Latin America | |
| 598438021 | Which of the following was not a result of President Roosevelt's diplomatic ending of the Russo-Japanese war? | (E) A cessation of significant Japanese immigration to America's Pacific Coast |
