AP US History Chapter 27 Review Flashcards

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