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Chapter_27_Empire_and_Expansion_1890_1909 (2)
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Chapter_27_Empire_and_Expansion_1890_1909 (2)

American Pageant 16th Edition By David M. Kennedy

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Chapter_27_Empire_and_Expansion_1890_1909 (2)

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

70. Which of the following prominent American leaders was least enthusiastic about U.S. imperialistic adventures in the 1890s?

  a. Theodore Roosevelt
  b. William Randolph Hearst
  c. Alfred Thayer Mahan
  d. William McKinley
  e. Grover Cleveland

 

ANSWER:   e
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Spurning the Hawaiian Pear

 

71. Before a treaty annexing Hawaii to the United States could be rushed through the U.S. Senate in 1893

  a. President Harrison’s term expired and the less imperialist Grover Cleveland became president.
  b. war broke out between the United States and Great Britain.
  c. the white American sugar rebels decided that Hawaii should remain independent.
  d. popular opinion in the United States turned against such colonial ventures.
  e. the pro-annexation forces demanded that Hawaii be admitted to the Union as a state.

 

ANSWER:   a
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Spurning the Hawaiian Pear

 

72. President Grover Cleveland rejected the effort to annex Hawaii because

  a. he thought the annexation of Hawaii would drain the U.S. Treasury because the island was weak economically.
  b. the United States did not have the naval power to protect the islands against Japanese or German threats.
  c. he believed that the native Hawaiians had been wronged and that a majority of Hawaiians opposed annexation to the United States.
  d. passage of the McKinley Tariff made Hawaiian sugar unprofitable.
  e. the United States would soon have to establish military bases in Hawaii.

 

ANSWER:   c
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Spurning the Hawaiian Pear

 

73. Along with serving as the last reigning queen of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani is also remembered for

  a. helping to build tourism to Hawaii.
  b. writing songs such as “Aloha Oe.”
  c. establishing the pineapple business on the island.
  d. her lavish personal expenditures, particularly for clothes.
  e. All of these choices are correct.

 

ANSWER:   b
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Spurning the Hawaiian Pear

 

74. The Cuban insurrectos who wanted to overthrow Spanish rule in Cuba

  a. were heavily dependent on American funding for their rebellion.
  b. blew up the battleship Maine.
  c. were Communist in their ideological outlook.
  d. began assassinating Spanish officials.
  e. adopted a scorched-earth policy of burning cane fields and sugar mills.

 

ANSWER:   e
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Cubans Rise in Revolt

 

75. Americans favored providing aid to the Cuban revolutionaries for all of the following reasons except

  a. fear that the substantial American investment in Cuban sugar and other businesses would be lost.
  b. a belief that Spain’s control of Cuba presented a national security threat to the United States.
  c. fear that Spanish misrule in Cuba menaced the Gulf of Mexico and the route to the proposed Panama Canal.
  d. sympathy for Cuban patriots fighting for their freedom.
  e. the atrocity stories reported in the yellow press of William Randolph Hearst.

 

ANSWER:   b
POINTS:   1
REFERENCES:   Cubans Rise in Revolt

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