Unit 5 Additional Practice Questions

What was Manifest Destiny?

• A policy in which a stronger nation extends its control over a weaker territory

• A prominent belief in the 1800s that American settlers were entitled to conquer and control North America

• The region of the 48 adjoining states that touch one another as they are today

• A country whose affairs were partially under the control of another country that is stronger

What is the contiguous United States?

• A zone in which a foreign power controls a region of another country

• The political system in which one dominant government oversees smaller territories under its control

• Two houses of the legislature: a Senate and a House of Representatives

• The region of the 48 adjoining states that touch one another as they are today

What does imperialism refer to?

• Prepare for war

• A policy in which a stronger nation extends its economic, political, military, and social control over a weaker territory

• The law granted the citizens of Puerto Rico a bill of rights and full status as U.S. citizens

• Government overthrow

What did the Naval Act of 1890 achieve?

• Prepare for war

• Became the battle cry of thousands of Americans who wanted retaliation for the destruction of the Maine

• Established Hawaii as a U.S. territory

• Set production levels for a new, modern fleet

What was the Guano Islands Act of 1856 about?

• The region of the 48 adjoining states that touch one another as they are today

• Large-scale prisons for political prisoners

• Authorized and encouraged Americans to take unclaimed islands with guano deposits in the name of the United States

• The political system in which one dominant government oversees smaller territories under its control

What is meant by a provisional government?

• An addition to the Roosevelt Corollary, stating that no foreign corporation, other than American ones, could obtain lands in the Western Hemisphere

• Prepare for war

• A temporary government set up when no other authority has been established

• The political system in which one dominant government oversees smaller territories under its control

What did the Blount Report state?

• The political system in which one dominant government oversees smaller territories under its control

• Prepare for war

• President Grover Cleveland set up a commission to investigate the way in which the matter was handled

• Means (free Cuba)

Who organized the Rough Riders?

• Theodore Roosevelt organized an all-volunteer cavalry unit

• A group of islands with guano deposits

• Secretary Hay

• The law granted the citizens of Puerto Rico a bill of rights and full status as U.S. citizens

What was the Teller Amendment about?

• The political system in which one dominant government oversees smaller territories under its control

• Government overthrow

• Stated that America did not intend to annex or control Cuba

• The law granted the citizens of Puerto Rico a bill of rights and full status as U.S. citizens

What did the Platt Amendment state?

• The region of the 48 adjoining states that touch one another as they are today

• Cuba could not make treaties that might limit its independence or permit a foreign power to control any part of its territory

• Prepare for war

• A nationalist group