US History Quiz

Who wrote a book on how it was important for the US to have a large Navy to defend the nation’s trade?

• Alfred Thayer Mahan

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• Henry Cabot Lodge

Which American minister convinced Americans to support an expansion of US power overseas for religious reasons?

• Josiah Strong

• Dwight L. Moody

• Billy Graham

• Jonathan Edwards

Who negotiated the Open door policy with China?

• John Hay

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

The US was competing against which continent for economic and military control throughout the world?

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

• South America

Which territories were important for their production of sugarcane and later a naval base? 2 answers

• Hawaii

• Puerto Rico

• Cuba

• Philippines

Which president annexed Hawaii and which president was against annexing Hawaii?

• William McKinley annexed Hawaii; Grover Cleveland was against annexing Hawaii.

• Grover Cleveland annexed Hawaii; William McKinley was against annexing Hawaii.

• Theodore Roosevelt annexed Hawaii; William Taft was against annexing Hawaii.

• Benjamin Harrison annexed Hawaii; Grover Cleveland was against annexing Hawaii.

Who was the first US governor of the Philippines?

• William Howard Taft

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Douglas MacArthur

• Arthur MacArthur Jr.

Panama was a province of which country?

• Colombia

• Mexico

• Brazil

• Argentina

Which treaty gave the US trading rights in two Japanese ports?

• Treaty of Kanagawa

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Ghent

Which newspapers swayed Americans to favor the rebels in Cuba?

• The New York Times and The Washington Post

• The Wall Street Journal and The Los Angeles Times

• The New York Journal and The New York World

• The Chicago Tribune and The Boston Globe