Test review sheet

Chapter 22

US1 Honors

1. What primarily shaped foreign policy decisions of the late nineteenth century?

2. If America had a real, “tragedy of American Diplomacy”, what was it?

3. What were the sources of the expansionist sentiment of the late nineteenth century?

4. Who was William H. Seward and what was his vision for America?

5. What was Alfred T. Mahan most renowned for?

6. Why did President Grover Cleveland oppose the annexation of Hawaii?

7. What was the Venezuelan crisis of 1895? How did the US treat Venezuela in its settlement?

8. Describe the Teller Amendment.

9. In the end, why did the US go to war against Spain?

10. Describe how most American casualties in the Spanish-American- Cuban-Filipino War acquired?

11. Why was the anti-imperialist campaign against the Treaty of Paris hindered?

12. What is the ideology of the Open Door Policy?

13. Why was their an insurrection against American rule in the Philippines? Who led it? Was is successful?

14. What kind of relationship did America and Japan have after information about American bankers trying to build a railroad in China?

15. What was the rationale behind the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?

16. There will be about 5 – 10 questions from the Fab 50 on the test (either in their exact form or some derivative of them).

17. There will be a matching section of 10 items from your homework on the test

18. OPEN ENDED- The title of the chapter is the Quest of Empire. Explain why this is an appropriate title for this chapter. Your answer must have at least THREE reasons. Each of those reasons must be one paragraph in length. I will allow you to make an outline on an index card and bring it in with you.