Question 1

What territory did Seward buy from Russia?

Accepted Answer

Alaska

Answer

Cuba

Answer

Philippines

Answer

Hawaii

Question 2

Who wrote The Influence of Sea Power Upon History?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Answer

William Mckinley

Answer

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer

Secretary Seward

Question 3

What is yellow press?

Accepted Answer

Sensationalist  newspaper reporting that had exaggerated  headlines

Answer

Newspaper reporting that is scared of war

Answer

None of these

Answer

When politicians press hard for war

Question 4

What did the Teller Amendment claim?

Accepted Answer

That US would eventually give control of Cuba back to Cuba

Answer

That US would eventually give control of Cuba back to Spain

Answer

That US would eventually give control of Philippines back to Spain

Answer

That US would eventually give control of Philippines back to Philippines

Question 5

What are the Insular cases?

Accepted Answer

Supreme Court cases, said constitutional rights are NOT automatic for people of new territories

Answer

Supreme Court cases, said imperialism was NOT constitutional

Answer

Supreme Court cases, said imperialism was constitutional

Answer

Supreme Court cases, said constitutional rights are automatic for people of new territories

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