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What was Taft supposed to do to the Philippines prior to 1946?
prepare them for eventual independence
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How many US soldiers died in the war from disease and non-battle injuries?
2,000
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Who led the Rough Riders?
TR
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Who captured Manila using US weapons?
Emilio Aguinaldo
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How many US soldiers died in the war from wounds?
400
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Who called the Spanish-American War a “splendid little war”?
Secretary of State John Hay
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Where did the US Navy trap another Spanish fleet besides Manila Bay?
Santiago Bay, Cuba
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Where did Dewey defeat the Spanish Pacific fleet?
Manila Bay
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What capital city did US troops fight in during the Boxer Rebellion?
Peking
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Who told Commodore Dewey to attack the Philippines?
TR
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What is sensational, biased reporting known as?
Yellow Journalism
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How did the revolution in Cuba worry US businessmen?
Could lose business interests
300
According to the New York World headline, what caused the Maine to blow up?
Torpedo or bomb
300
Who painted the picture in our book on p. 684 of the Rough Riders charging up San Juan Hill?
Frederick Remington
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Why did McKinley send the USS Maine to Havana?
Protect US lives and interests
400
What did the papers say blew up the Maine?
Torpedo or bomb
400
Who controlled Formosa—today’s Taiwan—in 1898?
Japan
400
What two countries lie between Puerto Rico and Cuba?
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
400
did Pulitzer and Hearst influence US involvement in the Cuban revolution?
Sensational stories about Spanish atrocities in Cuba
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What African American soldiers—partially formed at Fort Leavenworth—charged up San Juan Hill?
9th and 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers
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What did the Jones Act do to the people of Puerto Rico?
Made them US citizens
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What secondary Spanish possession in the Caribbean did the US attack and seize?
Puerto Rico
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What are four arguments for taking the Philippines?
ANOTHER NAVAL BASE; STOPOVER ON WAY TO CHINA; MARKET FOR US GOODS; DUTY TO HELP LESS CIVILIZED PEOPLE
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What are three reasons given for not annexing the Philippines?
WENT AGAINST BASIC DEMOCRATIC PRICIPLES; WOULD NEED A LARGE STANDING ARMY; COMPETITION FROM CHEAP FILIPINO LABOR
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What did the US give Spain for the Philippines?
$20 million
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