True or False Chapter 19 Self Quiz 1

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. U.S. representatives succeeded in getting a pledge from European powers to cede parts of their territory in the Belgian Congo.

. The treatment of Indians provided important precedents for empire building.

. President Grover Cleveland insisted that the British arbitrate their land claim against Venezuela by citing the Platt Amendment.

. One of the events that pushed the United States toward war in 1898 was a Spanish diplomat's private insult of President McKinley.

. The U.S. declaration of war against Spain officially recognized the Cuban rebels and their provisional government.

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One of the reasons why governing the Philippines proved difficult was that it consisted of hundreds of islands sprawling over 115,000 square miles.

. The ratification of the peace treaty with Spain undermined Secretary of State John Hay's open door negotiations with European powers.

. In the wake of the Battle of San Juan Hill, Theodore Roosevelt praised the courage of his African American troops.

. Because of its narrow width, the Panama Canal made little difference to most shippers in the United States.

. President Howard Taft's main problem in foreign affairs was his utter lack of experience.

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