Chapter 10 Self Quiz

Empire and Intervention, 1890-1917

. What did Smedley Butler mean when he said he was a "racketeer for capitalism"?

. Alfred Thayer Mahan posited that an imperial power needed an imperial ________.

. In the US, support for intervention in Cuba in the 1890s was ________.

. As with previous combat, the advent of war meant ________.

. The Battle of Santiago de Cuba resulted in a(n) ________.

. In the taking of Puerto Rico, US casualties were ________ Spanish casualties.

. Which of these was NOT acquired by the US under the 1898 Treaty of Paris?

. Like the fight for Cuba, the Philippine-American was motivated by ________.

. Which of these was a small war?

. John Hay's Open Door notes concerned what country?

. When was the Panama Canal completed?

. It is most accurate to say that the Roosevelt Corollary was ________.

. Which of these ruled Mexico for several decades in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

. Interventions in Mexico in the early twentieth century were motivated primarily by ________.

. Which of these was first used in a military action in 1915?

. Which of these was an important factor keeping the US out of war with Mexico in the 1910s?

. The role of the chief of staff is ________.

. Which of these were given priority in building the navy in the 1910s?

. In the early 1900s racial tension in the services ________.

. Which of these was not greatly expanded and reformed in the early 1900s?

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