What combination of causes led to American involvement in the Spanish-American War? What were the key factors in producing a quick American victory?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Some of those wanting intervention favored Cuban independence,
2. Others had economic assets in Cuba that they thought the revolution threatened.
3. Still others wanted control over Cuba to increase the United States' involvement in the Caribbean.
4. The United States won in large part due to the Cuban rebels who had been fighting the Spanish for years.
5. Another factor in their victory was the antiquated military of the Spanish.
6. Finally, the United States won because of their naval strength and the role of the U.S. 10th Negro Cavalry in capturing San Juan Hill.
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a. The enactment of laws in many Northeastern states that outlawed corporations b. Supreme Court decisions that were unfavorable to business interests c. The absence of businessmen willing to take investment risks d. The lack of cheap, quick transportation
The British navy attacked the Chesapeake because
a. the Chesapeake refused to allow impressment gangs aboard. b. the British admiralty wanted to teach the Americans a lesson. c. the Chesapeake had been raiding British merchant shipping. d. it believed it was harboring British deserters. e. the Americans refused to hand over suspected pirates.
The policy of neutrality came to be strained between 1914 and 1916
A. as the U.S. began increasing its support of Germany. B. as more and more exports and relief were sent overseas, mostly to Britain. C. when Paris was invaded by German soldiers. D. when Russia dropped out of the conflict.
Why did Stokely Carmichael oppose the recruitment of white college students for Freedom Summer?
a) He wanted to promote the development of local black leadership. b) He worried that white students were not sufficiently committed to the struggle. c) He was concerned that violence against white students would result in nationwide protests. d) He wanted to create an autonomous black nation in the Deep South.