AMSCO 3 2026 ACTUAL TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS VERIFIED COMPLETE
STUDY PACKAGE
◉ "Our country: Its Possible Future and Present Crisis".
Answer: 1885- Reverend Josiah Strong- duty of American
Protestants to help less fortunate in 3rd world countries
◉ "Influence of Sea Power Upon History".
Answer: 1890- Alfred T. Mahan: argued necessity of naval power;
Congress decides to approve the building of steel ships
◉ Pan-American Conference.
Answer: 1889- Secretary of State James Blaine organizes conference
in Washington for Western Hemispheric Cooperation
◉ Venezuela/Guiana Border Dispute.
Answer: 1896- President Cleveland and Secretary of State Richard
Olney convinces Britain to arbitrate; helps build US Goodwill in
South America; and Ameri-Brit ties
◉ Spanish-American War.
,Answer: 1898- American investments in Cuba, Spanish misrule, and
Monroe Doctrine justified American intervention
◉ Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolf Hearst.
Answer: Yellow Journalism-exaggerated stories to incite the Spanish
-American War
◉ De Lome Letter.
Answer: 1898- Letter from Spanish Minister that was highly critical
of President McKinley
◉ Sinking of the Maine.
Answer: 1898- US Battleship in Havana Harbor explodes, killing 260
American soldiers: Yellow Press blames Spain
◉ McKinley's War Message.
Answer: 1898- (1) Stop Spanish Atrocities, (2) Protect US Citizens,
(3) Protect Trade, Commerce, Business, and (4) Constant Menace to
Peace
◉ Teller Amendment.
Answer: Congress adds resolution to War Declaration assuring Cuba
will retain its independence after restoration of peace
, ◉ Philippines.
Answer: May 1898- first shots of war by Commodore Dewey at
Manila Bay; destroys Spanish fleet
◉ Cuba.
Answer: June-July 1898- malaria caused the greatest number of
casualties; Destruction of Spanish Navy at Santiago Bay- August
Peace
◉ Rough Riders.
Answer: Led by Theodore Roosevelt; did the charge at San Juan Hill
◉ Hawaii Annexation.
Answer: annexed in 1898; became a territory in 1900
◉ Spanish American War Peace Treaty/ Treaty of Paris.
Answer: 1899- (1) Recognition of Cuba as independent, (2) US
acquires Puerto Rico and Guam, and (3) US acquires Philippines for
$20 million in compensation
◉ Platt Amendment.
Answer: 1901- Cuba becomes a protectorate with permanent US
naval base Guantanamo Bay
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS VERIFIED COMPLETE
STUDY PACKAGE
◉ "Our country: Its Possible Future and Present Crisis".
Answer: 1885- Reverend Josiah Strong- duty of American
Protestants to help less fortunate in 3rd world countries
◉ "Influence of Sea Power Upon History".
Answer: 1890- Alfred T. Mahan: argued necessity of naval power;
Congress decides to approve the building of steel ships
◉ Pan-American Conference.
Answer: 1889- Secretary of State James Blaine organizes conference
in Washington for Western Hemispheric Cooperation
◉ Venezuela/Guiana Border Dispute.
Answer: 1896- President Cleveland and Secretary of State Richard
Olney convinces Britain to arbitrate; helps build US Goodwill in
South America; and Ameri-Brit ties
◉ Spanish-American War.
,Answer: 1898- American investments in Cuba, Spanish misrule, and
Monroe Doctrine justified American intervention
◉ Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolf Hearst.
Answer: Yellow Journalism-exaggerated stories to incite the Spanish
-American War
◉ De Lome Letter.
Answer: 1898- Letter from Spanish Minister that was highly critical
of President McKinley
◉ Sinking of the Maine.
Answer: 1898- US Battleship in Havana Harbor explodes, killing 260
American soldiers: Yellow Press blames Spain
◉ McKinley's War Message.
Answer: 1898- (1) Stop Spanish Atrocities, (2) Protect US Citizens,
(3) Protect Trade, Commerce, Business, and (4) Constant Menace to
Peace
◉ Teller Amendment.
Answer: Congress adds resolution to War Declaration assuring Cuba
will retain its independence after restoration of peace
, ◉ Philippines.
Answer: May 1898- first shots of war by Commodore Dewey at
Manila Bay; destroys Spanish fleet
◉ Cuba.
Answer: June-July 1898- malaria caused the greatest number of
casualties; Destruction of Spanish Navy at Santiago Bay- August
Peace
◉ Rough Riders.
Answer: Led by Theodore Roosevelt; did the charge at San Juan Hill
◉ Hawaii Annexation.
Answer: annexed in 1898; became a territory in 1900
◉ Spanish American War Peace Treaty/ Treaty of Paris.
Answer: 1899- (1) Recognition of Cuba as independent, (2) US
acquires Puerto Rico and Guam, and (3) US acquires Philippines for
$20 million in compensation
◉ Platt Amendment.
Answer: 1901- Cuba becomes a protectorate with permanent US
naval base Guantanamo Bay
