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Where'd They Go?
Can't find the links to the APUSH Review & Bailey notes online?
Click on Fall Semester from the dropdown menu above-- the links are right there at the top of last semester's uploads!  Happy APUSH'ing!

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Even more Bailey notes & practice tests!

These will help you if you've already read!  These notes and tests are for the 11th/12th edition of Bailey, so the Chapters are a bit off.  Check out the chapter titles for help.
http://www.geocities.com/theamericanpageant/ http://college.hmco.com/history/us/kennedy/am_pageant/12e/students/ace/index...

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Mr. Wallis' complete APUSH course timeline from when he took the class with APUSH 2005 (note: Chapter references on timeline refer to the 11th edition of Bailey and my differ slightly from the 13th edition we use).

If you do not have Microsoft Excel on your computer, go to Mr. Wallis' or Mrs. Mendiola's page to download a free reader to view this file or open on any computer at school.

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mp3's & chapter outlines for the remainder of Unit 7: Empire, Jungle & Europe (1888-1921), Bailey: Chapters 27-30 and the beginning of Unit 8: Boom, Bust & War (1921-1945), Bailey 31-35

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Guidebook 28 Instructions Sorry... it didn't post earlier! :(

Part II:
Section A: True/False: Answer, rewrite False to make true and provide page reference in Bailey
Sections B-G: Complete as instructed in packet

Part III: Answer question 5 in at least a half-page.

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Answers for Unit 6 MC Exam

1. b   2. a  3. d  (4. & 5.: mark "a." on scantron)  6. c  7. b  8. c  9. c  10. b (yes, I know you want to argue this one!)  11. a. 12. e. 13. d  14. b  15. c  16. b  17. e  18. b. (there's your friend the light bulb!)  19. a  20. d. 21. a  22. a  23. e  24. THROWN OUT... the answer is a., but so many of you asked me what commodities were and I'm sure I implied they were non-agricultural products... sorry!  25. a  26. e  27. c (this is a hard one!)  28. d 29. a  30. b (you might want to argue this one too...)  31. a  32. c  33. d  34. d  35. e  36. e (Read Bailey... Newman won't cut it... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashcan_School; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragtime)   37. d   38. a. (if you answered e., slap yourself!)   39.  b  40. d  41. a  42. c  43. a  44. e  45. a  46.  a (you didn't really choose c, did you?)  47. c  48. d (if you thought d. was a factor, you're reading too much into this question!)  49. a  50. a (idiots!  No wonder the Scarecrow has no brain!)  51. e  52. b (look again, you'll see why!)  53. e  54. c  55. a (if you choose this, you meant deflationary, didn't you?)  56. d  57. d (Turner said it actually caused these to shrink and be less of a problem)  58. b  59. c  60. b......
and, of course, 61. i... but I would have also accepted j.  (You didn't need to answer this question!)

A Note About RQ 6.5-6.6
Thank you, Gaby "Yow!" Arana for helping me see that I missed an answer on my own RQ!  The correct answer to #10 is actually C.  Gaby's answer is BETTER than mine which was technically incorrect, but something I stated in class.  So... I will accept BOTH c & d as answers.  But from now on, Gaby is going to teach the class!
(Read Bailey!!!)

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1. A major factor in the shift in American foreign policy toward imperialism in the late nineteenth century was
a. the need for additional population. If you chose this, you’re not reading the question correctly—there was a perceived need for more territory to place a growing U.S. population, but NOT a need for more population.
b. the desire for more farmland.
c. the construction of an American-built isthmian canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This was needed BECAUSE of the acquisition of new territory as a result of U.S. imperialism, rather than being a cause of imperialistic policy.
d. the need for overseas markets for increased agricultural and industrial production. This is your first “D”—Dollars.
e. the failure of the Monroe Doctrine.

2. The question of the annexation of ________ touched off the first major imperialistic debate
in American history.
a. Hawaii Just chronologically this would make sense, but it was also true. Whereas the Venezuelan border dispute took place earlier, the U.S. never attempted to annex Venezuela. While the U.S. annexed Alaska in 1867 and there was concern over the acquisition of what was termed “Seward’s Folly”, it wasn’t a debate about IMPERIALISM. I took “the Philippines” out as a possible answer, but even if it had been included Hawaii would still be a better answer chronologically.
b. Cuba
c. Venezuela
d. Puerto Rico
e. Alaska

3. The Teller Amendment
a. guaranteed the independence of Cuba.
b. made Cuba an American possession.
c. directed McKinley to order American troops into Cuba.
d. forbid the United States from further military intervention in Cuba once they had gained
their independence from Spain. It didn’t go this far in giving Cuba her independence. (Obviously… look what happened!)
e. gave the United States a virtual right of intervention in Cuba once they had gained their
independence from Spain. This was the Platt Amendment.

4. The Platt Amendment
a. guaranteed the independence of Cuba.
b. allowed the United States to acquire Puerto Rico as a U.S. territory.
c. gave the United States a virtual right of intervention in Cuba once they had gained their
independence from Spain.Which they used again and again and again…
d. allowed the United States to annex Hawaii.
e. forbid the United States from further military intervention in Cuba once they had gained their independence from Spain.

5. At the time, the most controversial event associated with the Spanish-American
War was the
a. declaration of war against Spain.
b. adoption of the Teller Amendment.
c. adoption of the Platt Amendment.
d. acquisition of Puerto Rico.
e. acquisition of the Philippine Islands. This began the arguments about how a nation berthed and conceived in liberty and the idea of the “consent of the governed” could rule over other peoples.


6. President McKinley asked Congress to declare war on Spain mainly because
a. the American people demanded it. Though he and Hanna felt going to war was incorrect, McKinley bowed to the pressure of the American people (thankfully neither Washington nor Adams did the same a century prior and, say what you will about the current President, but, as we talked about, he does NOT seem bound by public opinion in this regard—65% of Americans are against the war in Iraq.)
b. the Spanish had insulted him personally.
c. the business community pressured him. Both B and C happened, but they weren’t the reason he eventually gave in.
d. the Teller Amendment had been passed.
e. the Platt Amendment had been passed.

7. During the boundary dispute between Venezuela and Britain, the United States
a. sided with Britain.
b. did not invoke the Monroe Doctrine. No! They DID. That was the whole point!
c. threatened war with Great Britain.
d. citizens opposed American intervention.
e. invoked the Foraker Act.

8. Which of the following became U.S. possessions under the Treaty of Paris which officially ended the Spanish-American War? (1) Puerto Rico, (2) Cuba,Cuba was given her independence. (3) Guam, (4) Hawaii, The U.S. annexed it at the beginning of the war, not as a consequence of it and as part of the Treaty of Paris.
(5) the Philippine Islands,
(6) Panama.
a. 1, 2, 3. and 5 only. b. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 only.
c. 1, 3, 4, and 5 only. d. 1, 3, and 5 only.
e. 2, 4, and 6 only.

9. Anti-imperialists presented all of the following arguments against acquiring the
Philippine Islands except
a. it would violate the “consent of the governed” philosophy in the Declaration of Independence.
b. because despotism abroad might lead to despotism at home.
c. the islands were still rightfully Spain’s since they were taken after the treaty had been signed.
d. annexation would propel the U.S. into political and military commitments in the Far East.
e. the idea of being imperialistic went against everything the United States stood for morally and politically.

10. President McKinley primarily justified American acquisition of the Philippines by
emphasizing that
a. the Filipinos wanted to be annexed by the U.S.
b. the electoral success of the Republican party rested on the annexation.
c. there was no other acceptable alternative to annexation.
d. they were the spoils of war and America’s by right of conquest.
e. the Philippines would give the U.S. a much needed overseas market. C. is the best answer, but McKinley DID state this in his justification and we talked about it. I will accept either C or E.

11. By the end of the 19th century, jingoism in the U.S. was encouraged by all of the following except
Many of you asked what jingoism was. You should try reading Bailey. Here’s our friend Noah Webster on the subject: “Extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by belligerent foreign policy.” So which one did NOT go into making this? This is a hard question.
a. European imperialism.
b. International Darwinsim
c. yellow Journalism
d. the views of Alfred Thayer Mahan NO! Read the definition again! See how the discussion about sea power would lead to a “belligerent foreign policy”?
e. new immigrants Do you see how this was unrelated. If anything, it made the U.S. nativist at home, but it didn’t have a jingoistic abroad. If you answered this, you made a connection that isn’t there and are reading too much into the question!

12. Which of the following was an immediate cause of the Spanish-American War?
a. Cuban nationalism
b. U.S. expansionism
c. yellow journalism
d. the sinking of the Maine This was the only IMMEDIATE cause. The others were underlying reasons, for sure, but this was why war happened specifically with Spain.
e. business's need for new markets

13. Which of the following was not a cause of the Spanish American War?
a. jingoism b. yellow journalism
c. the De Lome letter d. the desire for an isthmian canal
e. the actions of "Butcher" Weyler

14. In 1899. an insurrection began in the Philippines because
a. Spanish citizens there tried to regain political control.
b. the U.S. refused to give the Filipinos their independence.
c. communist insurgents attempted to seize control of the islands.
d. the U.S. turned the islands over to French control.
e. the U.S. refused to give any economic or social aid to the Filipinos.

15. Many Americans became concerned about the increasing number of foreign leaseholds in China because they
a. feared Chinese markets would be monopolized by European manufacturers and exporters. They wanted to rape China too!
b. wanted exclusive trading rights with the Chinese. They probably WOULD have liked this, but even European nations couldn’t get this and had to share.
c. feared German military domination of China.
d. feared English military domination of China.
e. none of the above

16. Theodore Roosevelt received the Republican Vice-Presidential nomination in 1900 primarily because
a. he purchased it with his family wealth.
b. this would remove him from the governorship of New York. Boss Platt wanted to “kick him upstairs” to kill his political career and get this reformer out of his state. Maybe they should have listened to Marcus Hanna who warned that there was only “one heartbeat” between that “goddamn madman cowboy” and the Presidency!
c. the Republican Party wanted him to capture national attention so that he might run as their candidate in 1904.
d. his presence would appeal to Western voters.
e. Mark Hanna supported it.

17. In the 1900 Presidential Election, the Democratic Party and its candidate William Jennings Bryan, insisted that the “paramount issue” of the campaign was
a. Bryanism. b. free silver.He DID bring his up, but thought the biggest issue was…
c. tariff protection. d. imperialism.
e. the selection of Theodore Roosevelt as Vice President.

18. The Republicans won the election of 1900 primarily because
a. of fears of William Jennings Bryan.
b. of the presence of Theodore Roosevelt on their ticket.
c. the prosperity achieved during McKinley’s first term. More than ANYTHING, the “full dinner pail” (“Food in the Bucket!”) made McKinley the most popular president since Lincoln
d. their support of freedom overseas.
e. their support of imperialism.

19. Construction of an isthmian canal was motivated mainly by
a. a desire to improve the defense of the United States and its growing empire.Why I kept insisting that second D was “Defense”!
b. the Panamanian Revolution.
c. continued volcanic activity in Nicaragua.
d. the British rejection of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty.
e. economic factors.

20. The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
a. established a friendly partnership with Britain in policing Latin American affairs.
b. stopped all European colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
c. justified the building and maintenance of the Panama Canal.
d. justified U.S. intervention in Latin American affairs. Roosevelt’s position was that if you couldn’t keep your house in order, the U.S. would do it for you to keep European powers from being in the Western Hemisphere.
e. restored cordial relations between the U.S. and Latin American countries.

21. The U.S.’s frequent intervention in the affairs of Latin American nations in the early 20th century
a. established political stability in the area.
b. was well appreciated in the region as an effective cloak of defense against European threats.
c. was a departure in foreign policy from Roosevelt’s “big stick” diplomacy.
d. left a legacy of friendship and trust between the U.S. and Latin American countries. Just ask current Mexicans, Nicaraguans, Guatemalens… NOTE: I wasn’t paying attention and missed this one on my own quiz by choosing this. This is SO NOT the answer. You’ll not on your scantron, I had to go back and change the way this one was graded!
e. none of the above.

22. Roosevelt’s and the U.S.’s role in the Panamanian Revolution involved
a. using American naval forces to block Colombian forces from crossing the isthmus and crushing the Panamanian revolt.
b. ordering a complete embargo of Columbia until they recognized the independence of Panama.
c. remaining perfectly neutral,
d. sending in American ground troops.
e. none of the above.






23. The usual cause of U.S. involvement in the affairs of Latin America was
a. the need to defend them against Spanish power.
b. that they were chronically in debt. This is why, under the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe doctrine there was intervention after intervention.
c. to control the flow of Latin American immigrants to the U.S.
d. to begin the process of annexing the countries to the U.S.
e. all of the above.

24. Which of the following is not associated with the foreign policy of President Theodore Roosevelt?
a. the Monroe Doctrine
b. the Russo-Japanese War
c. the Great White Fleet
d. the annexation of HawaiiThis happened under McKinley.
e. the Panama Canal

25. Which statement accurately summarizes Theodore Roosevelt’s policy on the Panama Canal?
a. Roosevelt waited for Colombia to agree to a fair price for the Canal Zone.
b. Roosevelt gave military support to Panama’s revolt against Columbia.
c. Roosevelt signed a treaty in which Columbia agreed to create Panama as a separate nation.
d. Panama’s government persuaded Roosevelt to give U.S. assistance for building an isthmian canal.
e. Roosevelt was able to develop strong Latin American support for his canal project and was given land below Nicaragua for building.

26. All of the following were basic assumptions of Theodore Roosevelt in his approach to foreign policy except
a. the United States should never engage in an unjust or immoral act. No! He DID believe this. He felt the U.S. interventions were all on moral ground.
b. the Anglo-Saxon race had an obligation to bring civilization and Christianity to “backward” peoples. I understand why you might have chosen this. Theodore Roosevelt was a nationalist and NOT an ethnocentrist, but he did consider NON-Americans of color to be backward.
c. the United States should take an active role throughout the world in preserving order and stability.
d. the United States should rely more on its own power than on international treaties or agreements.
e. all of the peoples of the world had the right of national self-determination. TR did NOT believe that people in other nations had the right to determine their own national destiny. As a nationalist, he felt the U.S. had the right to do that for them.

27. By the terms of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901, the United States gained the right from
a. France to construct the Panama Canal.
b. the U.S. Congress to build, control, and fortify an isthmian canal.
c. the British to build, control, and fortify an canal This treaty nullified the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.
d. Columbia to control a canal zone.
e. Panama to control a canal zone. No. You’re thinking of the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty!







28. China’s Boxer Rebellion was an effort to
a. overthrow the corrupt Chinese government.
b. establish American power in the Far East.
c. throw out or kill all foreigners. The Chinese (and in this case the Harmonious Fists) were not fond of the Open Door Policy or foreign influence in their country.
d. destroy the Open Door policy.
e. establish British dominance in China.

29. Which of the following was the least important consideration in the annexation of Hawaii?
a. natural resources
b. the need for U.S. Naval bases overseas
c. U.S. investments overseas
d. the desire for an isthmian canal The needed a canal BECAUSE of this and other acquisitions.
e. strategic concerns for the Spanish-American War

30. Which of the following does not personify the idea of Anglo-Saxon superiority?
a. Alfred Thayer Mahan His book made an argument about sea power, not race.
b. Rudyard Kipling
c. Rev. Josiah Strong
d. Albert Beveridge
e. International Darwinism

Note: This is Chapter 28… I threw this one out. But the answer was… (do you know why and how this is different than TR’s Big Stick Diplomacy?)
31. Under William Howard Taft’s “dollar diplomacy,”
a. the federal government invested taxpayer’s money in foreign nations.
b. Wall Street bankers were encouraged to invest their money in foreign nations.
c. American colonies such as Puerto Rico and the Philippines began to regain control of their own financial affairs.
d. federal money was spent to retain Theodore Roosevelt as a foreign policy consultant.
e. the United States purchased Manchurian railroads.

32. Which of the following foreign policy actions is most related to the Monroe Doctrine?
a. the Open Door Policy
b. the acquisition of the Philippines
c. the Venezuelan Border dispute This was the justification for getting involved.
d. the encouragement of American business to acquire and construct Manchurian railroads
e. the Root-Takahira agreement

33. Which of the following foreign policy actions was least related to U.S. economic concerns?
a. the Venezuelan border dispute Yes, there was gold there, but it was a jingoistic act related to the Monroe Doctrine.
b. the Open Door Policy
c. the Spanish American War
d. the annexation of Hawaii
e. Dollar Diplomacy

Just for Fun
34. “Kindly” William McKinley— as Bailey refers to him— was murdered in September 1901 by Leon Czolgsz, a man later decided insane. What were McKinley’s last words?
a. “Ouch!” b. “Dammit!” c. “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”
d. “I see God… and He’s really pissed about what I said He wanted me to
do to the Filipinos!”
e. “I am as Garfield and Lincoln…” f. “Arthur, I’ve been shot.”
g. “Bummer.” h. “Now I am of the ages.”
i. “Be careful how you tell her.” j. “Now THAT smarts!”
k. “Now THAT’s gonna leave a mark!” l. “Well, that’s not Bueno!”
m. “Man-I JUST got this suit cleaned!” n. “WTF?!?”
o. “Now Anderson will make fun of me!” o. “Didn’t see THAT one coming!”
k. "It's God's way. His will, not ours, be done." Pious to the end that McKinley.
p. “The madman is President.”
q. “I see the farm.” r. “Long live Hanna!” s. “Bryan will run again!”
t. “Someone should have done this to Jefferson!”
u. “I must rest.” v. “I want my mommy.”
w. “I want YOUR mommy!” x. “Mebebk!”
y. I must post a MySpace Bulletin about this!
z. (After the assassin said “Dead President says what?”) “What?”

35. Of the above, McKinley’s second to last words were what?
Actually, I was just reading that none of these were. His first words at getting shot were “i.” though—he was concerned about how his wife would react. McKinley aides snuck into the house where she was staying while she was napping and cut the phone lines and police blocked all traffic in the neighborhood.

36. Speaking of McKinley, his face is on which note of U.S. currency?
a. $500 b. $1000 c. $5000 d. $100,000
he never appeared on U.S. currency

36. On which note of U.S. currency is Grover Cleveland?
a. $500 b. $1000 c. $5000 d. $100,000
e. he never appeared on U.S. currency

37. Speaking of dead presidents, what were Lincoln’s last words?
a. “Take my hand, Mary!:
b. “Take care of Tad!”
c. “It doesn’t really matter.”After he held Mary’s hand and she asked what their guest, Major Rathbone and his fiancee would think of the president and his wife holding hands. Man did Lincoln get a raw deal.
d. “The war has ended!”
e. “Shizzle my nizzle!”
f. “Motherf….”
e. none of the above

38. Which of the following President’s last word was “Water.”
a. Ulysses S. Grant
b. Grover Cleveland
c. Benjamin Harrison
d. James Garfield
e. Chester Alan Arthur




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Part 1 of Resources for
Unit 7: "Empire, Jungle & Europe": The U.S. at the Turn of the 20th Century (1896-1921)

1. Audio of Bailey's Chapters 27 & 28
2. Outlines of Bailey's Chapters 27 & 28
3. Powerpoint Quizzes for Bailey's Chapters 27 & 28

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Ms. Pojer's Imperialism Powerpoint!!!

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Files for the remainder of Unit 6:
-RQ 6.5-6.6 Hint Sheet (Chapter 26) with a special note about how to drop one of your lowest RQ scores from this unit!
-Newman Assignments 3-5

Don't forget: The following are due Monday, March 3:
1. Corrections for RQ 6.3-6.4 (for all of Period 3 and those students in Period 5 who a C+ or below)
*original Corrections Assn. directions file attached
2. Newman Assn. #3!
3. Start reading Chapter 26!

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By popular demand:
(1) Audio of the abridged Sullivan Ballou Letter (mixed with Jay Unger & Molly Mason's Ashokan Farewell from Episode 1 of The Civil War)-- download for educational purposes only!
(2) Video of the Honorable Manhood segment of Episode 1 of The Civil War featuring the Sullivan Ballou letter (note: the letter starts 2:26 into the clip in the link below)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=A4j1J3Fcstg
(3) I'm A Good Old Rebel by Hoyt Axton-- download for educational purposes only!
(4) An Old Unreconstructed by Waylon Jennings (Period 3-- I did not get a chance to play this one for you- take a listen!)-- download for educational purposes only!
(5) Winslow Homer's Prisoners from the Front (1866)

Note: To download .wma files, right-click and "Save Target As" or "Save Link As" and then save to your computer.  Clicking on the file will not open it.  Or, you can go to the "Sounds of 9-3" MySpace profile and access from the player there.  (Go to Mr. Anderson's MySpace page and find a link in "Top Friends")

http://youtube.com/watch?v=A4j1J3Fcstg

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Review Notes from The Great APUSH Review Sheet relevant to our topics in Unit 6 (1865-1900) plus Sue Pojer's Powerpoints related to Unit 6 readings.