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What lasting impact did Frederick Jackson Turner have on the United States?
A.
He supported building a stronger, global naval fleet.

B.
He found solutions to the problem of lack of frontier land.

C.
He approved the purchase of Alaska, which is now a state.

D.
He influenced political leaders and thinkers of the time period.

How did victory in the Spanish-American War increase the U.S.'s ability to expand its military power to other parts of the world?

A.
Acquiring Spanish ships and artillery provided much needed equipment to the U.S. Army and Navy.

B.
Acquiring Spanish territories in the Pacific and Caribbean provided the U.S. with strategically located naval bases.

C.
Indigenous peoples in acquired Spanish territories provided a much needed boost in personnel to the U.S. Army.

D.
Military officers from acquired Spanish territories provided the U.S. Army and Navy with much needed skills and training.

Select the phrase from Mark Twain's essay, "The Person Sitting in Darkness," published in February of 1901, that best identifies Twain as an anti-imperialist.

There is something curious about this—curious and unaccountable. There must be two Americas: one that sets the captive free, and one that takes a once-captive's new freedom away from him, and picks a quarrel with him with nothing to found it on; then kills him to get his land.

Which of the following was a cause of the Boxer Rebellion?

A.
The Chinese emperor wanted to regain control of China.

B.
Competing nations were fighting against each other to control China.

C.
American troops tried to expel foreign competition from Chinese markets.

D.
A group of Chinese peasants resisted the loss of their traditional ways of living.

Why was Theodore Roosevelt worried about a war between Russia and Japan?

A.
Roosevelt wanted to maintain a balance of power throughout Asia.

B.
Roosevelt hoped America could remain neutral and stay out of the war.

C.
Roosevelt was worried that Russia would dominate Asia if it won the war.

D.
Roosevelt felt the U.S. had the military strength to defend its interests in Asia.

What was Roosevelt's big stick diplomacy?

A.
a system of foreign policy that established U.S. superiority in Asia

B.
a system of foreign policy in which the U.S. used force to gain colonies

C.
a system of foreign policy that allowed the U.S. to intervene in Europe's wars

D.
a system of foreign policy in which the U.S. threatened to use force to achieve its goals

Answer 1

1. d - He influenced political leaders and thinkers of the time period.
2. b - Acquiring Spanish territories in the Pacific and Caribbean provided the U.S. with strategically located naval bases.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. The impact of Frederick Jackson Turner on the United States is that he influenced political leaders during the 20th century. Frederick Jackson Turner was a historian and popularly known for his “Frontier thesis”. He was based at the University of Wisconsin and later moved to Harvard in 1910.

2. The US victory in the Spanish American War resulted in the Us gaining possession and/or control of many new territories. These and other territorial gains resulted in the creation of a new far flung empire.