Spanish American War Quiz Game

Spanish American WarQuiz Game

By: Jasmine Hill

IDT 7062

Objectives

The objective was to create a game that will help guide other students before an exam.

• Have the points sheet in front of you as you answer each question

• (link is at the bottom of this page to print).

• As you go through, mark down the number of points you get for answering the question right the FIRST TIME you play.

• After you have completed the game, go back and answer the ones you got wrong. If you answer the question right the SECOND TIME, give your self ½ a point.

• Once you have completed the game a second time, check out the discussion button. You will see why the correct answer.

• Almost done! Click on the PRIZE button to claim your prize.

• Finally, for more study questions, click on the “Quizlet” picture at the end of the game!

Rules of the Game

Rules Page

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Click on the buttons below to take you to each question.

Use this game as a study tool. Complete the whole quiz first. Then go back to the questions you missed. At the end of game follow the “end quiz button” to claim your prize.

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1:Which Spanish colony did the Spanish-American War erupt over in 1898? 5pts

• Cuba• Philippines• Puerto Rico• Guam

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2: Which president promised to do everything in his power to stop a Spanish- American War? 2 pts

• Grover Cleveland• Chester A. Arthur• Theodore Roosevelt• William McKinley

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3: Which American ship exploded in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898? 2 pts

• USS Enterprise• USS Alabama• USS Maine• USS Crimson Tide

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4: Who was Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the first part of the McKinley administration? 5 pts

• William R. Hearst• John Jay• John D. Long• Theodore Roosevelt

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5: Theodore Roosevelt gave an order for a surprise naval attack against the Spanish fleet in the waters off which Spanish colony? (The attack happened on May 1, 1898) 4 pts

• Guam• Cuba• Philippines• Puerto Rico

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6: Who wrote The Influence of Sea Power Upon History? *BONUS* 9 pts

• Muhammed• Roosevelt• Mahan• Morrison

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7: The US acquired island colonies mainly to serve as what? 5 pts

• Experiments for “Social Darwinism”• Coaling stations• Symbols of American military might• Markets for manufactured goods

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8: Who had overall command of the Rough Riders? 3 pts

• William Shafter• Leonard Wood• George Dewey• Theodore Roosevelt

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9: The Rough Riders are famous for winning which battle in Cuba? 3 pts

• El Caney• Havana Harbor• Santiago• San Juan Hill

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10: About how many US soldiers died due to disease during the Spanish-American War?

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• Less than 5,000• More than 10,000• Less than 50,000• More Than 100,000

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Resources

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/spanishamerican/quiz.html

Additional Study Material

click the picture below

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That’s Correct!

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Once you have completed the game, try and go back and answer the ones you got wrong.

Still want to see why you got your answer wrong or right? Click on the discussion button.

Discussion

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Sorry, that’s not correct!

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Once you have completed the game, try and go back and answer the ones you got wrong.

Still want to see why you got your answer wrong or right? Click on the discussion button.

Discussion

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Hint 1

The Spanish–American War had a conflict in 1898between Spain and the United States.

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Hint 2

The 22nd and 24thPresident of the United States. The only president to serve two non-consecutive terms (1885–1889 and 1893–

1897) and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the

presidents.

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Hint 3

The United States Navy's second commissioned battleship and the first U.S.

Navy ship to be named after one of the states.

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Hint 4

Formed the Rough Riders – a volunteer cavalry regiment that fought in Cuba.

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Hint 5

Destroyed the Spanish fleet anchored in Manila Bay. The Spanish navy, which had seen its apogee in the support of a global

empire in the sixteenth century, suffered an inglorious defeat on May 1, 1898.

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Hint 6

(September 27, 1840 – December 1, 1914) He was a United States Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian, who has been

called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century.

(Initials ATM)

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Hint 7

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Hint 8

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He was a personal physician to Presidents Grover Cleveland and William McKinley through 1898. It was

during this period he developed a friendship with Theodore Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary of the

Navy. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, with Roosevelt; they organized the 1st Volunteer Cavalry

regiment,

Hint 9

A north-south running elevation about two kilometers east of Santiago de Cuba. 

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Hint 10

Less than

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Discussion

1:Cuba 6:Phillipines

2:Grover Cleveland 7:Coaling stations

3:USS Maine 8:Leonard Wood

4:Theodore Roosevelt 9:San Juan Hill

5:Guam 10:Less than 5,000

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