AP US History · Topic 7.3
The Spanish–American War Practice
Part of Period 7: 1890–1945.
Practice questions
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Sample questions
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Sample 1difficulty 3/5
The Spanish-American War (1898)
- A
Was a decisive Spanish victory that preserved Madrid's empire across the Caribbean
- Bcheck_circle
Was a brief war that gave the U.S. Cuba (briefly), Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam
- C
Was settled peacefully through arbitration without fighting or territorial transfers
- D
Was a multi-year stalemate that drained U.S. resources and ended in territorial loss
Why
"A splendid little war" (Hay); marked the U.S. as an imperial power.
- A
Sample 2difficulty 4/5
Yellow journalism (Hearst, Pulitzer)
- Acheck_circle
Sensationalized reporting that fueled war fever before the Spanish-American War
- B
An organized peace movement of editors who lobbied against intervention in Cuba
- C
Imported Asian-language press style that emphasized restraint and diplomatic neutrality
- D
Religious revivalist papers that pushed temperance and missionary work abroad
Why
Made Spain look brutal; inflamed American opinion after the USS Maine explosion.
- A
Sample 3difficulty 4/5
The USS Maine
- Acheck_circle
Was an American battleship that exploded in Havana harbor in 1898; blamed (without evidence) on Spain
- B
Was a small fishing schooner lost off the Florida coast during a 1898 hurricane
- C
Was a Spanish armored cruiser sunk by U.S. gunboats while patrolling Cuban coastal waters under Madrid colors
- D
Was an American merchant vessel seized by Spain for running a Caribbean blockade
Why
"Remember the Maine!" became a war cry; cause likely was internal explosion.
- A