NS 2 The Rise to World Power Status
Unit 5

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1.      What three nations caused problems for the U.S. Navy between 1871 and 1875? 

2.      What are the objectives of the U.S. Naval Institute? 

3.      Admiral David Dixon Porter, USN, was instrumental in putting together a brilliant staff and establishing an athletic program. 
 He also organized the engineering and physics departments at which institutions in 1865? 

4.      In 1875, a professional association began publishing a leading journal entitled the Proceedings. 
It criticized the conditions of the fleet, pointing out both the commercial benefits and naval requirements for a
strong American maritime force.  This association is the  

5.      America realized that in order to develop a strong, first-class Navy it had to build and control its ship building projects in what areas?

6.      Who wrote the book, The Influence Of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783? 

7.      In 1886, Captain Alfred Mahan, USN, was appointed president of what institution? 

8.      Who has sometimes been called "the real father of all modern navies"?

9.      In the late 1890s, America was preparing for war with what country?

10.  The Assistant Secretary of the Navy credited with building up the U.S. fleet in the late 1800s was _______________________

11.  Alfred Mahan predicted that America would win its 1898 war in the Caribbean within three months.  Other European countries
believed that the United States would be defeated in this war by which country?

12.  Who ordered he battleship USS Oregon from the Seattle, Washington, area?

13.  What admiral did the Spanish government order to sail to the Caribbean to defend Cuba and destroy the American fleet in that region?

 14.  What type of journalism in American newspapers, including publication of a letter by the Spanish Ambassador calling
President McKinley "weak" whipped up American support for the Spanish-American war?

15.  The imminent cause of the war with Spain was the explosion that destroyed which American vessel?

16.  Theodore Roosevelt led his regiment of cavalrymen into battle in 1898 in Cuba. What were the men in this regiment  known as?

 17.  Battles of the Spanish-American War of 1898 spanned from the Caribbean to what east asian nation?

 18.  Who was the naval officer who led the American Attack Squadron to its great victory over the Spanish Navy in the Philippines in 1898?

19.  The United States acquired what territories as a result of the peace treaty ending the Spanish-American War?

20.  What part of a nations national interests does sea power have a profound effect on?

21.  Who was the naval officer who commanded the American Squadron during the Battle of Santiago de Cuba in July 1898?

22.  What was the name of Commodore Dewey's flagship during the Battle of Manila Bay in May 1898? 

23.  On April 19, 1898, the United States Congress passed four resolutions concerning Cuba, know what each resolution
entailed.

24.  When the USS Maine was sunk by an explosion of unknown origin, it was in what harbor? 

25.  What country launched the prototype of a modern battleship in 1873? 

26.  What shortcut eliminates some 8,100 miles of the otherwise 13,000 mile trip via sea routes from New York around
the southern tip of South America to Los Angeles?

27.  Why was the USS Maine sent to Cuba 1898?

28.  What extension of the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 was proclaimed in 1904? 

29.  What was the purpose of the Great White Fleet?

30.  What type of problems had to be overcome in constructing the Panama Canal?

31.  What country did Panama revolt against during the early 1900s for its independence?

32.  By the turn of the 20th century, Congress had accepted the policy that the United States
should have a powerful Navy.  What did Congress intend for the Navy to be able to accomplish?

33.  In 1901, Theodore Roosevelt became president after the assassination of President McKinley. 
What role did Roosevelt believe that the U.S. Navy should have in service to the country?

34.  Under Roosevelt's leadership, how powerful did the United States become?

 35.  What were some of the advances in naval technology made under Theodore Roosevelt's leadership?

36.  Which country agreed to a settlement of the Alaskan-Canadian boundary favorable to America, withdrew its naval squadron
from the West Indies, and agreed to turn over exclusive control of the proposed Panama Canal to the United States? 

37.  Which country tried unsuccessfully to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama from 1881-89?

38.  World War I began in Europe in 1914 when what two countries declared war on each other?