Chapter 20

Quiz for Document 20-1: Albert Beveridge, “The March of the Flag” Speech (1898)

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Question 1

In his 1898 speech The March of the Flag, Indiana Senator Albert Beveridge justifies his call for U.S. expansion into the Pacific and Asia using which of the following rationales?A. The need to make the world safe for democracy
B. American exceptionalism
C. The problem of overpopulation in the United States
D. His Christian missionary agenda

Question 2

To the critique that U.S. imperial expansion would deprive people of their right to self-government, Beveridge responds thatA. all people would choose the U.S. as their government.
B. not all peoples are capable of self-government.
C. Revolutionary-era principles are outdated.
D. The Declaration of Independence only applies to those of English descent.

Question 3

Besides promoting universal liberty, order, and good government as God’s ambassadors, Beveridge also promotes the expansion of American commercial markets as one day ensuringA. an end to nation-states.
B. political dominance by the Republican Party.
C. the destruction of monarchy.
D. world peace through U.S. dominance.