20. Document Project 20: Imperialism versus Anti-Imperialism

Quiz for Document 20.8 Anti-Imperialism Letter, 1899

Quiz for Document 20.8: Anti-Imperialism Letter, 1899

Document 20.8: Anti-Imperialism Letter, 1899

Choose the best answer to each question.

Question 1

1. What kind of argument was used against American imperial aspirations in the Springfield Republican editorial?

A moral argument

A political argument

A logistical argument

An economic argument

Question 2

2. To what is she referring when she claims that women who joined the “Abraham Lincoln circle of the Ladies of the Grand Army” and other similar organizations had ignored their “solemn duties and responsibilities”?

Caring for their husbands and children

Standing up for what is right

Arguing against increased taxes

Participating in protests and boycotts

Question 3

3. What tactic does she endorse in order to turn the tide of the war and change the opinion of the American people?

Increasing American military strength in the Philippines

Protests of responsible U.S. representatives and politicians

Women’s right to vote to help change policies

Speeches and petitions to inform and persuade

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