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70 MARITIME HISTORY

Study Guide Questions 13. Who was primarily responsible for the United
States's rise to world power status in the early years
1. What happened to the U.S. Navy after the Civil
of the twentieth century?
War?
14. What naval development occurred in England in
2. What developments were taking place in foreign
1907 that would revolutionize warship design?
navies in the post-Civil War years?
15. What events caused friction between the United
3. A. When and where was the U.s. Naval Institute
started? States and Japan in the first decade of the twentieth
century?
B. What is its purpose?
16. What was the name of the war plans drawn up
C. What journal does it publish?
beginning in 1911 to prepare for possible Japanese
4. What were Alfred Thayer Mahan's principal argu-
threats against the Philippines?
ments for sea power in 1890?
17. What was the "Creat White Fleet," and what was its
5. Why did pressure begin building for the United
purpose?
States to rebuild its Navy and merchant marine in
18. A. What was the Roosevelt Corollary announced in
the 1880s?
1904?
6. What ships comprised the U.s. fleet at the start of the
B. Which nation was it initially directed toward?
Spanish-American War in 1898?
19. What heavily influenced Congress to authorize
7. What happened in Havana Harbor that finally set off
building mainly battleships for the U.s. fleet during
the war between the United States and Spain?
the pre-World War I years?
8. How was the U.s. Atlantic Fleet divided in response
20. How had American interest in a Panama Canal de-
to Spanish admiral Cervera's sailing toward the
veloped?
Caribbean?
9. What was Commodore Dewey ordered to do with the
Asiatic Fleet at Hong Kong at the start of hostilities?
10. A. Where did Commodore Dewey meet the Spanish
Vocabulary
fleet in battle?
B. What was Dewey's famous order to start the prototype corollary
battIe? rifled guns isthmus
11. A. Where was the major battle fought in the Carib- honor system sphere of influence
bean Sea area? coal bunker open door policy
B. Who were the opposing commanders? primary objective imperialisnl
C. What was the outcome of the battIe? circumnavigation predreadnought
12. What territories did the United States acquire from collier
Spain as a result of the war? Dreadnought