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- 1. Multiple Choice
A sensationalist reporting in which writers often exaggerated stories to attract readers.De Lome LetterJournalismYellow JournalismIsolationism - 2. Multiple Choice1898- This was written by the Spanish ambassador and it was published in the newspapers. It outraged Americans because it called President McKinley weak.Yellow JournalismUSS MaineDe Lome LetterImperialism
- 3. Multiple ChoiceFebruary 15, 1898- this explodes and over 260 people died. Americans began to blame Spain.Sinking of the USS MaineBoxer RebellionOpen Door PolicyDollar Diplomacy
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe Spanish- American War contributed to the emergence of the US into a position of world power bythe US committed to spread democracy in Asiathe US enforced international lawsUS military was superior to European colonial powerprovided the US the territory to build the Panama Canal
- 5. Multiple ChoiceAs a result of the Spanish- American War, the US became a political power in --the Hawaiian islandsthe Panama Canal Zonethe Central Powers Alliancethe Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
- 6. Multiple Choice1898- It lasted only 4 months. This was the end of Spain's colonial empire and the emergence of the US as a world power,Sinking of the USS MaineBoxer RebellionDollar DiplomacySpanish American War
- 7. Multiple Choice1st US Volunteer Cavalry- President McKinley called for 1,250 volunteers to assist in the war.Rough RidersBoxersTeddy RooseveltImperialists
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHe was part of the Rough Riders during the Spanish American war. He was also the assistant Secretary of the Navy and a president during the progressive era.Alfred T MahanRough RidersTheodore RooseveltHenry Cabot Lodge
- 9. Multiple ChoiceEconomic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations. Called for the U.S. to annex these islands as new overseas colonies.IsolationismImperialismAnti-ImperialismNationalism
- 10. Multiple ChoiceOpposed the gaining of colonies by the U.S.IsolationismAnti-ImperialismImperialismNationalism
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the historical significance of the year 1898?Civil War endedMexican War endedFirst World War beganSpanish American War began
- 12. Multiple ChoiceList the events in chronological order?
I. Rough Riders fight in Cuba
II. Guam and Puerto Rico become part of the US
III. Sinking of the USS Maine
IV. Liberation of CubaI, II, III, IVIV, I, II, IIII, III, IV, IIIII, I, IV, II - 13. Multiple ChoiceThe doctrine that a country should stay out of foreign affairs.ImperialismIsolationismNationalismMilitarism
- 14. Multiple ChoiceMissionaries played a role in the territorial expansion of the US byserving as doctors in the Panama Canal Zoneoperating abroad in foreign locations such as Hawaiitestifying to Congress about conditions in Latin Americaworking on US naval ships during the Spanish American War
- 15. Multiple ChoiceSanford B. Dole is remembered for having expanded US power byleading troops in the Spanish American Warworking for annexation of Hawaii as a statepassing legislation to increase funding for the navynegotiating treaties with the Philippine gov't
- 16. Multiple ChoicePresident Roosevelt's foreign policy served to increase US involvement in ___Latin American affairsChina's Boxer RebellionHawaii's pineapple industryEuropean alliance systems
- 17. Multiple ChoicePresident Taft's Dollar Diplomacy was intended toraise the standard of living in Latin Americaprotect US businesses from foreign takeoversrace funds needed for building the Panama Canalencourage US investment in Latin American businesses
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe US adopted the Open Door policy primarily tospread democracy in Asiasecure trade opportunities in Chinapromote immigration to US territoriesnegotiate free trade concessions from Britain
- 19. Multiple ChoiceAdvocated American expansion as a way to increase national pride, spread civilization, and gain world power.Teddy RooseveltAlfred T MahanHenry Cabot LodgeSanford B. Dole
- 20. Multiple Choice¨U.S. would collect debts for investors who worked with Latin America, acting as an “international police power.” Known as the Big Stick Policy.Roosevelt CorollaryOpen Door PolicyBoxer RebellionDollar Diplomacy
- 21. Multiple ChoiceAlfred Thayer Mahan supported moving the US into a position of power bybolstering US industrial outputstrengthening US naval capacityimproving relations with US alliesincreasing funding for the US Air Force
- 22. Multiple ChoiceControl of Hawaii contributed to the power of the US because the islandsallowed the US to have access to Chinaacted as a mediator between the US and Japansupplied strategic supplies of oil and steel in he Pacificserved as a military base for the US in the Pacific
- 23. Multiple Choice1903- The 48 mile international waterway allows ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, saving about 8,000 miles. ¨Expansion of World trade.Platt AmendmentMonroe DoctrineBoxer RebellionPanama Canal
- 24. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the Roosevelt Corollary, what was the role of the US in the Western Hemisphere?Ok for Europeans to imperializeinternational police forceallow imperialism in the Americasallow European nations to take over
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWho was the Secretary of the Navy that resigned his position to go fight in the Spanish-American War with a group of volunteers known as the Rough Riders?Alfred Thayer MahanWalter ReedTheodore RooseveltWilliam McKinley
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhich territory did the United States NOT gain direct control of after the Spanish-American War?Puerto RicoCubaPhilippinesGuam
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe passing of what piece of United States legislation sparked the Boxer Rebellion?the Platt Amendmentthe Monroe Doctrinethe Open Door Policythe Chinese Exclusion Act
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhat did actions such as U.S. involvement in the Spanish-American War, the acquisition of Hawaii and introduction of the Open Door policy in China all promote?to establish military alliances with other nationsto gain overseas markets and sources of raw materialsto begin the policy of manifest destinyto support isolationist forces in Congress
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement best describes President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy position toward Latin America in the early 1900’s?The United States should reduce its involvement in Latin American affairs.The Monroe Doctrine permits the United States to intervene actively in the affairs of Latin American nations.Latin American nations should form an organization to help them achieve political and economic stability.The United States should give large amounts of financial aid to help the poor of Latin America.
- 30. Multiple Choice"In 1893, a group of planters and businessmen, mostly United States citizens, launched a coup against the monarch of an island nation. After setting up a new government, they proposed annexation by the U.S. This plan was turned down by President Grover Cleveland at the time, but President William McKinley and the American public supported annexation by 1898. They argued that the territory was vital to the U.S. economy, that it would serve as a strategic base to better protect expanding U.S. interests in Asia, and that other nations would claim the islands if the U.S. did not."
This passage describes events that led to the U.S. acquisition of what territory?GuamHawaiiPuerto Ricothe Philippines - Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags